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Ea-Elz

East Prussia^GL: see Ostpreussen.

Ebel^FN: said by the  Moor 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Scherf (Mai1798:Mo13).

Ebel^FN: said by the Mueller FSL to be from^UC Zell, Darmstadt.

Ebel{Johannes,Elisabetha} ^FN: said by the Schoenchen FSL to be step-children in the Kuhn{J.Heinrich} household.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sn12.

Ebel{Joseph}^FN: said by the Schoenchen FSL to be an orphan in the Schneider household.  I could not find him in Mai1798.

Ebel ^FN: also see Gabel and Goebel.

Ebenholz{Friedrich}: married Weyrauch{Rosina} 9 June 1766 in Rosslau (Mai&Marquardt#1004).  KS125 mistakenly(?) said it was in 1765.  I did not find them in any published FSL or Mai1798.

Ebensfeld^GL, Bamberg: is some 11 miles NNE of Bamberg city, Bavaria, and said by the Goebel FSL to be home^UC to a Schmidt and perhaps a Hoffmann family.

Eber{A.Maria}:  married Lemm{J.Christoph} in Rosslau 22 June 1766.  KS125, 141 and 143 say it was1765.

Eberbach^GL,  Erbach County:  is 9 miles NW of Erbach city and said by the Frank FSL to be home^UC to a Freiling family.  Geig1 proved the family name was Froelich and that this family came from here, that the man married a Hofferbaer/Hofferbert woman from Hoechst, and that they were residents of Kirsch-Beerfurth just before departure for Russia.

Eberbach, Hessen-Darmstadt: said by the Pleve version of the Walter FSL (#39) to be home^UC to Sufner{Christopher}.  I could find no Eberbach in anywhere which had been Darmstadt lands, bu this place may have been the previous entry.

Eberbach^GL, Kurpfalz: is some 15 miles ENE of Heidelberg city, and 12 miles S of Erbach city, said by the Lauwe FSL to be home^UC to a Martin family and possibly to a Morasch family.

Eberfeld^GL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to the Martin family.

Ebergi(?)^GL, was an unidentified locality which according to the Frank FSL was in the state of Hessen-Darmstadt and was home^UC to a Baum family.

Ebergoetzen^GL, [Kurbraunshweig]: is 7.5 miles ENE of Goettingen city, and said (no locality mentioned) by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to Mueller{Jonas} and {Martin} families.

Eberhard^FN: these folk are interfled with the Eberhardt.

Eberhardt^FN{J.Daniel}: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Kalzhof?, Bupaterpronsk?.

Eberhardt^FN{Johannes}: said by the Brabander FSL to be a brother-in-law? Living in the Zimmer household.  In 1798 the name was spelled Eberhard (Mai1798:Bn08).

Eberhardt^FN: said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be an orphan boy in the Arnhold household.

Eberhard^FN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:669, 388) with no origin. Using FHL(1,569,075 and 1,569,082), the GCRA proved origin in Reutlingen, Reutlingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg. See their book for more detail.   Also spelled Eberhardt, Obergard, Oberhard, Oberhardt, and Oberhart.

Eberhard^FN: also see Leonhard of Glueckstal.

Eberhard^FN: according to the Goebel FSL this was the maiden name of Bittner (from^UC Mittelsinn, Wuerzburg)’s wife.

Eberhard^FN{Christoph}: Danish records say this Lutheran left^UC Spoeck, Staffort Unteramt, Karlsruhe Oberamt, Baden-Durlach Margraviate arriving at Schleswig city, Schleswig Royal Duchy in July 1761; he, his wife, and 2 daughters lived at #1 “Gott behuet!” in Colony G9 “Christiansholm”, Gottorf Amt,  leaving in May 1765 (EEE pp.385-386, for more detail see that).  Although they evidently went to Russia, records there have so far not been found for the older members of the family (EEE pp.385-386, for more detail see that).  And see the next entry:

Eberhard^FN{Georg}: Danish records say this Lutheran left^UC Spoeck, Staffort Unteramt, Karlsruhe Oberamt, Baden-Durlach Margraviate arriving at Flensburg, Schleswig Royal Duchy in July 1761; he and his wife lived at #2 “Nordstern”,  leaving in Jan. 1765.  They are recorded in the 1775 Grimm Census #47 (EEE pp.385-386, for more detail see that).

Eberhard/Eberhardt^FN{J.Adam}: Danish records reveal that this Lutheran son of {Christoph} arrived at Schleswig city with his parents, but that he and his wife, Mez{Eva Catharina}, lived separately  at #4 “Cimbrien” in Colony G9 “Christianholm” Gottorf Amt until leaving in Jan. 1765.  They are  recorded in the Grimm 1775 census #46 (EEEp.386, for more detail see that).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Gm59, Kf10, Sb21).

Eberhardt^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Nassau-Usingen (no locality mentioned) with a Rohr wife from^UC Darmstadt.  Later spelled Eberhard (Mai1798:Ka20, 25); his wife’s maiden name is given as Jokel (Ka20).

Eberhardt^FN{Johannes}: his widow said by the Huck FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

Eberhard/Eberhardt ^FN{Georg}: Danish records say this man of the Reformed faith from Schriesheim, Heidelberg Oberamt, Kurpfalz arrived at Fridericia, Juetland Royal Province in Nov. 1759; he, his wife and 2 chidren lived in Colony J2 “Friderichsheede”, Silkeborg Amt, which they left in Jan. 1765 (EEE p.387, for more detail see that).  Said by the Moor FSL #4 to be from^UC Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned).  The family name was spelled Eberhard in 1798 (Mai1798:Mo66).

Eberhard{Matthaeus,Friedrich,Georg}^FN: listed by the 1858 Neudorf census (#241, 242) without origin and said by KS:250 to be from Wittendorf, Freudenstadt [Amt], Wuerttemberg. Using FHL#1,884,477, the GCRA proved this origin.  See their book for much more. Also spelled Eberhardt.

Eberhard{Michel}^FN: said by KS:250 to have gone to^UC Neudorf from^UC Hildesheim, Bruchsal [Amt], Baden.  The GCRA found that this man never was in Neudorf.  See their book for more.

Eberhard{Michel}^FN: said by KS:250 to have gone to^UC Neudorf from^UC Sterneck, Freudenstadt [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  The GCRA found that this man never was in Neudorf.  See their book for more.

Eberhardt^FN{Magdalena}: said by the Norka FSL to be the orphaned daughter of Martin Eberhardt living in the Kleiber household.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Kz8.

Eberhardt^FN{Susanna}: this widow was said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Ebert and Eberhard in 1798 (Mai1798:Nr96).

Eberhardt^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Wolfgang, Hanau [County].  I could not find them in Mai1798.

Eberhard{Hermann}: KS125-126 says he left Mauswinkel near Gelnhausen and married in Rosslau in 1765.  I did not find him in either Mai&Marquart, or any published FSL or in Mai1798.

Eberhardt^FN{Isaak}: said by Kulberg3156 to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

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

Eberhaus^FN:  said by the Reinhard FSL to be from^UC Hel?, Herzogtum Branzwon?, with a step-son in the household.   Spelled Ebershausen in 1798 (Mai1798:Rh12).

Eberhaus^FN: the wife was said (no locality mentioned) by the Reinhard FSL to be from^UC Hannover [aka Kurbraunschweig]. 

Eberle^FN:  said by the Bergdorf 1858 census (KS:667, 250) to have been Daisbach, Sinsheim [Amt], Baden, while his death record said he was born in Neudingen, Oehningen Amt, which is a Catholic village. The GCRA checked records of the Eberle family both in Neudingen, Oehningen Amt, Wuerttemberg, and in Daisbach but were unable to find the birth of this particular settler.  See their book for more detail.

Eberle^FN:  said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of frau Siebert.

Eberle^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Neustadt, Pfalz. 

Eberle^FN: said by the Volmer FSL to be from^UC Rothenburg.  Later spelled Ertel and Ertle.

Eberlein?^FN: said by the Jost FSL to be from^UC Hellburg?.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Eberlein^FN: said by the Laub FSL to be from^UC Appenrod, Darmstadt.  In 1798 the wife’s maiden name was given as Bauer (Mai1798:Lb23).

Eberlein ^FN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be from^UC Ton?, Kurpfalz.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sm25.

Eberlein^FN: also see Heberlein.

Eberlin/Eberling?^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Stierstadt, Mainz.

Eberling^FN: said by the Kraft FSL to be from^UC Sachsenhausen.

Eberling^FN{Heinrich Karl}: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Nr102, 101.

Eberling{Johannes}: he was said to be from^UC Wenings near Buedingen  married Weber{Johannette K.} in Buedingen on 3 June 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#678).  KS126 concurred with fewer details.  The Norka FSL (#188) says he was from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Nr103 and perhaps Bd48?

Eberling^FN{A.Maria}: she married  on 13 March 1766 Mueller{Ernst Wilhelm} in Buedingen  (Mai&Marquardt#423). KS126 mentions her.  In 1767 they were recorded in the Norka FSL (#21).

Eberling^FN: said by the Urbach FSL to be from^UC Halle, [Kur-]Brandenburg.  In 1775 he is reported as “escaped” (Mai1798:Mv2895).

Eberling^FN: his wife, the former widow Hannemann, was said by the Urbach FSL to be from^UC Nordhausen [Imperial City]. 

Eberling{given name not there}: KS126 says this person left Buedingen for Russia.

