Welcome to the SCHOLDERER surname one-name study. This site is the
foremost genealogical site dedicated to the display of, research of and
collection of artifacts and historical information on the Scholderer
surname and its derivative surnames including but not limited to:
Scholder, Sholder, Sholders, Shoulder, Shoulders and their descendants.
This site is also interested in the various female lines that stem from
these surnames. So if there is a Scholderer surname or a variation in
your heritage, please contact us.
The progenitors of the Scholderer surname are mostly found in Germany,
with an emphasis in the area known as Wuerttemberg. This surname is also
found as far north as Denmark then south to Switzerland, west into parts
of Belgium, France and the Netherlands, then east into present day
Austria, Hungary, Poland, Russia and the Ukraine. Of the various
branches that came to America, they predominantly arrived in the 19th
and early 20th centuries from any number of the above countries.
While typical a one-name studies try to trace every person worldwide
with a particular surname, we will slowly be adding new family groups as
new documentation is uncovered. This sites' primary focus will be to
deliver the highest quality family website incorporating established
standards of research and presentation by the professional genealogical
community. This will provide the descendants of the families that are
presented here with an accurate record of the various families, while
being enjoyable, educational and factual reading.
This site has been derived from various original documents, books,
census records, church records, interviews and correspondence with
various family members over the years. We welcome any information or
stories that might be used for future updates and would encourage all of
you to submit any materials that may be of interest no matter how small.
We will then organize and make all of the information available that has
been collected on these various Scholderer families and their
descendants via this site. Typically we will incorporate these updates
on a monthly basis, so please visit us often to view our progress. The
most recent changes are always listed here.
If your family is already shown here, please consider sending us an
email, correcting any mistakes as well as any updates that would be
helpful to our research. We also like to hear about things that we are
doing well or could be doing better on this web site. We will accept any
and all suggestions and incorporate them as long as they benefit the
research and study’s main focus.
This web site makes every effort to follow the information sharing and
web site guidelines of the
National Genealogical Society. If you see information posted
that you feel should not be, please email me to discuss the problem.
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