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K550  is entry 555 in Igor Pleve, Lists of Colonists To Russia in 1766, Reports by Ivan Kuhlberg”, Saratov, 2010; similarly 667, etc.

Kaahn^FN: see Kaler.

Kabel^FN: said by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:661, 321) to have been from^UC Stuttgart, Wuerttemberg.

Kabbell[Kappel]^GL, Daenemark: an unidentified place said by the Dinkel FSL to be home^UC to a Hensel family.

Kaden^GL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to the Schneider{Andreas} family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Darmstadt.  There were at least 3 Kadens in the Germanies, none of the three I can find were in Hessen-Darmstadt lands.

Kaderhein?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Spener? family.   Kuhlberg said this was in Erbach.  This might be Gadernheim, Erbach, some 12 miles WNW of Erbach city.

Kaduk?, Erbach [County]: an unidentified place said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to a Wolf family.

Kaefertal^GL, Mannheim Oberamt, Kurpfalz: now a neighborhood in NE Mannheim city, and said by EEE p. 388 to be home^UC to Egner/Eichner{Philip} who settled in Denmark and then in Balzer FSL #37. This is the same place as the next entry, but 50 some years earlier.

Kaefertal^GL, Mannheim [Amt], Baden: Oberamt, Kurpfalz: now a neighborhood in NE Mannheim city, and said by the 1816 Glueckstal census to be home^UC to the Schulz(e) family.

Kaehm{Caspar}^FN: said by the Balzer FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no state or locality identified).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bz13, Bd77).  Not listed in Kuhlberg.

Kaehm{Markus}^FN: said by the Balzer FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no state or locality identified).  In 1798 spelled both Kaehm and Kehm (Mai1798:Bz12 and Kk27 repectively).  Not listed in Kuhlberg.

Kaehm/Keim^FN{J.Heinrich}: his orphaned daughter was listed in the Huck FSL was living with the Voelkers who are said to have come from Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Not liste in Kuhlberg.

Kaelber^FN: a Luebeck ML says this  woman, no origin given, married a Dollheimer man in 1765; by 1766 this couple was in Mariental  (Mai&Marquardt:19).

Kaelberbronn, Freudenstadt [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 5.5 miles NE of Freudenstadt city, was proven by the GCRA to be home to the Weisert/Weissert family that went to Bergdorf.  Was proven by the GCRA to be home to a Bross/Bros family that settled in Neudorf.  Kaelberbronn records were found in Herzogsweiler, Freudenstadt [Amt], Wuerttemberg.

Kaelk^FN: see Kalck.

Kaemmer^FN: according to KS:118 this woman of^UC Alstadt near Homburg in the Saar married an Amkein man.  The Hildmann FSL said her maiden name was Kummer and his name was Amrein.  The Buedingen ML said she was a Kemmer of^UC Alstadt and he was an Amrain man (Mai&Marquardt#612).

Kaemmerer^FN: said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be have come from^UC Ober-Ulm, Mainz later than the first settlers (p.137).

Kaemmerer^FN: see Kemer and Kemmerer.

Kaemmerzell^GL: see Kammerzell.

Kaempf/Kempf^FN: said by the Urbach FSL to be from Althausen Wildberg, Wuerttemberg [Duchy].  Using parish records David F. Schmidt proved his birth there.  For 1788 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2901,Sk31(where the wife’s maiden name was given as Enders), Sk16 and 15.

Kaepple^FN: Curt Renz has found the church records for this Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia, family in Ehrstaedt, Sinsheim Amt, Baden. 

Kaercher^FN:  listed in the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:661, 322) without origin.  The GCRA found a report that he was born in Trusseje, Prussia.  See the GCRA book for details.

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

Kaersing?, Daenemark [Kingdom]: is 193 km SW of Alborg and said by the Reinhard FSL to be home^UC to the Nickels family.

Kaerten Duchy^GS: aka Carinthia Duchy,  this large county occupied what is today southern Austria and northern Solvenia, from 976 to 1806.

Kaes^FN: said by the Goebel FSL to be from^UC Oberleinach, Wuerzburg.  Later his wife’s maiden name is given as Melchior and his is spelled Kess (Mai1798:Gb29).

Kaesbach, Franken: an unidentified place said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to a Fertig family.  A family chart done by Prof. Pleve spelled this Kesbach.

Kaeser^FN: said by the Kano FSL to be from^UC Bellheim.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Kaesner ^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Leissnitz, [Kur-]Sachsen.  Spelled Kasner in 1798 (Mai1798:Bn75).  A Rosslau ML said this Kassner man married in 1766 a Walther woman (Mai&Marquardt#951).

Kaestel?^GS: this may have been the name of the 2^nd largest holding of the Tuetonic Knights which was located in northern Bavaria.  This holding stretched SE for over 13 km below the Imperial City of Windsheim.  Pleve IV says that Oberaltenbernheim was in Kaestel(?).  Oberaltenbernheim is known to have been in within that holding of the Tuetonic Knights.

Kaestner^FN: this family name was found recorded in Winterhausen marriage records 1760-1769; see Flegel trip.

Kage(?)^GL, Oesterreich: an unidentified place said by the Goebel FSL to be home^UC to a Berkus family.

Kagel^FN: said by the Laub FSL to be from^UC Birkenfeld.

Kagel ^FN: said by the Shcherbakovka FSL to be from^UC Koenigsberg.    I could not find any member of this family in Mai1798.  Pleve thought this might be Nagel, but I could find no evidence for that.

Kahenbach^GL: said by Hilsbach, South Prussia records to be home^UC  to the Miller/Mueller{Karl} family that settled in Neudorf.  There was a Kehrenbach, Hesse, but the GCRA thinks kahrenbach may have been a mistake for Salmbach.

Kahl^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Lauterbach, Riedesel.  TheBuedingen ML says this man married a Kilian woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#403)

Kahl-am-Main, Hanau [County]: is 9 km SE of Hanau city centre, and was said by the Schwab FSL to be home^UC to the Leonhard family.

Kahla^GL, Sachsen: said by the Graf FSL to be home^UC to a Kellfuss[Hellfuss] family.  This could be in Thueringen some 8 miles S of Jena, or in Brandenburg some 29 miles NNW of Dresden.

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

Kahlbrenner^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Kirchheim, Hessen.

Kahler^FN: said by the Laub FSL to be from^UC Roth, Hessen-Kassel.  In the wife’s maiden name was given as Blau (Mai1798:Lb18).

Kahler^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Arnstein.  In 1798 the family name was spelled Keller (Mai1798:Pl09).

Kahler^FN: also see Kaler or Keller.

Kahlman^FN: see Kohlmann.

Kahlmann^FN: said by the Urbach FSL to be from^UC Kiel, Holstein[-Gottorp Duchy].  He surely died prior to the 1798 Volga censuses.

Kahn^FN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be from^UC Arnsten. The family name was spelled Kuehn in 1798 (Mai1798:Mv2130).

Kaichen^GL, Friedberg Imperial City: is some 7 miles SE of Friedberg city, Hessen, and was sais to be home to Derr{J.Michael} who settled in Walter.

Kaierleber^FN: see Keuerleber.

Kaigareltz^GL, Isenburg County: an unidentified place, said by the Walter FSL to be home^UC to a Reisbich family.

Kaiser^FN{Philipp}: said by Kuhlberg1213 to be from^UC Isenburg and by the Balzer FSL to be from^UC Isenburg-Offenbach [County] (sic).  Bonner proved this Kayser man’s origin in Eckartshausen, Isenburg[-Marienborn County] and his Raab wife’s origin in Duedelsheim.  By 1798 he is said to have a Schneideman wife (Mai1798:Bz8, 98).

Kaiser^FN: said by the Caesarsfeld FSL to be from^UC Buerstadt.  Frau Kaiser’s maiden name is given as Geisen? in 1798 (Mai1798:Bb15).

Kaiser^FN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be from^UC Gelnhausen (no locality mentioned).  The Buedingen ML says this Kayser of Gelnhausen married in 1766 a Firnberiger (Mai&Marquardt#511).

Kaiser^FN: said by the Enders 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Piel (Mai1798:En18).

Kaiser^FN: said by the Enders FSL to be from^UC Kolberg, Preussen.

Kaiser^FN: arrived in Glueckstal 1821-1822 and was proven by the GCRA to be from Wankheim, and then Entringen, both in Tuebingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg ; see their book for detail.

Kaiser^FN: said by the Goebel FSL to be from^UC Oberberg, Kurmainz.

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

Kaiser^FN{Johannes, Ludwig}:  not found in an FSL but were in the 1775 Grimm census #39 and 45.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Gm11 and 76).

Kaiser^FN: said by the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be from^UC Nidda.  According to the Kromm version they were either from^UC Burkhards or Eichelsachsen, both of Schotten [Amt], or Ober Lais of Nidda [Amt].

Kaiser^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Marburg(?), Hessen.

Kaiser{Catharina+1c):  Kulberg144 said they were of the Reformed  faith from^UC Schwarzenfeld.  Not found in T or in any published FSL.

Kaiser ^FN: said by the Messer 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Hinkel (Mai1798:Ms69).  Proven by Bonner.

Kaiser^FN: said by the Messer FSL to be from Isenburg. Their baptisms were found in Bueches/Buches, Isenburg[-Buedingen County] by Bonner.  In 1798 the maiden name of one of the two frau Kaiser was given as Mueller (Mai1798:Ms68).

Kaiser{Magdalena}: she is listed as a Kayser orphan in T4865 and left Luzern, [where she must have been a first settler, in 1779 to go to Zug to marry (Mai1798:Mv1605).

Kaiser^FN: said by the  Moor 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Iskam (Mai1798:Mo61).

Kaiser^FN: Bonner proved that frau Michel (nee Kaiser) of Moor was baptized in Bueches, Isenburg[-Buedingen County], and was sister to the Kaiser men of Messer.

Kaiser^FN: is a single man living in the household of a widow from Geien? in the  Mueller FSL but no origin is given for him.

Kaiser^FN{J.Heinrich}: said by the Norka FSL to be the son of J.Heinrich Kaiser and a step-son in the Wetaufer household.

Kaiser^FN{Julianna}: said by the Norka FSL to be the daughter of Johannes Kaiser and a step-daughter  in the Weigandt household.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Nr88.

Kaiser^FN{Just}:  said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Nr173, and possibly 151, 23, 39, 89, 147 and 158?  Spelled Keiser in the 1775 census.

Kaiser^FN{Peter}:  said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Nr198, and possibly 151, 23, 39, 89, 147 and 158?  Spelled Keiser in the 1775 census.  The Buedingen ML said this Kayser man from^UC Keffenroth married a Weinberger woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#604).  The maiden name of his wife in 1798 was given as Kuhl (Mai1798:198).

Kaiser^FN{Thomas}:  said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 possibilities see Mai1798:Nr151, 23, 39, 89, 147 and 158?  Spelled Keiser in the 1775 census. 

