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Krabe^FN{Christian}: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Dessau (no locality mentioned).  This couple probably had died before in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Krabe^FN{Valentin}: said by the Boaro FSL to be from Kochstedt, Dessau.  In 1798 spelled Grabbe and the wife’s maiden name was given as Stoessel in the 1798 Volga censuses (Mai1798:Bx5).  The name was also spelled Krahe from Kochstedt, Dessau (Mai&Marquardt#1105).

Krach^FN: see Krank.

Krach^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Lohr.  In 1798 the family name was spelled Kracht (Mai1798:Kn31).

Kracht^FN: see Krach.

Krackaj^VV: is a variant of Kratzke^VV.

Kradalzau?, Polen: an unidentified place said by the the Rohleder FSL to be home^UC to frau Kaiser.

Kraegel^FN: see Krigel.

Kraemen ^FN: see Kram.

Kraemer^FN {Eva Katharina} said by the 1798 Anton census to be the maiden name of frau Ret? (Mai1798:An55).

Kraemer^FN {Theobald, Leonhard} said by the Anton FSL to be from^UC Lindenfels Oberamt, Kurpfalz.  For 1798 see Mai1798:An21, Wr97, and An18, respectively. 

Kraemer^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Arlon, Luxembourg.

Kraemer^FN: said by the Dietel FSL to be a widower and family from^UC Grosshausen, Darmstadt.  For 1793, 1796, and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv414, 426, Dt71, Dh104, An33.

Kraemer^FN: the Dinkel FSL says this orphan was living in a Mainz household from Begant(?), Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

Kraemer^FN: the Dinkel FSL says this orphan was living in a Greis household from Ziegenberg, Darmstadt.

Kraemer^FN: according to the Goebel FSL this was the maiden name of Person (from^UC Pout-aux-Moines(?), Frankreich)’s wife.

Kraemer{Johann}^FN: both the 1858 Kassel census (#244) and KS:340 said this family came from^UC Menzingen, Bruchsal [Amt], Baden.  See the GCRA book for more.

Kraemer{Matthaeus}^FN: said by KS:340 to be from^UC Bretzfeld, Oehringen [Amt], Wuerttemberg and to have gone to Kassel.  The GCRA thinks he may have been grandfather^UC to Kraemer{Johann} who was born in Kassel.

Kraemer^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Dienheim.

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

Kraemer^FN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be from^UC Klemintz?, Sachsen.

Kraemer^FN: said by the Mueller FSL to be from^UC Zell.  

Kraemer^FN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be from^UC Dueben; a Merier sister-in-law was living with them which would indicate that frau Kraemer’s maiden name probably was Merier.

Kraemer^FN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be from^UC Woelferlingen.

Kraemer^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Eversdorf.

Kraemer^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Oberhausen, Kur Trier

Kraemer^FN: said by the Rothammel FSL to be from^UC Esch, Trier.

Kraemer{Conrad}^FN: said by the Schaefer FSL to be from^UC Kilstadt?, Hannover.

Kraemer{Sophia}^FN: she was said to have come from Schaefer (Mai1798:Rh7) but I could not find her in any published FSL.

Kraemer^FN: listed without their family name by the Schuck FSL as step-children in the Goettich household.  For likely 1790 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2632 and Dl25.

Kraemer^FN: said by the Schwed FSL to be from^UC Buedingen, Darmstadt[sic].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sw21.  Mistakenly said by a family chart to be from^UC Biedenov, Darmstadt.

Kraemer ^FN: the wife was said by the Schwed FSL to be from^UC Stockholm, [Schweden?].

Kraemer^FN said by the Seewald FSL to be from^UC Neustadt, Pfalz.

Kraemer^FN: said by the Seewald FSL to be from^UC Schwalbach, Nassau.

Kraemer{A.Elisabeth}^FN: this woman was listed in the 1798 Stephan census (Mai1798:Sp16), but I cannot find her in any FSL. 

Kraemer {J.Heinrich}^FN: he was  listed in the Susannental FSL as a step-son of Fladung, but no origin was given..  He is listed in 1767 with his Kremer parents who died “enroute” (T4389) and with two brothers and a sister who also are in the Susannental FSL.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bb2.

Kraemer{J.Joachim,Ernestine}^FN: said by the Susannental FSL to be from^UC Angl?.  I could not locate them or any descendants in Mai1798.  Spelled Kremer in 1767 {T4387,4392).

Kraemer{G.Philipp}: listed in the 1798 Susannental census (Ss35a) as an orphan in the Truempler household,  but I could not locate him in any FSL. Spelled Kremer in 1767 (T4390).

Kraemer^FN: said by the Urbach FSL to be from^UC Suhl, [Kur-]Sachsen with two Matthias{Gottlieb, A.Sophia} step-children in the household.  For 1790 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2905, Ur7, 21, Sz12 and 22.  The mother of the step-children was born a Pussker.

Kraemer{J.Philipp}^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Gemuenden, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Wr57.

Kraemer{A.Sophia}^FN: a possible early settler of Zuerich this widow left in 1793 when her maiden name was given as Welsch (Mai1798:Mv3089).  In 1798 her maiden name is given as Hauck and her first husband’s family name was given as Kruemmel (Mai1798:Bs29).  In 1767 she may be listed as a 16-yr old Hauch{Sophia} (T5303??)

Kraemer^FN: also see Kramer and Kremer.

Kraenzler^FN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:670, 676, 341) to be from Lustnau, Tuebingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  Using FHL(1,457,428), the GCRA verified this origin. See the GCRA book for more details.  Also spelled Kranzler.

Kraeuter^FN: said by the Balzer FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no state or locality indicated).  Bonner found that when he married a Schneider{A.Maria} woman in Huettengesas in 1763, the marriage record said he was from^UC Oberwidermus, Isenburg[-Meerholz County].  Also spelled Krauter.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Lw6, 16, 33 and Wr41.

