Babenhausen^GL, Darmstadt: is some 14 miles NE of Darmstadt city and said by the Mueller FSL to be home^UC a Keil family.

Babke^GL, Mecklenburg: is some 26 miles SSE of Malchin in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and said by the Dobrinka FSL to be home^UC to a Foos family.

Bach^FN: said by the Cheisol FSL to be from^UC Saarlouis, Lothringen, Frankreich. For 1798 see Mai1798:Gf25, Ls28, 38.

Bach^FN: wife of Holtner, said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Riche, Eisenach.  See Buch.

Bach^FN{Adam}:  said by Kuhlberg List #2721 and by the Norka FSL #197 to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  The maiden name of the wife is later said to be Foerster (Mai1798:Nr62).  KS119 said he was from^UC Buedingen.

Bach^FN: said by the Mariental FSL to be from^UC Saargemuend, Lothringen. 

Bach ^FN{Gertrud}: this woman from^UC around Michelau (KS119) married in 1766 in Buedingen Lerch{J.Henirich} (Mai&Marquardt#471); by 1768 this couple was in Schulz FSL #25.

Bach^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Frankfurt-am-Main [Imperial City].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Wr36.

Bach{Adam}:  said by KS119 to have left^UC Hinterbach near Erbach for Russia (no date given): Not found in any FSL

Bach{Elisabeth & Peter}: she, the widow of Peter, with 4 children, in 1765 left^UC Bieber or Lohrhaupten near Gelnhausen for Russia (KS119).  Not found in any printed FSL.

Bach^GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to  Blank and Lochmann families, and possibly to a Schwarz family.  Kuhlberg said this place was in Darmstadt.  There were many Bach in the Germanies, but I can find none in lands that had belonged to Hessen-Darmstadt in the 1760’s.

Bacharach^GL: in the 1760s and until 1778 this was a Kreis i.e. district administrative center for the country of Kurpfalz.  After 1778 it was part of Bavarian-owned Rheinpfalz. After 1813 it became part of the Prussian Rheinland province.  The town was 20 miles W of Wiesbaden city.

Bacherts^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Hanneberg Sula, Kurpfalz.

Bachman^FN: included with the Bachmann.

Bachmann^FN: the maiden name of frau Stecker? and the family name of a stepdaughter listed by the Boregard FSL in the Stecker? household.

Bachmann^FN: said by the Goebel FSL to be from^UC Muehlhausen.

Bachmann^FN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be from^UC Aschaffenburg.

Bachman^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Hessen (no locality mentioned).  His wife’s maiden name is later given as Kel? and his family name is later spelled Bachmann (Mai1798:Nr67) see also Nr16 and 24.

Bachmann ^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Blauenthal, Kotteritz.  In 1798 the family name was also spelled Buxmann (Mai1798:Pl08).

Bachmann^FN: see Eckler of Pfeiffer.

Bachmann^FN: this family name was found recorded in Tann marriage records 1762-1767; see Flegel trip.

Back^FN: see Bock.

Backe^FN{Soph.Elis.}: according to a Rosslau ML a Backe woman (no place of origin given) married an Eckart man in 1765; by 1767 this couple may have been in Krasnoyar [at FSL 4 or 5] (Mai&Marquardt#874).

Backenheim(?)^GL, Wuerttemberg: said by the Dietel FSL to be home^UC to a Mueller family.  This may be Brackenheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, some 8 miles SW of Heilbronn city.

Backer^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Branfelzer.  Later spelled Becker (Mai1798: Nr22).

Backer^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be the maiden name of frau Doring.

Backmann?^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be a step-son in the Schroeder{Johann} household.

Backnang^GL, Wuerttemberg: is some 15 miles NW of Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg.  Said by the Laub FSL to be home^UC to a Hort and possibly to a  Schachewer? family.

Backnang [Amt]^GL, Wuerttemberg: the city just mentioned was also a District administrative center.

Bacqueville, Frankreich: an unidentified place said by the Franzosen FSL to be home^UC to a Legague family.  There were at least 2 Bacquevilles in France: one is 23 miles NNW of Rouen, the other is 15 miles Seof Rouen.

Bad^FN: see Bott.

Bad Bergzabern^GL: formerly Bergzabern.

Bad Brueckenau^GL, Bavaria is 51 miles ENE of Frankfurt-am-Main; formerly it must have been known as just Brueckenau.

Bad Camberg^GL: see Kamberg, Nassau.

Bad Duerkheim^GL, Rhineland-Palatinate: see Dirkheim.

Bad Ems^GL: see Ems.

Baden^FN: in the Katharinenstadt FSL with no place of origin given.

Baden^G, Switzerland: is 20 km NW of Zuerich, Switzerland.

Baden^GS: in the 1760’s there were two countries called Baden in the Germanies: Baden-Baden Margraviate (Cath.) and Baden-Durlach Margraviate (Luth.).   They were unified as Baden-Durlach in 1771. Each was rulled by a Margrave (Marquis).  Most of their holdings, some of which were widely scattered, were less than 30 km  E of the Rhine.

Baden-Baden: said no locality indicated by KS:304 to have been home^UC to the  Hartle family that settled in Neudorf.

Baden-Baden [Margraviate]^GS: this the smaller of the two Badens was seated in the cities of Baden-Baden (some 18 miles SW of Karlsruhe on the edge of the Black Forest) and nearby Rastadt; most of its lands were within 45 km S from Karlsruhe, although there were scattered holdings as far S as  Kippenheim and there were two or three tiny holdings  W of the Rhine across from Rastadt.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Balzer FSL to be home^UC of Borell and Klein families.

Baden-Durlach [Margraviate]^GS: Markgrafschaft Baden-Durlach in German,  this the larger of the two Badens was seated in the city of Karlsruhe; its territory was mostly N to SE of Karlsruhe city; its lands in and around Pforzheim city were more than 30 km E of the Rhine. It also had extensive but scattered holdings S of Weisweil and Tennenbach, and as far S as just across the Rhine from Basel!.  This Margraviate was often referred to simply as Durlach.  None of the following references mention a locality. It may have been the home^UC of the Resh family of Stahl-am-Karaman. Said by the Doenhof FSL to be home^UC to Boltz and Lichtenwald families.  Said by the Kamenka FSL to be home^UC to Aman and Zwinger families.  Said by the Moor FSL to be home^UC to a Braun family.  Said by the Schwed FSL to be home^UC to a Zoller family.

Baden-Tuchan^GS, may be an attempt to transliterate Baden-Durlach?

Baden-Wuerttemberg^GS a modern German state on the eastern side of the Rhine River.

Bader^FN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:672, 677, 211) to be from Heutingsheim, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  Using FHL(1,056,787), the GCRA verified this origin; they also found using FHL(1,056,750-1) that the family was in Markgroeningen, Ludwigsburg [Amt], just before leaving for the east.  See the GCRA book for more details.

Bader^FN: this family was listed in Susannental in 1790, 1791 and 1798 (Mai1798:Mv2877, 2881 and Ss16) but I could not locate them in an FSL although they were in T4766-70 immediately following two families that are in the Susannental FSL  For another family member in 1798 see Gf20.

Bader^FN{E.Dorothea}:  this woman was listed in Susannental in 1790 as the daughter of a Quant going to Graf  to marry (Mai1798:Mv1877)but in Graf in 1798 her maiden name was given as Bader (Gf38).  Perhaps she was the widow of an unknown Bader born after the T list was done?

Bader{Joh.Ernst}: from^UC Aulck near Leipzig, and wife Magdalena Thiemans from^UC Hannover left for Russia (no date given) (KS119).  This man from^UC Aulik married the widow Magdalena Timans from^UC Hannover in Luebeck on 3 Sept. 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#218).  They have not been found in any printed FSL.

Bad Hersfeld, Hessen, is some 22 miles N of Fulda city, and, as Hersfeld, was the seat of Hersfeld County.

Bad Kreuznach[Amt]^GL: this was an administrative center some 22 miles SW of Wiesbaden city.

Bad Kreutznach^GL: also see Krentznach.

Bad Langensalza^GL: see Langensalza.

Bad Liebenzell^GL, Bad Liebenzell [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 20 miles W of Stuttgart, and was proven by GCRA to be home to Scharer^FN{Magdalena} and to the Reinschmid family that went to Glueckstal.  See the GCRA book for more details.

Bad Nauheim^GL: is some 16 miles NNE of Frankfurt-am-Main.

Bad Neustadt-an-der-Saale^GL: see Neustadt, Wuerzburg.

Bad Orb^GL: see Orb.

Bad Salzschlirf^GL:  see  Salzschlirf.

Bad Sol-Salmuenster^GL, Hessen is about 8.6 miles SW of Schluechtern, 11 miles ESE of Buedingen.

Bad Wimpfen^GL: see Wimpfen.

Bergen?, Schwedisch Vorpommern: 24 km NE of Stalsund city, it was said by the Schwed FSL to be home^UC to a Nummerstein family.

