Surname:Schmelzer

The German surname Schmelzer translates to:

• Smelter
• One Who Smelts Ore
• Molter

The z is said as a ts.

In Pennsylvania the Schmeltzer spelling is predominantly used.

John Smeltzer, who is a member of the Smelser Descendants Genealogy Group (maintained by Brenda Smelser-Hay), writes a newsletter "All Things Schmelzer" for the Yahoo Gengroup mailing list. He is also the Coordinator of the y-DNA Project. He has posted the results at the project website.

Others researching this surname can be found at:

• Ancestry
• Cousin Connect
• GenForum
• Rootsweb
• Schmelzer Family News & Heritage (see the Guest Book)
• Smelser Descendants Genealogy Group Dreambook
• Yahoo Gengroup - Go here to join.
• By going to a search engine, typing the surname followed by genealogy, i.e.
  Schmelzer genealogy

WARNING:
Some transcribers read the spelling SMELCER as SMELEER or SINCLARE/SINCLAIR