Krafft^FN: according to the Buedingen ML this woman married in 1766 a Scherff man (Mai&Marquardt#420).  By 1767 this couple was in Moor.

Krafft^FN: a Krafft woman is said by the Buedingen ML to be from^UC Storndorff and to have married a Homburg man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Walter (Mai&Marquardt#695).

Krafft^FN:  also see Kraft.

Kraft^FN: said by the Enders FSL to be from^UC Kurpfalz (no locality given) and the wife was reported to be from Paterburg; the household included a Kifler? step-daughter.  A Luebeck ML said this Krafft man married a Kuemler woman in 1765; in 1798 she was in Krasnoyar (Ks114) (Mai&Marquardt#5). The 1798 Katharinenstadt census gave the wife’s maiden name as Kiebler (Mai1798:Ka114).

Kraft^FN said by the Frank FSL to be from^UC Rutenburg(?), Lohbach(?).

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

Kraft^FN: said by the Pleve version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be from^UC Ramstadt(?), Darmstadt, and by the Kromm verstion to be from Ristedt.

Kraft^FN: both the 1816 Kassel census (#60) and KS:341(twice!) said this family came from^UC Hoffenheim, Sinsheim [Amt], Baden. Using FHL#193,771 the GCRA proved them to be from Annweiler, Bergzabern [Amt], Rhinepfalz. See the GCRA book for more.

Kraft^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Kuesel, Aufhaussen.

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

Kraft^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned), the orphan son of Kaspar Kraft, and a step-son in the Schraf household.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Nr219.

Kraft^FN: Bonner found this maiden name in the record of her Eckartshausen marriage to Hohnstein{Adam}, later of Norka.

Kraft^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be a widowed mother-in-law living in the Dorn household.

Kraft^FN: said by the 1798 census to be the maiden name for frau Kuntzmann of Schaefer (Mai1798:Rh6).

Kraft^FN: said by the Shcherbakovka FSL to be from^UC Stuttgart, [Wuerttemberg Duchy].  In 1798 the wife’s maiden name was given as Schaefer (Mai1798: Sv12).

Kraft ^FN: said by the Straub FSL to be from^UC Nieder-Mondau, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sr27.

Kraft^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be step-sons in the Uhl household.

Kraft{Casper}: T39-41 reported his, his wife’s and child’s transport from Oranienbaum to Saratov and the death of both the husband and  child enroute.  I was unable to identify her in any published FSL.

Kraft^FN: this family name was found recorded in Herborn marriage records 1762-1767, and in Schotten parish records for many generations prior to 1767; see Flegel trip.

Kraft^VV (aka Grjaznucha, Verkhnaya Grasnukha, Werchnaja Graesnucha) is a mostly Lutheran German village on the western side of the Volga.  Its  FSL is now published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.II, pp. 393-412.  According to this, the first settlers were from the following places with the family names shown here in parens. The number with the name is their household number in the FSL:

from Abentheuer: (Roth52);

from Alsfeld: (Helwig11, Kraft1, Ruhl10,71, Schlothauer8,9);

from Amt Breitenbach, Darmstadt: (Wenzel64);

from Ansbach: (Mack3);

from Berlin: (Lautahl60);

from Bieber(?): (Geiser65);

from Bisses(?); (Schneider16);

from Bitersan(?), Friedberg: (Schwind45, Seib44);

from Breitenbrunn, Friedberg: (Weimar/Weimer52);

from Buedingen, Isenburg: (Daubert42);

from Burbach, Isenburg: (Burbach72);

from Burgebrach: (Mueller66);

from Burgsinn, [Thuengen]: (Boehm19, Felter56, Lauterbach6, Schmidt20);

from Daenemark: (Eck13);

from Danstedt, Sachsen: (Frank5);

from Darmstadt: (Rexius22);

from Engelrod, Riedesel [Barony]: (Koch15a, Krepp15, Schreiner14);

from Eket(?), Friedberg: (Wiehl4);

from Fauerbach, Darmstadt: (Schwab37);

from Gelnhausen: (Eurich57);

from Giessen, Isenburg: (Bertram33);

from Harber(?), Hannover: (Riege[Rieger]69);

from Hatz(?), Isenburg: (Brotzmann40);

from Holzhausen, Darmstadt: (Schuldeis34);

from Ikt(?), Darmstadt: (Luft2);

from Ittingen(?): (Zorn51);

from Kelor(?), Friedberg: (Beckel73);

from Kestrich: (Kess?12);

from Kirchdorf: (Schmidt46, and perhaps Sterlang46a);

from Kopenhagen: (Heimz32);

from Lich, Solms: (Schneider61);

from Lieblos, Isenburg: (Betz35);

from Lirbart(?), Darmstadt: (Lind39

from Londorf: (Baler?27);

from Meila(?): (Keifer31);

from Merlau, Darmstadt: (Becher24);

from Miesenbach(?), Zweibruecken: (Wickert67);

from Muenzesheim, Baden: (Sitler/Schitler17);

from No-Place-Name: (Grot72);

from Oberhausen, Hessen: (Hopp26,28);

from Ober Wintersheim, Darmstadt: (Sauerwein25);

from Pawlagau(?), Hanau: (Herdt23);

from Podosin(?), Hohensolms: (Schinf43);

from Praizio(?), Preussen: (Kohlberg63);

from Queckborn(?), Darmstadt: (Springel21);

from Remagen(?), Friedberg: (Karg29);

from Romrode, Darmstadt: (Stuerz62);

from Rothenbergen(?), Isenburg: (Brant59);

from Ruppertsburg(?), Laubach: (Off/Aff47);

from Sachsenhausen: (Eberling41);

from Stammheim, Isenburg: (Schuldeis20);

from Steinau-an-der-Strasse(?), Hanau: (Bott38);

from Sternenfels, Darmstadt: (Schneider18);

from Umstadt, Darmstadt (Tempel58);

from Umstand, Pfalz: (Tempel48);

from Vaitshain(?), Riedesel: (Stein7);

from Villbach(?), Darmstadt: (Schwab54);

from Weiler, Isenburg: (Wolf49);

from Weiler, Pfalz: (Balzer68);

from Weltersburg, Isenburg: (Hahn36);

from Wern(?), Isenburg: (Reichart[Reichert]70);

from Wiesbaden, Nassau: (Koch55);

from Zweibruecken: (Spingler50).

