Surname Search: "Smith"

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The goal of these surname search blog posts is to help you connect with other researchers interested in these surnames, and to find more information about your ancestors. Use the resources below as a stepping point to find credible sources, and remember: not every “Jane Doe” is your “Jane Doe”! If you have information related to the Smith surname, or would like to reach out to fellow Smith genealogy researchers, leave a comment. Please do not share any information about those still living to respect privacy.

Smith

Related surnames or alternate spellings: Smyth, Symthe, Schmidt, Smidt

Notable ancestors include:

• Abigail Smith, a.k.a. Abigail Adams, First and Second Lady of the US

• Adam Smith, Scottish “father of Economics”

• Bessie Smith, blues singer

• Edward John Smith, captain of the RMS Titanic

• Elliott Smith, (born Steven Paul Smith) singer-songwriter

• James Smith, & Richard Smith, qualifying ancestors for First Families of Maryland

• John Smith, Captain, English explorer

• Joseph Smith, founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• Margaret Chase Smith, senator from Maine

Genealogy websites

• “Dianne & Larry’s Smith Family Tree” familytree.smithlc.com

• Olar, Jared L. “The Smith Genealogy” (Rootsweb)

• “Ruth Campbell Smith 1925-27 Diaries” (Wayback Machine link)

• “Smith Family History” - smith-cernik-genealogy.online

• “Smith Family” smith-family.info

• “Smith” Friedman, University of Illinois

Message boards

• “Smith” posts on Genealogy.com GenForum Message Boards

• “Smith Family Genealogy” thread on genealogywise.com

• “Smith Family Venting” post on reddit

• “Smith” activity on WikiTree Genealogists Forum

• “Smith” posts on Ancestry.com Message Boards

Social media groups & societies

• Smith DNA and One Name Study Project - smithsworldwide.org

• The Smith Official SNA Project at FamilyTreeDNA

Photographs:

• “Admiral Smith”, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Alice J. Smith”, Denver Public Library

• “Bertha Salome Smith”, Denver Public Library

• “Bessie Smith” Library of Congress

• “C. Smith (Chas. D.)”, Denver Public Library

• “Charles Grant Smith, 1895” Denver Public Library

• “Cleon Smith and Family” Indiana State Library Digital Collections

• “Dexter H. Smith, 1888” Denver Public Library

• “Dick Smith”, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Edward A. Smith”, Denver Public Library

• “Elias Smith”, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Eliza P. Smith and John Rowan Smith” Library of Congress

• “Elizur Smith”, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Elmer Smith”, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Estelle Smith”, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Florence Eleanor Smith”, Denver Public Library

• “Frederick K. Smith”, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “George Hugh Smith with grandchildren, Catalina Island, 1902” The Huntington

• “Gerrit Smith”, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Hazel Smith, Gracie Smith, 1910” BYU Library

• “Henry Franklin Smith” Digital Library of Tennessee

• “Hiram Smith, 1886” HathiTrust

• “Hitty H. Smith, 1891” - Denver Public Library

• “Ingram F. Smith and Lorene Lindhardt Smith”, FamilySearch

• “James Harvey Smith, 1896” Digital Library of Tennessee

• “Joel Smith”, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Josephine Agnes Smith”, Denver Public Library

• “Leander C. Smith, brother of Jeanne C. Carr” ambrotype. The Huntington

• “Leo J. Smith, 1892” Denver Public Library

• “Leonard Kingsley Smith”, Denver Public Library

• “Lt. J.P. Smith” Digital Library of Tennessee

• “Lynn Carl Smith, 1895” Denver Public Library

• “Mae Smith”, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Margaret Alice Smith, 1895” Denver Public Library

• “Margaret Anderson Smith, 1896.” Digital Library of Tennessee

• “May Elizabeth Smith”, Denver Public Library

• “Mike Smith”, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Miss Smith, 1900” HathiTrust

• “Pearsall Smith” USC Libraries

• “Portrait of Abby Hadassah Smith & Julia Evelina Smith, 1877” Library of Congress

• “Smith family”, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Smith girls”, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Smith siblings”, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Sylvanus Smith”, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Theodore G. Smith”, Denver Public Library

• “Thomas G. Smith”, Denver Public Library

• “Wellington Smith”, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

Website clippings, news articles, blog posts (no paywalls)

• Nesteroff, Greg. “The Smith family’s Longbeach legacy” 5 Oct 2012. Nelson Star.

