1897 census surname
Schmidt
According to Rootera’s index, 113 people recorded as Schmidt or related archive spellings were found across 57 census sheets. The surname appears most frequently in Dvinsk, Balvu Parish, and Izvaltas Parish.
Spelling forms
This page groups spelling variants associated with the same surname. Archive forms come directly from the indexed census records; Western spellings are included to support family-history research.
Where the surname appears
- Dvinsk42
- Balvu Parish20
- Izvaltas Parish13
- Višķu Parish11
- Maltas (Rozentovas) Parish8
- Preiļu Parish8
- Lutzin3
- Rezhitsa2
- Dagdas Parish1
- Kapiņu Parish1
- Kreslavka1
- Krāslavas Parish1
About these spelling forms
Rootera’s index records this surname in Cyrillic as “Шмидт”, with “smidt” in the Latin transcription. Researchers using Western-language sources may also encounter “Schmidt”, “Schmitt”, and “Smith”. These spelling alternatives help with discovery, but each match should be checked against the original census sheet.
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Search SchmidtSurname spellings may vary between the handwritten census sheets and the index. Rootera’s index is continuously reviewed and corrected.