Krahe^FN: see Krabe.

Krahl^FN: see Kral.

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

Krailshausen?,[Hohenlohe Principality and County]^GL: is some 13 miles SE of Bad Mergentheim, and said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Werwein family.

Krain^FN: listed by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#30) and KS:307 with no origin.  Using FHL#493,207, the GCRA proved their origin in Kellenbach, Simmern [Kreis], Preussen Rheinland.  See the GCRA book for more.  Also spelled Krein and Grein.

Krakau^GL, Polen: Krakow is some 205 miles NE of Vienna city, and was said by the Enders FSL to be home^UC to frau Berkenstock.

Krakow, Polen: said by the Schwed FSL to be home^UC to a Rosinski family man.

Kral/Krahl^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Freiberg.

Kral^FN: according to the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL these were the children of frau Schleiber/Schreiber/Maibeer by her first marriage (p.29).  Pleve calls them Kroll.

Kram^FN: of Kassel, see Frasch.

Kram{Elisabeth}: married Benseler{J.Wilhelm} in Luebeck 25 April 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#142). KS121spelled the names Besseler and Kraemen.

Kram^FN: also see Kramm.

Kramer^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Hannover (no locality mentioned) and to have married in Oranienbaum, a Hermann man.

Kramer^FN: said by the Bergdorf 1858 census (KS:665, 341) to have been Althengstett, Calw [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  This origin was verified by the GCRA using FHL(1,528,253).  See their book for more detail.  Also spelled Cramer.

Kramer^FN: two families said by the Simon family chart to be from^UC Darmstadt; the maiden name of one wife is Burbach.

Kramer^FN: said by KS:240 and 340 with no origin. Said by KS:341 to have come from Althengstett, Calw [Amt], Wuerttemberg. Using FHL#1,528,253, the GCRA proved this origin; they found that this family was in Neudorf as well as Bergdorf. Also spelled Kraemer and Cramer.   See the GCRA book for much more.

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

Kramm^FN: said by the Louis FSL to be from^UC Wuerzburg (no locality given). In 1798 the family name was spelled Kram (Mai1798:Ls3).

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

Krampf ^FN: said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be from^UC Schlut?, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate].  I could not find members of this family in Mai1798.

Krams?^FN: said by the 1798 Anton census to be the maiden name of frau {Adam} Hahn (Mai1798:An11).

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

Kranewitz^FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be from^UC Wiesbach.    Spelled Krannewitter in 1798 when the maiden name of the wife was given as Sattler (Mai1798:Om24); also see (Om17 and 23).

Kranichstein, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: is on the NE edge of Darmstadt city in Arheilgen parish.  Said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to a Meier{Johannes}.

Krank^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality given).  I could not find this family in  Mai1798.

Krannewitter^FN: see Kranewitz.

Kransberg^GL: see Kranzberg.

Kransburg^GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Mingelbach widow.  This may have been 10 miles N of Bremerhaven in Bremen Duchy, Kurhannover.

Kranstaedt^GL, Bohemia: a possible home^UC of a Schmal family that went to Walter^VV.  Now called Krzanowice, Poland, some 204 miles SW of Dresden..

Krantz^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Dalheim, Luxembourg.

Krantz^FN: said by the Straub FSL to be from^UC Lebenstedt.  Spelled Kranz in 1788 and 1798 (Mai1798:Mv2859,Lb15).

Krantz^FN: this family name was found recorded in Haiger parish records during the years prior to 1767; see Flegel trip.

Krantz^FN: also see Kratz.

Kranz^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Freiberg.

Kranz^FN: also see Krantz.

Kranzberg^GL, [Bassenheim Barony]: nka Kransberg 3 miles ENE of Usingen town and 6.5 miles W of Friedberg city, and  said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to the Heinrich family.   Said by the Recruiter Beauregard list to have been home^UC to the Weiberich[Georg} family; Kuhlberg said this was in Bassenheim  (Lk102).

Kranzberg, [Kurbayern]: is 29 km N of Munich city centre.

Kranzler^FN: see Kraenzler.

Krapf ^FN: see Krapp.

Krapp^FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be from^UC Geiselbach, [Kurmainz].   Spelled Krapf in 1798 and the maiden name of frau Krapf was given as Walter (Mai1798:Om34).

Kras^FN:  Bonner found indications that this was the maiden name of the Popp widow who settled in Balzeer.

Krasensahl^GL: an unidentified place said by the Bettinger FSL to be home^UC to a Mann family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Mecklenburg.

Krasnadelien^GL: aka Heinrichsdorf?

Krasnojar^VV: an alternate spelling of Krasnoyar^VV.

Krasnojarowka^VV: an alternate spelling of Krasnoyar^VV.