Kaiser^FN: said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to be from^UC Raboldshausen, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate].  For 1769 see Mai1798:Mv2281.

Kaiser^FN: was said by the Reinwald FSL to be a step-son in the Hersteinkorn{J.Heinrich} household.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Rw48.

Kaiser^FN: said by the Rohleder FSL to be from^UC Wuerzburg [Bishopric].

Kaiser^FN:  frau Kaiser was said by the Rohleder FSL to be from^UC Kradalzau?, Polen.

Kaiser^FN: said by the Seewald FSL to be from^UC Geisenstam, Alzey.

Kaiser^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Harstein?, Kurpfalz.  For 1798 see Mai1798: Wr44,2,4,14,68,Mv3005, and Lb4.  Said by the Kisling family (Warenburg colony) chart to be from^UC Arnstein, Kurpfalz.

Kaiser{Franz} ^FN: possible early settlers of Zuerich said to be from^UC Tittling?, [Kurbayern] (Lk43).  For  1798 see Mai1798:Bt16.

Kaiser{Caspar}: said by Recruiter Beauregard’s list to have been from^UC Blin? (Lk42).  Spelled Kayser in 1767 (T4862-4864)  Not found in any FSL and I could not find them or any likely descendant associated with any Volga colony.

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

Kaisersbach^GL, Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Goebel FSL to be home^UC to a Gottfried and perhaps a Hoffmann family.  The Buedingen ML says the place was Grisselbach and Stumpp says it was Krisselbach (Mai&Marquardt#354), neither of which can I identify.

Kaiserslautern^GL, [Pfalz-Lautern Principality, Kurpfalz]: is some 41 miles NW of Karlsruhe.  Said by the Degott FSL to be home^UC to Heinrich and Schneider families.  Said by the Keller FSL to be home^UC to Bohn and Heisser families.  Said by the Herzog FSL to be home to a Rome man;  the Buedingen church records say he was an employee of the French government and that a child of his died in Buedingen in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#1235); the 1798 census says his wife’s maiden name was Maier (Mai1798:Hv22).  Said by the Kamenka FSL to be home^UC to a Neubauer family.  Said by the Kratzke FSL to be home^UC to a Reiswig family.  Said by the Volmer FSL to be home to a Schroh family.  This was the seat of the Lautern Kreis of Kurpfalz and so the Kaiserslautern reference may refer either to the city or the district.

Kaiserslautern^GL, [Pfalz-Lautern Principality], Kurpfalz: said by the Reinwald FSL to be home^UC to the frau Jorgen.  Said  by the Schaefer FSL to be home^UC to the Koerber family.

Kaisheim Imperial Abbey^GS:  held a small area of land Nof the Danube around the town of Kaisheim and a yet smaller piece S of the Danube just N of Wertingen town, all now in Bavaria.

Kakau?^GL, [Anhalt-]Dessau: is some 8 miles ESE of Dessau city, and said by the Jost FSL to be home^UC to a Steinbis family.

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

Kalbfleisch^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Romrod.  He is listed in a Luebeck baptismal list in 1766 as a godparent of a Jerich girl (Mai&Marquardt#1320).

Kalbin^FN{Lorenz}: said the Balzer FSL to be from^UC Hanau [County] (no locality mentioned).  Said by KS:137 to be from^UC Offenbach, Isenburg[-Birstein Principality.  The maiden name of the wife is given as Habermann both by the FSL (with orphaned sons of Caspar Hab. also brothers of the wife in the household) and by the 1798 census (Mai1798:95, 69).

Kalck^FN: said by a Luebeck ML to be the maiden name of frau Praefried; Stumpp gave her name as Kaelk or Kalk (Mai&Marquardt#184).  This couple went to Paulskaya.

Kalefalz^GL, Trier: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to a Fritz family.

Kalewi{Gottfried}: Kulberg23 said he was single from^UC Schlesien.  Not found in T or in any published FSL.

Kaler?^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Niederstetten, Kurmainz.  This may be the Kann (another source spells it Kaahn) man who according to a Luebeck ML married in 1766 a Buchs woman (Mai&Marquardt#88).

Kalisch^GL [Department], South Prussia: this was one of the three huge Departments into which S. Prussia was divided.  The capital city, now Kalisz, is some 67 miles SE of Poznan city.  Thought by the GCRA to be home^UC to the Roessler/Ressler family (1801) which came to Bergdorf.  The also found it associated with the Burckhardt family in 1792.  See the GCRA book for more.

Kalk^FN: see Kalck.

Kalkopf{M.Katharina}^FN:  listed in the 1772 Pobochnaya first settlers’ list as the wife of Schneider{Samuel} (pb3).

Kallenberg^GL, Backnang [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 5 miles SE of Backnang city, and the GCRA thinks either this may have been home^UC to the Rau family that went to Bergdorf, since Kallenberg is located just 2 miles E of Heutensbach, birthplace of the Kapp woman who married Rau.   See the GCRA book for detail.

Kallop{A.Dorothea}: she married Bandel{J.Ludwig} on 29 June 1766 in Rosslau (KS119 and Mai&Marquardt#1035).  I could not find them in any printed FSL.

Kalmar, Schweden: is 286 km NE of Kopenhagen, Denmark, and was said by the Rosenheim FSL to be home^UC to frau Dittmann.

Kalmbach^FN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:671) to be from^UC Engelhandszell, [Kur-]Bayern; KS:323 suggested it might be Engelhardtzell?.

Kalmbach^FN: also see Gambach.

Kalstadt^FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Schwelm, which Kuhlberg said was in Westfalen.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Kaltchinowka: see Belowescher Kolonien.

Kalteherberg^GL, Danzig: now Swiernica, Poland, was 19 miles ESE of Danzig city, and said by the Orloff FSL to be home^UC to Friesen families.  Also spelled Kalte Herberge.

Kalte Herberge^GL: see Kalteherberg.

Kaltenberger^FN: not found in an FSL but was in the 1775 Grimm census #61.  For 1798  see Mai1798:Gm25).

Kaltenborn^GL, Kurpfalz: an unidentified place said by the Keller FSL to be home^UC to a Bellmann family.  There was a Kaltenborn, Ollbrueck Barony, on the Kurkoeln border, some 24 miles WNW of Koblenz city, but none so far as I can find in Kurpfalz lands.

Kaltenborn^GL, Ollbrueck Barony, on the Kurkoeln border, some 24 miles WNW of Koblenz city.

Kaltennordheim?, Sachsen-Weimar [Duchy]: is 41 km SSW of Eisenach city and some 20 miles ENE of Fulda city.  Itwas said by the Rosenheim FSL to be home^UC to a Sauermilch family.  Said by the Walter FSL to be home^UC to a Greifts family.   Kaltennordheim actually was in Eisenach County, which was a subdivision of Saxe-Eisenach Duchy, which since 1741 had been controlled by the same family which owned  the Saxe-Weimar Duchy.

Kaltenschnee^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Obelies(?), Ridelsch(?).  The Buedingen ML says this man from^UC Mauswinckel married in 1766 an Eisenhuth woman (Mai&Marquardt#507).  Later spelled Kaltenschuh (Mai1798:Db28).

Kaltenschuh^FN: see Kaltenschnee.

Kaltental^GL, Stuttgart [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is now a Stuttgart suburb some 6 miles SW of the city centre, and proven by the GCRA to be home to the Kurrle and Rall families that went to Bergdorf. Mistakenly said by the 1816 Glueckstal census to be home^UC to the Krieger family. Mistakenly said by KS:282 to be home^UC to the Gramm/Frasch family that settled in Kassel.  See the GCRA book for more.

Kaltenbach^GL, Hinterweidental Amt, Pfalz: is barely W of Hinterweidental town, and the GCRA thinks either this village or Kallenberg, Backnang [Amt], Wuerttemberg, may have been home^UC to the Rau family that went to Bergdorf; see their book for detail.

Kaltenborn^GL, [Kur-]Koeln: is 25 miles WNW of Koblenz city, and said by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to a Klein family.

Kaltenwesten^GL, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 6 miles SSW of Heilbronn city.  Origin has been proven here for the Arnold, Behringer, Frank, Gnang/Ganje, Laitenberger, Mueller, and Rieker families who came to Bergdorf in 1831.  This place is now known as Neckarwestheim.

Kaltner^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Lippstadt, Westernkotten with a Naagel wife from^UC Muenster.

Kalzhof?^GL, Bupaterpronsk?: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to a Eberhardt{J.Daniel} family.

Kembel^FN: see Kempel.

Kamberg^GL, Kurtrier: said by the Keller FSL to be home^UC to a Pauly family. Said by the Preuss FSL to be home to Heiland, Heinrich, and Schneider families.  See Camberg.

Kamberg^GL, Nassau[sic]: nka Bad Camberg some 16 miles NNE of Wiesbaden, and said by the Preuss FSL to be home to an Preuss family.  Kamberg was not then in Nassau but near it, see Camberg.

Kamenka, Podolia: the largest place of this name was 120 miles SE of Kiev, but there were at least 2 dozen Kamenka in Podolia.  The GCRA says it was the district covering Luschkawitz in 1787 and was associated with a Weil family in 1844.

Kamenka^VV (aka Baehr): a Catholic German village on the west side of the Volga.  Its FSL has been published twice: first in Pleve, The German Colonies …, pp.371-391, and second in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.II, pp.215-242.  According to them, the first settlers were from the following places with the family names shown here in parens.  Spellings sometimes differ between the two sources – a spelling that is from the second source is presented here in standard bold, if it appears the same way in the first source it is underlined, if it appears only in the first source it is italicized:

from Alave, Italien: (Goette/Gette);

from Alzey: (Dietze/Ditze, Mauren, Schwarz/Schwartz);

from Aschaffenburg: (Bahl/Bal/Ball?, Bachmann, Braun, Meder, Stadler);

from Baden-Durlach: (Aman, Zwinger);

from Bamberg: (Baer/Beer/Baehr/Bayer?, Boehm/Behm, Siebenhaar);

from Berlin, Preussen: (Streitenberger);

from Bischtu…(?)/Bischt(?): (Herwig/Gervig);

from Boehmen: (Ehse/Ese?);

from Brandenburg: (Augustus);

from Brix/Briks(?): (Floehr/Flor/Flohr);

from Buedingen: (Kaul, Reiss/Reis, Walter);

from Danzig: (Nickel);

from Dinkelsbuehl/Denkelsbuehl: (Benerberger/Bennerberger);

from Elbing, Polen: (Engeler);

from Elwangen: (Vogelmann);

from Eppingen: (Siegel);

from Erfurt/Ehrfurt: (Schiebert/Schibert/Schubert?);

from Ettlingen: (Kreschele);

from Falkenburg: (Derillion/Dirillion?);

from Frankfurt-am-Main: (Meier, Schwert/Schwerdt);

from Freiburg: (Tisch);

from Freistadt, Pfalz: (Kumler);

from Hanau: (Dargener, Esrenhaeuser/Esrenheiser?, Hoffmann, Lither/Liter/Lieter?);