Eberling^FN: also see Eberlin and Eherling .

Ebermann?^FN: said by the Dreispitz FSL to be from^UC Postsdam, Brandenburg. I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Ebernburg(?)^GL, Zweibruecken: an unidentified place said by the Herzog FSL to be home to a Becker family, and probably a Kuhn family as well.

Ebers^FN: said by the Keller FSL to be from^UC Kottenheim, Bassenheim [Barony], with Rauch orphan boys in the household.  I could not find the Ebers family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Ebersbach^GL, Wittenberg: said by the Dreispitz FSL to be home^UC to a Feidel family.  I think Wittenberg here is actually the Wuerttemberg Duchy and that the place is some 16 miles ESE of Stuttgart city.

Ebershausen^FN: see Eberhaus.

Eberspiel^GL, Calw [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 2.5 miles NW of Calw city, and said by KS:433 to be home^UC to the Schnuerle family that went to Bergdorf; see the GCRA book for more details.

Eberstadt^GL, Darmstadt: was just about 3 miles S of Darmstadt city center, and said by the Laub FSL to be home^UC to a Kreutzer family.

Eberstein County: probably seated at Ebersteinburg in the Murg River valley some 16 miles SSW of Karlsruhe.  See Ebescht.

Ebersteinburg: likely seat of Eberstein County, in the Murg River valley some 16 miles SSW of Karlsruhe, Baden-Wuerttemberg.

Ebert^FN: said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be from^UC Griedelbach which Pleve says Kuhlberg says is in Solms.  For 1794 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv582 and Er9.

Ebert{J.Peter}: KS126 says he, his wife and 2 children left Griedelbach near Wetzlar.  The Ernestinendorf FSL (#13) said he was from^UC Griedelbach which Pleve says Kuhlberg says is in Solms.

Ebert ^FN{Christina Sophia}: she married Baltzer{J.Christoph} in 1766 in Rosslau (Mai&Marquardt#942).  KS126 said the year was 1765.  They then went to Paulskaya FSL (#26).

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

Ebert^FN:  also see Eberhardt.

Ebescht(?)^GS: Said (no locality mentioned) by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to a Mueller family.  This may well have been the County of Eberstein, seated probably at Ebersteinburg, in the Murg River valley.

Ebingen^GL, Wuerttemberg: is just 1 miles E of Albstadt in the Swabian Alps, and said by the Laub FSL to be home^UC to a Strasser family.

Echem^GL, Sachsen: is some 7 miles NE of Lueneburg, and said by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to a Mueller family.

Echenbrunn, Bamberg [Bishopric]: an unidentified place said by the Leitsinger FSL to be home^UC to a Sommer family.  The only Echenbrunn I have found is 22 miles NE of Ulm city and was then in the Pfalz-Neuburg Duchy.

Echenhuth^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  I could not find this man in  Mai1798.  In 1768 he was reportedly working in Saratov.  Might this have been Eisenhut?

Echenrodt^GL:  is now Eckenreid, some 10 miles SSW of Fulda city.  According to the Buedingen ML this was in the area of Hutten and the home^UC of a Proescher man who married in 1766 a Reiss woman; by 1767 the couple was in Koehler [where his name was given as Brescher]; Stumpp said this place was Eckenrot near Bingen [which was in the 1760’s in Kurmainz] (Mai&Marquardt#580).  According to the Koehler FSL it was within the Fulda Bishopric.

Eching^GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Spahnnagel family.  There are at least 3 such placenames in Germany, all in present-day Bavaria.

Echt^FN: said by the Walter FSL to be from^UC Kitsheim, Wuertsburg.

Echterdingen^GL, Esslingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 7.5 miles SW of Esslingen-am-Neckar, and proven by GCRA to be home to the Heimerdinger family that went to Glueckstal, and possibly to the family of the Scherer woman who married one of the Heimerdingers.  See the GCRA book for more details.

Echterdingen, [Wuerttemberg Duchy]^GL: is 11 km S of Stuttgart city, and was said by the Shcherbakovka FSL to be home^UC to the  Afner family.  This is the same place as the preceding entry, except 50 years earlier.

Echternach^GL, Kurtrier: is some 10 miles NW of Trier city said by the Mariental FSL to be home^UC to a Hansel family.

Echzell^GL: said by the Mueller FSL to be home^UC to a Kuehn family.  There is an Echzell in Hesse some 4 miles W of Nidda town.

Eck^FN{Johann}: said by the Kraft FSL (#12) to be from^UC Daenemark (no locality mentioned).

Eck^FN{Katharina}:  said by the Ober-Monjou movement chart in 1784 to be the maiden name of the widow Speister (Mai1798:Mv2063).

Eck{Jacob}: said by the Recruiter Beauregard list to have been from^UC Orb (Lk130).  A possible illegitimate son was in Rosenheim in 1798 (Mai1798:Rm52); not found in any FSL and with no earlier colony mentioned, there would seem to be a slight chance that this family first settled in Rosenheim.

Eck{Jakob}^FN: said by the 1798 Rosenheim census (Rm52) to be the illegitimate son of Markstaller{Margaret}.  I could find no likely Eck father for this boy, except perhaps Eck{Jacob} #130 in Lokators Beauregard (Pleve IV).

Eck{Heinrich}: KS126 says he left Montau near  Schwetz [W.Prussia] for Russia.  I did not find him in any published FSL or in Mai1798.

Eckard^FN: listed by KS:251 with no origin, but the 1816 Kassel census (#85) said this family came from^UC Flein, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  Using FHL#717,097, the GCRA proved that both this man and his Haas wife came from Ingolsheim, Hunspach, Sulz [Amt], Elsass.  See their book for more.  Also spelled Eckardt and Eckart.

Eckardt^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Halberstadt, Brandenburg.

Eckardt^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Klauser, Hannover with a Fromm wife from^UC Gluekstadt.

Eckardt^FN: this step-son was said by the Laub FSL to be living in the Sasse household, which indicates that frau Sasse was formerly frau Eckardt. .  In 1798 the family name was spelled Eckhardt (Mai1798:Lw43).

Eckart{J.Heinrich}: KS126 has 2 entries for him, combined they say: he was born in 1716, married first Burg{A.Elisabeth} with children born 1742-1748; 2^nd wife was Becker{Elisabeth} from^UC Gonterskirchen near Nidda with children born 1761-63.  Next  he married  Backe{Sofia E.} in 1765 in Rosslau.  The date was 22 September (Mai&Marquardt#874).  On 20 July 1767 this couple arrived in Krasnoyar (FSL #4) when they were reported to be from^UC Laubach.

Eckardt^FN: also see Eckard and Eckart.

Eckardt^VV: one form of the German name for  Zuerich^VV.

Eckarsbrun^GL, is an unidentified locality which, according to the Frank FSL, was in the state of Hessen-Darmstadt and was home^UC to a Hoffmann family.

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

Eckart/Eckardt^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Laubach.  One of these Eckart men may have married a Backe woman in Rosslau in 1765 (Mai&Marquardt#874).

Eckart^FN{J.Heinrich}: said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Isenburg [County].  Spelled Eckhardt in 1798 and the wife’s maiden name was given as Werth (Mai1798:Nm04).  This Eckert man was said to have married Margaret Werth in 1766 in Luebeck (Mai&Marquardt#1185).

Eckart^FN: also see Eckard, Eckardt, Eckart, Eckhardt and Ekhart.

Eckartsborn^GL, Hessen-Darmstadt: is some 5 miles NNW of Buedingen; see Ekeborn or Ekersporn.

Eckartshausen, Isenburg[-Marienborn County] (now Isenburg, Oberhessen): Bonner proved this home to the Kaiser/Kayser family that went to Balzer.  He also proved it home to the Bohn bride of one of the two Zieg brothers who both married here in 1766 before proceeding to Messer.  Bonner also proved that of three Norka first settler families:  Euler{Johannes} was baptized here, and  two of the Hohnstein men {Adam} & {Nicolaus}, both were baptized and married here (to a Kraft and a Siebold respectively).

Eckartshausen^GL: also see Eckertshausen.

Eckel^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Leisel, Darmstadt.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Eckel^FN: said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be from^UC Heimbach.  Spelled Jaekel in 1798 (Mai1798:Bb31).

Eckel^FN: said by the Graf FSL to be from^UC Mannheim, Kurpfalz.

Eckel^FN: said by the Graf FSL to be from^UC Regesnburg.

Eckel^FN: said by the Messer FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

Eckel^FN: said by the Moor FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

Eckel^FN: said by the Schuck FSL to be from^UC Dieburg, [Kur-]Mainz.  Spelled Jaekel  in 1798 (Mai1798:Dg13).

Eckel{Nikolaus}: KS126 says he left Vonhausen on the way to Degott.  I could not find him in any published FSL or in Mai1798.

Eckenfein? ^GL, [Kur-]Bayern: an unidentified place said by the Louis FSL to be home^UC to a Huber family.

Eckenreid^GL:  see  Echenrodt.

Eckenshausen^GL: an unidentified place said by a Luebeck ML to be the home^UC of a Keyser woman who in 1766 married a Mueller man; later this couple went to Stahl-am-Karman (Mai&Marquardt#221).  There is an Eschenshausen some 17 miles SSW of Bremen.  Also might be Eckartshausen?

Eckenstaghausen?: an unidentified place said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be home^UC to a Schaefer/Siefert family.  This place was said by Kuhlberg to be in Solms.  There were three different Solms countries.