Breslow?, Schweden: an unidentified place said by the Schwed FSL to be home^UC to a Lauer family.

Baecker^FN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be from^UC Stollberg (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Becker.

Baecker^FN: said by the Kano FSL to be from^UC Nieder Modau? with a Leschorn step-daughter in the household.

Baecker{Konrad}^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Laubach.

Baecker^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Salmuenster, Fulda.

Baecker^FN: said by the Laub FSL to be from^UC Alten, Holstein.

Baecker{Johann}: said by the Recruiter Beauregard’s list to have been from^UC Stromberg?, [Kurpfalz] (Lk138)..  Listed as Becker  in the 1798 Luzern census (Mai1798:Lz43).  Not found in any FSL and with no previous colony indicated they probably were among the Luzern first settler couples.

Baecker^FN: said by the Messer FSL to be from^UC Brandenburg (no locality mentioned). In 1798 the family name was spelled Becker (Mai1798:Ms35).

Baecker^FN{Johannes}: said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Bassenheim [Barony].

Baecker^FN{J.Friedrich}:  said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Tordorf?.    Spelled Becker in 1798 (Mai1798:Nb32).

Baecker^FN{Anton}: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Hessen (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Becker in 1798 (Mai1798:Nr57 and maybe 144).  According to the Buedingen ML, this widower married in 1766 the widow of Herr Peuscher from^UC Zellenrode, [Kur-]Sachsen; Becker was said to be from^UC Ronhausen/Ronshausen, Marburg [Amt], Hessen and Peuscher was from^UC Sellnrod near Gruenberg in Hessen (Mai&Marquardt#630).

Baecker^FN{Georg}: said (no locality mentioned) by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Hessen.  Spelled Becker in 1798 (Mai1798:Nr164, 133, and maybe 144).

Baecker^FN{J.Philipp}: said (no locality mentioned) by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Kurpfalz.  Not searched for in 1798.

Baecker^FN{Margareta}: the widowed aunt of N. Mueller said (no locality mentioned) by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg.  Surely died by 1798.

Baecker^FN{Martin}: said (no locality mentioned) by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Braunfels.  Spelled Becker in 1798 (Mai1798:Nr22 and maybe 144).

Baecker{Conrad}^FN: said by the Stephan FSL #20 to be from^UC Maar, [Lauterbach].  For 1798 see (Mai1798:Sp32); for possible 1793, 1795 and 1798 see Mv2844, 2847 and Dr37?.  This Becker man married in Buedingen on 11 April 1766 Bott{Elisabeth} (Mai&Marquardt#517, KS120).

Baecker{J.Conrad}^FN: said by the Stephan FSL #20 to be from^UC Maar, Lauterbach, [Reidsel/Fulda].  The Buedingen ML says this man married Bott^FN{Elisabeth}(Mai&Marquardt#517, KS123).   Spelled Becker in 1767 (T376).

Baecker^FN{Daniel}: said by the Straub FSL to be from^UC Offenbach, Isenburg[-Birstein Principality].  I did not find them or any descendants in Mai1798.

Baecker[J.Heinrich, E.Margaretha} ^FN: said by the Straub FSL to be step-children in the Schwab{Carl F.} household.  I did not find them or any descendants in Mai1798.

Baecker{Matthias}^FN: said by the Straub FSL to be from^UC Ketternschwalbach, Nassau-Usingen [Principality],  with both  Heller step-children and a single deaf  Steinmetz man in the household.  I did not find these Baeckers or any descendants in Mai1798. 

Baecker{Nicolaus}^FN: said by the Straub FSL to be from^UC Wintersheim, Kurpfalz, with a brother-in-law Schmidt{Daniel} in the household.  I did not find him or any descendants in Mai1798.

Baecker ^FN: said by the Susannental FSL to be from^UC Fauerbach.  I could not locate them or any descendants in Mai1798.

Baecker{Christoph}^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Baerstadt, Nassau[-Usingen Principality].   Spelled Becker in 1798 (Mai1798:Wr65).

Baecker{J.Georg}^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Derndur?, Ansbach [Margraviate].  He surely died prior to the 1798 Volga censuses.

Baecker{Magnus}^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Stafelberg?[sic?], [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate].

Baecker{Johann}: said by Recruiter Beauregard’s list to have come from^UC Gunzendorf, Bamberg [Bishopric] (Lk47).  So far I have not found this couple associated with an colony.

Baecker: also see Becker and Beker.

Baeckerdorf^VV:  another name for Ernestinendorf^VV.

Baehr^FN: see Baer and Berer.

Baehr^VV: another name for Kamenka^VV.

Baehrend(t){A.Elisabeth}: she married Hentze{J.Georg} on 3 August 1766 in Rosslau (KS119, KS134, Mai&Marquardt#1043).  They have not as yet been found in any printed FSL.

Baehrer^FN: said by the Schaefer FSL to be from^UC Lehrberg, [Ansbach Margraviate?].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Rm22).

Baeker^FN: said by the Grimm FSL to be from^UC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Becker.

Baemler[Christoph}: listed in the 1798 Seelmann census (Sm1) but I could not find him in any FSL.

Baer^FN {Nicolaus}: said by the Anton FSL to be from^UC Heidelberg Oberamt, Kurpfalz.  Volz indicated Hessen origins for this family.  Spelled Baehr in 1798 (Mai1798:An10).

Baer^FN {Philipp}: said by the Anton FSL to be from^UC Heidelberg Oberamt, Kurpfalz.  Volz indicated Hessen origins for this family.  Spelled Baehr in 1798 (Mai1798:An7 and Bz23).

Baer^FN{Michael}: said by the Balzer FSL to be from^UC [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate] (no locality mentioned).  This couple surely had died before the 1798 census.

Baer^FN{A.Maria}: this mother-in-law was said by the Dobrinka FSL to be living in a Dozert? household from^UC Schoenhausen(?)[evidently a mistake for Stockhausen],  Riedesel.

Baer^FN{Konrad}: said by the Pleve version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL #77 to be from^UC both Isenburg (no locality mentioned) and Nidda, and by the Stumpp version from^UC either Hessen (no locality given), or KS119: Neu-Isenburg, or Offenbach, Hessen.  Ber is an alternate spelling in the Kromm version (p.33).

Baer^FN{J.Christoph}: said by the Pleve version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL #6 to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned) . KS119 said they were from^UC Neu-Isenburg, near Offenbach.  Ber is an alternate spelling in the Kromm version, and the family was  is said to be from^UC Rainrod near Nidda (p.32).

Baer^FN{Georg}: said by KS119 to have left^UC [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate] in 1766 for^UC Balzer. Not found so far in any printed FSL.

Baer^FN{Johann}: said by KS119 to be from^UC Neu-Isenburg, near Offenbach.  Not found so far in any printed FSL.

Baer/Beer/Baehr/Bayer?^FN{Samuel}: said by the Kamenka FSL to be from^UC Bamberg.

Baer/Beer/Baehr/Bayer?^FN{Hans H}: said by the Kamenka FSL to be from^UC Kirburg(?)/Kurbburg(?).

Baer^FN{Michael}: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be from^UC Seigendorf, Bamberg [Bishopric].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Nk7, Sm45.

Baer^FN{Andreas Michael}: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be from^UC Magdeburg (no locality mentioned). The family name was spelled Baehr in 1798 (Mai1798:Mv2125,Ka101).

Baer^FN{Johann}: KS119 says this man left^UC Magdeburg for Orlowskoje.  He has not been found in any FSL.

Baer^FN{Joseph}: no place of origin is given for this couple in the Pfeiffer FSL.  The family name is later spelled Bahrwirt?.

Bayer{A.Maria}: said to be from Gunterskirchen^UC she married Caspar{Fritz} on 26 May 1766 in Buedingen (Mai&Marquardt#665,KS120).  I could not find this couple in any published FSL.

Baer^FN{Nikolaus}: from^UC the Pfalz m. A.Sophia, widow of Herr Scheibe of^UC the Pfalz on 23 May 1765 in Danzig (KS119, Mai&Marquart#754).  They have not been found in any printed FSL.

Baer^FN: this family name was found recorded in Schotten parish records for many years prior to 1767; see Flegel trip.

Baerenbach^GL: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Berg family.  This might be the same place as the following entry, or there are 4 such in Baden-Palatinate and one Baerembach in Bas-Alsace.

Baerenbach^GL, Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Preuss FSL to be home to an Uhlmann family.  There are two Baerenbach in Rhineland-Palatinate, one some 34 miles W and one some 40 miles SW of Mainz city center.

Baerenburg^GL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to Ehrlich{Gottlieb}.  There is a Kurort Baerenburg some 17.5 miles S of Dresden city.

Baerg^FN: said by the Rosenort FSL to be from^UC Stadtfeld, Marienburg Amt.

Baergen^FN: said by the Tiege FSL to be a son-in-law living in the Neufelt  household.

Baerstadt^GL: an unidentified place said by the Urbach FSL to be home^UC  to frau Weinert/the widow Pflaum and possibly to a Pflaum family.