from Hassfurt/Hassfurth: (Schmidt);

from Heilbronn am Neckar: (Beider, Pless/Bless?);

from Ichsfels(?)/Iksfelts(?): (Raab);

from Kaiserslautern: (Neubauer);

from Kamnitz/Kamitz: (Eschler);

from Karlsbad, Boehmen: (Mueller);

from Kiel, Holstein: (Heiland);

from Kirburg(?)/Kurbburg(?): (Baer/Beer/Baehr/Bayer?);

from Kirchheimbolanden/Kirchheimbolende: (Leopold);

from Kissing: (Bock);

from Koblenz: (Kochum);

from Koenigshofen: (Kessler);

from Kopenhagen, Daenemark: (Rekowski/Rekowsky, Schwindt);

from Krautheim, Kurmainz: (Vogt);

from Lauzes/Lausi(?), Frankreich: (Legrand/Le Grand);

from Luxembourg: (Astian);

from Mainz: (Simon);

from Mannheim: (Rowein/Rohwein);

from Marienburg, Polen: (Lex/Leks, Nowak/Novak, Urban);

from Miltenberg: (Gruen, Neth?/Net/Nett/Naeb?, Rochel);

from Muenster: (Dikeng?);

from Muelsen/Mulsen, Preussen: (Fischer);

from Naegelstadt: (Schaefer);

from Neuburg am der Donau/Neuburg Donau: (Seitz);

from Neustadt-bei-Heide(?)/Neustadt-am-Heide: (Stahl, Zeisel);

from Oberkirch/Oberkirche: (Gerling);

from Oberramstadt: (Schaefer);

from Orb/Orba(?): (Roeder/Raeder);

from Posnan/Posen, Polen: (Rekowski/Rekowsky);

from Pressburg: (Bauer);

from Reez(?)/Retz: (Plattner/Blattner?);

from Regensburg: (Retzer);

from Roding: (Hofesass/Gofesass?);

from Saarlouis: (Schmidt);

from Sachsen-Gotha: (Glaeser);

from Salzburg: (Baron);

from Schlierbach: (Hohl/Gol);

from Schneidemuehl/Schmeidmuhl, Polen: (Repin);

from Schwarzburg/Schwartzburg: (Thoma/Toma);

from Schweiz: (Kettler);

from Seligenstadt: (Hartmann, Wetzel);

from Sierck/Sirsk(?), Frankreich: (Deisch, Mellinger, Schmidt);

from Strabing: (Dreher);

from Vien, Oesterrich: (Niederhof);

from Warendorf: (Oberberger);

from Weissensulz(?)/Weisensulz: (Vogel);

from Wimmelbach/Wimelbach, Bamburg: (Kerner/Kenaer/Kenner);

from Windigstein Ost, Flck.: (Palaery/Palaeri?);

from Worms, Kurmainz: (Becker);

from Wuerzburg: (Getzel/Hoetzel/Hetzel/Getsel, Rumpel).

Kamenny Ovrag^VV:  a variant spelling of the Russian name for Degott^VV.

Kamenny Owrag^VV:  a variant spelling of the Russian name for Degott^VV. 

Kamennyj Ovrag^VV:  a variant spelling of the Russian name for Degott^VV.

Kamenskiy^VV: a Russian name for Grimm^VV.

Kamerer^FN: see Kammerer.

Kamitz^GL, see Kamnitz.

Kamlovski^FN: see Kamlowski.

Kamlowski^FN: said by the Husaren FSL to be from^UC Witebsk, Polen.    In 1798 spelled Kamlovski (Mai1798:Hn18).

Kamm^FN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be from^UC Himmelhofen?,  Bamberg [Bishopric], and to be living with Herr Schwarz.   A Rosslau ML says this man married a Zimmer woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#985).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Kamm^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Freudenberg. 

Kammer^FN: said by the Schaefer FSL to be from^UC Weidnitz, Schlesien.  For 1797 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2390,Sw4 and Bx43.

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

Kammerer^FN: according to the Goebel FSL this step-daughter was living in an Ancre family from^UC Danzig.

Kammerer^FN: said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#58, 173) and KS:323 to be from Wittershausen, Horb [Amt], Wuerttemberg. Using FHL#550,795, the GCRA proved this origin.  See their book for much more.  Also spelled Kamerer.

Kammerforst^GL: an unidentified place said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be home^UC to Boese and Brull{J.Adam} and {Johannes} families.  There are 4 Kammerforsts in Germany.

Kammerstein, Kurpfalz: an unidentified place said by the Keller FSL to be home^UC to a Job family.  The only Kammerstein that I can find in Germany was 11 miles SSW of Nuernberg city center, and although now in Bavaria, would then have been either in Wuerttemberg Duchy or Eichstaett Bishopric.

Kammerstrahl: see Gammerstrath.

Kammerzell{Amelia}:  Doris Evans and Robert Goodman proved that she was born 3 November 1747 in Maierbach in the Free Noble Province of Ancient Knights, and  that she married Gutmann^FN {J.Martin}.  This apparently was his first marriage.  See Heun {Margaretha}.  Doris Evans says that research done by Anneliese Micheiwski for Larry and Florance Kammerzell confirmed  that this man descends 6 generations from a Kemmerzell born in the 1500’s, died in 1605 in Gersfeld.

Kammerzell^FN: said by the Walter FSL to be from^UC Kerschwald[Gersfeld]^GL, Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter.  Doris Evans says that research done by Anneliese Micheiwski for Larry and Florance Kammerzell confirms that this man descends 6 generations from a Kemmerzell born in the 1500’s, died in 1605 in Gersfeld.

Kammerzell/Kaemmerzell^GL is some 4 miles NW of Fulda, Hessen and is said by the Roethling FSL to be home^UC to an Ell family.

Kamnitz/Kamitz^GL:an unidentified place said by the Kamenka FSL to be home^UC to an Eschler family.  It may be the Kamnitz, Thueringen that is some 14 miles ENE of Gera.

Kamp^FN: said by the Schoenchen FSL to be from^UC Steckelberg.  I could find no member of this family in Mai1798.

Kampe^GL: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Figongue family.  This might be Kampe, Lower Saxony, some 40 miles W of Bremen city.

Kana?, Wuerzenburg?: an unidentified place said by the Urbach FSL to be home^UC  to a Pister family.

Kandel^GL, Germersheim [Amt], Pflaz: is 12 miles SW of Germersheim town, and proven by the GCRA to be home to the Schmidt ^FN{J. Adam aka Heinr.} who went to Bergdorf.  See the GCRA book for detail.

Kandelin^FN: said by the Galka FSL to be from^UC Keksholm, [Russia]:.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Gk49.

Kaneau^VV: an alternate spelling for Kano^VV.

Kangen^GL, Friedberg: said by the Walter FSL to be home^UC to Herr families.  The Walter Research Group has proven that these were Derr families from Kaichen, which belonged to the independent city of Friedberg.

Kann^FN: see Kaler.

Kano^VV:  (aka Caneau, Kaneau, Kanskoje) is a Lutheran German village founded in 1767 on the eastern side of the Volga near Phillipsfeld.  Its FSL is  published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.II, pp. 243-274.  According to this, the first settlers were from the following places (italicized places and names are as identified by Kuhlberg) with the family names shown here in parens.   Other spellings of family names, usually from later sources are in square brackets.  {Given names} are used only when there is more than one family for a family name. Verified origin information is in red.  The number with the family name is their FSL household number, although 100 has been added to each household number in the supplementary list:

from Altkirchen: (Reischer127);

from Anhalt-Dessau [Principality]: (Gensch[Hensch]16, Grassmann[Grossmann]13 );

from Anhalt-Zerbst [Principality]: (Kellermann17);

from Aumenau, [Wied-]Runkel [County]: (Axt139);

from Baerenburg: (Ehrlich{Gottlieb}26);

from Bamberg: (Rudolph161);

from Bassenheim: (Hamm117);

from Bayreuth [Margraviate]: (Frank142, Nikolaus153, Rattel59);

from Bellheim: (Schiffelmeier7);

from Belzig: (Paul{Andreas}40);

from Benetsham?: (Burghardt120);

from Benndorf: (Fak?61);

from Benzingerode: (Lebe103);

from Berlin: (Thaumann?32);

from Bermbach: (Ehrlich{J.Georg}44);

from Bonn, [Kurkoeln]: (Reischenberg121 and possibly Benedikt121a);

from Braunscheig [Duchy]: (Rimer[Reimer]63);

from [Anhalt-]Dessau [Principality]: (Bloss?42, Golko89, Hartmann{J.Gottlieb}27, Hoppe12, Kauerhof1, Klehmann[Kleman]34, Krimmel[Kruemmel]23, Leichner[Lichtner]22, Otto30, Schaefer{Christoph}, Weigand, and possibly Gaus22a, Recht34a, and Specht{J.Michael}24a);

from Ebergoetzen, [Kurbraunshweig]: (Mueller{Jonas}137, {Martin}136);

from Egelsheim, [Kurbayern]: (Fetter?29);

from Egenik?, Schwaben: (Heil[Heile]56);

from Enzen: (Kaeser106);

from Erndtebrueck?, Wittgenstein [County]: (Schreiber138);

from Fahrstedt: (Fischer{Heinrich}66, and possibly Weiser66a);

from Fenay?: (Litke20);

from Friedland, Sachsen: (Ketter[Keter?]145);

from Fulda [Bishopric]: (Fey[Fei]39);

from Gerzerom?, Nassau: Gedrich?154);

from Gleiszellen?, [Kurpfalz?]: (Beitel159);

from Goennheim, [Kurpfalz?]: (Beier/Beyer148);

from Goethen?, [Hesse-Kassel?]: (Freis55);

from Goettersdorf: (Steiniger130);

from Gondorf: (Gottfried{Christian}50, Stupp[Stuck]51);

from Gotterdorf?: (Zank147);

from Guettin?: (Zimmermann{Heinrich}72);

from Gundheim?: (Hacke118);

from Gutenfuerst?: (Kraus83 and possibly Hauptrock?[Hauptdruech]83a);

from Halle: (Friedrich88, Lang{Elizabeth}156, Meisner2);

from Hannover [i.e. Kurbraunschweig]: (Lang{Friedrich}62);

from Hennersdorf: (Nicks[Nix]35);

from Hetzbach?, [Erbach County?]: (Weidemann104);

from Hitzling?, [Kurbayern?]: (Valsburg?33);

from Hoort?, [Mecklenburg-Schwerin Duchy?]: (Dene128);

from Hunzel, Nassau: (Mueller{Konrad}78, and possibly Paul{Maria}78a);

from Jena, [Altenburg Duchy]: (Beier/Beyer{Anna Maria}164);

from Kisichheim?: (Korn133);

from [Anhalt-]Koethen [Principality]: (Sachs41);

from Kopenhagen, Daenemark: (Wettermann28);

from Krina, [Kursachsen?]: (Krebst47, and possibly Friehof47a);