Ecker{Jakob}:  married Schmidt{M.Magdalena} in Luebeck 22 May 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#62).  KS126 mistakenly said this was in 1765.  I did not find them in any published FSL or in Mai1798.

Eckermann^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Koenigstein. 

Eckersdorf^GL, Bayreuth: is some 3 miles W of Bayreuth city, and said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to Goetsch and Wittenbeck families.

Eckert^FN: listed under Eckhardt.

Eckert^FN also see Eckhardt, Echart and Gekert.

Eckert?, Isenburg: said by the Schwed FSL to be home^UC to a Herdt family.  This may have been Eckershausen??

Eckert^VV: one form of the German name for  Zuerich^VV.

Eckertshausen^GL: said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to a Niedenthal man who in 1766 married an Ickes woman; by 1767 this couple was in Kutter; Stumpp says Eckertshausen is near Buedingen (Mai&Marquardt#629).  This surely is Eckartshausen some 4 miles SW of Buedingen, then in Isenburg-Buedingen County.

Eckhard^FN: listed under Eckhardt.

Eckert^FN: said by the Bangert FSL to be from^UC Esch, Nassau.  In 1798 spelled Eckhardt and the wife’s maiden name was given as Beiser (Mai1798:Bg11 and 7).

Eckhardt^FN: said by the Bettinger FSL to be from^UC Marburg.  This couple surely died prior to the 1798 Volga census.

Eckert^FN{Hartman}: said by the Frank FSL (#47) to be from^UC Kidow(?), Hessen-Darmstadt.

Eckardt{J.Jacob}: Dorothy Hoff Thomas and Doris Evans have traced this man’s lineage in Nidda, [Hessen-Darmstadt Landgraviate] (now Hesse) back to 1631 in Nidda; they say he arrived in Oranienbaum, Russia on 15 September 1766 and then settled in Frank.  He did arrive on that date, in the company of the Eckert{Hartman} of the previous entry (Kuhlberg6330 & 6331).  And they were together on transport heading for the Volga (Transport7056 & 7061).  However, only {Hartman} shows up in the Frank FSL.  {J.Jacob} does not show up in any published FSL so likely died, either on the trip down the Volga, or immediately after arrival in Frank before the Frank FSL was put together.  Lineage for {J.Jacob} can be found by clicking on http://cvgs.cu-portland.edu/origins/e/eckhardt_frank.cfm.  

Eckert^FN{Anton}: said by the Huck FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

Eckert^FN: according to the Buedingen ML, an Eckert woman from^UC Spielberg[, Isenburg-Birstein?] married a Rau man in 1766; the couple then went to Huck (Mai&Marquardt#504).

Eckhardt?/Eckhart/Eckert^FN said by the Huck FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

Eckhardt^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Nidda, Darmstadt.  According to a Luebeck ML this Eckhard man from^UC Darmstadt married in 1766 a Walter woman (Mai&Marquardt#263).

Eckhard^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Laubach, Solms.

Eckhard^FN: said by the Louis FSL to be from^UC Meisenheim, Zweibruecken. In 1798 the family name was spelled Eckhardt (Mai1798:Ls18).

Eckhardt^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Friedberg.  For 1798 see Mai1798: Nm35.

Eckardt^FN:  said by the Reinhard FSL to be from^UC Ostenau?, Daenemark.  I could not find them in Mai1798.

Eckhardt^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Schulz FSL to be from^UC Hessen-Kassel [Landgraviate]. For 1798 see Mai1798:Rl13.

Eckhardt^FN: the wife was said by the Schulz FSL to be from^UC Goellnitz?, Sachsen[-Altenburg Duchy].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Rl13.

Eckhardt^FN: possible early settlers of Zuerich said to be from^UC Suhl, [Kursachsen] with a Reichmann orphan girl in the household  (Lk1 and 1a).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Zg16.

Eckhardt{Elias}: T33 reported that he died on the way from Oranienbaum to Saratov.

Eckert{J.Heinrich}: KS126 says he left Lardenbach near Gruenberg for Russia.  I did not find him in any published FSL.

Eckert{given name not shown}: KS126 says he left Streitberg near Gelnhausen in 1766.

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

Eckhart^FN: see Eckhardt.

Ecklefstein^GL/GS?: said by the Lauwe FSL to be home^UC to a Heyd family.  This might have been a small barony called Egloffstein some 13 miles NW of Erlangen.

Eckler^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Laurterecken an der Glan.  The 1798 census says his wife's maiden name was Bachmann (Mai1798:Pf81).

Eckmann ^FN: listed by the 1816 Kassel census (#18), the 1858 census (#135) and KS:251 without origin.  KS:258 said they were from Niedersteinbach, Weissenburg [Amt], Elsass.  Using FHL#771,115 the GCRA proved as the birthplace for the migrant children and their Trautmann mother and her parents, while using FHL#1,069,713 the GCRA proved the father’s origin earlier in Wingen, Weissenburg [Amt], Elsass.  See their book for more.  Also spelled Ettmann.

Eckslein^FN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be from^UC Ansbach (no locality mentioned).  I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

Eckstedt^GL: said by the Graf FSL to be home^UC to a Graf family.  This probably is in Thueringen some 6 miles NE of Erfurt city.

Eckstedt, [Kurmainz?]: is 10 km NE of Erfurt city which would seem to place it in one of the easternmost exclaves of Kurmainz.  It was said by the Graf FSL to be home^UC to a Graf family.  Said by the Seelmann FSL to be home^UC to Schneider and  Standacher families. 

Eckhardt^VV: one form of the German name for  Zuerich^VV.

Ecksler{Johann+w+2): Kulberg97 said they were Catholic from^UC Wuerzburg.  Not found in T or in any published FSL.

Eckstein ^FN:  said by both the Koehler FSL and the 1798 census (Mai1798:Kl19) to be the maiden name of frau Farger?.

Ecksu?^FN: said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be from^UC Borg, Mecklenburg[-Schwerin Duchy with a  Bartel{Johann} step-son in the household.

Edel^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Erbach (no locality mentioned).

Edel^FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Oschorburg?.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Edel^FN{G.Wilhelm}: Danish records say he left^UC Schwaben arriving at Schleswig city,, Schleswig Royal Duchy in May 1761; he, his wife and 2 daughters lived at #15 “Grosser Hof” in Colony G5 “Friderichsanbau”, Gottorf Amt and were last registed in Denmark in January 1765 (EEE p.387, for more detail see that).  said by the Fischer FSL (#23) to be from^UC Heilbronn [which then was headquarters for  the knights who controlled Sulzfeld]  Gerhard Lang, apparently using Clausen{Otto}’s Chronik …, found that Wilhelm was born in Sulzfeld in 1725 where in 1748 he married Haas{Dorothea}, widow of Herr Sprecher; she having been born in 1711, also in Sulzfeld.  They immigrated to Denmark (now Schleswig-Holstein) settling on the Grosser Hof farmstead in Friedrichsanbau colony in 1761.  In 1765 they left that place and by July 1766 were listed in the Fischer FSL (#23).  For a few more details, go to http://cvgs.cu-portland.edu/origins/e/edel_fischer.cfm. 

Edel^FN: said by the Koehler FSL to be from^UC Insburg. I could not find this family name in the 1798 censuses.

Edel{A.Elisabeth}: KS126 says she left Bieber or Lohrhaupten and in 1765 as Frau von Bermann, Veit, she left Gelnhausen.  I did not find her in any published FSL or in Mai1798.

Edel?^GL, Schwaben: an unidentified place said by the Seelmann FSL to be home^UC to a Semerefi family.  Schwaben often is used in the FSLs to indicate Hapsburgian lands, but I found no Edel anywhere in the German-speaking lands.

Edelbach^FN: said by the Mueller FSL to be from^UC Herdorf.

Edelmann^FN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:677, 251) with no origin. .  See the GCRA book for some detail.

Edenkoben^GL, Rhineland-Palatinate: (information supplied by Steven Hahn and by Judy Remmick,  descendants of Edenkoben families) is some 6 miles S of Neustadt-an-der-Weinstrasse and about 15 miles WSW of Speyer.  From here Roemmich/Remmick, Ochsner and Walter families went to Worms, Odessa.  Other families that went to Russia were Acker, Croissant/Croussant, Griess/Gries/Griesz, and Meyer/Meier.  See http://www.remmick.org/EdenkobenPfalz/ for sources.

Eder?^FN: said by the Leichtling FSL to be from^UC Vienna, Austria.

Ed(d)ersheim-am-Main^GL: is some 8 miles ENE of Mainz city, and said by a Woehrd ML to be home^UC  to the widow Harpf who in 1766 married Bauer{Adam} (Mai&Marquardt#794).  Stumpp confused this place with Edesheim near Kreiensen, Lower Saxony.

Ederingen: an unidentified place supposed to be near  Luetzelburg.

Edesheim: is 4.5 km N of Northheim.

Eding?, Wenenburg?: an unidentified place said by the Reinhard FSL to be home^UC to the Klinger family.

Edlendorf^GL, [Bayreuth Margraviate]: is some 8 miles SW of Hof, and said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Bohn family.

EEE: Dr. Alexander, Dr. Jacob and Mrs. Mary Eichhorn, Die Einwanderung deutscher Kolonisten nach Daenemaek und deren weitere Auswanderug nach Russland in den Jahren 1759-`1766, Bonn, Germany and Midland, Michigan, 2012.  The scholarship demonstated in this 767 page book is awesome!  The maps, drawn by Schaefer{Anna}, contained therein showing the origins of settlers and the location of their colonies are equally impressive.