Krasnoyar^VV (aka Krasnojar, Krasnojarowka, Krasnoyarovka, Krasnyj Jar, Krasny Yar) is a Lutheran German village on the eastern side of the Volga.  Its  FSL is now published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.II, pp.413-448.  According to this, the first settlers were from the following places with the family names shown here in parens. The number with the name is their household number in the FSL:

from Alsfeld, Darmstadt: (Bath36, Hahn24, Keller38a, Pabst46, Rau25, Schneider46a, Spies97, Wahl91);

from Ansbach: (Markert13);

from Aue(?), Baden-Durlach: (Kreder60);

from Birstein, Isenburg: (Bauer23, Krausch27, Traut29);

from Bissersheim, Darmstadt: (Velde/Felde117;

from Braunfels(?): (Eller26);

from Buedingen, Isenburg: (Goetz72,73, Gross58, Reichert21, Weber3, and perhaps Schmidt58a);

from Darmstadt: (Habermehl118, Junker52, Knoll81, Lehr85, Leicht7, Nikolay10, Reier?49, Ritter54, Schmidt78, Steinbecher24a, Veller[Foeller of Seulberg, Hessen-Darmstadt]11, Werner51);

from Dienheim: (Aul106, Bopp55, Hessler50, Kraemer56, Mueller16, Neustaedt94, Schoenmeier108, Zeitler17,43);

from Erbach(?), Weilburg: (Schmidt28);

from Friedberg: (Groh112);

from Friedberg, Darmstadt: (Weiser75);

from Giessen(?), Darmstadt: (Felbusch113, Hoffmann111);

from Gruenberg, Darmstadt: (Appel61, Enders74, Hofmann115, Honburt?20, Lehr62);

from Hanau: (Diel101, Jaeger102);

from Hassloch, Kurpfalz: (Schwabauer{Philipp Jacob}63);

from Homburg, Darmstadt: (Armbruester68,69, and possibly Laubach68a);

from Hungen, Braunfels: (Bus/Buss79);

from Isistadt(?), Brandenburg: (Keller30);

from Jahrstedt, Brandenburg: (Seignitz?57 and perhaps Schneider57a);

from Koethen, Stolberg: (Beller83);

from [Solms-]Laubach [County]: (Baecker87, Diel34, Eckart/Eckardt4,5, Eusel120, Felsinger109, Fischer35, Fritz31,98, Hessler14,119, Idt71, Jaeger9, Keller47,48, Kins?88, Kraus116, Kuenzler82, Lenz70, Meier41, Pfeifer6a, Pieh15, Schad67, Schaefer66, Schetz84, Schneider19, Schreiner104, Wieser?86, and perhaps Schneider119a, and Zimmer109a);

from Laubach, Buedingen: (Griessmann89);

from Laubach, Solms: (Eckhard37);

from Lauterbach: (Weithardt76);

from Lauterbach, Riedesel: (Schmidt80);

from Lengfeld(?): (Sostdorf?105, and perhaps Stein105a);

from Lich, Solms: (Bender22,33, Roemer/Roehmer96);

from Lohr, Mainz: (Steugerwald/Steigerwald40);

from Mannheim, Kurpfalz: (Horn12, Thomas2, Uhrig/Uhrich6);

from Marburg(?), Hessen: (Kaiser114, and possibly Mueller114a);

from Meerholz, Isenburg: (Reifschneider110);

from Neustadt[?], Pfalz: (Schwabauer63);

from Nidda, Darmstadt: (Eckhardt103, Haas42, Hoeppner32, Krieger100, Meier99);

from Nordheim: (Schormer?64);

from Nuernberg: (Reich59);

from Obersinn, Wuerzburg[Thuengen]: (Mueller107);

from Ostheim, Eisenach, Sachsen: (Markert93);

from Riedesel, Darmstadt: (Walther1);

from Rilburg(?)/Rirburg(?), Darmstadt: (Stieler18);

from Salmuenster, Fulda: (Baecker45);

from Schlitz: (Markus38);

from Stadt [the Republican city?]: (Knoll65);

from Steinau, Hanau: (Simon39);

from Stolberg: (Schorg8);

from Ulrichstein(?), Darmstadt: (Funk44);

from Waechtersbach(?), Isenburg: (Sterz95);

from Weissenfels, Sachsen: (Kopp/Kopf92);

from Wertheim: (Puhl?53);

from Wetgra(?), Isenburg: (Bauer77);

from Winden(?), Wittenberg: (Haar90);

there may have been an early settler Schroeder family not in the FSL but which was said in 1798 to be from Krasnoyar with no earlier village mentioned: Schroeder{Elizabeth}.      

Krasnopolje^VV, a varient of the Russian name for Preuss^VV.

Krasnopolye^VV, a varient of the Russian name for Preuss^VV.

Krasnorynovka^VV: a form of the Russian name for Keller^VV.

Krasnorynowka^VV: a form of the Russian name for Keller^VV.

Krasnoyarovka^VV: an alternate spelling of Krasnoyar^VV.

Krasnyj Jar^VV: an alternate spelling of Krasnoyar^VV.

Krasny Yar^VV: an alternate spelling of Krasnoyar^VV.

Krastdorf?^GL, Luxembourg: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to a Blei family

Krastel^FN: said by the Herzog FSL to be from^UC Pilsheim-bei-Schmidmuehlen, [Kur-]Bayern.

Kratserber?: the 1798 Norka census says this was the maiden name of the wife in one of the Kildau households (Mai1798:Nr207).

Kratz^FN: said by the Bauer FSL to be from^UC Treto(?), Holstein.  In 1798 spelled both Kratz (Mai1798:Br34, 19 and 14) and Krantz  (Br59).

Kratz^FN{Johannes}: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Zelbig(?).  Spelled Kratz in 1798 (Mai1798: Mn23).

Kratz?^FN: see Brozmann of Enders.

Kratz^FN: the Buedingen ML says this woman married in 1766 a Vogel man; by 1767 this couple was in Katharinenstadt (Mai&Marquardt#437).

Kratz^VV: another name for Basel^VV.

Kratzka^VV: is a variant of Kratzke^VV.

Kratzke^FN: said by the Kratzke FSL to be from^UC Ueckermuende/Ikormende, Preussisch Pommern.