from Kursdorf?: (Gottfried{Peter}60);

from Lagnitz?, [Kursachsen?]: (Baschka/Pashka57, and possibly Mattis57a);

from Lauben: (Bleier135);

from Lauda, [Wuerzburg Bishopric]: (Nuss115);

from Leising?, [Eichstaett Bishopric?]: (Bittor122);

from Luettich [aka Liege Bishopric]: (Gross{Eleonora}36);

from [Kur-]Mainz: (Derr155);

from Makstein?: (Seitz131);

from Mangen?, Kreutzen: (Filinger81);

from Marienhafen?, Darmstadt: Mueller{Philipp}86);

from Maxger?: (Sick143);

from Mendt, [Kurkoeln?]: (Mueller{Adam}151);

from Moitzfeld, [Berg Duchy?]: (Quast18);

from Moscheim: (Schnell70);

from Muelhausen [Imperial City?]: (Holstein52);

from Muenchhausen: (Gebler129);

from Nannhausen, Hessen:Bock124, Lotz{J.Georg}125

from Nassau: (Just111);

from Nassau: (Varth15);

from Nassau-Usingen [Principality]: Boehm11, Gette[Kehm???]80, Sauer9, Schwenk144);

from Neufeld: (Hauer134 and possibly Mener134a);

from Nieder Modau?, [Hesse-Darmstadt Landgraviate?]: (Baecker53, and possibly Leschorn[Leschkort?]53a);

from Nieder Wiesen?, [Hunolstein Barony?]:  (Leibel140);

from Nieder-Woellstadt, Riedesel: (Klein{Johann/Heinrich}82}; 

from Oberhof: (Hoppermann107);

from Offenbach, Isenburg: (Zindel110);

from Olsted: (Mir?46);

from Oranienbaum, [Anhalt-]Dessau [Principality]: (Mai[Mein]5, Matinus[Martins]6, Rahnefeld[Ranefeld,Reinfeld]37, and possibly Schapp6a);

from Oranienbaum, Sachsen: (Hartmann{Maria}90);

from Palium?: (Glas152, and possibly Glau152a);

from Pesternick?, Sachsen-Gotha: (Mueller{Christian}102;

from Pilseranstof?: (Schon126);

from Quellendorf, [Anhalt-Dessau Principality]: (Tenerkauf[Taerkauf?]{Christian}3, Tenerkauf{J.Christian}4);

from Rauschenberg, Hessen: (Tauscher84);

from Rechtenburg: (Fried[Friedt]73, and possibly Bittner73a);

from Reinberg: (Wittmann101);

from Robesburg?, Lobach: (Marx48);

from Roedern: (Hammerschmidt{Anton}116, {Zacharius}114);

from Rosinbrin?: (Untermann112);

from Schoenberg: (Hertner[Gaertner]87);

from Soellnitz, [Weimar Duchy?]: (Gruen[Gruhl/Grunau]8);

from Stockhausen: (Loos162);

from Thalhausen: (Wels149);

from Tuebingen, [Wuerttemberg Duchy]: (Maurer163);

from unknown: (Mueller{J.Christian}10);

from Untitz: (von Wipler157);

from Vetzberg?, [Nassau-Weilburg Principality?]: (Schmidt65);

from Villingen: (Lotz{Daniel}76, Pauly[Paul]{Sebastian}74);

from Villingen?: (Goebel?58);

from Villingen, Braunfels: (Zimmer75);

from Vorstadt, Sachsen: Fischer{Karl Christian}64;

from Waldau, Sachsen: Anschutz31, and possibly Mueller{Gottlieb}31a);

from Weener, [East Frasia Princiality?]: (Hasselblatt?141);

from Weiden?, Hessen: (Windemuth68 and possibly Schaefer{J.Valentin}68a);

from Weinichweler?: (Michael146);

from Weinsheim: (Leopold105);

from Welgesheim?, [Kurpfalz?] (Gerling69);

from Wendelfeld?, Nassau: (Diel/Diehl[Thiel]79);

from Werkel, Hessen: Wagner{Adam}67);

from Werne: (Lappegan/Lategan[Lattigan]113);

from Wesel: (Mueller{J.Christian}43, and possibly von Rau43a);

from Westerburg: (Keskel{Adam}108, {Mathias}109, Schuster160);

from Wieder-Wellstadt: see Nieder-Woellstadt.

from Wien, [Austria]: (Gedeke119);

from Wiesbaden, [Nassau-Usingen Principality]: (Pflug85 and possibly Zimmermann{Heinrich}85a);

from Wiesen Amt, Bern: (Rothe132);

from Wiesensteig, [Kurbayern?]:(Schotter123);

from Willingen?, Pfalz: (Konrad49);

from Wilmersdorf: (Hahn77);

from Wolfenbuettel, [Brunswick Duchy?]: (Hesse[Hess]158);

from Zell: (Raabe150);

from [Anhalt-]Zerbst [Principality]: (Arens14, Gross{Andreas}19, Honigmuth[Hoenigmuth]84, Specht{Heinrich}45, Spretz71, Wagner{Christoph}25, Kordnemann?[Kornoman?]38, and possibly Wolfart[Wolfhart/Wolfert]25a).

Kanskoje^VV: the Russian name for Kano^VV.

Kanswehr?, Elsass: an unidentified place said by the Seelmann FSL to be home^UC to Zimmermann{Johannes}, {Matthias} and{Michael} families and possibly to a Zaner? family.

Kanth, Schlesien: an unidentified place said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be home^UC to a Konrad/Konradi? family.

Kantitlin^FN: said by the Mariental FSL to be from^UC Ladenburg. 

Kantner^FN: said by the Herzog FSL to be from^UC Regensburg.

Kanzel^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Asch, with an Ohl stepson in the household.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Wr5(where the wife’s maiden name is given as Faber) and Wr6.

Kanzler^FN: said by the Kolb FSL to be from^UC Sandau, Brandenburg.

Kapp^FN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:672, 669, 324) to be from^UC Winzenhausen, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  Using FHL(1,457,426), the GCRA verified origin in Kilchberg, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  See the GCRA book for more details.

Kapp^FN: said by the Rohleder FSL to be from^UC [Kur-]Trier (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Rl34.  This family name may also have been spelled Rapp? in 1798 (Mai1798:Lz26?).,

Kapp^FN: said by the Schwed FSL to be from^UC Stolp, Preussen.  In 1798 the wife’s maiden name was given as Koslowski (Mai1798:Sw16).

Kappel^GL, Austria: is some 125 miles SW of Vienna and said by the Roethling FSL to be possibly the home^UC of a Schmalz family.

Kappel^GL, Denmark: see Cappel.

Kappel^GL, Simmern (Hunsrueck): is some 6.5 miles WNW of Simmern, Rhineland-Palatinate, and said by the Roethling FSL to be possibly the home^UC of a Schmalz family

Kappel^FN: also see Capel and Kabbel.

Kappell^FN: said by the Dietel FSL to be from^UC Trebur, Darmstadt.  I could not find any of them in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Kappeln: an unidentified place said by the Seelmann FSL to be home^UC to a Jung family.  There are at least 4 places of this name in Germany.

Kappes^FN: said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be from^UC Anzhein? [which probably was Atzenhain), with a Fiegelnus? step-daughter and a Hahn orphan in the household.   Spelled Kippes in 1798 (Mai1798:Er15,Bx27), and the maiden name of the wife was given as Gruen (Er15).

Kappes^FN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:676, 324) with no origin.  Using FHL(1,189,133), the GCRA proved origin in Ittlingen, Eppingen [Amt], Baden. See the GCRA book for more details.

Kappes^FN: said by the Mariental FSL to be from^UC Wittlich, Kurtrier.  The family name was later spelled Kippes (Mai1798:Mt60,64). 

Kappes^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Wuerzburg no locality indicated.  Later spelled Kippes (Mai1798:Pf84).

Karb^GL: according to Paul Simon the Mueller FSL says this was home to a Weinbdender family.  Paul thinks Karb may be one of three Korbs in Germany.  Two look most likely to me: one in Rhineland-Palatinate some 22 miles NE of Koblenz, and one in Baden-Wuerttemberg some 7 miles NE of Stuttgart.

Karbach?^GL, Isenburg: Alsfeld^GL: said by the Mueller FSL to be home^UC to a Weinbender family.  The Kuhlberg list gave the state as Isenburg.  Could this be Calbach?

Karben^GL: see Friedberg.

Karbon^FN: see Kornborn.

Karburgheis(?)^GL, Wuerzburg: an unidentified place said by the Goebel FSL to be home^UC to a Kollmann family.  Later spelled Kohlmann (Mai1798:Gb01).

Karch^FN: see Karg.

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

Karez?^FN: said by the Phillipsfeld 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Keil.

Karf?^FN: said by the Mueller FSL to be from^UC Ober Bessingen.  In 1798 this family name is rendered Karpf (Mai1798: Ml13).

Karg^FN said by the Frank FSL to be from^UC Rimhardt(?), Erbach.  Also spelled Karch.

Karg^FN: said by the Kraft FSL to be from^UC Remagen(?), Friedberg.

Karich?^GL, Berend?: an unidentified place said by the Lauwe FSL to be home^UC to a Forster family.

Karl^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Hamburg(?) (no other locality mentioned).

Karl^FN{Adam}: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Elbenrod.  For 1798 see Mai1798: Nm40 which gives frau Karl’s maiden name as Petsch.

Karl^FN{Franz}: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Den Brand.

Karl^FN: the 1798 Norka census gives this as the maiden name of the wife of one of the Isenburger Hohenstein men (Mai1798:Nr25).

Karl^FN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be from^UC Altenrode.

Karl^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Eppenrod with a Knoll mother-in-law and sister-in-law in the household.

Karl^FN{Franz}:catholic,  said by the Schoenchen FSL#10 to be from^UC Neuhof.   For 1798 see Mai1798:Sn33 and 44.  This Carl man whose father was from^UC Teutschbrod, Boehmen, married Hoerner {E.Magdalena} in June 1766 in Woehrd (Mai&Marquardt#829 and KS128). 

Karl^FN: said by the Walter FSL to be from^UC Atenbach, Hesse-Kalelskogo.

Karl^FN: see also Carl.

Karlin/Karolei/Kartlein{J.Adolph+w+3c}: Kulberg80 said they were Catholics from Messiere.  Not found in T.  Said by the Katharinenstadt FSL (#102) to be from^UC Amsterdam, Holland.  Later spelled Karlin and Carolin.  The 1798 Katharienstadt census says his wife’s maiden name was von Momol (Mai1798: Ka55).  Family tradition says he was born in Saxony and his wife in Armeiden, Holland.

Karling^GL: an unidentified place said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be home^UC to an Esperein/Oesterlein family and possibly to their Blumberger step-son.  There is a Karling in Germany and one in Austria.

Karlovy Vary ^GL, see Karlsbad.

Karlsbad^GL, Boehmen: said by the Kamenka FSL to be home^UC to a Mueller family.  This probably is Karlovy Vary (formerly Karlsbad), Czech Republic.