Eerdt{Michael}: a Luebeck ML records his 14 May 1766 marriage to Evert{Barbara} (Mai&Marquardt#152).  KS124 spells his name Cerdt and mistakenly gives the year as 1765.  I could not find this couple in any published FSL or in Mai1798.

Efermann? ^FN:  said by the Reinhard FSL to be from^UC Stockholm, Schweden.  I could not find them in Mai1798.

Efermann?^FN:  the wife was said by the Reinhard FSL to be from^UC Worms, Kurpfalz.

Efet(?)^GL, Franken: an unidentified place said by the Dobrinka FSL to be home^UC to an Albrecht family.

Efferen{Johann}: KS126 says he was born. 4.10.1732 in Maehringen near Tuebeingen then with his wife Sophia going to Galka.  I did not find them in either any published FSL or in Mai1798.

Effolderbach, Stolberg-Gedern:

Effringen^GL, Nagold Oberamt, Wuerttemberg: is some 4 miles N of Nagold, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and was home to a Seeger family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa.

Egelsheim^GL, [Kurbayern]: said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a Fetter? family.  

Egenik?^GL, Schwaben: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a Heil family.

Eger^FN: see Jaeger. 

Eger^GL: now called Cheb in the western Czech Republic some 35 miles ENE of Bayreuth.  Said by the Mariental FSL to be home^UC to  Hartung and Klepphahn families.  Said by the Schwed FSL to be home^UC to frau Schulz.

Eger^GL, Oesterreich: said by the Koehler FSL to be home^UC to a Gareis family, and possibly to both Bernhardt and Wagner families.  Same place as the previous entry.

Egers^FN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be from^UC Rostock. I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

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

Egewald ^FN: see Hegewald and  Hockwald.

Egge{Johann}: KS126 says he married Hech{Barbara} in Rosslau on 25 May 1765 (Mai&Marquardt#836).  I did not find them in any published FSL or in Mai1798.

Eggebek,  Tondern Amt, Daenemark Kingdom: probably 11 miles NW of Flensburg city and not 11 miles SSW of Flensburg, where the Amann family of Gundernhausen was from 1763-1764 (Gieg1).

Eggenstein^GL, Karlsruhe Amt, Baden: is some 5 miles N of Karlsruhe, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and was home to a Simon family that settled in Hoffnungstal.

Egler?^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be an orphan boy in the Kopen? household.  Kuhlberg said he was from Hanau (no locality mentioned).

Egloffstein^GS: see Ecklefstein.

Egner^FN:  said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of frau Lang.

Egner^FN:  also see Eichner.

Eherling^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Eberling (Mai1798:Nr101, 102, 103).  The Buedingen ML says this Eberling man from^UC Buedingen married a Weber woman (Mai&Marquardt#678).

Ehergardt^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Gerhart in the 1775 Norka census.

Ehingen^GL, Wuerttemberg: is some 15 miles SW of Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg.

Ehlenberger^FN: see Elenberger.

Ehler^FN: see Eller.

Ehlert^FN: see Ellert.

Ehlhein^FN: see Elheim.

Ehly^FN: see Ili.

Ehnweiler, Kusel [Amt], Rheinpfalz: an unidentified place; one entry on KS:301 said the Helfenstein family came from^UC here.  There was an Erzweiler 5 miles N and an Essweiler 7 miles E of Kusel town.

Ehoff ^FN: said by the Jost FSL to be from^UC Neuteich, Preussisch-Polen. In 1798 the name was spelled Yegof (Mai1798:Jo19).

Ehrbardorf^GL, Posen, Prussia: present-day Herburtowo, was 4 miles N of present-day Wielen (formerly Kreis Filchne), Poland, and is believed by the GCRA to be home to the Mattwich family that went to Bergdorf.  See their book for details.

Ehrenberg^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Nassau (no locality mentioned).

Ehrentraudt^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be a brother-in-law in the Rosenberg household.  According to the 1798 census, this was the maiden name of frau Rosenberger (Mai1798:Nm49).

Ehresmann^FN: mistakenly said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#113) and KS:252 to have come from^UC Billigheim, Bergzabern [Amt], Rheinpfalz, but listed by KS:343 without origin.  Also spelled Erasmann and Kretschmann.  Using FHL#247,617, the GCRA proved their origin in Impflingen, Landau [Amt], Rheinpfalz; they proved his Raich wife was from Billigheim.  See the GCRA book for more.  Also spelled Eresmann.

Ehret^FN: arrived in South Russia in 1819 and later settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa, and in Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia; family records found by Curt Renz in Illingen, Maulbronn Oberamt, Wuerttemberg.

Ehrfurt^GL, see Erfurt and Erfurth.

Ehrhard/Ehrhardt: are interfiled with the Erhardt, etc.

Ehring^FN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:678, 252) with no origin. See the GCRA book for some detail.

Ehring^GL, Ansbach: an unidentified place said by the Lauwe FSL to be home^UC to a Kek family.

Ehringshausen^GL, [Hessen-Darmstadt]: is some 7 miles SW of Alsfeld, Hessen, and said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to a Schaeffer woman who in 1766 married an Icks man; by 1767 this couple was in Grimm; Stumpp says Ehringshausen was near Alsfeld, Hessen (Mai&Marquardt#487).  Said by the Holstein FSL to be home^UC to a Beitz family.

Ehringshausen^GL, [Hessen-]Darmstadt: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Timer? family.  Same place as the preceding entry.

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

Ehrlich{Gottlieb}^FN: said by the Kano FSL to be from^UC Baerenburg.

Ehrlich{J.Georg}^FN: said by the Kano FSL to be from^UC Bermbach.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Rm08 and for 1786 see :Mv1144.

Ehrlich{Katharina}^FN: this widow is listed as leaving Rosenheim in 1789 (Mv2463) but I cannot find her family in any FSL.

Ehrlich{Christoph}^FN: is listed in the 1798 Shcherbakovka census (Sv29) but I cannot find him in any FSL.

Ehrlich{Friedrich}^FN: is listed in the AHSGR version of the 1798 Shcherbakovka census supplement as having paid his Treasury debts, received a passport for residence in Russia, and continuing to live in the colony on an equal basis with the other families listed in the 1798 census; I cannot find him in any FSL. Shannon Weis looked for him but did not find him born in 1753 in Karlsruhe.  The Pleve Ehrlich Chart says his wife was Anna Margaretha Agnes Steinert.

Ehrmann^FN: this family, listed in KS:252, that went to Hoffnungstal and Arcis, Bessarabia, as well as Kassel was proven by the GCRA to be from Bonfeld, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg. See their book for detail.

Ehrstaedt, [Gemmingen-Hornberg Barony or Kurpfalz]: is 4.7 miles E of Sinsheim and 20 km NW of Heilbronn city.  Gerhard Lang says Schmidt{M.Susanna} was born here and married Detterer{J.Adam} here before going on to Denmark and Doenhof.  Said by the Roethling FSL to be in or near Sinsheim, Baden, and possibly to be home^UC to the Schwab family.  Also spelled Ehrstadt.  This is the same place as the next entry, except 40-50 years earlier.

Ehrstaedt^GL, Sinsheim Amt, Baden: is some 4 miles E of Sinsheim city and was proven by the GCRA to be home to the Lauer family which went to Bergdorf.  Proven by GCRA to be home to Kemet/Kemmet and Ritter families that went to Glueckstal.  Curt Renz proved this  home to a Kaepple family that settled in Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia.  The GCRA proved that the Meier/Maier{J.Adam, J.Georg, J.Konrad, Jakob} family moved here from nearby Adersbach and then immigrated to Kassel.

Ehrt{Jost}: KS126 says he  left Isenburgischen for Balzar.

Ehrt^FN: also see Erbs.

Ehse/Ese?^FN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be from^UC Boehmen (no locality given).

Eich{J.Sebastian}: Peter Aifeld and Brent Mai teamed up to prove that he in 1746 married Ramge{Sophia Philippina} in Nieder-Modau.  Among their several children a daughter was born in 1753 in Georgenhausen and a son born in 1766 in Nieder-Mondau. They arrived in Oranienbaum, Russia in July 1766 and were in the June 1767 Dobrinka FSL (#73).

Eich^GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Kelberdinger? family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Nassau.  That is very unlikely and this surely was one of the next two entries.

Eich[-am-Rhein]^GL, Kurpfalz: is 19 miles SSE of Mainz city, and said by the Kautz FSL to be the home^UC of Dewald and Oswald families.  There are two Eichs in the Pfalz: one is 19 miles SSE of Mainz; one is 11 miles NW of Koblenz.

Eich[-bei-Pfungstadt]^GL, [Hessen-]Darmstadt: is 1.5 miles SW of Pfungstadt city.   See Ikt.

Eichart/Elhart^FN: said by the Roethling FSL (#31) to be from^UC Salmuenster, Fulda [Bishopric], now Hessen.  KS126 said his name was Elhart who was from^UC Salmuenster, Schluechtern.

Eiche/Eichen?^GL/GS: an unidentified place said by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to Triller and Zinkhan? families.

Eichel^GL, [Wertheim Principality and County]: is 1.5 miles ENE of Wertheim city, and lace said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Becher family.