Baerstadt, Nassau[-Usingen Principality]: is 11 km WNW of Wiesbaden city and was said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to a Baecker{Christoph} family.

Baertsch^FN: see Pertsch.

Baerwalde^GL: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Mueller family.  There were at least 3 Beerwalde in Saxony and 2 Baerwalde in Poland.

Baerwalde^GL: also see Berwald.

Baessler^FN: said by the Hoelzel FSL #3 to be from^UC Pettstadt, Bamberg [Bishopric].   According to a Rosslau ML this Besselt man had married in 1766 a Hemlimin woman (Mai&Marquardt#1023).  However, in 1798 the maiden name of frau Bessler was given as Gelwein (Mai1798:Hz14), and his family name was given variously as  Bessler (Hz23), Beuler (Sm2), Boehringer (Nk52), and possibly as Bauser (Dl42).  In 1792 it was given as Besener(?) (Mv942).

Bager^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Wiesbaden, Frankfurt-am-Main.

Bagnols, Frankreich: an unidentified place and said by the Franzosen FSL to be home^UC to a Reon family.  There are at least five Bagnols in France.  This may have been 17 miles NW of Avignon.

Bagu^FN: said by the Franzosen FSL to be from^UC Bersancon, Frankreich.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Bahl^FN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be from^UC Aschaffenburg.

Bahlausen^FN:  said by the Reinhard FSL to be from^UC Radaschhausen?, Schwarzburg.  I could not find them in Mai1798.

Bahlt^FN: said by the Goebel FSL to be from^UC Pressburg, Ungarn.

Bahn^FN: see Baini.

Bahnbruecken^GL, Bruchsal [Amt], Baden: is some 8 miles E of Bruchsal city and proven by the GCRA to be home to the Laemmle family which went to Bergdorf; see their book for more details.

Bahr^FN: said by the 1798 Schulz census to be the maiden name of frau Lerch{J.Henirich}.

Bahrwirt^FN: see Baer.

Baideck^VV: another spelling of Beideck^VV.

Baier ^FN: filed along with Beier.

Baiersbronn^GL, Freudenstadt [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 3 miles NW of Freudenstadt city and said by the KS:263 to be home^UC to Michael Fischer of Berdorf’s widow.

Baigerd ^FN:see Beichert.

Baini^FN: said by the Husaren FSL to be from^UC Frankfurt-am-Main (no locality mentioned)   In 1798 this was spelled Bahn (Mai1798:Hn6), Boni (Km27) and Bani (Mv1040).

Baisch^FN:  settled, date unknown,  in Gueldendorf, Odessa; family records found by Curt Renz in Sulz, Neckar/Sulz parish, Wuerttemberg.  Sulz-am-Neckar is some 27 miles WSW of Reutlingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg.

Baisingen^GL: see Braistingen.

Bakenberg^GL: see Bakenburg.

Bakenburg?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Hartmann family.  Therre was a Blankenburg some 7 miles SW of Halberstadt city in Brunswick Duchy and there was a Bakenberg on the NW edge of Arnheim city.

Bakler^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from Maastricht, Holland.  A Luebeck ML says this Berkler woman married in 1765 a Pohl man; by 1766 this couple was in Katharinenstadt (Mai&Marquardt#43).

Bakus^FN: listed by the 1816 Neudorf census (#33) with no origin. The GCRA found indications that the family came from^UC 1) Muenzesheim, Bruchsal [Amt], Baden which they guessed may have been Meisenheim, Rheinland,  or 2) from^UC Alsenz, Meisenheim [Amt], Rheinpfalz.    The adult second generation used the nameGauch with variations: Hauch and Haug.

Bal^FN, see Bahl.

Balart?^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Schwerin (no locality mentioned).  Jim Parsonage of Brisbane, Australia says this Ballart family settled in Schaffhausen, then moved to Bulgulma, and finally in1919 escaped to Manchuria, which they then escaped in 1949 to go to the US and Australia.  They are listed as Pallatte in Schaffhausen in the 1798 census (Mai1798:Sh20).

Baldamus{Johannes}: left Jessnitz for Russia (KS119).  He has not yet been found in any printed FSL.

Balde^FN: said by the Urbach FSL to be from^UC Delitzsch, [Kur-]Sachsen.  Also mistakenly spelled Falde in 1798 (Mai1798:Ur14).

Baler?^FN: said by the Kraft FSL to be from^UC Londorf.

Baldaf^FN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be from^UC Gemuenden, Wuerzburg [Bishopric].  In 1798 spelled Baltauf (Mai1798:Sm31).

Balingen^GL, [Wuerttemberg Duchy]: is some 21 miles SW of Reutlingen city, and said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Koch family.

Balingen^GL, Balingen parish, Wuerttemberg.: is some 22 miles SW of Reutlingen, Baden Wuerttemberg, and was home to a Zuern family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa.

Balinger^FN: see Bollinger.

Ball?^FN: see Bahl.

Ballart ^FN, see Balart.

Ballenheim^GS: a unidentified state; see Kloster Leichtstaedte.

Ballenheim(?)^GL, Franken: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Reicholdt family.  This might be Behlenheim, Alsace, some 7 miles NW of Strasbourg city center.

Ballenstedt^GL, Anhalt-Bernburg:

Ballwitz^GL: see Bulwitz.

Baltauf^FN: see Baldaf.

Baltzer^FN: filed among Balzers.

Balzer^FN: said by the Grimm FSL to be from^UC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).

Balzer^FN: said by the Kraft FSL to be from^UC Weiler, Pfalz.

Balzer^FN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be a step-son living with the Hemrisch family which would indicate that frau Hemrisch was previously frau Balzer.  I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

Balzer ^FN{Christoph(er)}:  said by the Paulskaya FSL #26 to be from^UC Dessau (no locality mentioned) with two Boxhorn orphan boys in the household.  According to KS119 and a Rosslau ML this Baltzer man married in 1766  Ebert{Christina Sohia} no origins given (Mai&Marquardt#942).

Balzer^FN: said by the Urbach FSL to be from^UC Muehlried, Wuerrtemberg[sic?].  I could not find them in Mai1798.

Baltzer^FN{Johannes}: married Kaufmann{M.Katharina} in Luebeck on 25 July 1766 (KS119, Mai&Marquardt#187).  Not yet found in any published FSL.

Balzer^VV (aka Goloi Karamysh, Goly Karamysch, Golyj Karamysch) is a German village of the Reformed faith on the western side of the Volga.  An abbreviated translation of the Balzer FSL was first printed in KS: pp.77-78, with the entries and additional information (source not given by Stumpp) interspersed alphabetically pp.117-165.  The FSL is now published in full in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.I, pp.71-104.  According to these works, plus work done by researchers, the first settlers were from the following places with the family names shown here in parens.  Information and spelling sometimes differ between Stumpp and Pleve – information from Stumpp only is presented here in bold italics. A number following a family name is its FSL number.  Red lettering indicates the origin has been proven:

 

from Ansbach [Margraviate]: (Ditmer?/Dittmer12);

from Aulendiebach, Isenburg[-Buedingen County]: (Gerlach/Gierlach73, Lutz/Lotz68, Mesinger/Messinger62);

from Baden-Baden [Margraviate]: (Klein{Jacob Sr}30, {Jacob Jr}36;

from Baden-Durlach [Margraviate]: (Borell{Georg}29, {Jacob}28);

from Blanenbach: (Dorlosch/Dorlot/Darlot?2);

from Bueches/Buches, Isenburg[-Buedingen County]: (Weber98);

from Buedingen, Isenburg-Buedingen County: (Koehler80);

from Calbach, Isenburg-Buedingen County: (Koehler80, Rutt/Ruth44, frau Kling43);

from [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: (Baer32, Berg{Georg}33);

from Duedelsheim, Isenburg-[Buedingen County]: (Bender41, Claus/Klaus4, Eurich{Adam}42, Eurich/Eyring/Eirich{Lorenz}47. Fech/Fecht50, Jaeckel/Jakel55, Kleinfelder59, Kling/Klinck43, Magel40, Raab{Heinrich}49, Scheit{Heinrich}52, {Philipp}53, Schneider{Heinrich}51 and frau Schneider(nee Ruehl)51, Weisheim/Weissheim{Conrad}57, {Johannes}58, {J.Heinrich}87, {Maria Sophia}88, and frau Weisheim (nee Schwartz)57);

from Eckartshausen, Isenburg-Marienborn County: (Kaiser45);

from Essen: (Barthuly1);

from Hanau [County]: (Kalbin86);

from Hessen: (Herbel39);

from Hoffsin?: (Barthuly1);

from Hohenlohe [County/Principality]: (Tehele/Tebele/Debel14, Volz/Voltz13);

from Huettengesas, Isenburg-Meerholz County: (Deckmann41a, frau Bender(nee Doerr)41, Doerr41a, Habermann{Valentin}86a, Heimbuch{Johannes}85, {Heinrich}90a, Neugard/Neuhard/Neidhard89, Protzmann/Protsmann/Brotsmann79, Roehrig/Rohrich91, Ross97, frau Ross (nee Doerr)97, Roth46, Schaefer66, frau Schaefer(nee Gaert)66, Zieg6);