Karlsburg^GL: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Wendel family.  This might be Karlsburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, some 60 miles ESE of Rostock city.

Karlsruhe^GL, [Baden-Durlach Duchy]: 73 miles SSE of Frankfurt-am-Main.  Said by the Holstein FSL to be home^UC to a Jauck family.  Said by the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL to be in the state of Baden-Tuchan[sic for Durlach] and to be the home^UC of Bossert{Bernhard} (#3) and Resch/Resh{Wenzel} (#2), as well as of frau Gaurshtein/Hauerstein{Michael} (#9).  Using church records, Shannon Weis verified this origin for Steinert{A.Marg.Agnes} wife of Ehrlich{Friedrich} a couple that settled in Shcherbakovka

Karlsruhe [Amt]^GL, Wuerttemberg: in addition to being capital of the Wuerttemberg Kingdom in 1821 it was also a District administrative center.

Karlstadt^GL, Wuerzburg: is some 14 miles NW of Wuerzburg city and said by the Louis FSL to be home^UC to a Treuling family.  Said by the Volmer FSL to be home to a Feser? family.

Karnholz? ^FN: said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be from^UC Rostock, Mecklenburg[-Schwerin Duchy].  I could not find members of this family in Mai1798.

Karnttecher?^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Fuerstenberg?.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Karp{Philipp}^FN: said by the Reinwald FSL to be from^UC Rehburg, Hessen-Kassel [Landgraviate],   Spelled Karpf in 1798 (Mai1798:Rw6 and 27).

Karp{Philipp}^FN: his wife was said by the Reinwald FSL to be from^UC Wuerttemberg [Duchy] (no locality mentioned).

Karpf^FN:  see Karf and Karp.

Karst ^FN: said by a Rosslau ML to be the family name of the first known frau Hanke before marriage (Mai&Marquardt#902).  Dr. Waeschke found records in the Anhalt-Dessau archives which indicate she was born a Pahn from Poenitz near Dessau and had run away from her husband Karst (Mai&Marquardt#1097).  See Hancke of Orlovskaya.

Karstens^FN:  see Carstens.

Kartlein^FN: see Karlin.

Karze(?)^GL: said by the Holstein FSL to be home^UC to a Jauck family.  There is a Karze, Lower Saxony, some 30 miles SE of Hamburg, but my guess is that “Karze” is a garbled form of Karlsruhe and that this Jauck family is directly related to the Jauck family listed as being from Karlsruhe.

Kasanski^FN: said by the Franzosen FSL to be from^UC Len?, Frankreich with a Rogel? wife.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Kasawierski^FN: said by the Husaren FSL to be from^UC Brody?, Polen. I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

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

Kasitzkoje^VV: a form of the Russian name for Brabander^VV.

Kasitzkaya^VV: a form of the Russian name for Brabander^VV.

Kasner^FN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be from^UC Schkopau.  I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

Kasner ^FN: also see Kaesner.

Kaspar^FN: said by the 1798 Bauer census to be the maiden name of frau Buechner (Mai1798:Br42).

Kaspar{Anton}^FN: said by the Cheisol FSL to be from^UC Liebau, Schlesien.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Ls4.

Kasper{Peter}^FN: said by the Cheisol FSL to be from^UC Trier, no locality given. For 1798 see Mai1798:Ls48.

Kaspar^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Unterumbach, Bavaria.

Kaspar^FN:  said by the Reinhard FSL to be from^UC Rendsburg, [Schleswig-]Holstein [Royal Duchy].  I could not find them in Mai1798.

Kassel^BV: a German Lutheran village founded in the Glueckstal district of the Odessa region in 1808-1810.  Its 1816 and 1858 censuses are recorded in KS:685-698, with related entries scattered through pages 204-497. Much more information, including verification of origin, regarding these families can be found in the GCRA book written by Margaret Freeman and Gwen Prizkau, and edited by Tom Stangl. The numbers following the family names are the household numbers as they appear in the census as reported by KS; a family name not followed by a number indicates they were not found in these two censuses: 

from Aach, Freudenstadt [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Schmelzle68);

from Adersbach, Sinsheim [Amt], Baden: (Meier/Maier{Adam, Georg, Konrad}50, 150, 248), Rudolph51, 156, 170);

from Annweiler, Bergzabern [Amt], Rhinepfalz: (Knoll223, Kraft60, 180);

from Apfelhofen, Billigheim [parish], Rheinpfalz: (Nus/Nuss100, 219);

from Beinberg, Calw [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Luz{Jacob});

from Berwangen, Eppingen [Amt], Baden: (Koch229);

from Billigheim, Landau [Amt], Rheinpfalz: (Frei/Frey{Jakob}100);

from Bitzfeld, Weinsberg [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Hagel230);

from Boeffingen, Unteriflingen parish, Freudenstadt [Oberamt], Wuerttemberg: (Buckenberger);

from Boll, Goeppingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Hauser/Hausser112);

from Bonfeld, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Ehrmann);

from Bornheim, Landau [Amt], Rheinpfalz: (Junker/Junkert14, 47, 130, 163);

from Brackenheim, Brackenheim or Heilbronn[Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Minderlen249, 250, Rainer/Reiner234, Strehle/Strahle/Straile231);

from Brombach, Heddesheim [Amt], Heidelberg [Oberamt], Baden: (Schmid{Simon, Margaretha, Michael, E.Elisabeth}70, 188);

from Cleeburg, Weissenburg [Amt], Elsass: (Neuhart{Valentin}7, 121;

from Climbach, Rott parish, Weissenburg [Amt], Elsass: (Neuhart{Martin};

from Danzig, West Prussia: (Zerfass113);

from Diefenbach, Maulbronn [parish], Vaihingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Lapp107);

from Doerrenbach, Bergzabern [Amt], Rheinpfalz: (Vogel{Abraham}9, 124);

from Ehrstaedt, Sinsheim [Amt], Baden: (Meier/Maier{Adam, Georg, Konrad}50, 150, 248);

from Ellhofen, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Goetz{Jakob}115);

from Elsenz, Sinsheim [Amt], Baden: (Benz{Abraham}36, 154, 155, 168);

from Eppingen, Sinsheim [Amt], Baden: (Felhauer/Filhauer/Villhauer74, 190, Hochhalter252, Mehlhaf79, 193, 194, 195);

from Erlenbach, Germersheim [Amt],  Rheinpfalz: (Jordan aka frau Abel73);

from Eusserthal, Godramstein [parish], Landau [Amt], Rheinpfalz: (Thurn/Turn197);

from Feldstetten, Muensingen [Amt}, Wuerttemberg: (Keim5);

from (unlikely) Fellbach, Waiblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Rosin228);

from Feuerbach, Stuttgardt [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Reiser{J.Gottfried});

from Fischbach, Lemberg, Pirmasens [Amt], Rheinpfalz: (Kern aka frau Knapp75);

from Frauenzimmern, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Seibold/Seebold78, 108);

from Freckenfeld, Germersheim [Amt],  Rheinpfalz: (Herrmann{Michael}26, 143);

from Frickenhausen, Nuertingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Ferber11);

from Godramstein, Landau [Amt], Rheinpfalz: (Grosshans66, 67, 186);

from Goecklingen, Landau [Amt], Rheinpfalz: (Laux/Laut222, Meier{Peter}31, 149);

from Grigoriopol, Odessa: (Reiser{Philipp});

from Grosssachsenheim, Vaihingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Sattler{Siegfried}34, 68, 151);

from Gross Slawsk, Posen Province, Prussia: (Goehring/Gering{Jakob}88, 202, 203, 204);

from Gundershofen, Hagenau [Amt], Elsass: (Malo54);

from Hagelloch, Tuebingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Wanner247);

from Hausen-an-der-Zaber, Brackenheim [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Berkircher[Boerkirchert]243, Fink{Melchior}245, Heege(the widow Klooz), Klotz/Klooz239, Rueb240, 241, 242);

from Hefersweiler, Niederkirchen [parish], Kusel [Oberamt], Rheinpfalz: (Bosche/Boschee251);

from Heidelberg, Baden: (Quade);

from Heuchelheim, Bergzabern [Oberamt], Rheinpfalz: (Diehl/Dehl{Philipp}104, 221);

from Hilsbach, Sinsheim [Amt], Baden: (Ziegler{Georg}33);

from Hochdorf, Vaihingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Mettler/Metler{Melchior});

from Hungary: (Pitz/Pietz/Bitsch{Friedrich}211);

from Hunspach, Sulz [Amt], Elsass: (Haas{Elisabeth}81, 198, Haug/Hauck/Hauk48, 50, 72, 178, 179, 202);

from Ingolsheim, Hunspach, Sulz [Amt], Elsass: (Alexander{Valentin}254, Eckard/Eckardt/Eckart85, 200, Herr{Georg}49, 166, 167);

from Kellenbach, Simmern Kreis, Preussen Rheinland: (Miller/Mueller{G.Peter, Heinrich, J.Philip}21, 39, 136);

from Kirchardt, Sinsheim [Amt], Baden: (Frasch/Gramm/Kram57, 176, 177);

from Kirchheim, Besigheim [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Moench232);

from Kleeburg, Weissenburg [Amt], Elsass: (Hassauer{J.Jakob}4);

from Klimbach, Weissenburg [Amt], Elsass: (Sattler{F.Jacob, Peter}34, 101, 151);

from Klingenmuenster, Bergzabern [Amt], Rheinpfalz: (Schnabel53, 110, 171, 172);

from Kutzenhausen, Sulz [Amt] Elsass: (Martel2, 116, 117);

from Landau [Amt], Rheinpfalz: (Schatz246);

from Langenbrand, Bieselberg [parish], Calw [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Raschez/Rometsch/Rumetz6,120);

from Lauterecken, Kusel [Amt], Rheinpfalz: (Ficke/Fuecke82, Steinhauer20, 73);

from Lemberg, Pirmasens [Amt], Rheinpfalz: (Knapp/Knopp{Valentin}75);

from Mariendorf, Filehne [Kreis], Posen Province, Prussia: (Just/Gust86, 201);

from Maubach, Backnang [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Kerner/Koerner227);

from Meisenheim, Bad Kreuznach [Amt], Rheinpfalz: (Aman/Amann{Philipp}15);

from Menzingen, Bruchsal [Amt], Baden: (Kraemer{Johann}244);

from Meskau^GL, Prussia[n Farther Pomerania]: (Berg);

from Moerlheim, Landau [Amt], Rheinpfalz: (Wall/Wahl224, 225);

from Muehlhofen, Bergzabern [Amt], Rheinpfalz: (Bermann/Permann/Perman/Perrmann 29, 147, 154, 233);

from Murrhardt, Backnang [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Schnepf63);

from Nagold, Wuerttemberg: (Hemminger80);

from Neipperg, Brackenheim [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Meidinger235, 236, Mueller{Gottfried, Hyronimus238);