Eichelberg^FN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:676) to be “Warschauer”, i.e. from Polen (KS:252).  Using FHL(245,516), the GCRA proved that one branch of the family was from Lobsens, Wirsitz Kreis, Posen Department, South Prussia; and they have strong reason to believe that the family was^UC earlier a bit further E in Bromberg and later was^UC in Domrowa, before going on to Glueckstal.

Eichelhain near Lauterbach: said to be the home^UC of Usener{Johann} (Mai&Marquardt#668, plus KS126 and 161).  KS131 said this was home^UC to Guenther{J.Heinrich} who married  Wirth{A.Elisabetha} but the Buedingen ML said he was from^UC Eichenhain.

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

Eichelsachsen : KS128 says this near Buedingen now in Hesse and home ^UC to Fischer{J.Daniel}.

Eichelsachsen^GL, [Schotten Amt2, Hessen-Darmstadt]: is some 3 miles S of Schotten, some 6 miles NE of Nidda, Hessen, and said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL possibly to be home^UC to Fischer, Kaiser, and Wert/Wuetz/Werth/Wirth families (pp.30, 33, 34).

Eichelsdorf^GL, Nidda Amt, Hessen-Darmstadt: is 3 miles NE of Nidda city and said by various versions of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be the home^UC of  Dietz, Goetz, Koch, Langlitz, Spangenberg/Spangenberger, and Wuertz families plus possibly Bolaender, Ludwig and Riklen families.  Said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to a Goetz man who married in 1766 a Koch woman; later this couple went to Jagodnaja Poljana; other sources say this place was near both Nidda and Schotten (Mai&Marquardt#729).

Eichelwir(?)^GL, Holstein: an unidentified place said by the Dinkel FSL to be home^UC to a Neff family.

Eichen^GL: see Eiche.

Eichenborn^GL, Nassau-Weilburg: said by the Laub FSL to be home^UC to an Engelmann and possibly to a Flach family.  There was an Eisenberg in Nassau-Weilburg (some 14 miles W of Worms city) but no Eichenborn that I have been able to find.

Eichenbuehl^GL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to the Leifried? family.  This probably is 10 miles SE of Erlenbach-am-Main.

Eichenhain^GL: said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to Guenther{J.Heinrich} who married  Wirth{A.Elisabetha} but KS132 said he was from^UC Eichelhain.

Eichenhayn/Eichenhain^GL: said by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to Roth and Ungefug families.  The Schlitz ML concurs with the Roth origin (Mai&Marquardt#746).  According to the Schlitz ML an Eiffert woman from^UC here in 1766 married an Ortstadt man; by 1767 this couple was in Boaro (Mai&Marquardt#740).  The modern spelling is said to be Eichelhain (Mai&Marquardt#739) which is some 14 miles SW of Schlitz city, and was in 1766 in the Riedesel Barony.  Said by the Schlitz ML to be home^UC to the Unkefug woman who married a Winteholder man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Boaro  (Mai&Marquardt#745).

Eichenzell ^GL: see Stadt Eis.

Eichenzell^GL, [Fulda Bishopric]: is some 4 miles S of Fulda city.

Eichfelde^GL, Wirsitz parish, Posen Department, Prussia: nka Polanowo, it was 1 mile SSW of Wirsitz and has been proven, using FHL(245,507), by the GCRA to be home to the Teske family that went to Bergdorf; see their book under Teske{Christian} for more.

Eichholz^FN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:678, 253) with no origin.  The GCRA found that his brother who settled in Alexanderhilf was said to have been from^UC Wolfsoelden, Backnang [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  See the GCRA book for more details.

Eichhorn^FN{Jacob}: this Lutheran left^UC Stockbronnere Hof near Neckarzimmern , Gemmingen Herrschaft, Odenwald Canton, Fränkischer Ritterkreis (where according to their parish records he had been baptized in 1737) arriving at Flensburg, Schleswig Royal Duchy in Feb 1762; he married Stoll{A.Catharina} in April 1762 in Adelshofen according to their parish records and in Nov 1764 settled at #38 in Colony G18 “Neuboerm”, Gottorf Amt which they left sometime in April 1765 (EEE p.389, for more detail see that).  KS126 said he left^UC Kurpfalz for Doenhof along with wife {Elizabeth}.  Also said by the Doenhof FSL #21 to be from^UC Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned).

Eichhorn^FN said by the Huck FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned

Eichhorn^FN{Johanne Catharina E.}: married Rudolph{Franz Andreas} 11 May 1766 in Rosslau (Mai&Marquardt#971), KS126 and 152 say it was in 1765; by 1767 the couple was in Jost FSL (#63).

Eichhorn^FN: said by the 1798 Naeb census to be the maiden name of the wife of the Schwenk who first settled in Kano.

Eichhorn^FN: said by the Urbach FSL to be from^UC Suhl, [Kur-]Sachsen with Bettheusen step-daughters in the household.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Ur20.

Eichhorn^RN{Alexander}: co-author of major study of German colonists to Denmark some of when went on to Russia.  See EEE.

Eichhorn^RN{Jacob}: co-author of major study of German colonists to Denmark some of when went on to Russia.  See EEE.

Eichhorn^RN{Mary}: co-author of major study of German colonists to Denmark some of when went on to Russia.  See EEE.

Eichler^FN{J.Georg}: Danish records say this Lutheran left^UC Sachsen arriving at Flensburg, Schleswig Royal Duchy in June 1762; he, his wife and daughter lived at #18 in Colony G18 “Neuboerm”, Gottorf Amt, asnd were last registered in Denmark in Jan. 1765 (EEE p.389, for more detail see that). said by the Doenhof FSL (#29) to be from^UC [Kur-]Sachsen (no locality mentioned).

Eichler^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Kornfeld, Gruenberg with a Brot wife from^UC Darmstadt.

Eichler{Samuel+w+1c}:  Kulberg72 said they were from ^UC [Kur-]Sachsen.  Not found in T or in any published FSL.

Eichler{Konrad}: KS126 says he left^UC Waldkappel near Eschwege, whereas the Moor FSL (#66) says he was from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned and which of the Isenburg countries is not designated).

Eichmann?^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Hausen, Friedrichdamst(?).

Eichmann^FN{Michael, A.Margaretha}: both were born in Breitenbrunn, Breuberg Condominimum,   and married in 1766 in Buedingen.  He married a Voelker {A.Barbara}from Eschau (Mai&Marquardt#721).  Said by the Schwab FSL (#35) to be from^UC Breitenburg[sic], Erbach. By 1798, Michael’s widowed 2^nd wife {M.Katharina}and  three {sic for 5) offspring were living in Schwab (Sb29) [Gieg1) [parts of all this in KS126].  For 1796 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2686, Gk33, Sb14, 16, and  21.  Also in 1766 in Buedingen Eichmann{A.Margaretha} married Dorsch {Nicolaus} both from Breitenbronn (Mai&Marquardt#723).  The Schwab FSL records this couple at #36.  By 1798 he has died and she has remarried Gross{Ludwig} and at least three of her Dorsch children are also recorded in Schwab (Mai1798:Sb30, 44, 17).  

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

Eichner/Eickner/Eigner^FN{Hans Juergen or George): Danish records say this man of the Reformed faith left^UC Selos bei Benzen, which might have been  Zell bei Behsheim arriving at Flensubrg, Schleswig Royal Duchy in Oct. 1759; he, his wife and 3 sons lived ain Colomy J2 “Friderichsheede”, Silkeborg Amt, and were last registered in Denmark in April 1763 (EEE pp.389-390, for more detail go there).   Said by the Anton FSL #22 to be from^UC Heidelberg Oberamt, Kurpfalz.  For 1798 see Mai1798:An28 and 42.

Eichner/Egner^FN{Philipp}: said by the Balzer FSL (#37) and

Eichner/Egner^FN{Philipp}: Danish records say this man of the Reformed faith from^UC Kaeferthal, Mannheim Oberamt, Kurpfalz arrived at Flensburg, Schleswig Royal Duchy in May 1762; he, his wife and daughter lived at #7 “Thotten Hof” in Colony F6 “Friderichsheide”, Flensburg Amt until they left in April 1765 (EEE p.388, for more detail see that).  Said by the Balzer FSL #37 and by KS126 to be from^UC Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bz31).to be from Kurpfalz^UC. 

Eichner/Egner^FN{Philipp}: the son of Philip of Kurpfalz, Denmark and Balzer FSL (#37) and  who settled in Moor (Mai1798:Mo60). to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned). 

Eichner{M.Elisabeth}: she married Seifert{Christian} 11 May 1766 in Rosslau (Mai&Marquardt#972). KS126 & 158  married 1765 in Rosslau.  I did not find them in any published FSL or in Mai1798.

Eichsfeld^GL: seems to be the regional name for the corner where Hessen and Thueringia come together, owned by the Princearchbishop of Kur-Mainz.

Eichstedt: an unidentified place said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to a Kremell man.  The only Eichstedt I could find was in Kurbrandenburg, 8 km N of Stendal city, but there were also in the German-speaking  lands an Eickstedt, two Eichstaetts and an Eichstadt.

Eickster/Eigster{Peter}: Danish records say this man left^UC Wuerettemberg arriving at Flensburg, Schleswig, Royal Duchy in June 1762; he and his wife lived at #1 “Koenigshof” in Colony F1 “Friderichsmohr”, Flensburg Amt leaving in May 1765.  They are in the parish records of Neu-Saratowka colony near St. Petersburg (EEE p.390, for more detail see that).