from Isenburg(no country or locality identified): (Becker{Heinrich}103, Buchner, Dob, Engel96, Erth90, Faust{Conrad Jr}100a, {Conrad Sr}100, Frickel95, Heil{Conrad}92, Heizenroeder/Heitzenraeder75, Idt84, Kaehm{Caspar}93, Kaehm/Kehm{Markus}48, Keller{J.Heinrich}94, Koehler80, Mai71, Mueller64, Scheibel{A.Maria}105, {J.Heinrich}105a, Schlegel65, Schleuger99, Schneider{Conrad}76, {Gertrude}82, Sinner102, Stumpf104, Tirol/Triol83, Wukert77, and possibly Eiler?65a,  Junker103a);

from Kurpfalz: (Bauer{Johannes}26, {Ludwig}3, Blitz72, Busch{Jacob}19, Busick/Busiek28, Eichner37,Geist17,Gropp{Jacob}31, Haupt?70, Heckmann{Adam}25, {Michael}27, Heft8, Herzog16, Hoffmann{Valentin}20, Huber/Hubert23, Kolb{Wilhelm}34, Ritter18, Robertus9, Steinpreis/Steinepreis35, Stoehr24, and possibly Bauer{A.Susanna}19a);

from Leustadt, Isenburg[-Buedingen County?]: (widow Weber (nee Volckers/Volkers)98);

from Lieblos, Isenburg-Meerholz County: (frau Rohrich (nee Schmick)91);

from Lindheim, [Staden Ganerbschaft]: (Leichner54, Mai71);

from [Lorbach,] Isenburg[-Buedingen County]: (Lohrengel74, Reuss/Reis56);

from Lowenstein: (Karl11);

from Neuweidermus, Isenburg[-Meerholz County]: (frau Kraueter/Krauter (nee Schneider)81);

from Oberwidermus, Isenburg[-Meerholz County]: (Kraueter/Krauter81);

from [Oehringen], Hohenlohe [County/Principality]: (Tehele/Tebele/Debel14, Volz/Voltz13);

from [Kur-]Pfalz: (Karl11);

from Rohrbach, Isenburg[-Buedingen County]: (Grasmick/Grasmueck/Grasmuck63, 78, Popp/Bopp/Bott61);

from [Wied-]Runkel [County]: (Spaeth/Spaedt5);

from Schweiz: (Meier/Maier21, Merkel15, Scheck10);

from Schweiz: (Moehser);

from Strotzbuesch, [Kurtrier]: (Becker{Weil}69 and possibly Ulrich69a);

from Wittenberg: (Kiselmann?/Kisselmann22);

from Wolf, Isenburg-Buedingen County: (Bengel/Bingel/Dingel60, Gruen/Erin?67, frau Gruen(neeHart)67, frau Lotz (neeHart/Herdt)68, and possibly Gropp{Johannes}67a);

from Wolferborn, Isenburg[-Birstein County?]: (Schleigel/Schlegel/Schleuger/Schleuchert101);

from Zweibruecken, Kurpfalz: (Decker{Philipp}7).

Bamar^FN: said by the Jost FSL to be from^UC Hobeck, Sachsen.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Bamberg [Bishopric]^GS: seated in Bamberg, Bavaria which lies some 43 miles ENE of Wuerzburg and some100 miles ESE of Frankfurt-am-Main; it was an independent state under its Bishop in the 1760s with extensive territories.  None of the following references mention any locality within the Bishopric.  Said by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to a Kleinlein family.  Said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to Diethorn?, Lill, and Seiler families and possibly a Koenig family. Said by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to Minterlein and Stark families. Said by the Hildmann FSL to be home^UC to a Rockenschuh family.  Said by the Hoelzel FSL to be home^UC to a Lee family.  Said by Kuhlberg to be home^UC to the Korger and Lee boys of Hoelzel.  Said by the Kamenka FSL to be home^UC to Baer/Beer/Baehr/Bayer?, Boehm/Behm, and Siebenhaar families. Said by Kuhlberg to be home^UC to the Rudolph family that went to Kano.  Said by the Leichtling FSL to be home^UC to a Krib? family (there is some later indication that this might be a Groh family). Said by the Leitsinger FSL to be home^UC to Dehler, Faust, and Sener families.  Said by Kuhlberg to home^UC to Schuster{Michael} listed by the Leitsinger FSL as an orphaned brother-in-law in the Fritzmann household.  Said by the Louis FSL to be home^UC to a Stuermer family and possibly a Neuf  family.  Said by the Recruiter Beauregard’s list to have been home^UC to the widow Degner{A.Maria} (Lk50) and to the Burghardt{Nicolaus} family (Lk44) both likely Luzern first settlers.  Said by the Mariental FSL to be home^UC to a Tuebelein  family. Said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be home^UC to Brehm{Peter}, Strecklein/Stecklein, and Wenger families.  Said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be home^UC to an Frankuechen and a Zimmermann family. Said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to Bittel, Knecker?, Leidemann, Mener?, and Stadelmann families. Said by the the Rohleder FSL to be home^UC to Koch{Georg}, Korger, Rohleder{Georg}, {J.Konrad},{J.Peter}, and Schreiner families.  Said by the Seelmann FSL to be home^UC to a Homes man.  Said by the Volmer FSL to be home to a Sauer family.  Said by Recruiter Beauregard’s list to have been home^UC to Fleischmann{Georg (Lk157).

Bamberger^FN: said by the Moor FSL to be a step-son living in the Scherf household.

Bamberger^FN{J.Engelhardt}:  in 1766 he married Koch{A.Christina} in Luebeck (KS119, Mai&Marquardt#172).  I could not find this couple in any published FSL.

Bammental^GL, Baden: is some 5 miles SE of Heidelberg, Baden Wuerttemberg.

Banat^GL, Hungary: the Banat was an area of considerable German settlement across the Danube from Belgrade extending N and E.

Bandel^FN: said by the Schuck FSL to be from^UC Bieswang.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Su26.

Bandel^FN{J.Ludwig}: he married Kallop{A.Dorothea} on 29 June in Rosslau (KS119 and Mai&Marquardt#1035).  I could not find them in any printed FSL.

Bangel^FN: said by the Dietel FSL to be step-children living in a Dietel family householdwhich was said to be  from^UC Runkel, Kurfalz.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Dt33 and Hs8.

Bangert^FN: said by the Bangert FSL to be from^UC Niederlauken, Nassau-Usingen.  In 1798 spelled Bonger and the wife’s maiden name was given as Hubert (Mai1798:Bg5).

Bangert^VV (aka Saumarye, Saumorje, Zaumorje) is a Lutheran German village on the eastern side of the Volga.  Its  FSL is now published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.I, pp. 105-113.  According to this, the first settlers were from the following places with the family names shown here in parens. The number with the name is their household number in the FSL:

from Anspach, [Kur-]Trier: (Weirich28);

from Bernhausen, Wuertemberg: (Deibert?/Daiber/Teiber20);

from Dorfweil, Nassau-Usingen: (Loob/Loeb16);

from Esch, Nassau: (Eckert/Eckhardt22);

from Frauenstein, Sachsen: (Stehm?4);

from Freiburg: (Heiss14a, Reber14);

from Grimmellfingen, Ulm, Schwaben: (Huber/Hubert27, possibly Gerhardt27a);

from Hasselborn, Nassau-Usingen: (Boxer8, Reitz9);

from Homburg, Darmstadt: (Beil/Feil/Peil21);

from Kleeberg, Wetterau, Darmstadt: (Gammel/Hammel?13, Hamel/Hammel29, Schmidt{Johann, Peter, Katharina}6,10,30);

from Mittelhausen, Nassau-Usingen: (Otto15);

from Moenstadt, Nassau-Usingen: (Sorg11);

from Moettau, Nassau-Weilburg: (Burg/Bork12);

from Neustadt, Kurmainz: (Heiland24);

from Niederlauken, Nassau-Usingen: (Bangert/Bonger1, Huber/Hubert18,18a, Sahl23, Schnorr17);

from Oberwetz, Braunfels: (Otto7);

from Philippstein, Nassau-Weilburg: Gath?/Gatt/Hatt32);

from Pulheim(?), Darmstadt: (Bonecker3);

from Rod an der Weil, Nassau-Usingen: (Nickel19);

from Roemershausen, Darmstadt: (Schoesser5);

from Steinbach, Darmstadt: (Gossmann?26);

from Uckersdorf, Nassau-Dillenburg: (Siebert/Sieber25);

from Weilmuenster, Nassau-Weilburg: (Erber2);

from Zuzenhausen, Kurpfalz: (Wirth/Werth31).

Bani^FN: see Baini.

Banne, Frankreich: is 43 miles NW of Avignon and said by the Franzosen FSL to be home^UC to a Boquere family.

