Researching Richard Schmidt
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 663 people with the Schmidt surname? In that year Schmidt was ranked number 2917 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Richard means "strong ruler" and is of German origin.
Records of Richard Schmidt on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Richard Schmidt and the Schmidt Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Schmidt Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Schmidt family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 154951 people with the Schmidt surname in the USA? Schmidt is ranked number 106 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Richard Schmidt
Richard Schmidt (basketball)
Richard Schmidt (born September 3, 1942) is the men's basketball coach at the University of Tampa (NCAA Division II), where he has served since 1983.
Prior to his tenure at Tampa, Schmidt coached the Vanderbilt University for two seasons, and was an assistant for the University of Virginia. He began his coaching career in 1969 at Ballard High School in Louisville, Kentucky where he had a record of 183–32 in seven seasons, including the state championship in 1977.
While at Ballard High School, he coached future Virginia Cavalier and NBA player Jeff Lamp. He went to Virginia with Lamp andtwo other former Ballard players.
Schmidt played at Fern Creek High School ('60) in Louisville and is a 1964 graduate of Western Kentucky University.
Source: Richard Schmidt (basketball), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaRichard Schmidt (rower)
Richard Schmidt (born 23 May 1987) is a German representative sweep-oar rower. He is a six time world champion, a four time Olympian, an Olympic gold & silver medallist and has held a seat in the German senior men's eight—the Deutschlandachter—constantly from 2009 to 2021. He rowed at seven when the Deutschlandachter at the 2017 World Rowing Cup II set a world's best time of 5.18.68, still the standing world mark as of 2021.
He was in the German crew that won the gold medal in the men's eight competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he rowed in Germany's men's eight which won the silver medal. He has been selected in the German Olympic rowing squad for Tokyo 2021 and is expected to again row in the German men's eight for his third Olympic appearance.
Source: Richard Schmidt (rower), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaRichard Schmidt (linguist)
Richard Schmidt (1941–2017) was an American linguist and professor in the Department of Language Studies, University of Hawaii. His chief research interests were cognitive factors and affective factors in adult second-language acquisition, and he was most known for developing the noticing hypothesis. He was the president of the American Association for Applied Linguistics in 2003, and most recently served as a senior consultant for the National Foreign Language Resource Center at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Source: Richard Schmidt (linguist), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Schmidt
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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