Kratzke^VV (aka Pochinnaya, Potschinnaja, Potschinnoje, Podchinnyy, Gracka, Gratzka, Kratzka, Krackaja) is a Lutheran German village on the western side of the Volga.    Its FSL has been published twice: first in Pleve, The German Colonies …, pp.401-410, and second in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.II, pp.449-461.  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 Abo, Finnland: (Freiburg);

from Anhalt-Zerbst: (Frick);

from Auxerre(?)/Okser(?), Frankreich: (Moor);

from Berlin, Preussen: (Burgardt);

from Bern/Bren: (Steinkuhl);

from Darmstadt: (Gross);

from Duerkheim/Tirkim(?), Leiningen/Leining: (Gross);

from Elben/Elbin, Preussen: (Maljawski/Malyavski);

from Elsass: (Schunk);

from Ero(?), Sachsen: (Hauf);

from Hamburg: (Blum, Butler, Fischer, Fres?, Kislering?);

from Hesse-Darmstadt: (Kipper/Gipper?/Giper?);

from Hueffelsheim/Gifelsheim(?), Kurpfalz: (Buchsberger);

from Kaiserslautern, Kurpfalz: (Reiswig);

from Kemberg(?)/Kimber(?): (Sommer);

from Kergbolan(?), Nassau: (Gross);

from Kiel, Holstein: (Lange);

from Krelos(?), Wittenberg: (Knaus);

from Leipzig, Sachsen: (Hanschu);

from Luebeck: (Nigens?/Niedens);

from Machka(?), Preussen: (Frisch);

from Mecklenburg: (Becker);

from Mecklenburg-Schwerin,: (Burmeister);

from Munsam(?)/Munsyam(?) [Monsheim], Kurpfalz: (Michaelis);

from Nauleis(?)/Nailos(?), Wittenberg: (Bender);

from Neplasheim(?), Wittenberg: (Knaus);

from Nordhausen: (Rausendan?);

from Nortorf/Nortow(?), Holstein: (Rowetter);

from Oberappenfeld(?)/Oberhaltfeld, Hessen-Kassel: (Lisberg);

from Rabitsch(?)/Rabicz, Polen: (Risch);

from Rostock, Mecklenburg: (Schroeder/Schraeder);

from Rupen/Rieben, Brandenburg: (Westfal);

from Saarbruecken, Nassau: (Mueller/Miller);

from Sachsen: (Zuege/Zuge);

from Salzwedel, Brandenburg: (Schneider);

from Segeberg, Daenemark: (Naft);

from Stadt, Bremen/Breschen(?): (Rubke);

from Stendal/Stedal, Brandenburg: (Wolf);

from Sternberg, Mecklenburg: (Ankorholtz);

from Stockholm, Schweden: (Lungrin/Lingren?);

from Stralsund, Schwedisch Pommern: (Wittke);

from Tiren(?), Muelhausen: (Kistner);

from Tjunkoeping(?)/Tinkepin(?), Schweden: (Knopp/Knop/Knopf);

from Torgau, Sachsen: (Koenig);

from Ueckermuende/Ikormende, Preussisch Pommern: (Kratzke);

from Ulm: (Schakin?);

from Wibstrand(?)/Wiebstrant(?), Finnland; (Fabrizius);

from Wiesbaden, Nassau: (Mueller/Miller).

Krau^FN, also see Grau.

Krau^FN said by the Roethling FSL to possibly be from the state of Wuerttemberg?

Kraus{Barbara}: she and her Meis husband, a Beauregard first settler (bo112), were in the 1798 Zug census(Zg19).  She probably was his second wife: in the Beauregard FSL (bo46) there was a Barbara of the right age, wife of Johannes Maerz who does not seem to appear anywhere in Mai1798.

Kraus^FN{Andreas}: said by the Enders FSL to be from^UC Bern, Schweiz. According to Lange this man and his Guethle wife settled for a while in Friedrichsau, Schleswig-Holstein, prior moving on to Russia.  I cannot find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Kraus^FN: said by the Fischer FSL to be from^UC Ersterk?, Schlesien.

Kraus^FN: the other Kraus was said by the Fischer FSL to have no known place of origin; while his wife was said to have come from Schnerbil?, Polen.

Kraus^FN{Christian Wolfgang}: said by the Holstein FSL to be from^UC Hohn-am-Berg(?).  According to lange this man settled in Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, prior moving on to Russia. 

Kraus^FN: said by the Kano FSL to be from^UC Gutenfuerst? with Hauptrock? step-children in the household. 

Kraus{Andreas}^FN: listed by both the 1816 Kassel census (#38) and KS:342 without origin.  Using FHL#1,860,320 the GCRA proved origin in Satteldorf, Crailsheim [Amt], Wuerttemberg.

Kraus^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC [Solms-]Laubach [County]. According to the Buedingen ML this man from^UC Freyensehen  married in 1766 a Volck woman (Mai&Marquardt#553); KS:140 uses Freienseen and Volk spellings.

Kraus{Margaretha}: see Schon{Margaretha} of Luzern.

Kraus^FN: said by the Messer 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Goebel (Mai1798:Ms26). According to the Buedingen ML a Gebel man from^UC Petersroth married a Kraus woman from^UC Spielberg; by 1767 this couple was in Messer (Mai&Marquardt:506).  [This family is listed in the Messer FSL immediately next door to the family listed next here – rak]

Kraus^FN: said by the Messer FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  [It seems likely he came from the same place as frau Goebel just mentioned – rak].

Kraus^FN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be from^UC [Anhalt-]Zerbst [Principality] (no locality indicated).   The wife’s maiden name was given as Schreiter in 1798 (Mai1798:Or43).  According to a Rosslau ML this Krause man married in 1766 a Schroeter woman (Mai&Marquardt#940).

Kraus^FN: the Preuss Miller/Mueller family was said to have been from Halle^GL, Brandenburg.  The 1798 census indicates that Miller’s wife’s maiden name was Kraus.

Kraus^FN:  said by the Reinhard FSL to be from^UC Anklam, [Preussisch Vor-]Pommern,   Spelled Krause in 1798 (Mai1798:Ur18).

Kraus^FN{Sophia Christina}: said by the 1798 Reinwald census to be the maiden name of frau Holzwarth{Michael} (Mai1798:Rw21).