Bannerod^GL, [Riedesel Barony]: is some 30 miles ENE of Friedberg-in-der-Wetterau and was home to the Kissler who went to Frank.  See Penrot.

Bantzen{J.Gottlieb}: he married Heyne{M.Antonia} in Rosslau on 28 May 1765.  I could not find them in any published FSL.  Try Gantzen.

Bapst^FN: see Pabst.

Barat^FN: said by the Franzosen FSL to be from^UC Labor,Frankreich.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Barataevka^VV: a version of the Russian name for Bettinger^VV.

Baratajewka^VV: a version of the Russian name for Bettinger^VV.

Baratayevka^VV: a version of the Russian name for Bettinger^VV.

Barberich^FN: said by the Goebel FSL to be from^UC Rengshausen(?), Kurmainz.  Later spelled Berberich (Mai1797:Mv695, Se18).

Barbie^FN: see Barbier.

Barbier^FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Vandelans, Frankreich. Spelled Barbie in 1798 (Mai1798:Om45).

Barbier^FN: said by the Louis FSL to be from^UC Bitsch, Lothringen. In 1798 the family name was spelled Barbie (Mai1798:Ls24,Mt62).

Barby, [Kur-]Sachsen: is 25 km SE of Magdeburg city and was said by the Schulz FSL to be home^UC to a Geise? family.  Said by the Urbach FSL to be home^UC  to an Enike family.

Bareis^FN: see Paris.

Barelo or Bartole^FN: said by the Moor FSL to be from^UC Behren-Luebchin?.  The family name was spelled Barthuly in 1798 (Mai1798:Mo70).

Barenburg?, [Hoya County, Kurbraunsweig]: said by the Stephan FSL to be home^UC to a Genke family.

Barett ^FN: said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be from^UC Licques?, Frankreich.  I could not find members of this family in  Mai1798.

Barg?, [Kur-]Brandenburg: an unidentified place said by the Reinhard FSL to be home^UC to the Wolf family.

Barger^FN: see Berger.

Barger(?)^GL, Kurpfalz: an unidentified place said by the Dobrinka FSL to be home^UC to a Mueller family.

Barkastein?: an unidentified place said by the Stephan FSL to be home^UC to a Baron family.

Barman^FN: the 1798 Dobrinka census says this was Seifert’s wife’s maiden name (Mai1798:Db36).

Barmut/Bormut^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Schoenberg.

Baron^FN{Anton}: said by the Kamenka FSL to be from^UC Salzburg.

Baron^FN{Johannes}: said by the Stephan FSL to be from^UC Barkastein?.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sp7 but also spelled Bornn in 1793, 1794 and 1798 (Mv2841,2845,Kf41, and Gk1).  Spelled Born in 1767 (T275 and 276).

Baronsk^VV: a Russian name for Katharinenstadt^VV.

Baronville(?)^GL, Luxembourg: now in Belgium, some 43 miles NW of Luxembourg city, and said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Charles family.

Barpach? ^GL, Fetzburg?: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to a Mader family. 

Barr^GL, Strasbourg [Amt], Elsass: is some 18.5 miles SW of Strasbourg city, and was a District administrative center.

Bart^FN:  listed by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:659, 214) without origin.  GCRA thinks they previously may have gone from Hoepfingen, Wuerttemberg to Kolonie Koenigsbach, S. Prussia in 1804.  Also spelled Barth.

Bart^FN: said by the Kolb FSL to be from^UC Heimweiler(?), Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter(?).  Later spelled Barth.

Bart^GL, Grafschaaft Hanau: an unidentified locality said by the Roethling FSL to be home^UC to a Ritt family.

Bartazeie?^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Schulz FSL to be from^UC Hessen-Kassel [Landgraviate].  I could not find him in Mai1798.

Bartel^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Zerbst (no locality mentioned).   Spelled Bartel in 1794 and 1798 (Mai1798: Mv330, Or25).

Bartel^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Befort, Luxembourg with a orphan Roething girl in the household.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bn46.

Bartel^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Liebau, Sachsen.

Bartel^FN: said by the Pleve version of the Norka FSL to an orphan boy from^UC Isenburg-Buedingen (locality in question) in the Milling household.  Ruth Schultz reports that his death record in Norka church records lists Buedingen as his birth place.  I could not find him in  Mai1798.

Bartel^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Dengkofen.

Bartel{Johann}^FN: said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be a step-son in the Ecksu? household.

Bartel{Ludwig}^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be from^UC Minden [Principality], Hannover [sic].  I could not find members of this family in Mai1798.

Bartel^FN: also see Pertel.

Bartelmei^FN: said by the Walter FSL to be from^UC Kerschvelt/Kirschalt/Kirschfelt[Gersfeld]^GL, Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter.  Also spelled Bartolmei and Bartolomei.by the Russian scribe of the Walter FSL.  According to Doris Evans, this origin was confirmed in parish records in research done by Anneliese Micheiwski for Margo Sherer : a Bartholmess man died in Wuestensachsen before 1690, his son, born in Wuestensachsen married a Richter woman in Gersfeld in 1690.

Bartels^FN: according to a Luebeck ML a Bartels woman (no origin given) married a Rosemann man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Bettinger (Mai&Marquardt#113).

Bartelsen^FN: see Bartels.

Bartelson^FN: said by the Galka FSL to be from^UC Abo.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Bartenstein^GL: see Bautenstein.

Barteter? ^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Stadtamhof, [Kur-]Bayern.  I could not find them in Mai1798.

Bartezan^FN:  said by the Ober-Monjou 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Konradi (Mai1798:Om12).

Barth^FN:  arrived in South Russia in 1819, later settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa; family records found by Curt Renz in Glems, Urach Oberamt, Wuerttemberg.  Stumpp, p.598, says a Barth family from^UC Marbach, Wuerttemberg left in 1817 and later settled in Gueldendorf.  Marbach is some 30 miles N of Glems.

Barth^FN{J.Nikolaus}: son of {Christian} deceased was a foster son of the Block family which was said to be from Nidda by the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL #60a.

Barth^FN: said  (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC [Kur]-Brandenburg.

Barth^FN: said by the Reinwald FSL to be from^UC Stolberg-Gedern [County].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Rw8 and 28.

Barth^FN: also see Bart.

Barth?^GL, Schwedisch Pommern: is some 31 miles NE of Rostock city, and said by the Dreispitz FSL to be home^UC to a Schulz family.

Barthel{J.Georg}: from Schwickershausen near Limburg; he, his wife and 4 children left for Schaffhausen (KS119).  They do not appear in the 1767 Schaffhausen FSL.

Bartholl^FN: see Barthuly.  a daughter of this family was baptized in 1764 in the St. Petri Lutheran Church in Luebeck (Mai&Marquardt#1335).

Bartholomaeus^FN: she is said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to have married Wolf in Oranienbaum, but no origin is given for her.

Bartholomaeus^FN{Nikolaus}: he left^UC Gersfeld near Fulda for Russia.

Bartholomaeus^FN: also see Bartolmei.

Bartholome{J.Heinrich}: he married Brann{Elisabeth} on 15 May 1766 in Luebeck (Mai&Marquardt#60). Brann{Elisabeth} on 15 May 1766 in Luebeck (Mai&Marquardt#60).

Barthuly^FN{Balzer}: said by the Balzer FSL to be from^UC Hoffsin?.   Said by the Stumpp version to be from^UC Essen (KS119)..  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bz44, 45, 77, 88. In 1766 the daughter of Herr Bartholl and his [first?] wife (nee Bartholl) died in Luebeck (Mai&Marquardt#1330).  In 1798 the maiden name of [the second?] frau Barthuly was given as Weber (Bz44); she was listed as an unmarried Weber daughter in the Balzer FSL.

Barthuly^FN: also see Barelo.

Barthulyus^FN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be from^UC Gorgom?, Wittenberg. .  I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

Bartis^FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be from^UC Besers?.   Spelled Bertus in 1798 (Mai1798:Mt16).

Bartole^FN: see Barelo.

Bartolmei^FN: according to the Buedingen ML this Bartholomaeus man from Gersfeld married a Heberlin woman in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Walter (Mai&Marquardt#694). Also see Bartelmei.

Bartolomai^FN: see Bartelmei.

Bartolomei^FN: see Bartelmei.

Bartschuetz: an unidentified place said by the Recruiter Beauregard list to have been home^UC to the Conrad{Johannes} family (Lk92); who may have been among the Schoenchen first settlers.  There was a Burtshuetz, Kursachen, 3 km W of Zeitz city.

Baruth, [Kur-]Sachsen: is 32 miles SSE of Berlin city centre, was in northernmost Kursachsen, and was was said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be home^UC to the Meckel family. 

Baschka/Pashka^FN: said by the Kano FSL (it gives both spellings) to be from^UC Lagnitz?, with a Mattis step-son in the household.

Basel^GL, Schweiz: is some 70 miles S of Strasbourg, and said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Kohl family.

