My new book, “2000 Questions for Grandparents: Unlocking Your Family’s Hidden History,” has hit the presses! It will be available from Amazon and Barnes & Noble within the next few weeks. In the meantime, the distributor is selling it with an early bird discount at: http://www.lulu.com/us/en/shop/josiah-schmidt/2000-questions-for-grandparents-unlocking-your-familys-hidden-history/paperback/product-21804295.html Use it to help you ask your parents or grandparents about your […]
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Index of Vital Records in Iba, Machtlos, and Gilfershausen post-1876
I am happy to announce that I have added a “Free Genealogy Resources” section to my website, at http://www.SchmidtGen.com/Resources.php. My first offering is a set of three indexes I spent hundreds of hours translating and compiling. The indexes cover births, marriages, and deaths in the German towns of Iba, Machtlos, and Gilfershausen in 1876 and […]
About Josiah Schmidt
Welcome to my site! My name is Josiah Schmidt, and I am a professional genealogist based (as of 2013) in Emmetsburg, Iowa. Having spent the last several years as a political consultant for civil liberties oriented causes, I am now transitioning to my true passion of conducting investigative genealogical research professionally. I was born in […]