Eid^FN: see Eit.

Eidemueller: listed with the Eitenmuellers.

Eidenmueller: listed with the Eitenmuellers.

Eider^FN: Curt Renz has found the church records for this Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia, family in Pirmasens, Rheinpfalz and Langensulzbach, Weissenburg Kreis, Elsass. 

Eiderstedte: is 17 km SSW of Kiel city centre.

Eidmueller^FN: also see Miller of Bauer.

Eidmueller^FN: listed with the Eitenmuellers.

Eif^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Wittenborn.

Eifa-bei-Alsfeld ^GL: is 4.5 km E of Alsfeld city.

Eifert^FN: of Meinhard married a Becker woman, the widow of Becker and the former widow of Schmidt{Christian} of Susannental (Mai1798:Mv2883 and Mn28).

Eifert^FN: said by the Shcherbakovka FSL to be from^UC Suelzfeld.    I could not find any member of this family in Mai1798.

Eiffert^FN: according to the Schlitz ML this woman from^UC Eichenhayn married an Ortstadt man; by 1767 this couple was in Boaro (Mai&Marquardt#740).

Eifert{A.Eliesabetha}: the Buedingen ML says this woman from^UC Rebgeshain near Lauterbach on 26 May 1766 married Usener{Johann} from^UC Eichelhain near Lauterbach; they then headed off to^UC  Schaffhausen  (Mai&Marquardt#668). KS126, & 161(which spells her name Seyfert),  repeat much of that information.  I did not find this couple in any published FSL or in Mai1798.

Eigenherr{Nicolaus}: Danish records say this Lutheran left^UC the Baden-Durlach Margraviate arriving at Schleswig city, Schleswig Royal Duchy in July 1761;they lived in two different colonies between which he tried to flee to Russia and was arrested.  His wife later married Scholl{Georg} and is recorded in “Riebensdorf” colony, Woronesch in 1768 (EEE p.390, for more detail see that).

Eigster ^FN: see Eickster.

Eihler^FN: see Euler.

Eilau?^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Dresden (no locality mentioned).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Eiler? ^FN{J.Martin & Johannes} said by the Balzer FSL to be orphans of Jacob Eiler in the Schlegel{Philipp}household.  I could not find them in  Mai1798es.

Eiler^FN: also see Eihler and Euler.

Eimer^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC [Hessen-]Darmstadt. I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

Einbach^GL: an unidentified place said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be home^UC to a Lammer/Limmer family.  There are at least 2 places of this name in Germany.

Einbeck^GL: long famous for its beer, the city belonged to Brunswick and is some 40 miles SW of Brunswick city.  It was said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Heine family.

Einersheim^GL: is 17 miles SE of Wuerzburg city.  It was one of the northern-most holdings of the Limpurg counts whose seat was at Gaildorf 26 miles ESE of Heilbronn city.

Einhausen, [Kurpfalz?]: said by the Stephan FSL to be home^UC to a Linker family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Darmstadt.  There were at least 5 Einhausens in sthe German-speaking lands, apparently none was in Hessen-Darmstadt lands, and  I think the one that is 20 km NNE of Mannheim city centre and was then in Kurfalz is the most likely.

Einike?^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Falkenstein(?).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Einschenk?^FN: said by the Leichtling FSL to be from^UC Straubing (no locality mentioned).

Einshuetz{Christina E.}: married Boht{Juergen Ludwig}  in Luebeck on 22 May 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#158, KS122).  I could not find them in any published FSL.

Eirich^FN: said by the1798 Hildmann census to be the maiden name of frau Hiltmann (Mai1798:Hd22).

Eirich^FN: said by the Schwed FSL to be from^UC Lauterbach, [Fulda Bishopric/Riedesel Barony].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sw14.

Eirich^FN: also see Rausch.

Eis^GL: see Stadt Eis.

Eischader^FN: said by the Goebel FSL to be from^UC Kissing, Kurmainz.  Later spelled Heischaeder (Mai1798:Gb62).

Eischleger^FN: see Oelschlaeger.

Eisel^FN{Georg Johann}:  said by the Norka FSL (#149) to be from^UC Hessen (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Eusel in the 1775 Norka census.  KS127 spelled his name Eysel and was from Ronhausen^UC near Rotenburg now in Hesse.  Spelled Eisel in 1798 and the wife’s maiden name was given as Becker (Mai1798:Nr159, see also Nr208 and Wt8).

Eisel^FN{Johannes}:  said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Hessen (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Eusel in the 1775 Norka census.  Spelled Eisel in 1798 (Mai1798:Nr200).

Eisel^FN: also see Ensel and Eusel.

Eisele/Eiseling^FN{Martin}:  Danish records say this Lutheran left^UC Wuerttemberg arriving at Schleswig ccity, Schleswig Royal Duchy in July 1761; with his wife and 4 children he lived at #2 “Roemers Hof” in Colony F15 “Julianenanbau”, Flensburg Amt leaving in April 1765 (EEE ppp. 390-91, for more see that).  said by the Rosenheim FSL #52 to be from^UC Elbrunn?, Wuerttemberg Duchy.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Rm39.

Eiseling: see Eisele.

Eisenach^FN said by the Frank FSL to be from^UC Willez(?), Schlitz.  Said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to the Goebel woman who married in 1766 a Wachtmeister man; by 1767 this couple was in Pfeiffer (Mai&Marquardt:592)

Eisenach^GL/GS: this name was used sometimes for the city, 26 km WNW of Gotha city, and often for Duchy of which the city was the seat from 1741-1809: Saxe-Eisenach Duchy.  Said by Kulberg109 to be home^UC to Goutprok(?){Christian+w+1c}.

Eisenach^GS, Sachsen: the original entry probably was intended to be Saxe-Eisenach. 

Eisenach^GS, Thueringen: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to Gige? and Happe families.  This most likely is the same place as the next entry, with Thueringen used here as a geographical description rather than a political entity.

Eisenach County^GS: this appears on a 1789 map to be a subdivision of  the Saxe-Eisenach Duchy, bordering the duchy on the S, and with several exclaves: 3 within the Meiningen Duchy, and 1 each W and SW of that duchy.

Eisenach Duchy^GS: this duchy, more formally known as the Saxe-Eisenach Duchy, extended a few miles in all directions from Eisenach city, and south of the city.  Futher S was its Eisenach County wotj its own scattered exclaves -- the southern-most exclave being around  Ostheim, now in Bavaria. The Eisenach duchy was from 1741 to 1809 controlled by the same family that controlled Saxe-Weimar.   In 1809 the two duchies were formally merged to create the Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Duchy.

Eisenbach, [Kur-]Trier: said by the Dehler FSL to be home^UC to a Sensdorf? family.  This might be 5 miles ESE of Koblenz city.  None of the other Eisenbachs I found would have been in Kurtrier.

Eisenbach^GL, Riedesel Barony: this town, some 2.5 miles SSW of Lauterbach city, was the official seat of the barony, although the principal home of the Barons was usually in Lauterbach.

Eisenbeis^FN: see Eisenbeiss.

Eisenbeiss^FN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:671, 253) to be Dornhan, Horb [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  Using FHL(1,732,280), the GCRA verified this origin; see their book for more detail.  Also spelled Eisenbeis (KS:253).

Eisenbeiss^FN: Curt Renz has found the church records for this Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia, family in Dornhan, Sulz Oberamt, Wuerttemberg.

Eisenberg^GL: see Eichenborn.

Eisenbrei^FN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:672, 253) with no origin.  KS:253 said the family was from Guendelbach, Waihingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg. Using FHL(1,184,607-8), the GCRA verified this origin; see their book for details.  Also spelled Eisenbrey.

Eisenbrey^FN: see Eisenbrei.

Eisenheim^GL, Wuerzburg: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Keifer family.  There is an Essenheim, Bavaria some 14 miles NNW of Wuerzburg city.

Eisenhofen?, [Kurbayern?] : said by the Susannental FSL to be home^UC to an Ingelmann family.  The only Eisenhofen I found is 31 km NW of Munich city centre and was then in Kurbayen.

Eisenhut^FN{M.Elisabeth}: in the Huck FSL an Eisenhut orphan was living the Repps who are said to have come from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Kuhlberg5757 shows her from^UC Isenburg with her parents Christian and A.Maria, plus younger sister Catherine E.

Eisenhut^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Nr90.

Eisenhut^FN: also see Echenhuth and Eisenhuth.

Eisenhuth^FN: the Buedingen ML says this woman from^UC Mauswinckel married in 1766 a Kalatenschnee man (Mai&Marquardt#507).  Later spelled Eisenhut (Mai1798:Db28).

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

Eisingen^GL, Baden-Wuerttemberg: see Eitingein.

Eismann^FN: said by the Jost FSL to be from^UC Luebben?, Brandenburg.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Eisner{H.Christian}^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Doernigheim, Hanau [County].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Wr56.

Eisner{Melchior}^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Beisheim, Wertheim [County]. For 1797 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv3002,Wr11(where the wife’s maiden name was given as Siebert),Lb39.

Eisweiler^GL, Zweibruecken: is some 21 miles NW of Zweibruecken city, and said by the Bauer FSL to be home^UC to a Schreimann family.  Later spelled Schreiner.

Eit?^FN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be from^UC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Eid.

Eitaksisia?^GL: an unidentified place said to have been home^UC to the Koch family (Lk17), possible early settlers in Zuerich.

