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  Smith (surname) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Smith is the most common family name in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, representing more than 1 out of every 100 persons in each of these countries.
Smith Goes to Washington, Jimmy Stewart plays the character of Jefferson Smith, perhaps the ultimate everyman stand-up guy – a scout leader who is appointed to the United States Senate, where he is confronted with corruption, and refuses to get drawn into it.
A variation of Smith, Alan Smithee, is a name commonly used by American film directors under certain circumstances, particularly when they do not wish their real name to be associated with a film that they feel has been butchered by their movie studio.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Smith_(surname)   (984 words)

  
 Smith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A smith is a craftsman who works in metal.
W H Smith, a high street chain of bookshops in the United Kingdom
The Smiths, an eponymous album by the aforementioned English band.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Smith   (243 words)

  
 Smith Surname
THOMAS5 SMITH (SAMUEL SMITH4 SR., THOMAS3 SMITH, JOHN2, ROBERT1) was born August 16, 1784 in Maryland, and died December 13, 1858 in Davie County, North Carolina.
WILLIAM MONROE7 SMITH (THOMAS6, SAMUEL SMITH5 JR., SAMUEL SMITH4 SR., THOMAS3 SMITH, JOHN2, ROBERT1) was born August 10, 1851 in Davie County, North Carolina, and died December 20, 1927 in Davie County, North Carolina.
LEVI BASKEVILLE7 SMITH (LEVI SKIDMORE6, LEVI KITELY5, SAMUEL SMITH4 SR., THOMAS3 SMITH, JOHN2, ROBERT1) was born November 17, 1856 in Obion County, Tennessee, and died December 24, 1906 in Sharon, Weakley County, Tennessee.
www.plains.net /~sfi/smith.html   (13346 words)

  
 Biography:  Smith Surname in Pawlet, Vermont
He was uncle of the Rev. George Smith, of Hebron, N.Y., who was the first preacher of the Methodist church at the village in 1825, and founder of the Methodist Protestant church in 1832, in the south part of the town.
Smith was for some years a resident of this town.
SMITH, JOHN, settled in Fairfax county, Va, whence he was driven in 1861, by the confederates.
www.geneabios.com /pawlet/smith.htm   (992 words)

  
 The Smith Surname
Smith is an old Occupational Surname meaning 'the smith, flsmith, or farrier'.
The first registration of the surname is found as Ecceard Smid in the year 975 A.D. from County Durham in the Old English Bynames of Tengvik.
This surname is common to every village in England north, south, east and west.
rsscomp.freeyellow.com /smith/The_Smith_Surname.html   (1290 words)

  
 Smith Surname Origin & Last Name Meaning with Genealogy & Family History Resources
The smith must have united in this profession, different branches of knowledge which are now practiced separately, such as raising the ore, converting it into metal, etc. The term was originally applied to artificers in wood as well as metal, in fact, to all mechanical workmen, which accounts for the great frequency of the name.
Smith's house is on fire!' The house was thinned five per cent., and the man of humor found a snug seat.
The origin of the surname Smith may give hints about one line of your family history from many hundreds of years ago such as where your family lived, what they did, or how they looked.
www.searchforancestors.com /surnames/origin/s/smith.php   (1442 words)

  
 Smith, origin and meaning   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
John Smith, born in England, 1614, may be considered the first New England forefather of the family.
James Smith, of Pennsylvania, born in Ireland, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and Col. William Stephens Smith was Secretary of the American Legation in London (1784).
The famous Smith College, situated at Northampton, Mass., was founded by Sophia Smith (1796-1870) for the higher education of women.
www.lofthouse.com /history/jensen/smith.html   (324 words)

  
 IrishGen.com - Surnames & Heraldry
In Ireland Smith can be a synonym for MacGowan meaning ‘son of the smith’ but it can also originate from the Englishmen who came to settle in Ulster or Cromwellian soldiers who were dispersed in Ireland.
Smith is the most numerous surname in England and Scotland and the fifth most common in Ireland.
In 1890 there were approximately 33, 700 bearers of this surname in Ireland and it was the most common surname in County Antrim.
www.irishgen.com /surnames/details.asp?surname_id=557   (371 words)

  
 Instructions on how to use the obituary database for the Honolulu papers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
This database is an surname alphabetical arrangement of deaths reported in the Honolulu Advertiser and Honolulu Star Bulletin.
A compound surname like De La Cruz is treated the same as Dela Cruz, and would appear in the "D" file not "C".
In the case of some surnames, it is not possible to determine if the surname is a compound surname or a single surname.
w2.byuh.edu /library/obituaries/use.htm   (606 words)