from Niederhochstadt, Landau [Amt], Rheinpfalz: (Bressler/Pressler13, 127, 128, 129, Eli/Ely98, Heinz{Simon}20, 218, Lehr/Laehr14, 96, 216, 217);

from Niederhorbach, Bergzabern [Amt], Rheinpfalz: (Jutzy, Springer/Sprenger16, 131);

from Niedersteinbach, Weissenburg [Amt], Elsass: (Eckmann/Ettmann18, 135);

from Nordrach, Offenburg [Amt], Baden: (Fritsch107);

from Nussdorf, Landau [Amt], Rheinpfalz: (Geibel/Heupel56, 173, 174, 175);

from Nussloch, Heidelberg [Amt], Baden: (Anweiler105);

from Oberhausen-bei-Kirn, [Kreuznach Kreis], Preussen Rheinland: (Helm252);

from Oberotterbach, Doerrenbach [Amt], Bergzabern [Oberamt], Rheinpfalz: (Ketterling8,122);

from Oberseebach, Weissenburg [Amt], Elsass: ( Pflug16);

from Oberstenfeld, Marbach [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Deuring/Doerring/Dairing, Nafzger);

from Ochsenbach, Brackenheim [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Lang{Andreas)39, 70);

from Offenbach, Landau [Amt], Rheinpfalz: (Doerr27, 28, 144, 145, 146);

from Piermasens, Piermasens [Amt], Pfalz: (Hahn10, 125);

from Pleidesheim, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Abel{Regina});

from Poland, Posen, or Prussia: (Bitsch/Pietz/Pitsch/Pitz/{Johann}87, Brand/Brandt/Brind{Gottfried and Johann}89,206,207, Lang{David}95, 208, 215, {Paul}91, 208, 215); Neumann93, 212, 213, 214, Quiram90, Reich94, Spitzer92, 210, Weil44, Ziegenhagel86, 119);

from Rechtenbach, Bergzabern [Amt], Rheinpfalz: (Jakob19);

from Reinighof^GL, near Rumbach, Pfalz: (Bender64, 181, 182, 183);

from [sic] Rohrbronn, Waiblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Rieker/Riker/Rieger23);

from Romanshoff, Czarnikau [Kreis], Posen Province, Prussia: (Bittner{J.Ludwig}87);

from Rot, Heidelberg [Amt}, Baden: (Keil3, 118);

from Rott, Weissenburg [Amt], Elsass: (Sattler{F.Jacob, Peter}34, 101)

from Rountzenheim, Roppenheim parish, Bischweiller [Amt], Elsass: (Wolf1);

from Rumbach, Bergzabern [Amt], Rheinpfalz: (Huntzinger/Hunsicker/Hunsecker55, Mettler/Metler{J.Jakob}35, 152, 153, Neuhart{H.Jakob}59, 99);

from Satteldorf, Crailsheim [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Kraus{Andreas}38);

from Schoenau, Bergzabern [Amt], Rheinpfalz: (Spiri/Spiry246);

from Schweigen, Bergzabern [Amt], Rheinpfalz: (Burgard/Burckhardt/Burkhard/Burkart 25, 142);

from Sessenheim, Bischweiller [Amt], Elsass: (Becker{Paul}49, 164, 165);

from Silesia: (Liebig/Liebich41, 159);

from Strelno, Bromberg, Poland: (Mauch{Christian});

from Struempfelbach, Waiblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Rapp);

from Stuttgart, Wuerttemberg: (Abel{Andreas}73)

from unknown: (Becker{Georg,Philipp}142, Becker{Konrad}106, Bermet/Perchert/Borschet?76, Borsteter/Borstetter102, Elfner77, Faber61, Falthorn62, 80, Fischer{Peter}30, Goetz{Johann}139, Griser/Grassert/Gressert/Grieser/Goressert84, Grusie226, Hummel111, Hunis/Gunsch43, 160, Kepel114, Laemlein71, 189, Lang{Christoph}88, Lang{Friedrich}233, Lang{J.Erdmann}40, 158, Linger/Lingert83, Maier{Heinrich}192, Maier{J.Georg, Heinrich}168, 169, Magstadt/Magstad65, 184, 185, Mansgard/Manhard/Manshard102, Oexle/Oechsle237, Pitz/Pietz/Bitsch/Buetz211, Rempert69, 187, Sattler{Michael}220, Scherer/Scheerer46, Schmid{Peter}64, 162, Schnaidt{Friedrich}156, 157, Schroeder/Schroeter{Rosina}95, Stefan89, Weber{Gottfried}45, 161, Weisenheimer63, 103, Zellmer/Zoellmer/Zeller148);

from Unterjesingen, Tuebingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Schnaidt39, 156, 157);

from Vorderweidentahl, Bergzabern [Amt], Rheinpfalz: (Faiock/Veiock, Hof/Hoff24, 139, 141, Tschitibner/Stebner/Stoebner22, 138, 139);

from Wingen, Weissenburg [Amt], Elsass: (Frei/Frey{Salomea)17, 132, 133, 134, Eckmann/Ettmann18, 135);

from Winnenden, Waiblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Froehlich12, 126);

from Wuerttemberg: (Schmid{J.Georg)23, Tippel222);

from Zeiskamm, Germersheim [Amt], Rheinpfalz: (Faller52);

Kassel^GL/GS: said by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to a Schumm family.  This could refer either  Hessen-Kassel duchy or to its capital city.

Kassenwitz, Jessel Regen, Prussia: the GCRA found it associated with a Berg family in 1784.

Kassner^FN: see Kaesner.

Kast^FN: in 1817 settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa; family records found by Curt Renz in Ossweil, Ludwigsburg parish, Wuerttemberg.

Kast?^FN: said by the Holstein FSL to be from^UC Neubau.

Kastel{Johann}^FN: mentioned  in the 1788 in Straub (Mv2858) but I did not find him in any FSL  For 1798 see Mai1798:Wr6.

Kastel: an unidentified place said by the Recruiter Beauregard’s list to have been home^UC to the Fraas{Wolfgang} family (Lk39).  Kuhlberg said this was in Pfalz.  There were several Kastels but none that I can find that were in Kurpfalz.

Kastell^FN: said by the Keller FSL to be an orphan boy in the Lemrich household.  I could not find him in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Kastens^FN: said by the Merkel FSL to be from^UC Hamburg.

Kaster^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be an orphan boy in the Haas family household.  I could not find this boy in the 1798 censuses.

Katellaun^GL: an unidentified place said by the Dietel FSL to be home^UC to a Castello family.

Kater?^FN: said by the Schwed FSL to be step-children in the Jaeger household.

Katerschin^GL, according to the GCRA this was a primarily Bulgarian village near Odessa City.

Katharinenstadt^VV: (aka Baronsk, Marks, Marstadt, Marx, Marxstadt) is a Lutheran/Catholic German village on the eastern side of the Volga.  Its  FSL is now published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.II, pp. 275-332.  According to this, the first settlers were from the following places with the family names shown here in parens.  Verified corrections are in red.  The number with the name is their household number in the FSL.  There is a supplemental list at the end of the regular list; I have added 300 to each of the supplemental household numbers:

from Actleben(?), Bremen: (Hartwig147);

from Alsfeld, Darmstadt: (Brehm71, Lotz71);

from Alsfeld, Hessen: (Bast198, Faust124);

from Alsterbach, Pfalz: (Vogt7);

from Almerschlach, Wuerzburg: (Mueller34);

from Alzey: (Gaertner78, Helwig?315 and possibly Elscheid315a);

from Amersfoort: (Thomas87);

from Amsterdam, Holland: (Beuss43, Bissing60, Bosch45, Feldhofen179, Kartlein102, Klein97, Munter216, Schaper218, Schellhase103, Schoenebeck182, Schwan44, Seilwerst61, Stahlbaum133, Strang106, Utre?147a, Versteeg217);

from Anhalt-Dessau: (Gekert?108);

from Anhalt-Zerbst: (Bauk24, Hensch138, Winter74);

from Arnheim, Holland: (Koch59);

from Augsburg: (Erdiner?92);

from Ballenheim(?), Franken: (Reicholdt11);

from Baerenbach: (Berg306);

from Baerwalde: (Mueller347);

from Baronville(?), Luxembourg: (Charles126);

from Basel, Schweiz: (Kohl21);

from Bayreuth: (Becher231, Bemutz8, Spiss334 and possibly Meier334a);

from Bebrinheim, West Holland: (van der Nauweland75);

from Bellingen(?), Mavetz(?): (Siegel134);

from Berlin: (Schaumburg316, Schulz320, Viehrath68 and possibly Steiner316a);

from Berlin, Brandenburg: (Dubois26, Luhm123);

from Berlin, Mittelmark: (frau Schwertz47);

from Bild(?): (Lechner338);

from Bluoa(?): (Mockler115);

from Boehmen: (Koehler335);

from Boizenburg, Mecklenburg: (Reinecke225);

from Boksweiler(?), Hessen: (Kruecker167);

from Boehmen: (Walbe117);

from Braband, Frankreich: (Remsar223);

from Brandenburg: (Gisou2, Schreiber40, Schuetz99);

from Breslau: (Zimmermann302 and possibly Michael302a);

from Breslau, Schlesien: (Beussert138);

from Buchenau, Darmstadt: (Koch318);

from Buchenau(?), Darmstadt: (Koch336);

from Buehren, Paderborn: (Gruenmeier103);

from Calau, Dresden, Sachsen: (Strauch145);

from Champagne, Frankkreich: (Derarotier27 and possibly Cronaguis27a);

from Christinen(?), Daenemark: (Wiedeberg67);

from Daenemark: (Wurseck224);

from Darmstadt: (Brot125, Hell[Geller]94, Mueller126, Riehl227, Rohr19, Springer1, Walter88);

from Darmstadt, Hessen: (Schwerin193);

from Den Haag, Holland: (Schaefer214, 215 , Stiegenland68);

from Dermbach, Sachsen: (Gaertner169);

from Dessau: (Bishof139 and possibly Mueller139);

from Dijon, Burgund[y]: (Gloo143);

from Doengelstiel(?), Schwaben, or Nuernberg: (Mueller147);

from Dohna, Polen: (Lippert9);

from Dommartin, Picardie, Frankreich: (Urbre83);

from Dresden: (Brock352);

from Dresden, Sachsen: (Sachse74, Weber23);

from Dse(?): (Viehrat181);

from Dunkelspuehl[Dinkelsbuehl], Schwaben: (Seibert5);

from Eckersdorf, Bayreuth: (Goetsch39, Wittenbeck39, 40, 176);

from Einbeck: (Heine342);

from Eisenach, Thueringen: (Gige?174, Happe50);

from Eisenheim, Wuerzburg: (Keifer163);

from Ems: (Hepp345);

from Enghien, Braband, Frankreich: (Dubois131);

from Erlangen, Bayreuth: (Mueller126);

from Eutin: (Hense319);

from Frankfurt-am-Main: (Bauriedel118, Dresenitz332);