Kraus{Johannes}^FN: said by the Reinwald FSL to be from^UC Stolberg, Sachsen.  For 1793 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2414, Ks5, and maybe Rw12?

Kraus{Margarethe}^FN: this  wife of Johannes was said by the Reinwald FSL to be from^UC Mannheim, Kurpfalz.

Kraus{Martin}^FN: said by the Reinwald FSL to be from^UC Stolberg (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Rw16 and maybe 12?

Kraus^FN{A.Katharina}: wife of Schneider{J.Adam} who was said by the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL (#36) to be from^UC Gening.  David Schmidt has proven that she was a Kraus who married a Schneider{J.Adam} in the village of Weissenbach, Thuengen Barony before they left for Russia..

Kraus{Adam,Burkhard,J.Caspar,Johannes the younger}: said by the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL (#37) to be four brothers from^UC Gening (early translation) or Dienheim  (later translation), both being misapproximations for the Thuengen Barony.  Marianne Sutter proved Johannes the younger was baptized in Weissenbach, Thuengen Barony a son to Kraus(elsewhere Grauss){Hans Adam} (Weissenbach Bapt. Records).  Schneider{Margarethe} was the wife of Kraus{Adam} 

Kraus{Johannes the elder}^FN: said by the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL (#43) to be from^UC Gening (early translation) or Dienheim  (later translation), both being misapproximations for the Thuengen Barony.  David Schmidt proved that in 1766 he paid an exit tax in Rossbach, Thuengen Barony so that he could take his family to Russia (Wuerzburg Archives).  Marianne Sutter proved he was a son of Grauss{Hans Adam} and married Ritter{A.Christina} daughter of  Ritter{Hans Caspar} in Rossbach, Thuengen Barony in 1762 (Rossbach records in Zeitlofs church books).  However she died and he arrived in Stahl-am-Karaman with Schnarr brothers-in-law and a Schnarr{A.Sabina} [second] wife.  By 1798 the name is spelled Krause, he has a young Rein{A.Margaretha} [third] wife, while his earlier [second] wife is said to be deceased but in fact was separated and head of her own household (Mai1798:Sk08,26).

Kraus^FN: said by the Volmer FSL to be from^UC Rothenburg.  Later spelled Krauz.

Kraus{Magdalena}: she apparently was in Zug in 1772 when her daughter left there to marry in Rosenheim; they appear in no FSL and may have been Zug first settlers.

Kraus^FN: see also Gauss, Krause and Krauss.

Krausch^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Birstein, Isenburg.

Krause^FN: frau Schaefer, nee Krause, said by the Louis FSL to be from^UC Saargemuend, Lothringen.

Krause{Adam}^FN:  who married Ibe{Sophia}.  I could not find him as a Krause in any FSL, but this is probably Kraus{Adam} of Stahl-am-Karaman, who may have married the Ibe girl about 1774 in either Urbach or Stahl-am-Karaman (Mai1798:Sk10).

Krause^FN: said by the Rosenheim FSL to be from^UC Seddin, [Kur-]Brandenburg, with a Zuender/Zander step-daughter in the household.  I could not identify him or any descendant in Mai1798.

Krause^FN: the wife was said (no locality mentioned) by the Rosenheim FSL to be from^UC Danzig [Free City].

Krause{Andreas}: KS:82 and nnn say this Reformed faith man was from^UC Koenigsberg and in 1764 was sent on to the Saratov area as part of  the group of colonists transported under the command of  Captain Paykul and Cornet Rehbinder.  I have not found them in any published FSL.

Krause{David}: KS:82 and nnn say he was from^UC Meklenburg and in 1764 was sent on to the Saratov area as part of  the group of colonists transported under the command of  Captain Paykul and Cornet Rehbinder.  I have not found them in any published FSL.

Krause{Johann}: KS:82 and nnn say this Reformed faith party of 5 was from^UC Schweden and in 1764 was sent on to the Saratov area as part of  the group of colonists transported under the command of  Captain Paykul and Cornet Rehbinder.  I have not found them in any published FSL.

Krause^FN: see also Kraus.

Krauss^FN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be from^UC Gelnhausen (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Kraus.

Krauss{Joanna}: was the first wife of Asselborn/Aselborn{Nicolaus} with whom she had 9 known children including 3 sons who, following her death in 1764,  accompanied [Nicolaus}and his new wife to Mariental.  For more detail go to http://cvgs.cu-portland.edu/origins/a/asselborn_mariental.cfm.

Krausewald^FN: said by the Jost FSL to be from^UC Dresden, Sachsen. According to a Rosslau ML this Krauswald(t) man married in 1766 an Herbst woman (Mai&Marquardt#989).

Krausewaldt^FN: see Krausewald.

Kraut^FN: said by the Anton FSL to be from^UC Detmold^GL, Lippe.  In 1798 the wife’s maiden name was given as Maier (Mai1798:An19).

Kraut^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Ambap(?), Wittenberg.

Kraut{Christoph}: KS:82 and nnn say this party of 2 from^UC Winterberg (which Stumpp noted was in Westfalen) in 1764 was sent on to the Saratov area as part of  the group of colonists transported under the command of  Captain Paykul and Cornet Rehbinder.  I have not found them in any published FSL.

Kraut{Konrad}: KS:82 and nnn he was from^UC Winterberg (which Stumpp noted was in Westfalen) and in 1764 was sent on to the Saratov area as part of  the group of colonists transported under the command of  Captain Paykul and Cornet Rehbinder.  I have not found them in any published FSL.

Krauter^FN: see Kraeuter.

Krautheim^GL, Kurmainz:an unidentified place said by the Kamenka FSL to be home^UC to a Vogt family.

Krauz^FN: see Kraus.

Kraz?^FN{Conrad}: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Obernau.  This couple probably had died before the 1798 Volga censuses.

Kraz^FN: also see Kratz.