Eitemueller:  listed with the Eitenmuellers.

Eitenbenz^FN: wife of Stickelmeier of Bergdorf.

Eitenmueller – various spellings interspersed:

Eidemueller/Eidmueller^FN{J.Martin}: Brent Mai proved he was born in 1720 in Fraenkisch-Crumbach, for further information go to http://cvgs.cu-portland.edu/origins/e/eitenmueller_bauer.cfm.   He, his wife Christine (Zahn) and 4 children left Fraenkisch-Crumbach in 1766 for Russia (Gieg1); a pastor in Fraenkisch-Crumbach confirmed their origin there (Mai&Marquardt#1277).  This origin is repeated in in KS126 and 165, and in Bauer FSL #1 where their origin was given as Fraenkisch-Crumbach, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate], the family name is mistakenly given as Miller.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Br30, 51 and Mr4.

Eidmueller{A.Barbara}: KS120 says this Eidemueller woman left^UC Werschau with her husband, Becker{J.Jakob} of^UC Werschau near Limburg,  heading for Dehler.  Their parish priest, said they were from Wersau, got word that they had safely arrived at a village near St. Petersburg (Mai&Marquardt#1273).  KS120 that parish priest has a separate entry for  another couple, an  Eidmueller woman and Becker {Johannes}, who both  left Werschau near Limburg.  They too were reported arriving safely at a village near St. Petersburg (Mai&Marquardt#1278).  These couple(s) may have been two couples or one, at any rate  the Bauer FSL (br34) in 1767 lists Becker{Johannes} of Werthe?, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate] along with a wife whose given name seems uncertain but might have been something like{Krida Lisa}.

Eidenmueller{ Catharine}^FN: KS:118 says she married an Amann{Adam} in 1787 in Neu-Saratowka.

Eidemueller^FN{J.Nikolaus}: with his wife Bock{Agathe} and 5 children left Fraenkisch-Crumbach near Dieburg in 1766 for Russia; they settled in Neu-Saratowka (Gieg1 and  Mai&Marquardt#1266).  Also see Bock, Heinrich. KS122 has Edenmueller; KS126 has Eidenmueller and says they went to a village near Petersburg. 

Eidenmueller{A.Barbara}: KS120 and 126 say she and her husband, Becker^FN{J.Jakob},  left^UC Werschau near Limburg [a mistake for Wersau near Fraenkisch-Crumbach] for Russia.  I could not find them in any published FSL.

Eidemueller^FN: {Margaretha E}., born in Hoellerbach, married a Becker (Gieg1).  I could not find them in any FSL.

Eitenburg, Gessen: should be Ortenberg, Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate.

Eitingein(?)^GL, Baden Durlach: an unidentified place said by the Preuss FSL to be home to an Jung family.  This might be Eisingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, some 4 miles NNW of Pforzhem.  An Eltingen is 16 miles SE of Pforzheim.

Ekebergen(?)^GL, Hanau: this may have been Heckenbergheim.

Ekeborn^GL, Ints County: said by the Walter FSL to be home^UC to a Lenz family.

Ekersporn^GL, Hesse-Darmstadt County: said by the Walter FSL to be home^UC to a Bechtolt family.

Eket(?)^GL, Friedberg: an unidentified place said by the Kraft FSL to be home^UC to a Wiehl family.

Ekhart^FN: this woman married a Lang man in 1766 in 1766 in Luebeck; other sources spell it Eckart  (Mai&Marquardt#142); by 1768 they were in Warenburg.

Eklavstein?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Burghardt family.

Ekler^FN: born in Goeppingen, Goeppingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg as proved by the GCRA using FHL 1,056,923.  She was the illegitimate daughter of Herr Fischer’s Steib wife, and was listed in the 1816 Bergdorf census (KS:659, 254) with no origin.  See the GCRA book for more detail.

Eklich?^FN: said by the Keller FSL to be from^UC Konstanz.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

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

Elag(?)^GS: an unidentified state said by the Bauer FSL to be whereKollmar is.

Elabs^GL: an unidentifed locality said by the earliest transcription of the  Stahl-am-Karaman FSL #31 to be in the Dormstadt/Darmstadt? area and to be home^UC to Shifler{Bernhard}.

Elbach^FN: said by the Merkel FSL to be from^UC Copenhagen, Denmark.

Elben/Elbin^GL, Preussen: said by the Kratzke FSL to be home^UC to a Maljawski/Malyavski family.  This might be Elbing?

Elbenrod^GL, [Hessen-Darmstadt]: is some 2 miles ENE of Alsfeld city, and said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Karl{Adam} family.  Said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to an Erlenbach family.

Elbergen?: said by the Stephan FSL to be home^UC to a Spielmann family.  At that time there were two Elbergen in the German-speaking lands, both in Muenster Bishopric, one 8 km S, and the other 36 km NE, of Lingen city.

Elberkirchen?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Jung{Sebastian} family.

Elberrod?: an unidentified place said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be home^UC to a Lill? family.  This might be Elbenrod, Hessen-Darmstadt Landgraviate.

Elbersdorf^GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Herrmann family.  This might have been in Hessen-Kassel some 15 miles SSE of Kassel city, or in Kursachsen some 11 miles ESE of Dresden city.

Elbin^GS, see Elben or Elbing.

Elbing^GL, [Polen]: is some 32 miles ESE of Danzig and said by the Dobrinka FSL to be home^UC to a Bast family.  Said by the Kamenka FSL to be home^UC to a Engeler family.  In 1772 Elbing became part of West Prussia.

Elbing^GL, Polen: said by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to a Herzer family.

Elbing^GL: see also Elben, Elbin, and Elblag.

Elbing^GL, West Prussia: now Elblag, Poland, was said by the Blumenort FSL to be home^UC to a Warckentin family in 1805.  Said by the Orloff FSL to be home^UC to a Warckentin family.  Elbing was then also a district center. Said by the Rosenort FSL to be home^UC to a Zacharias family.

Elbingen: an unidentified place said by Kulberg65 to be home^UC to Wilhelm{Christina.

Elblag^GL is Polish for Elbing.

Elbor?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Loch family.  Kuhlberg said this was in the state of Darmstadt.

Elbruck?, Wachtenberg?: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to a Fackenbusch family.

Elbrunn?, Herzogtum Wuerttemberg[sic?]: said by the Rosenheim FSL to be home^UC to an Eisele family.  The only Elbrunn I can find was in Kurbayern, 55 km SE of Landshut, far from any Wuerttemberg Duchy lands.

Elbsdorf: an unidentified place said by Kolberg125 to be home^UC to the Catholic Schneider{Jacob+w}.

Elchesheim^GL, Rastatt [Amt], Baden: is 4.5 miles N of Rastatt city, and said by KS:349 to be home^UC to Kurz{Jacob} who it said left for^UC Glueckstal.

Elchner^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Reichenbach.  In 1798 the family name was spelled Elkner (Mai1798:Bb41).

Eleanu?^FN: said by the 1798 Straub census (Sr4) to be the maiden name of frau Appel.

Elenberger^FN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be from^UC Petersburg, Russia, having come there from Holstein (no locality mentioned).  Also spelled Ehlenberger.

Elers?^FN: the Dinkel FSL says this step-son was living in a Hollbeck? household from Lueneburg.

Elf^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Waschenbach.  I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

Elfeld: an unidentified place  said by Recruiter Beauregard’s list to have been home^UC to the Hertz{Adam} family; Kuhlberg said this was in [Kur-]Mainz (Lk136 and K5476).

Elfershausen^GL: an unidentified place said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be home^UC to a Sell man.  There are at least 2 places of this name in Germany.

Elfner^FN: listed by both the 1816 Kassel census (#77) and KS:254 without origin.  See the GCRA book for more.

Elhart{Matthias}:

Elheim^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Wuerzburg no locality indicated.  Later spelled Ehlhein (Mai1798:Pf73).

Eli^FN: listed by both the 1816 Kassel census (#98) and KS:254 without origin.  Using FHL#247,646 the GCRA proved origin in Niederhochstadt, Landau [Amt], Rheinpfalz.  See their book for more.  Also spelled Ely.

Elisabeth^BV: the original  name for Tarutino.

Elisabethgrad^GL,  Podolia: aka Zinovievsh and Yelizavetgrad, nka Kirovohrad, Ukraine, 154 miles SSE of Kiev.  The GCRA found Hochhalter and Rudolf families associated with it in 1809.

Elkner^FN: see Elchner.

Ell^FN{J.Eberhard}: said by the Roethling FSL (#11) to be from^UC Kammerzell/Kaemmerzell, Fulda [Bishopric].  KS126 repeats this except spelled his name {J.Eberth}.

Ellang^FN{Balthasar}: said by the Roethling FSL (#13) to be from^UC Langenprozelten, Kurmainz. Gelnhausen/Gemuenden (Main), Hessen.  KS126 repeats this except says Langenprozelten near Gemuenden.

Ellbrunn?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Lichtenstein? family. Kuhlberg said this was in Pfalz.  The only Ellbrunn I can find is deep in Bavaria far from Kurpfalz lands.

Ellenbacher^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Erbach (no locality mentioned).

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

Eller^FN{J.Heinrich}:  said by the Krasnoyar FSL (#26) to be from^UC Braunfels(?), no locality mentioned.  KS126 says Eller{G.Heinrich} was from^UC Roethges, [Solms-Braunfels Principality] near Giessen.  [J.H. and G.H. probably were the same guy – ed].