from Friedenwald, Marburg: (Wormsbecher168);

from Flingi(?), Solms-Braunfels: (Leitner4 and possibly Baustar?4a);

from Freiburg or Frankfurt-am-Main: (Faller194);

from Fritzlar(?): (Graef353);

from Frose, Sachsen: (Roesner150);

from Frankfurt-am-Main: (frau Janssen57, Brauriedel118, Tide199, Winter84);

from Gau: (Mueller337);

from Gening(?): (Brin?229);

from Gera, Thueringen: (Ludwig17, Schmidt317);

from Glueckstadt, Holstein: (Fromm64);

from Goenningen(?): (Werner340);

from Gorsei(?), Daenemark: (Bilensky101);

from Gotha, Thueringen: (Susdorf36);

from Gratz, Steiermark: (Rauscher32);

from Grefath: (Mai49);

from Gross-Umstadt, Hessen: (frau Mueller[Vogelein]34);

from Gruenberg: (Foltart90, Hess89, Mueller91, Pastern120);

from Gruenberg, [Hesssen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: (Pracht20, 76 and probably Werner76a);

from Gruenberg, Hessen[-Darmstadt Landgraviate]: (Bock94, Bott95, Doerr88, Soltner100);

from Halberstadt: (Nitzel?127);

from Halberstadt, Brandenburg: (Eckardt159, Fine?172, Fuhrmann135 and possibly Schnell135a);

from Halle: (Ferter[Voerter]202);

from Hallerndorf: (Hegner344);

from Hamburg: (Wilk118);

from Hamburg(?): (Karl324);

from Hanau: (Pohl70);

from Hangheim, Franken: (Doerr100);

from Hanneberg Sula, Kurpfalz: (Bacherts48);

from Hannover: (Nimkner?186);

from Hanstein: (Lilienthal201);

from Hedersheim(?), Pfalz: (frau Engelstaedter38);

from Heide: (Altmann105);

from Heide, Holstein: (Samder187);

from Heidelberg: (Blank185);

from Helmstedt(?), Braunschweig: (Wagner23, 23a)

from Herbsthausen: (Doehlinger155);

from Hilbersheim: (Buege188);

from Hirschfeld(?), Hessen: (Koch166);

from Holveland(?), Holland: (Janssen57);

from Homburg: (Reisner343);

from Isenburg: (Mueller337a, Riller333);

from Jakobsheim(?), Anspach: (Engelhardt63);

from Jesseitz(?), Dessau-Anhalt: (Schroeder42);

from Johann-Georgenstadt, Sachsen: (Endlich205);

from Jum-Vorwerken: (Weissberg341);

from Kampe: (Figongue331);

from Karlsburg: (Wendel7a);

from Katzennelnbogen, Hessen: (Weimar110);

from Keinberg(?), Sachsen: (Knoll20);

from Kirchhalt, Hanau: (Krefeld83);

from Kirchheim, Hessen: (Kahlbrenner180);

from Klauser, Hannover: (Eckardt64);

from Kloster Leichtstaedte(?), Warenburg: (Wogau11a);

from Kloster Leuchstadt, Ballenheim(?): (Wogau11;

from Koeln: (Hell43, Weber339);

from Koenigsberg, Preussen: (Glauwitz111);

from Koethen: (Weginer?170);

from Konstanz, Schwaben: (Wilhelmi28);

from Korbach: (Wielst196, Wilteig?211-212);

from Korbach, Waldeck: (Hackl167);

from Kornfeld, Gruenberg: (Eichler125);

from Koswig, Anhalt-Zerbst: (Altmann209);

from Kropstaedt, Sachsen: (Rothfeld6);

from Kuesel, Aufhaussen: (Kraft234);

from Kunbach(?), Pfalz: (Werner177);

from Lage: (Ordnung350);

from Langeraltar(?): (Vollmer119);

from Langheim, Ansbach: (Riedel312);

from Laoschburg(?),[Kur-]Bayern: (Ressendorf56);

from Larressingle(?): (Letran351);

from Lavan(?), Frankreich: (Grafar154);

from Leeswig, Anhalt-Zerbst: (Korn65, Welz65);

from Legind(?): (Mumert171);

from Leipzig, Sachsen: (frau Dellhopp72, Weigel120);

from Leuven(?), Braband: (Fendel131);

from Levorgrau, Muenster: (Schulz75);

from Lezendar(?), West Holland: (Nauweland96);

from Libau, Kurland: (Westmann221);

from Liebau, Sachsen: (Bartel10);

from Liege: (Berlatz113, Dellhopp72, Jacqnet146, Robert111);

from Liege, London[sic?]: (Varnotte112, and possibly Vertott112);

from Limburg: (Mueller325);

from Linge(?): (DeFage142);

from Livland: (Roessner348);

from Loewenstein(?): (Mainz211);

from London, England: (frau Stahlmann133);

from Luebeck: (Feidel12, 140);

from Luettich: (Lamack308);

from Lutherborn, Isenburg: (frau Gutjahr37);

from Luxembourg: (Heidecker149);

from Maastricht, Holland: (Bakler70);

from Machzen(?)[Minden]: (Kiedemann189, 190);

from Maehren: (Hoffmann232a, Schantz232);

from Magdeburg: (Holtner79, Reimer?151);

from Magdeburg, Brandenburg: (Binemann24);

from Magdeburg, Sachsen: (Blankenstein3);

from Mainz: (Bester81, Kohl208);

from Manzenburg(?): (Meier307 and possibly Wensen307a);

from Marklein Banghein(?), Ansbach: (Soltner29);

from Mecklenburg: (widow Muss53, 54, Westhausen128 and possibly Grassmann128a);

from Megen, Holland: (Alstfoerst82);

from Meltendorf(?): (Sachse233);

from Mergburg, Hessen: (Koehler119);

from Militsch, Schlesien: (Timmel195);

from Mitau, Kurland: (Gutjahr37, Schwertz47);

from Morin(?): (Tide192);

from Muenchen: (Mittelmeier311 and possibly Sentmeier311a);

from Muenster, Ulden: (Nagel58);

from Nasnitz(?): (Schoenebeck303 and possibly Heider303a);

from Nassau-Usingen: (Eberhardt19, Meier31, Sabelfeld161 and possibly Geiss161);

from Nassau-Weilburg: (Peters310);

from Neubrandenburg, Brandenburg: (Tide160);

from Neukirchen, Schlesien: (Tusker206);

from Neuruppin, Brandenburg: (Richter178);

from Neuss, Mainz: (Roth346);

from Neuwied: (Richtmann327);

from Neuwirt(?), Grabschaft(?): (Ohlschmidt150);

from Nieder Eschbach, Hanau: (Trippel25);

from Nieder-Ramstadt, Darmstadt: (Lange33);

from no origin given: (Baden230, Beck230-231);

from Nordhausen, Thueringen: (Goenningen164, Koenig175, Michaelis173);

from Nuernberg: (Firscht352, Maurer137, Mueller147);

from Oberwittighausen: (Friedrichsen305 and possibly Weinberg305a);

from Oranienbaum: (Koch20);

from Orb: (Martin228);

from Orb, Mainz: (Pracht16, Staab132, 134, Ulrich16);

from Paderborn: (Toewers86);

from Paderborn, Hanau: (Martin132);

from Parchim, Mecklenburg: (Holzvogt153);

from Paris, Frankreich: (Davennes184, Gloo143, frau Gloo143, Jardins114, Rambeau144, Soquiete73);

from Penshausen, Sachsen: (Volk85);

from Pentmainz(?), Boehmen: (Schlister46);

from Petersfeld, Sachsen: (Wasmuth14);

from Pressburg, Ungarn: (Holtzer210);

from Quedlinburg: (Jarke?130);

from Raitersaich: Wagner?52);

from Raltfort(?), Sachsen: (Stekloff?136);

from Ratzenburg: (Burmeister53);

from Ratzenburg[Ratzeburg], Mecklenburg: (Schuetz222);

from Recklinghausen, Koeln: (Tegemann51);

from Reichenbach, Schlesien: (Hoffmann62);

from Reiseweken(?): (Richter80);

from Rennes, Frankreich: (Crety67);

from Rensefeld?: (Brill183);

from Riche, Eisenach: (Bach79);

from Rieben, Mittelmark, Brandenburg: (Buege18);

from Rintein: (Telchmann?322);

from Rosslau, Anhalt-Zerbst: (Per?22);

from Rostock: (Capel140);

from Rostock, Mecklenburg: (frau Gaertner98);

from Ruisseveen, Amsterdam, Holland: (Gorss212);

from Sachsen: (Fischer42);

from Sarran(?): (Schulz104);

from Schalkhausen(?): (Gorschani?77);

from Schedremich(?): (Scheid309 and possibly Lepkrenk309a);

from Schierstein, Usingen: (Klein107);

from Schlangenbad, Kurmainz: (Ohl35);

from Schmale, Sachsen: (Braeutigam137);

from Schoenebeck, Magdeburg: (frau Dubois26);

from Serser(?): (Gateau313);

from Sigila(?), Nassau: (Vogel158);

from Springe Reinfeld, Hessen: (Looss156);

from St. Hilaire, Frankreich: (Chrepin219);

from Stadthagen, Luzembourg: (frau Wilhelmi28);

from Stals-bei-Taugemuedung, Preussen: (Fleischer304);

from Stargardt, Pommern: (Bohn18);

from Statzbach(?), Wuerzburg: (Wolf163);

from Sterzhausen: (Funk157);

from Stockort(?): (Kaweller?109 and possibly Simpel109a);

from Stossau, Oesterreich: (Glas132);

from Strassburg, Elsass: (Gaertner98, Weisshart141);

from Streetz, Sachsen: (Schmidt7);

from Strehla, Sachsen: (Mueller13);

from Stuttgart, Wuerttemberg: (Kollner204, Schaefer301);

from Sulzfeld: (Tergaw121);

from Susshausen(?), Wuertenburg(?): (Hendel41);

from Tarsilant(?): (Stecker326);

from Tionam(?), Frankreich: (Albrecht330);

from Trugermuende(?), Brandenburg: (Welz22);

from Tuchland-bei-Kuestrin: (frau Susdorf36);

from Ulm, Schwaben: (Geld15);

from Utrecht: (Kohl87, 87a);

from Veenendaal(?): (Fisch93);

from Venedig, Italien: (Deroma129);

from Versen(?), Duenburg: (Dietrich314);

from Vollingen, Braunschweig: (frau Seibert5);

from Wallbach: (Brock213);

from Waren, Mechlenburg: (Engelmann145);

from Warendorf: (Streitholz66);

from Waserschlech(?): (Kummel?235);

from Wasselheimburg, Strassburg: (Engelstaedter38);

from Weilbach, Hessen: (Schander328);

from Weisel, Pfalz: (Nulhas156);

from Weisenau(?): (Gilge?200);

from Weissenfeld: (Gretsch191);

from Wendebach, Hessen: (Schander329);

from Werden, Frankreich: (Prepot148);

from Westenburg(?), Leiningen: (Schmidt152);

from Wetzlar: (Bueser323);

from Wiege(?): (Reinhardt116);

from Wien, Oesterrieich: (Wagner107);

from Wiesbaden, Hessen: (Kuenstler197);

from Westfalen: (frau Lange33);

from Westernkotten, Lippstadt: (Kaltner58);

from Wiesbaden, Frankfurt-am-Main: (Bager13);

from Windheim, Franken: (Dorzweiler203, Gipson?207);

from Wischef(?), Maehren: (Richter45);

from Worms: (Meier321);

from Zens: (Bieberstein349);

from Zuerich, Schweiz: (Gattinger55, Kuehn97, Spory226);

from Zweibruecken: (Wiesner162);

in addition the following may also have been Katharinenstadt first settlers: Flander{Johann}, Marx{Heinrich}, Schiller{August}.