• Smith Farm Press Page, Atlanta History Center

• Waite, Dave. “The Smith Family of Acrobats & Clowns” 30 June 2022. Saratoga Today.

• “Finding the Smiths: stories behind common names” 11 Oct 2019. Reclaiming Our Ancestors.

• “Tracking Ballarat’s First Settlers: The Smith Family History” 26 Nov, 2023. The Courier
  

Artifacts

• “Diaries and family history of Elias Smith [microform] 1836 - 1888” - The Huntington

• “Diaries of Azariah Smith [microform] 1846 - 1912” The Huntington

• “Diary of Philander Smith, 1864” Ball State University

• “Diary of Ross Smith, 1916” State Library South Australia

• “Mary Alta Smith diary, 1926 - 1945” Ball State University

• “Smith Digital Video History, 1959, Valentine W. Smith” Internet Archive

Correspondence and letters

• Beulah Fenderson Smith Correspondence, Digital Maine Repository

• Edmund Ware Smith Correspondence, Digital Maine Repository

• George Albert Smith Correspondence, Library of Utah

• Henry A. Smith Correspondence, The University of Vermont

• James G. Smith Correspondence and Photographs, Hennepin County Library

• The Correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith, The Linnean Society of London

• “Margaret Bayard Smith Papers, Family Correspondence…1789” Library of Congress

Homes & historical markers

• C.E. Smith House

• Francis J. Smith house

• Frank Lloyd Wright Smith House, Michigan

• J. Gilbert Smith House, Los Altos, CA

• Jabez Smith House, Connecticut

• Smith Family Homestead, and others

• The Harry Smith House, Maryland

• The Mary Smith House - New Jersey

Oral histories

• Oral history interview with Hassel Smith, 1978 - (audio only) Smithsonian

• Oral history interview with Hughie Lee-Smith, 1968 - (audio only) Smithsonian

Books (Online & In Print)

• Baker, Elwood Thomas. “A genealogy of Eber and Lydia Smith Baker of Marion, Ohio, and their descendants” Chariton, Iowa. 1909 (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Harris, Joseph Smith. “Record of the Smith family descended from John Smith, born 1655 in County Monaghan, Ireland” Philadelphia, 1906. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Hartman, Blanche T. “The Smiths of Virginia: a history and genealogy of the Smiths of ‘Big Spring Plantation’ Frederick County, Virginia, together with a chronicle of the Drugan and the Carnahan families of Pennsylvania and Ohio” Pittsburgh, 1929. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Heyward, Mary Julia M. Griggs. “The Smith family of Pennsylvania: A genealogy of the descendants of the Smith family…” Pasadena, CA; 1936. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Martin, Mrs. Sophia Smith. “A complete genealogy of the descendants of Matthew Smith of East Haddam, Conn., with mention of his ancestors. 1637 - 1890” Rutland; The Tuttle Company, Printers; 1890. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• McCourt, Martha F. “The American descendants of Rev. John Smith who married 13 June 1643 Susanna Hinckley” Vancouver, WA; 1997. (Full view on Internet Archive - requires login and borrow)

• Miller, John Peery. “The genealogy of the descendants of Samuel Smith, Sr., and Elizabeth (McCleave) Smith” Xenio, O; Aldine Publishing House; 1922. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Smith, Edward Devereux. “Notes on the genealogy of one Smith family” Atlanta, GA., 1944. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Smith, Edward U. “Genealogy of the descendants of Robert Smith, who settled near Castle Shannon, Washington Co., now in Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, 1772” Williamsport, PA., Williamsport Printing & Binding Co., 1923. (Full view on PennState University Libraries)

• Smith, Jane Baldwin. “Diary of Jane Baldwin Smith, 1867, with letters of Eva Smith and genealogy” Yonkers, NY. Privately printed, 1930. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Smith, Josiah B. “Genealogy of William Smith, of Wrightstown, Bucks County, PA 1684” Newtown, PA; 1883. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Smith, Margaret T. “Genealogy and reminiscences of William Smith and family” Syracuse, New York; 1884. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Smith, Nathan. “History of the Smith Family” and Helen Whidden, “Genealogy of the Smith Family” Truro Printing & Publishing Co., Ltd., Truro, Nova Scotia, 1949. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Smith, Rev. James. “Genealogy of a Smith family 1590 - 1913” Aberdeen; John Avery & Co., Ltd. 1913. (Full view on Internet Archive)

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