Kreb^FN: said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be the maiden name of frau Koch (Mai1798:Pb28).

Kreb^FN: listed in the1798 Pobochnja census (Mai1798:Pb28) but found in no FSL so may have been among the Pobochnaya first settlers.

Kreb ^FN: also see Greb.

Krebe{J.Just}^FN: a  single man said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be from^UC Burg Gemuenden, [Hessen-Darmstadt Landgraviate].  I could not find him or any likely descendants in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Krebs/Kret(?)^FN{J.Friedrich}: said by the Frank FSL #16 to be from^UC Grossenhausen, Hannover.  He married in Buedingen on 7 March 1766 Bock^FN{Christine} (Mai&Maraquardt#384).

Krebs^FN: said by the Galka FSL to be from^UC Klitten, Wittenberg[?].  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Krebst ^FN: said by the Kano FSL to be from^UC Krina with Friehof step-sons in the household.  I could find neither family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

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

Kreder^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Aue(?), Baden-Durlach.

Krefeld^FN: frau Ubre said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Kirchhalt, Hanau.  Also spelled Crefeld.

Krege^FN{Christoph}: said by the Bettinger FSL to be from^UC Klingen.  Spelled Kreh in 1798 (Mai1798:Bt4).

Krege^FN{J.Ernst}: said by the Bettinger FSL to be from^UC Lingenau.  Spelled Kreh in 1798 (Mai1798:Bt43).

Kreh^FN: see Krege.

Krehfeldinger^FN: see Kreweldinger.

Kreibel^FN: said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be have come from^UC Schwetzingen, Baden, near Mannheim later than the first settlers (p.137).

Kreick^FN: see Kreiek.

Kreiek^FN said by Kuhlberg4932 and the Huck FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Kreick..

Kreiensen: is 17.5 km N of Northheim.

Kreigel: see Kroegel.

Kreiger^FN: listed by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#120) and KS:343 with no origin. See the GCRA book for a bit more.

Kreil^FN: not found in an FSL but was in the 1775 Grimm census #25.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Gm68 and Kt44.

Kreilich^FN: according to the Buedingen ML, a Kreilich woman married in 1766 a Scheurer man; by 1767 this couple was in Grimm (Mai&Marquardt#544).

Krein^FN: see Krain.

Kreiner ^FN: said by the Urbach FSL to be from^UC Sinsheim, Kurpfalz.   Spelled Kreinert in 1775 (Mai1798:Mv2894).

Kreiner^FN: see Kreinert.

Kreinert^FN: said by the Schaefer FSL to be from^UC Bei-der-kirch?, Wuerttemberg[sic].  Spelled Kreinert (Mai1798:Sf23),  Kreiner (Sf20) and Greiner (Ka94) in 1798.

Kreinert^FN: his wife, likely the widow of Markus, was said by the Schaefer FSL to be from^UC Kiel, Holstein[-Gorttorp Duchy].  

Kreinert^FN: also see Kreiner.

Kreis: a large administrative district; “circle” in English.

Kreis{A.Regina}^FN: in 1798 she is was said to have come from  Rosenheim  (Pl30) but I cannot find her in any FSL.

Kreis ^FN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be from^UC Reuth, Bamberg [Bishopric].  For possible 1798 see Mai1798:Ps67.

Kreis{Friedrich,Heinrich,Jacob}: I could not find them in any published FSL but they are in the 1798 Schulz census (Mai1798:Sz11,4,1).

Kreispies{A.Maria}: see Weisbecker{J.Jakob} of Zug.

Kreiter/Kreuter^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Gelhausen.  That surely is Gelnhausen.

Kreitlein^FN: see Kretlein.

Kreler?^FN:  said by the Ober-Monjou 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Biehl (Mai1798:Om70).

Krell/Kroell^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Dingen.

Krelos(?)^GL, Wittenberg: an unidentified place said by the Kratzke FSL to be home^UC to a Knaus family.

Krem…, Hesse-Darmstadt: said by the Walter FSL to be home^UC to a Kippert family.  The Walter Research Group has identified this as a Klippert family from^UC Crainfield(?), Hessen.

Kremel^FN: said (no locality mentioned)  by the Rosenheim FSL to be from^UC Danzig [Free City].  I could not identify any member or descendant of this family in Mai1798.

Kremel^FN: the wife was said by the Rosenheim FSL to be from^UC Seelow, Preussen.

Kremell ^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Eichstedt.  I could not find this man in Mai1798.

Kremer^FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Weener. Spelled Kraemer in 1798 and the wife’s maiden name is given as Becker (Mai1798:Zr93?).

Kremer^FN: also see Kraemer and Krimer.

Kremerew?, [Kur-]Trier: an unidenified place said by the Hoelzel FSL to be home^UC to a Pusterin/Bustert family.

Kremmeldorf ^GL: see Kremsdorf.

Kremrer?^FN: said by the Stumpp supplement to the Dietel FSL to be from^UC Wuerttemberg (no locality indicated).  I could not find them in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Kremsdorf^GL, Bamberg [Bishopric]: an unidentified place said by a Woehrd ML to be home^UC to a Rohr woman who in 1766 married a Niclas man; by 1767 this couple was in Kano  (Mai&Marquardt#324).  The place probably is Kremmeldorf some 6.5 miles NE of Bamberg city.

Krenpel{Christian}: KS:82 and nnn say he was from^UC Danzig and in 1764 was sent on to the Saratov area as part of  the group of colonists transported under the command of  Captain Paykul and Cornet Rehbinder.  I have not found them in any published FSL.

Krenreaus?^GL, Polen: an unidentified place said by the Enders FSL to be home^UC to a Brozmann orphan although it says his family name may have been Kratz?.

Krenter^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Gellhausen who married a Weinrich woman in Oranienbaum.  That surely is Gelnhausen.

Krentz^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Steeden, [Wied-]Runkel [County].  I could not find them in Mai1798.