Basel^VV (aka Gratz, Kratz, Vasilevka, Wasiljewka): a Lutheran colony founded in 1767, moved in 1770, on the eastern side of the Volga river not far from Wittmann.  To the best of my knowledge no copy of its First Settlers’ List has been found and published.  Anyone learning of such a document, please let us know immediately.

Possible Basel first settles: Ahlborg/Alburg(Johann}, Schumacher{Heinrich}.

Basenstein?: an unidentified place said by the Recruiter Beauregard list (Lk123) to have been home^UC to Katzendorn{Carl} who may have been a Wittmann first settler.

Bashkakovka^VV: the Russian name for Kind^VV.

Basner^FN:  said by the Reinhard FSL to be from^UC Neckersberg?, Preussen.  For 1789 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2384, Rh17, 13, and Sf25. 

Basner^FN: the wife was said by the Reinhard FSL to be from^UC Friburg?, Isenburg.  Her maiden name was given as Stadelmann in 1798 (Mai1798:Rh17).

Basrom{Ludwig}: he and his wife Herl{Katharina E.} left^UC Laubach near Giessen for Russia (KS119).  I could not find them in any published FSL.

Bass^GL: an unidentified place, said by the Galka FSL to be home^UC to an Egeus? family.

Bassenheim^GS: the Waldbott von Bassenheim family’s home base was this small barony which occupied lands immediately surrounding Bassenheim town, some 5 miles W of Koblenz city as well as small areas around Schmitten in the highest Taunus Mountains, as well as a bit of land just W of Usingen.  Their lands were sometimes also called the Waldbott Barony.  For a very long period of  time  Kurmainz evidently held title to some or all of the Walbott von Bassenheim holdings.  Bassenheim (no locality indicated) was said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to the Peterson family.  Said (no locality indicated) by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to a Mueller family.  Said (no locality mentioned) by Kuhlberg to be home^UC to the Hamm man who first settled in Kano.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to (Baecker{Johannes}.  Said by the Roethling FSL to be home^UC to a Rupp family.  Said by the Recruiter Beauregard list (Lk77) to have been home^UC to the Schumann{Heinrich} family who may have been  Wittmann first settlers.

Basser{A.Maria}: this widow of a Pastel left Luzern in 1778 to remarry in Wittmann (Mai1708:Mv1604); so is a probable first settler of Luzern.

Bassert?{Adam}: said by the Recruiter Beauregard’s list to have been  from^UC Orb and to have gone to Luzern in 1768 (Mai1798:Lk118) where they surely were among the Luzern first settlers.  He may have been father to Basser{A.Maria}.

Bast^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Elbing, Preussen.

Bast^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Alsfeld, Hessen.

Bast^FN{no given names}: said by KS119 to have left Ulfa ner Buedingen for  Katharinenstadt.

Bastian^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be an orphan boy in the Oestereich household.  I could not find him in Mai1798.

Bastian^FN: also see Paustan.

Bastron^FN said by the Frank FSL to be from^UC Bigens(?), Isenburg.  Doris Evans says this origin is confirmed as Buedingen in research done by Manfred Steinberger for Virginia West: the original colonist was born in Buedingen and his father had been a stocking weaver in Offenbach.  The colonist’s wife was a Lang from Laubach.  Research done byAnneliese Micheiwski for the Frank Research Fund shows that the Bastron/Pastron family had been French Huguenot refugees and had been two or three generations in the Offenbach-Buedingen area.

Batave?, Estines?: an unidentified place and said by the Franzosen FSL to be home^UC to a Bruneau family.

Batein^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC France (no locality indicated).  I cannot find them in the index to the 1798 censuses.

Baterie^FN: said by the Franzosen FSL to be from^UC Are, Frankreich.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Bath^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Alsfeld, Darmstadt.

Bathauer^FN{Kaspar}: said by the Goebel FSL #5 to be from^UC Mainz (no locality mentioned).  KS119 and the Buedingen ML say this man married  Neuwirt(h){Katharina E.}  in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#378).  Later spelled Batthauer (Mai1798:Gb38).

Batschka^GL: is now Bodani in the Vojvodina region of Serbia.

Batt^FN: said by the Dietel FSL to be from^UC Gottenstein(?) area, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate].  Spelledn both Batt and Bott in 17908 (Mai1798:Dt17b and Fk29).

Batt^FN: also see Battin, Bott and Patt.

Batthauer: see Bathauer.

Battin^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Frankreich (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Batt in 1798 (Mai1798:Nr7).

Batz^FN{Johann}: said byKuhlberg2377 and  the Grimm FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality or country identified).

Batz^FN{Heinrich}: said Kuhlberg3709 and by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Betz (Mai1798:Nr98).

Batz ^FN:  said by the Reinhard FSL to be from^UC Auerbach, [Kur-]Sachsen.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Rh24. 

Batzel ^FN: see Reimer of Orlovskaya.

Baude^FN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be from^UC Ravensburg?, Schwaben.  In 1798 the family name was given as Baute (Mai1798:Lw13).

Bauer{A.Susanna}^FN: said by the Balzer FSL to be an orphan woman in the Busch{Jacob} household.  She probably died before the 1798 census.

Bauer{Johannes}^FN: said by KS120 and the Balzer FSL #26 to be from^UC Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bz55 and 105.

Bauer{Ludwig}^FN: said by KS120 and the Balzer FSL #3 to be from^UC Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bz102 and 107.

Bauer(M. Margaretha}^FN: Bonner proved she was baptized in, married Leichner in, and had her first children baptized in, Lindheim, [Staden Ganerbschaft] before the couple went to Balzer.

Bauer^FN: said by the Bauer FSL to be from^UC Erpel, Nassau.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Br25 and Dt63.

Bauer^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Erbach (no locality mentioned).  A Friedberg ML says this man of Gadern, Erbach married in 1766 a Nild woman from^UC HohenSolms.

Bauer^FN{Friedericka}: this woman was listed as frau Teske in the Bergdorf census (KS:669) with no origin; the GCRA proved her origin in Muehlausen-an-der-Enz, Vaihingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg, using FHL 1,184,988.  See their book for detail.

Bauer^FN{Adam}: KS119 says he was from^UC Geroldshofen near Wuerzburg and married in Woehrd Horpf{Katharina} (daughter of {Hans} of^UC Edesheim near Kreiensen) before leaving for Boaro.  A Woehrd ML says he was son of the decreased {Hanns Georg} and  married Catharina (the widow of  Harpf{Hans} (a day laborer from Edersheim-am-Main) on 6 May  1766; both man and wife were Catholic (Mai&Marquardt#794).  Einwanderrung IV:371 says they arrived on the Volga on 3 Aug. 1767.  I do not know in what colony they were settled.

Bauer^FN{Andreas&Margaretha}: said by KS120 and the  Boaro FSL #60 to be from^UC Woerliz, Dessau.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bx24, 28 and 45, Mv2614(1789), and  Zg37.

Bauer^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Neuburg, Kurpfalz.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bn23.

Bauer ^FN: said by the Dehler FSL to be from^UC Neustadt, Kurmainz.

Bauer^FN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be from^UC Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned).

Bauer^FN said by the Frank FSL to be from^UC Kirschbach(?), Erbach.  Proved that this was Pfirschbach, Breubach Condominium.  This man had been born in Nieder-Kinzig, was a shepherd at Annelsbach, married a Schmidt woman in Hoechst, and had children born in Pfrischbach and Ober-Kinzig, all in the Breubach Condo.   (Gieg1).

Bauer^FN this woman, daughter of the previous entry, born in Pfrischbach, married Schork before immigrating to Frank (Gieg1).

Bauer^FN: said by the Galka FSL to be from^UC Lind, Oesterreich.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Gk21 and 50.

Bauer^FN{Jakob}: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:675, 215) to be from Schwaikheim, Waiblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  However, using FHL(1,187,017), the GCRA proved origin Enzberg, Maulbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg. See the GCRA book for more details.

Bauer^FN{Alexander}: said by KS:215 to be from Muehlhausen, Vaihingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  The GCRA verified that origin, using FHL 1,184,988, and found him in Glueckstal.  See their book for detail.

Bauer^FN: Curt Renz has found the church records for this Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia, family in Zell, Esslingen Oberamt, Wuerttemberg.  Stumpp, p.523, says they arrived in Russia in 1816.

Bauer^FN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be from^UC Pressburg.

Bauer^FN: Herr Bauer was said by the Koehler FSL to be from^UC Binau, and his frau’s maiden name was given as Staud (no origin given).

Bauer^FN: said by the Kolb FSL to be from^UC Erbach, Falkenstein.

Bauer^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Birstein, Isenburg.  According to a Luebeck baptismal record this man’s wife’s maiden name was Schneidmuehl (Mai&Marquardt#1293).

Bauer^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Wetgra(?), Isenburg.

Bauer^FN: said by the 1798 Laub census to be the maiden name of frau Eberlein (Mai1798:Lb23).

Bauer^FN: said by the Leichtling FSL to be from^UC Alzey (no locality mentioned).