  
 William Smith and Anne Bullas
The Smith farm, known as 'Mayfield' (which name it retains to this day), lay at the head of Smith's Creek and it may be that the creek took its name from this first family although this is unlikely (see below).
Jane's and Dinah's parents, Cornish couple Richard and Dinah TRESISE, settled at Smith's Creek in the early 1860s and, in 1872, paid ten pounds to purchase a 0.2-hectare township block of Crown land a short distance south of the Smith farm, on the western side of East Street.
Interestingly, Department of Lands and Survey maps indicate that "W. Smith", an abutting neighbour of George MELLOR, was the initial purchaser of at least three town blocks of Crown land at the northern end of East Street, near the corner of Hill Street.
mywebpage.netscape.com /mgswebaus/firstfam/wsab.htm   (3797 words)

  
 William F. Smith of PA free genealogy biography - a Civil War soldier of Pennsylvania
William F. Smith, physician and surgeon, of Airville, son of Dr. William F. and Maria L. (Clarkson) Smith, whose ancestors were among the first settlers in this section of York County, was born here January 13, 1836.
Smith is a gentleman of more than ordinary degree of educational training and intellectual culture.
Smith and family are members of the Chanceford Presbyterian Church.
www.pacivilwar.com /bios/smith_william.html   (754 words)

  
 Hamrick Software - U.S. Surname Distribution   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The color of each state indicates how frequently you will find someone with this surname in each state.
For instance, if a state is colored red, then 1 in 100 people (or more) in that state have the surname.
Similarly, yellow means approximately 1 in 300 have the surname, green means 1 in 1000, and blue means 1 in 10,000 (or less).
www.hamrick.com /names/names.cgi?surname=smith&year=1990&type=html   (94 words)

  
 Jeni's XSLT Pages: Grouping Using the Muenchian Method
Identifying what the surnames are involves identifying one contact with each surname within the XML, which may as well be the first one that appears in it.
We want to group the contacts according to their surname, so we create a key that assigns each contact a key value that is the surname given in the record.
The first thing that we needed to do, though, was identify what the surnames were, which involved identifying the first contact within the XML that had a particular surname.
www.jenitennison.com /xslt/grouping/muenchian.html   (951 words)

  
 Smith Facts
"Smith is the most numerous name in Britain, while in Ireland it holds fifth place.
The Irish word gabha means a smith, and Mac an Ghabhann, when anglicized, means son of the smith, whence Smith or Smithson.
When the laws compelling the Irish to anglicize their names were passed, it became increasingly difficult to disentangle the English SMiths from the Irish Smiths.
members.aol.com /smitheire/Smithfacts.htm   (488 words)

  
 Queries
the surname I seek is Smith, Elizabeth Ann,lived in Boston c1920.Can find no records of her birth or excistance.
Smith wrote that they are native to the United States.
But using SMITH in the subject line of a Boston mailing list, or to a person offering to look up in the Big Book of Boston Names in 1745 might be more helpful.
www.mascotmanor.org /Genealogy/queries.htm   (577 words)

  
 Smith Genealogy
Recent investigation having determined that the reported deaths of the said Roswell Smiths, Jr., were not of this line of the family, and were of undeterminable identity.
Robert Smith of Moneymore, county of Londonderry, Ireland, son of James Smith of Ireland, came to this country with a number of families, in the autumn of 1736, and spent the following winter at Lexington, Mass.
His wife was Elizabeth Smith, daughter of James Smith of England, who was the son of James Smith of Scotland.
www.surnameguide.com /smith   (328 words)

  
 Winter 96 Smith surname   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
'Smith' is a surname which is extremely difficult to work on when trying to build a family tree.
Wilfrid H. Smith, whose shop on the High Street in Alcester many will remember, is in the town's hall of fame as one of a distinguished line of local photographers; many of our old photographs are by him.
Edgar Smith and Cyril Smith, Wilfrid's brothers, were part of Alcester life in their building and undertakers' trade: this came down from grandfather Edwin, who started the business in Butter Street.
dspace.dial.pipex.com /alcester/localpast/96wn/wn96smi.htm   (187 words)

  
 George Smith of PA free genealogy biography - a Civil War soldier of Pennsylvania
George H., eldest son of John L. Smith, was born in Hooversville, Somerset county, Pennsylvania, May 18, 1843, died May 15, 1906.
Smith in thousands of birth, marriage & death, church, immigration & naturalization, court & probate, and military databases.
Smith in the U.S. census - all states 1790 - 1930.
www.pacivilwar.com /bios/smith_george.html   (1058 words)

  
 Etherly Cemetery, Victoria Twp., Knox county, IL
The main people buried in the Etherly Cemetery are of a George Smith family who founded the town of Etherly and mined the mines.
The Etherly Cemetery in later years was sometimes referred to as the Smith Cemetery for the Smith family that is buried here.
Smith, Cassa d September 19, 1863 dau of G. and A Smith AE 14yrs 5mo
www.usgennet.org /usa/il/county/knox/etherly_cem_knox.html   (253 words)

