Schmidlin Surname Project- Background

Administrators

Surnames

Schmedlen, Schmedlin, Schmedling, Schmidl, Schmidle, Schmidlein, Schmidlen, Schmidli, Schmidlin, Schmidling, Schmidtlin, Schmiedle, Schmiedlein, Schmiedlen, Schmiedlin, Smithlin

Background

The Schmidlin surname is found in the earliest surviving records of Switzerland, as well as Germany (mainly the Baden-Wuerttemberg area) and France (Alsace region), along the Rhine River valley.  It is suspected that the Schmidlin surname may have begun first in northwest Switzerland, and spread from there.  Some variant spellings may have begun in other locations as well.  Y-DNA should give some insight into this.