Bauer^FN: said by the Louis FSL to be from^UC Bernkastel, Kurtrier.  See Hild of Louis.

Bauer^FN: said by the Louis FSL to be from^UC Frauenberg, Lothringen.

Bauer{Adam}: said by the Recruiter Beauregard’s list to have been from^UC Orb, [Kurmainz] (Lk113).  He married Froedin{A.Catharina} on 29 June in Rosslau (Mai&Marquardt#1037).  KS120 gives her family name as Froed, while KS129 has Froede.  For 1767 see T4837-4838.  They were in Luzern in 1798 (Mai1798:Lz15)  and no earlier colony is indicated; so was likely one of Luzern’s first settler couples.  For a possible 1798 see Mai1798:Lz31?.  A son may have moved to Wittmann in 1789 (Mai1798:Mv1614, Wm20).

Bauer{Johann}: said by the Recruiter Beauregard’s list to have been from^UC Orb, [Kurmainz] and to have moved to  Luzern in 1768 (Lk64), which would make this couple a Luzern first settler couple. For 1767 see T4828-4829.  A daughter moved in 1778 from Luzern to marry in Zug (Zg6).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Lz21, 9 and maybe 31, and Om4. 

Bauer{J.Jacob}: said by the Recruiter Beauregard’s list to have been from^UC Orb, [Kurmainz] and to have moved to  Luzern in 1768 (Lk114).  For 1767 see T4834-4835.  One daughter moved to Katharinenstadt to marry in 1796 (Mai1798:Mv1623, Ka93) and one to Zug in 1797 (Mv1425, Zg5)..  For a possible 1798 see Mai1798:Lz31?.  A son may have moved to Wittmann in 1789 (Mv1614, Wm20).

Bauer^FN: said by the 1798 Mariental census  to be the maiden name of Frau Martis (no origin given).

Bauer^FN: said by the Messer 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Betz (Mai1798:Ms33).

Bauer^FN: said to have married in 1766 the Glueck man who settled in Neidermonjou; she died enroute to Russia (Mai&Marquardt#77).

Bauer^FN{Georg}: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  In 1798 the wife’s maiden name was given as Krohl (Mai1798:Nr70), for other possible 1798 also see (Nr21 and 168).

Bauer^FN{Georg,Katharina}: the Norka FSL says these orphans of Georg Bauer were living in the Baecker{J.Philipp} household.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Nr128 and perhaps 21.

Bauer^FN{Jacob}: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  In 1798 the wife’s maiden name was given as Weber (Mai1798:Nr55), for other possible 1798 also see (Nr21 and 168).

Bauer^FN{Thomas}: the Norka FSL says this orphaned son of Thomas Bauer was living with an Isenburger Weigandt family.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Nr104 and perhaps 21.

Bauer^FN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be from^UC Bayreuth (no locality mentioned).

Bauer^FN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be from^UC Fuerth.

Bauer^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Neumann?, Pfalz.

Bauer^FN: said by the Rosenheim FSL to be from^UC Beerleite?, Wien, [Austria].  He surely had died prior to the 1798 Volga censuses.

Bauer{August} ^FN: said by the Schaefer FSL to be from^UC Winterbach, [Pfalz-]Zweibruecken [Duchy].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sf19 and possibly Sf11?

Bauer{Conrad} ^FN: said by the Schaefer FSL to be from^UC Winterbach, [Pfalz-]Zweibruecken [Duchy].  For a possible 1798 see Mai1798: Sf11?

Bauer{Conrad}^FN: his wife was said by the Schaefer FSL to be from^UC Mannheim, Kurpfalz.

Bauer{J.Peter}^FN: said by the Schaefer FSL to be from^UC Winterbach, [Pfalz-]Zweibruecken [Duchy].  For 1794 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2526,Sf3 and Gf6.

Bauer^FN: said by the Schuck FSL to be from^UC Ladenburg, [Kurpfalz].  For 1793 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2640,Su8,9,12,Pf10,Rt21.

Bauer ^FN: said by the Shcherbakovka FSL to be from^UC Obereisesheim?.  For 1795, 1796 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2769, 2775, Ho14, 37 and Sv26.

Bauer{Cunigunde}: she was listed in the 1798 Seelmann census (Sm36) and may have been a widow but I could not find him in any FSL.

Bauer{Mattias}: he was in the 1798 Zug census but was too young to be in an FSL; Bauer otherwise was not a Zug family name.

Bauer{Adam}: KS120 says he left Dudenrod near Buedingen to go to Russia.  I have been unable to find him in any published FSL.

Bauer{Johann}: KS120 says he, his wife and one child, left Hungary in 1764 for Russia.  I have been unable to find him in any published FSL.

Bauer{Johannes}: from^UC Etzen-Gesaess near Erbach and wife Schmidt{E.Katharina} left for Russia.  No date given and I could not find this couple in any published FSL.

Bauer{Wilhelm}: this musician son of J.Matth. Bauer. a day laborer in Langenreuth near Pegnitz on 7 May 1766  in Woehrd married A.Margaretha, daughter of Christoph Magenhoefer a cobbler in Ammerndorf  (Mai&Marquardt#801, KS119).  I could not find this Catholic couple in any published FSL.

Bauer^FN: also see Baumann and Bour.

Bauer^VV (aka Karamyshevka, Karamyschewka) is a mostly Lutheran German village on the western side of the Volga.  Its  FSL is now published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.I, pp. 115-130.  According to this, the first settlers were from the following places with the family names shown here in parens. The number with the name is their household number in the FSL:

from Alzey, Kurpfalz: (Mauer38);

from Biebelsheim, Kurpfalz: (Buechner22);

from Braunsweig [Duchy]: (Pepper/Beb/Pep/Pepe/Peps44);

from Burgwedel, Holstein [Duchy]: (von Anben17);

from Crumstadt, Hessen-Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: (Wiener8);

from Degerlet(?), Wittenberg: (Hohl39);

from Dierbach, [Pfalz-]Zweibruecken [Duchy]: (Wagner51);

from Dornburg, Mecklenburg [Duchy]: (Stieben26);

from Eisweiler, [Pfalz-]Zweibruecken [Duchy]: (Schreimann/Schreiner23a);

from Erpel, Nassau: (Bauer5);

from Erzenhausen, Kurpfalz: (Baum2);

from Etingen, Magdeburg [Duchy]: (Lissau16);

from Flieth, Etling: (Krieg/Krieger4);

from Fraenkisch-Crumbach, [Rodenstein Barony]:  (Miller/Eitemueller1);

from Geddelsbach, Loewenstein: (Fertig42);

from Gross-Bieberau, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]:  (Erhart/Erhard/Engard35);

from Gross-Ellingen(?), [Kur-]Sachsen: (Rener/Renar?/Renz55 and possibly Schlege55a);

from Hamburg [Imperial City]:(Schmidt31 and possibly Kritt?31a);

from Hessen-Kassel [Landgraviate]: (Mueller28);

from Holstein [Duchy]: (Mueller43);

from Kersary(?), Nassau: (Schlund/Schlump36);

from Kiel, Holstein [Duchy]: (Witt?14);

from Kuenhausen, [Kur-]Sachsen: (Gussfeld?47);

from Kunsonheim(?), Wittenberg: (Schlotterbeck46);

from Kirchberg, Hessen [Landgraviate]:  (Ferber/Faeber6);

from Kollmar, Elag(?): (Matle?/Martell??13);

from Luebeck: (Jorgens41, Wilhelm24);

from Meimers, [Kur-]Sachsen: (Abel?27);

from Meisenheim, Kurpfalz [Mettenheim, Wartenberg County]: (Ranert/Rahnert25, Reichel16a);

from Meisenheim, Wittenberg [Mettenheim, Wartenberg County]: (Fischer50a, Reichel50);

from Michelstadt, Kurpfalz: (Heninger/Henninger37 and possibly Kohlmer37a);

from Neiderheimstadt(?), [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: (Ogel/Ockel12);

from Neilesheim(?), Wittenberg: (Gruenmeier49);

from Neustadt, Bayreuth [Margraviate]: (Conrad48);

from Oberdorf(?), Elsass: (Wolf29);

from Poltnitz, Mecklenburg [Duchy]: (Schroeder30);

from Punscht(?), [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: (Kordelje?/Kordilye52);

from Rederank, Mecklenburg [Duchy]: (Esler15);

from Reichelsheim, Erbach [County]: (Blumenstein/Blumenschein10, Derr/Doerr11);

from Reval, Estland: (Remler18);

from Schleiz, [Kur-]Sachsen: (Axt23);

from Schoenfeld, Kurpfalz: (Klein7);

from Schuerfeld, Kurpfalz: (Roth15a);

from Stahlberg, Leiningen [County][?]: (Jung32, Lens?/Lenz33, Stetenger/Stettinger54);

from Tolarn(?), Schweden: (Hellrut?/Hellroth21);

from Treto(?),Holstein [Duchy]: (Kratz/Krantz40);

from Walldorf, Kurpfalz: (Mohr/Moor45);

from Weiterstadt, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]:  (Klingerstein9);

from Welkenbach, Kurpfalz: (Burg/Berg??17a);

from Werthe(?) [Wersau], [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]:  (Becker34);

from Wiebelsheim, Kurpfalz-Leiningen [sic?]: (Vogt20);

from Winterburg, Kurpfalz: (Hohl/Gol3);

from Wittenberg, Kurpfalz [Mettenheim, Wartenberg County]: (Reis/Renz53);

from [Pfalz-]Zweibruecken [Duchy]: (Fruehauf19).