Ellermeier^FN: the 1798 Orlovskaya census gives this as the maiden name of one of the frau Ehrfurts (Mai1798:Mv2135).

Ellert  In 1798 spelled Ehlert (Mai1798:Rm20(when the wife’s maiden name was given as Schneider), Rm35 and En21).

Ellerwald^GL, Elbing Amt: is now Janowo, Poland, and was some 2.5 miles W of Elbing city.  Said by the Rosenort FSL to be home^UC to  Jantzen and Rempel families.  Said by the Tiege FSL to be home^UC to the Ginter, Kroecker{Peter}, Neufelt/Neufeld and Toews{Philipp} households, and possibly to a Baergen household.

Ellhofen^GL, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 4 miles E of Heilbronn and proven by GCRA to be home to Goetz and Huber{Johannes/Gottlieb} who went to Glueckstal. : Said by both the 1816 Kassel census (#115) and KS:280 to be home^UC to Goetz{Jakob}.  See the GCRA book for more details.

Ellhofen^GL, Weinsberg Oberamt, Wuerttemberg: is about 1 mile E of Weinsberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and was home to a Goetz family that settled in Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia.

Ellingen, Kurpfalz[sic?]: an unidentified place said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to a Boes? family and possibly to a Flach family.  I found 4 Ellingens, none of them on former Kurpfalz lands.

Ellmendingen?, [Baden-]Durlach [Margraviate]: is 8.5 km W of Pforzheim city centre and was said by the Schaefer FSL to be home^UC to the Boes family.  This is the same place as the next entry, except 50 years earlier.

Ellmendingen^GL, Pforzheim Amt, Baden: is some 5 miles WNW pf Pforzheim, and was home to a Schlittenhardt family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa.

Ellnrode^GL, Frankenberg [Amt], Hesse: is 9 miles SE of Frankenberg town.  KS:429 said Schmidt^FN{Hermann} came from^UC here; the GCRA proved he never came to Bergdorf.

Ells^FN: see Ils.

Elm^GL, Brandenstein: is in Hesse, 1 mile NE of Schluechtern. Said by the Schlitz ML to be home^UC to the Stoppel man who in 1766 married an Eyring woman; this couple settled in Boregard (Mai&Marquardt#733).  Said by the Schlitz ML to be home^UC to the Schmidt woman who married a Herber man; this couple settled in Schaefer (Mai&Marquardt#532). See Mit-nachbars-zu-Elm^GL.

Elmen(?)^GL, Hannover: an unidentified place said by the Stumpp supplement to the Dietel FSL to be home^UC to a Lakmann family.  According to a Luebeck ML this Lackmann man married a Schneck woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#116).

Elmenhorst?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Galka FSL to be home^UC to a Bergmann family.  There are at least 8 Elmenhorsts in Germany, all in the North.

Elmknecht? ^FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Etalt? with Lenert stepsons in the household.  I could not find the Elmknecht family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Elmshorn, [Schleswig-]Holstein [Royal Duchy]: is some 32 km NW of Hamburg city centre and was said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be home^UC to the Dietrich family and possibly to their Mueller{Johann} step-children.  I could not find members of this family in  Mai1798.

Elmstein^GL, Landau [Amt], Pflaz: is 14 miles NW of Landau-in-der-Pfalz, and proven by GCRA to be home to the Bruechler family that went to Glueckstal.  See the GCRA book for more details.

Els?^FN: the Dinkel FSL says this orphan was living in a Hartmann household from Bulwitz(?), Schweden.

Els^FN: also see Ils.

Elsaesser^FN:  said by the Bergdorf 1858 census (KS:668, 254) to have been from Vaihingen, Stuttgart [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  This origin (Vaihingen auf den Fildern) was verified by the GCRA using FHL(1,055,888).  See their book for more detail.

Elsanka^VV: one spelling of the Russian name for Husaren^VV.

Elsar^FN: see Eltzer.

Elsass^GS, see Alsace.  Said (no locality indicated) by the Dietel FSL to be home^UC to Jaerger and Vogel families.  Said by the Kratzke FSL to be home^UC to a Schunk family, no locality mentioned.  Said (no locality mentioned) by one entry in KS:425 to be home^UC  to the Schlant family that settled in Neudorf.  Said with no locality indicated by KS:243 to be home^UC to the Denin family that went to Glueckstal by way^UC of Poland.  Said by Kulberg134 to be home^UC  to (Fried{Georg+w+1c}.

Elsass^GS, France: said (no locality indicated) by the Stumpp supplement to the Dietel FSL to be home^UC to a Mueller family.

Elsasser ^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Hessen-Darmstadt.  For 1798 see Mai1798: Nm34

Elsasser^FN said by the Schwab FSL to be from^UC Gelnhausen [Imperial City].  For 1795 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2685, Gk32, 33, Sb14, 38.

Elsasser{Jakob}: married Wentzel{Charlotte} 15 March 1766 in Buedingen (Mai&Marquardt#435).  They are listed on KS126.  I did not find them in any published FSL or in Mai1798.

Elsbach: said by the Schwab FSL to be home^UC to the Bernhardt family.  This probably was Elsbach, Erbach County, 2 km SW of Erbach city.

Elscheid^FN: the Katharinenstadt FSL says this orphan was living with a Helwig? family from^UC Alzey.

Elscheidt^FN: said by the 1798 Boregard census to be the maiden name of frau Sommer.

Elscheidt^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Heina.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Zr49.

Elschiburg?, Kurtrier: an unidentified place said by the Leitsinger FSL to be home^UC to a Spaetter family.

Elsdorf: an unidentified place said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be home^UC to a Koch family.  Kuhlberg said this place was in Darmstadt.  There were at least 5 Elsdorfs in Germany, none of those 5 was within Hessen-Darmstadt.

Elsebach: see Elsenbach.

Elsenbach{given name??}: KS126 said  he went  to Leichtling.  I did not find him in any published FSL. Two younger Elsebach men were recorded in 1798 in Leichtling (Mai1798:Lg21 & 43).

Elsenz^GL, Kurpfalz: is some 5 miles SSW of Sinsheim city.  Arliss has found some evidence that the Clauser family which settled first in Dobrinka may have come from here having earlier come from Switzerland.  This Elsenz is the same as the next two, just some 40 years earlier.

Elsenz, Bruchsal [Amt], Baden: is 11 miles NNE of Bruchsal city.  This is Elsenz, Eppingen [Amt], Baden

Elsenz, Eppingen [Amt], Baden: is 4.5 miles NW of Eppingen city.  The GCRA proved this home to the Benz{Abraham} family that went to Kassel.

Elters?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be home^UC to a Lohmann family.  There is an Elters some 8 miles ENE of Fulda city.

Eltersdorf, Erlangen, Nuernberg [Imperial City]: is now a neighborhood  about 4 km S of Erlangen city  centre and probably did in the 1760s belong to Nuernberg Imperial City;  but Erlangen did not so belong and was consistently part of Brandenburg-Bayreuth Margraviate from 1603 to1806.

Eltersdorf, [Nuermberg Imperial City]: was just S of Frauenaurach and S of  Erlangen city of which it is now a neighborhood; said by a Woehrd ML to be home^UC to Andresz{Marg.} who in 1766 married Ahm{Johann} (Mai&Marquardt#789 and  KS:118).

Eltingen^GL: see Eitingein.

Eltman?^GL, [Wuerzburg Bishopric]: is 10 miles NW of Bamberg city, and said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Long? family.  Usually spelled Eltmann.

Eltz^FN: said (no locality indicated) by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Anhalt-Zerbst with a young Gerhard man in the household.  I could not find the Eltz family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Eltz Barony^GS: lay S of Muenstermalfeld between that town and the Mosel river, but touching neither.  It may have included the village of Keldung.

Eltzbeck{Kaspar}: Ks126 said he came from Lohrhaupten near Gelnhausen.  I could not find him in any published FSL or in Mai1798.

Eltzer^FN: said by the Louis FSL to be from^UC Schwitzing?, Kurtrier and his wife was said to be from Michelhausen.  In 1798 the family name was spelled Elsar (Mai1798:Ls08).

Elwangen^GL: probably is the city which is 102 miles SE of Frankfurt-am-Main in Baden-Wuerttemberg and said by the Kamenka FSL to be home^UC to a Vogelmann family.  However there also is a village of Elwangen much further S in Baden-Wuerttemberg.

Ely^FN: see Eli.

Elz^GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Tersich? family.  This could be Elz, Nassau-Dillenburg Principality (or possibly Kurtrier), some 2 miles NNW of Limburg-an-der-Lahn.  Or it could been a mistransliteration of Eltz Barony.

Elzach, [Hapsburgian Lands]: is 15 miles NE of Freiburg city, and said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be home^UC to a Lamm family.

Elzach, Schwarzwald: said by the Seelmann FSL to be home^UC to a Vogelbach family.  Elzach was then in lands controlled by the Hapsburgs; this particular possession was in the Black Forest and they probably modestly refered to the property as Schwarzwald.

Elzhausen?^GL, [Hall Imperial City]: is 6 miles NNE of Schwabisch Hall city, and said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Deckert family. Kuhlberg said this was in Hessen.  There was an Erzhausen, Hessen-Darmstadt, some 4 miles N of Darmstadt city.

Elzow ^FN: said by the Galka FSL to be from^UC Meisdorf, Preussen.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Updated 10/2012