  
 Roswell Smith Genealogy (1765-1812)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Son of Roswell Smith, of Windsor, Vt., 1765 to 1812, was born in Windsor, Vt., June 20, 1781, and died in Fond-du-lac, Wis., Oct. 2, 1860.
Children of Roswell Smith (2), son of Roswell Smith (son of Steel Smith, of Windsor, Vt., 1765 to 1812), and his wife, Olive M. (Norton) Smith.
Norton, or a record of her marriage to our grandfather, Roswell Smith, Jr., son of Roswell Smith, son of Steel Smith, of Windsor, Vt., 1765 to 1812, has failed to bring any information except that of her death in Tay-che-dah, Wis., Feby.
www.surnameguide.com /smith/roswell_smith_genealogy1.htm   (1104 words)

  
 Family Tree DNA - we do genetic tests for your genealogy questions!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
A Surname Project traces members of a family that share a common surname.
Since surnames are passed down from father to son like the Y-chromosome, this test is for males taking a Y-DNA test.
Females do not carry their father’s Y-DNA and acquire a new surname by way of marriage, so the tested individual must be a male that wants to check his direct paternal line (father’s father’s father’s…) with a Y-DNA12, Y-DNA37, or Y-DNA67 marker test.
www.familytreedna.com /surname_join.asp?code=T32937&special=true   (563 words)

  
 My SMITH Family Ancestral Line; in Jack Mount's Home Place - (Smith / Smit Genealogy)
If anyone has information regarding the ancestry of Hendrik Barents SMITH or any other new information about this SMITH / SMIT family, please contact me.
This family's surname is also spelled SMIT, SMITT, or SCHMIDT in some records.
Hendrik Barents SMITH was a Cadet in the Dutch West India Company in 1656.
members.cox.net /mountgen/smith1.html   (192 words)

  
 Cuban Surname BBS
Only surnames (last names) should be listed in the Surname Box, and each should be separated by a comma.
The Surname Box is used to index the surnames in your message and is not to be used for listing surnames not included in the message text.
First names, place names and surnames not mentioned in the body of the message will be erased by the administrator.
www.cubagenweb.org /bbs.htm   (760 words)

  
 Matthew Simpson SMITH - ancestors and descendants
When I found the SMITH surname in our family tree, I set out to trace it.
Matthew Smith was commissioned a Lieutenant, 2nd Grade, on 22 January, 1776.
It appears that the Smith family also settled on bounty land after the Revolutionary War in TN and then moved to AL as did the Mullens family.
www.fortunecity.com /tinpan/nirvana/621/smith.html   (518 words)

  
 Smith Worldwide DNA Project
Surname DNA testing is the newest tool available to genealogists.
There are 3 Smith Surname DNA Projects at Family Tree DNA.
Smiths of VA, TN, KY, NC, SC, AL, GA, LA, TX, WV and other southern states in the United States---limited to anyone who has
www.smithfamilies.net   (262 words)

  
 RootsWeb: Genealogy Mailing Lists: SMITH Surname
Topic: Smith surname and variations (e.g., Smythe, Smyth) for those Smiths who lived in New York City at some point in their migration.
David Smith (1730-1787) who came from from Germany and migrated to North Carolina with some of his descendants moving to other areas such as Tipton County, Tennessee.
Topic: Discussing and sharing of information regarding the Smith surname and variations (e.g., Smyth, Smythe) for those bearing the surname who were in or from New York.
lists.rootsweb.com /index/surname/s/smith.html   (7419 words)

  
 Ar Turas Questions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
George Black (Surnames of Scotland) thinks that 'Brash' may be a form of 'Brass' which was common throughout the British Isles (predominantly in the east) and France.
Blacks's Surnames of Scotland states that "The Rentons of Renton were hereditary foresters of Coldingham in the reign of William the Lion, and Richardus forestarius appears in record as Ricardus de Reningtona." That branch of the family terminated in the direct line in a daughter during the 15th century.
"It was a not uncommon surname in Prestwick in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries".
www.ar-turas.co.uk /Pages/oldquestions.htm   (8205 words)

  
 Smith Family Genealogy Forum
Re: Isaac Smith and Hannah Hawley - Russell Smith 5/09/06
Re: Smiths and Merrills from NC to TN to IL - Wayne Smith 6/02/06
Re: Smiths and Merrills from NC to TN to IL - Elaine Smith 5/16/06
genforum.genealogy.com /smith   (1311 words)

  
 MY SMITH ANCESTORS
FIRST GENERATION: Priscilla SMITH was born on 18 Feb 1836 in Hamilton Co., TN..
It is correct as I understand it today, but as you know, tomorrow one of us may find that long missing piece of information and the whole picture will change.
The Smith Mailing List is for the posting of queries and sharing of biographical and genealogical information regarding the Smith surname.
www.angelfire.com /ut/kburnett2/Smith.html   (218 words)

  
 THE SMITH FAMILY HISTORY
It is generally accepted that the surname SMITH is occupational in origin.
When folks started taking surnames, they often ended up with something that described their trade.
Indeed, the original surname of the Smiths was Ferriera.
www.geocities.com /Heartland/Hills/6718/smith.html   (256 words)

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