Bauerbach^GL: see Amorbach.

Bauerle^FN: arrived in South Russia in 1819, later settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa; family records found by Curt Renz in Ettmannsweiler, Nagold Oberamt, Wuerttemberg.

Bauert{J.Tobias}: married Kueffer{A.Margaretha} on 14 May 1766 in Luebeck on their way to Russia (KS120, Mai&Marquardt#150).  I could not find them in any published FSL.

Bauk^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Anhalt-Zerbst (nolocality mentioned).

Baum?^FN: said by the Anton FSL to have come directly from^UC from service in French Army.  Volz indicated Hessen origins for this family.  Spelled Baum in 1798 (Mai1798:An32, 33, 48, and Dh38 when frau Baum’s  maiden name was give as Lamig?.

Baum^FN: said by the Bauer FSL to be from^UC Erzenhausen, Kurpfalz.  I could not find them in  Mai1798es.

Baum^FN said by the Frank FSL to be from^UC Ebergi(?), Hessen-Darmstadt.

Baum^FN: said by the Galka FSL to be from^UC Windesheim, Mittelpfalz.  For 1792 see Mai1798:Mv672.

Baum^FN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:675, 217) with no origin.    Later spelled Zumbaum.

Baum^FN: was the village mayor in 1767 and said by the Pleve version of the Jagodnaja Polyjana FSL to be from^UC Womtag(?), Laubach.  Said by the Kromm version to be either from^UC Lombach, Wuerttemberg or from^UC Mohnbach, Hanau County.

Baum^FN: said by the Kukkus FSL to be from^UC Zeiskam, Kurmainz.

Baum^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Kuttendorf?.

Baum^FN: said by KS120 to have left^UC Wohnbach near Friedberg to go to Russia.  I have not been able to find them in any published FSL.

Baum^VV: an alternative name for Jagodnaja Poljana^VV.

Bauman^FN: see Baumann.

Baumann^FN: she married a Stein man in Luebeck in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Boaro (Mai&Marquardt#87). 

Baumann^FN {Franz}: said by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Bischofsheim.

Baumann^FN{Friedrich}; said (no locality mentioned) by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Nieheim with a Zizel? orphan boy in the household. The 1798 Boregard census gives the wife’s maiden name as Kupe? (Mai1798:Bo37).

Baumann^FN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:677, 217) with no origin.

Baumann^FN: she was the 2^nd wife of Friedrich Weiss of the 1858 Glueckstal census (#52),and was proven, using FHL#1,195,516, to be from Erbstein, Marbach [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  See the GCRA book for more.

Baumann^FN {Bernhard(t)}: said by Kuhlberg3135 and the Huck FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

Baumann^FN: said by the Jost FSL to be from^UC Luebeck.  A Luebeck baptismal record gives their name as Bauer and says their son was babtized in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#1289).

Baumann^FN: Herr Baumann was said by the Koehler FSL to be from^UC Aschaffenburg, and his frau’s maiden name was given as Litz (no origin given).  Her maiden name was confirmed in the 1798 census (Mai1798:Kl28).

Baumann^FN: said by the Schuck FSL to be from^UC Neustadt, Kurpfalz.  For 1798 see Mai1798: Dg9.

Bauman^FN: this family name was found recorded in Herborn marriage records 1762-1767; see Flegel trip

Baumbach{J.Heinrich}: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).  He may well have been the Baumbach who married a Gans woman in 1766 in Luebeck (Mai&Marquardt#140, KS120).

Baumeister^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Palwes?, [Kur-]Koeln.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Baumen?: an unidentified place said by the Recruiter Beauregard list to have been home^UC to the Weingaertner{H.Wilhelm} family;  Kuhlberg said this was in Runkel (Lk89).  There are two Baumens in Germany; neither were then  in Runkel.

Baumgaertner^FN: said by the Anton FSL to be from^UC Heidelberg Oberamt, Kurpfalz.  For 1798 see Mai1798:An29, 2, Kk38, Jo4, and Ms74.

Baumgaertner^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Schwaigern, Heilbronn.

Baumgaertner^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be the maiden name of Breuer/Breyer’s wife (Mai1798:Gb16).

Baumgaertner^FN: said by the 1798 Dobrinka census to be the maiden name of Graf’s wife.

Baumgaertner^FN: said by the Husaren FSL to be from^UC Marienburg, Polen.  In 1798 spelled Baumgardt (Mai1798:Hn17).

Baumgaertner ^FN: KS120 said someone of this name went to Vollmer.  I could find no other evidence of this.

Baumgardt^FN: said by the Anton FSL to be from^UC Trarbach.  Unable to find him in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Baumgardt^FN: said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be from^UC Neu-Muenster, Holstein[-Gottorp Duchy].  I could not find members of this family in Mai1798.

Baumgardt^FN: also see Baumgaertner.

Baumgart^FN: said by the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL to be from^UC Lipany, Prussia.

Baumgarten{Ernfried}: said by Recruiter Beauregard’s list to have come from^UC Onshewald? (Lk15).  Spelled {Erenfried} in 1767 (T2306-2307).  So far I have not found this couple associated with an colony.

Baumhemel{Cath.Barbara}: she married Patz{Christian} on 28 May 1765 in Rosslau (Mai&Marquardt#849, KS120).  I could not find this couple in any published FSL.

Baumtrog^FN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be from^UC Sankt Jacob.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Bauriedel^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Frankfurt-am-Main with a Wilk wife from^UC Hamburg.

Bauschneck^FN: said by the Goebel FSL to be from^UC Nadelgerheim(?), Kurpfalz.  Later spelled Bauschwein (Mai1798:Gb73).

Bauschwein^FN: see Bauschneck.

Bauser^FN: see Baessler and Bausert.

Bausert^FN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be from^UC Waltenheim, Lothringen[sic?].  Probably spelled Bauser in 1798 (Mai1798:Hz20)?

Bauss^FN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be from^UC Erbach (no locality mentioned).

Baustar?^FN: the Katharinenstadt FSL says this stepson was living with a Leitner family from^UC Flingi(?), Solms-Braunfels.

Baute^FN: see Baude.

Bautenstein?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to the Heinemann family.    There was a Bartenstein, Purssia, some 34 miles SSE of Kaliningrad city.

Bautzen^GL: see Budysin.

Bavaria^GS: a Grand Duchy of long standing which in 1777 also took over Kurpfalz.  This union continued  a Grand Duchy until 1806 when it became the Kingdom of Bavaria.  In 1871 it was incorporated into the (Prussian) German Empire.

Bayer^FN, see Baer.

Bayerlein{M.Gertraud}: from^UC Baden, Switzerland married in Woerhd on 26 April 1766 Braunauer{Carl Joseph}: from^UC Gelheim near Mannheim (Mai&Marquardt#785).  KS123 suggests Golheim may be Gondelsheim near Bruchsal.  I could not find this couple in any published FSL.

Bayern^GS: German for Bavaria.

Bayersdorf: an unidentified place (there are several such place names in northern Bavaria) said by a Woehrd ML to be home ^UC to Franzel{M.Dorothea} (Mai&Marquardt#797).

Bayreuth [Margraviate] ^GS: this was one of the Brandenburg states (officially Brandenburg-Bayreuth) from at least as early as 1603 until 1806 in what is now northeastern Bavaria, centered on the city of Bayreuth extending mostly NE to just beyond Hof in the N and just beyond Arzberg in the E; although some of its holdings were within a few miles of Neustadt-an-der-Aisch.  All the following references mention no locality, just Bayreuth.  Said  by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to the Ludwig{Paul} and Vogeler families.  Said (no locaility mentioned) by the Jost FSL to be home^UC to a Krigel family. Said  by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to Frank, Nikolaus, and Rattel families.  Said  by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to Becher, Bemutz, Spiss, and possibly Meier families.  Said  by the Kolb FSL to be home^UC to an Eckart family; later spelled Eckardt.  Said  by the Lauwe FSL to be home^UC to a Meisner family. Said  by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Seibolt family.  Said  by the Orlovskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Bauer family.  Said (no locality indicated) by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Kott family and possibly to a Friedrich family.

Bazel^FN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be from^UC Wallendorf?. The family name was spelled Patzel in 1798 and frau Patzel’s maiden name was given as Fezer? (Mai1798:Or32,7).  A Rosslau ML said this Pazold man married in 1766 a Fessel woman; Stumpp gave his name as Paezold (Mai&Marquardt#883).