Katherinenruh^BV: the official Russian  name for Leipzig^BV, Bessarabia.

Katz^FN: given as the maiden name of frau Dewald/Theobald of Anton in 1798 (Mai1798:An69).

Katz^FN: also see Kaz.

Katzeberg^FN: said by the Mariental FSL to be from^UC Tof?, Wuerzburg. 

Katzenbach^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Rauschenberg with a Schmidt step-son in the household.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.  According to a Luebeck ML this man married in 1766 a Dorn woman; Kuhlberg said they were from Hessen (Mai&Marquardt#109).

Katzenbach^GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Mueller family.  There wer at least 8 Katzenbachs in the Germanies.

Katzendorn{Carl}: the Recruiter Beauregard list (Lk132) said he was from^UC Basenstein? with Stock step-children in the household.  For 1767 see T2988-2990; he had by then been widowed by his wife who herself evidently was the widow of a Stock man. He was listed in no FSL but is in the 1798 Wittmann census (Mai1798:Wm48).  So far there is no indication that he came from any other colony, so he may well have been a Wittmann first settler.

Katzendorn{Matthias}: the Recruiter Beauregard list (Lk132) said he was from^UC Arnweiler?.  For 1767 see T2981.  He was listed in no FSL but is in the 1798 Wittmann census (Mai1798:Wm32).  So far there is no indication that he came from any other colony, so he may well have been a Wittmann first settler.

Katzenfeller: said by the 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Gottfried Simon of Dietel (Mai1798:Mr19).

Katzenelnbogen [County, Hessen-Kassel]^GS:  this country, owned by Hessen-Kassel, was on both sides of the Rhine River some 12-20 miles SE of Koblenz city, but extended mostly to the E about as far as Hohenstein with pieces N almost to the Lahn River some 5 miles E of Nassau town.  It apparently was not seated in Katzenelnbogen town.  Said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Weimar family.

Katzenelnbogen County, Hessen-Kassel

Katzennelnbogen^GL: see Katzenelnbogen.

Katzmann^FN: the 1798 Mariental census gives this as the maiden name of Frau Hunger (Mai1798:Mt44).

Kauerhoff^FN: a step-son in the Eberhaus household said by the Kano FSL to be from^UC [Anhalt-]Dessau [Principality].  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Kauerhoff^FN:  this couple and their two [unnamed] children, having earlier been in Halle,[Kurbrandenburg], left [Anhalt-] Dessau [Principality] for Russia (Mai&Marquardt#1098).  This was the likely family of origin for the Kauerhoff step-son of Eberhaus in the Reinhard FSL – rak.

Kauf^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Schoenberg.  The Buedingen ML says this Kauff man from^UC Schoellkroeppen, Schoenborn married in 1766 a Hacker woman from^UC the same place (Mai&Marquardt#617).

Kaufbeuren^GL: in Bavaria some 34 miles SSW of Augsburg and said by the Mariental FSL to be home^UC to a Reisach family.

Kauff^FN: said Kauf.

Kauffmann^FN: see Kaufmann.

Kaufmann^FN not found in an FSL but was in the 1775 Grimm census #118.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Br65).

Kaufmann^FN {Jacob, Oswald}: said by Kuhlberg3107 and the Huck FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

Kaufmann^FN{Christian}: said (no locality mentioned) by the Kutter FSL to be from^UC Isenburg.

Kaufamnn^FN{Christoph}:  said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Mannheim. 

Kaufmann^FN{Heinrich}: said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to be from^UC Berod.  For 1769 see Mai1798:Mv2292, and for 1798 see Bs5.  Also see frau Metzger.

Kaufmann{Johannes} and his wife, Meisinger{Elisabeth}, who lived in Schilling (Mai1798:Sg22) evidently were first settlers there.  According to Gary Martens AHSGR Schilling Village Coordinator they were said by the Pleve Kaufmann family chart to be from^UC an unidentified place called Warzburg.   Kulberg1645 says he was from^UC Wuerzburg (no indication if this was the city or the bishopric).  Bonner proved that the Meissinger wife was baptized in Aulendiebach, Isenburg[-Buedingen County].

Kaufmann{Johannes}: along with his wife, Meisinger{Elisabeth} were likely Schilling first settlers and both are found at #2 in the Supplement to the Schilling 1775 census.   Gary Martens the AHSGR village coordinator for says that he and possibly his wife Meisinger{Elisabeth}, are said by the Pleve Kaufmann Family Chart to be from^UC Warzburg[sic], while

Kaufmann^FN{J.Adam}: said by the Shcherbakovka FSL to be from^UC Assling?.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Fk89 and Sv25.

Kaufmann^FN{Hartman}: said by the Susannental FSL to be from^UC Muellersdorf.  I could not locate them or any descendants in Mai1798.  This Kauffmann man married in Luebeck in 1766 a Rauch woman (Mai&Marquardt#100).

Kaul^FN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:673, 325) to be from Markgroeningen, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  Using FHL(1,056,750-1), the GCRA verified this origin. See the GCRA book for more details.

Kaul^FN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be from^UC Buedingen.

Kaulbach?,  Kurpfalz: is 14 km NW of Kaiserslautern city and was said by the Straub FSL to be home^UC to a Burghardt family.

Kaulstos^GL: said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to a Juncker man who in 1766 married a Kuhl woman; by 1767 this couple was in Krasnoyar; Stumpp says Kaulstos was near Stockheim near Schotten, Hessen (Mai&Marquardt#559).  The Krasnoyar ML said this man was from Darmstadt.

Kaulstoss^GL: see Kaulstos.

Kaun?/Kuhn^FN: said by the Kukkus FSL to be from^UC Hachenburg, Kurpfalz.

Kauschwitz, [Kursachsen]: is 5 km NW of Plauen and was said by Recruiter Beauregard’s list to have been home^UC to the Conrad{Christopher}family (Lk9). 

Kausen^GL: see Kyusen.

Kaust ^FN: said by the Fischer FSL to be from^UC Paulbrunn?, Wuerttemberg; there were Graul? step-children living with them indicating that frau Kaust was earlier frau Graul?.  The Kaust family name was spelled Gaus in 1798 (Mai1798:Fs2,24).

Kaust?^FN: said by the Fischer FSL to be from^UC Stuck, Wittenburg. The family name was spelled Gaus in 1798 (Mai1798:Fs18).

Kautz^FN: see Kauz.

Kautz^VV, (aka Vershinka or Wershinka), a Lutheran German village on the western side of the Volga.  Its FSL has been published twice: first in Pleve, The German Colonies …, pp.393-399, and second in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.II, pp.333-340.  According to them, the first settlers were from the following places with the family names shown here in parens.  Spellings sometimes differ between the two sources – a spelling that is from the second source is presented here in standard bold, if it appears the same way in the first source it is underlined, if it appears only in the first source it is italicized:

from Berlin, Preussen: (Lehm/Lem);

from Biebesheim, Darmstadt: (Riehl/Ril/Riel);

from Bliesdalheim, Kurpfalz: (Werner);

from Bornheim, Kurpfalz: (Reiber);

from Eich, Kurpfalz: (Dewald, Oswald);

from Ensheim, Kurpfalz: (Bensel/Benzel);

from Freimersheim, Kurpfalz: (Klein);

from Gemuend/Gmuend(?), Kurpfalz: (Reuter/Reiter);

from Goben, Kurpfalz: (Glockenhammer);

from Grosshausen, Darmstadt: (Knaub);

from Hamm-amt-Alzey, Kurpfalz: (Keihm/Keim);

from Hasslock/Hassloch, Kurpfalz: (Goehring/Gerin/Gering/Gehring?, Kuelthau/Kiltau/Kilthau/Kildau², Meier, Neubauer, Schumann);

from Hueffelsheim/Hiffelsheim, Kurpfalz: (Hermann/Herrmann);

from Mutterstadt, Kurpfalz: (Kummersheimer);

from Ottenheim, Kurpfalz: (Frickel/Frikkel, Gradwohl);

from Schleitheim: (Schmidt);

from Schriesheim, Kurpfalz: (Frank, Traub);

from Ungstein, Leiningen: (Kauz/Kautz);

from Waldangelloch/Waldenloch, Wuerttemberg: (Stehle);

from Wendelsheim, Kurpfalz: (Miltenberger).

Kauz^FN:  said by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:659, 325) to have been from Keffenach, Weissengburg [Amt], Elsass.  This origin was verified by the GCRA using FHL(1,070,127).  See their book for more detail.  The name is also spelled Kautz.

Kauz/Kautz^FN said by the Kautz FSL to be from^UC Ungstein, Leiningen.

Kauzlin?{Marianna}: she was in the 1798 Zug census with her much older Karl husband who was a first settler in Nieder-Monjou (nm123); no hint is given as to her origins or previous colony.

Kawald ^FN: said by the Schoenchen FSL to be from^UC Fuernheim, [Oettingen County].  Spelled Kowald in 1798 (Mai1798:Sn13 (the wife’s maiden name was given as Doeringer) and 14).

Kaweller?^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Stockort(?).

Kayeser{M.Eva}: said by the Buedingen ML to be from^UC Utsberg near Umstadt and to have married a Delouse{Christian} (Mai&Marquardt#509).  KS124 says the place was Gross-Otzberg near Umstadt man before the couple moved to Huck (Mai&Marquardt#509).  Also spelled Kayser.

Kayh^GL, Herrenberg [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 2 miles SE of Herrenberg city, and and said by the 1816 Bergdorf census to be home^UC to a Lauer family.  See the GCRA book for detail.

Kayser^FN: said by the Schlitz ML to be from^UC Thirrlamm and to have married in 1766 an Unkefug man; by 1767 this couple was in Boaro (Mai&Marquardt#739).

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

Kayser^FN: also see Kaiser or Kayeser.

Kaz^FN: this woman who married Kussmaul in South Prussia and came with him to Bergdorf was proven by the GCRA, using FHL 1,457,490, to have come from Remmingsheim, Rottenberg [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  Also spelled Katz.

Kaziskaja^VV: a form of the Russian name for Brabander^VV.

Updated 10/2012