Krentz^FN: also see Grentz and Grenz.

Krentzer^FN: said by the Seewald FSL to be from^UC Holzkirchen, Wuerzburg.

Krentzer^FN: also see Grenzer.

Krentznach^GL, Kurpfalz: an unidentified place said by the Volmer FSL to be home to a Beilmann family.  This surely is Bad Kreutznach some 20 miles SW of Mainz city.

Krenzer^FN: said by the Herzog FSL to be from^UC Roding, [Kur-]Bayern.

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

Krenzinger^FN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be from^UC Reuthlingen, Schwaben[sic?].  I did not locate them or any descendants in Mai1798.

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

Krepien, South Prussia: a corrupted form of Krzepice??

Krepp^FN: said by the Kraft FSL to be from^UC Engelrod, Riedesel [Barony].

Kres?/Kress{J.Heinrich}: is at Rothammel FSL (#2) married to the widow of Appelhans{PhilipHeinrich} with three Applehans stepchildren in the household.  He is said by the  FSL to be from^UC Dirkheim, Kurpfalz.

Kreschele^FN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be from^UC Ettlingen.

Krestovoi-Buyerak^VV: one form of the Russian name for Mueller^VV.

Krestovyj-Buerak^VV: one form of the Russian name for Mueller^VV.

Krestowoi Bujerak^VV: one form of the Russian name for Mueller^VV.

Krestwin?^GL, Schweden: an unidentified place said by the Enders FSL to be home^UC to a Rosenquist family.

Kret^FN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be from^UC Frensdorf, Bamberg [Bishopric].   I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Kret(?)^FN : also see Krebs.

Krete^FN: see Crety.

Kretlein?^FN: said by the Straub FSL to be from^UC Lorsbach, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]. Spelled Kreitlein in 1798 (Mai1798:Sr39).

Kreter ^FN: said by the Rosenheim FSL to be a mother-in-law in the Schaffler  household.

Kretschmann^FN: see Ehresmann.

Kretz^FN: said by the Schaefer FSL to be from^UC Nieste?, Darmstadt[sic].  They surely had died prior to the 1798 Volga censuses.

Kretz^FN: see also Graetz.

Kretz^GL,  Pfalz: an unidentified place said by the Leitsinger FSL to be home^UC to a Hernthaller/Herrenstahler family.  The only Kretz I could find is 10 miles WNW of Koblenz and would then have been in Kurtrier, not in Kurpfalz.

Kretz^GL, Sachsen: an unidentified place said by the Holstein FSL to be home^UC to a Melzer family.  It might be Kretzschau some 24 miles SW of Leipzig.

Kretzer^FN: said by the Urbach FSL to be from^UC Neuem?, Anhalt[?] with Tress step-children in the household.  Frau Kretzer must earlier have been frau Tress.  The Kretzers surely died prior to the 1798 Volga censuses.

Kretzer^FN: his wife, who had been the widow Tress?, was said by the Urbach FSL to be from^UC Alzey, Kurpfalz. 

Kretzinger^FN: said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be from^UC Regensburg.  I could not find members of this family in Mai1798.

Kreuter^FN: see Kreiter.

Kreutzen^GS: an unidentified country mentioned by Kuhlberg in association with Mangren and the Filinger family.

Kreutzer^FN: this woman is said by the Buedingen ML to have married in 1766 a Seipels man (Mai&Marquardt#574). By 1767 this couple may have been in the Belowescher Kolonien.

Kreutzer^FN: said by the Laub FSL to be from^UC Eberstadt, Darmstadt.

Kreutzmacher{Peter}^FN: he was listed in Rosenheim in 1798 (Rm57) but I cannot find him in any FSL

Kreuzberg, Bassenheim, Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Dehler FSL to be home^UC to a Rudolf  family.  I suspect that this was near Schmitten in the Taunus mountains but I cannot find it.  The entry is confusing because at the time Bassenheim and Kurmainz were different countries which bordered each other S of Schmitten.

Kreuznach^GL: in the 1760s and until 1778 this was a Kreis i.e. district administrative center for the country of Kurpfalz.  After 1778 it was part of Bavarian-owned Rheinpfalz.  The town is now called Bad Kreuznach and is some 20 miles SW of Mainz city.

Kreuznach^GL: said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL possibly to be home^UC to a Leinweber family (pp.27, 34). Also see Waldlaubersheim.  Kreuznach may refer either to the town or the district.

Kreuznach?, Kurpfalz: nka Bad Kreuznach 20 miles SW of Mainz city and was said by the Schuck FSL to be home^UC to frau Faust.

Kreutzmueller ^FN: said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to be from^UC Oberaula, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate].  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Kreutznach^GL: also see Krentznach.

Kreweldinger^FN: said by the Cheisol FSL to be from^UC Saarlouis, Lothringen, Frankreich.    Spelled Krehfeldinger in 1798 (Mai1798:Ls33).

Krib?^FN: said by the Leichtling FSL to be from^UC Bamberg (no locality mentioned).  There is some later indication that this might be a Groh family.

Kriburg^GL an unidentifed locality said by the first transcription of the  Stahl-am-Karaman FSL (#25) to be in the Dormstadt area and to be home^UC to the Rizon family.

Krickau^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Wolfenhausen, [Wied-]Runkel [County] two Gilau step-children in the household. Spelled Krikau in 1798  with the wife’s maiden name given as Klosoniya (Mai1796:Wr46).

Krieg^FN: said by the Bauer FSL to be from^UC Flieth, Etling.  Spelled Krieger in 1798 (Mai1798:Br65 and 66).

Krieg/Krueg^FN: arrived in South Russia in 1817; later settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa; family records found by Curt Renz in Steinsfurt, Sinsheim Amt, Baden.

Krieger/Krueger^FN: the Belowescher Kolonien FSL said this Krieger woman (origin not given) married Oldenberger in Oranienbaum).  The Luebeck ML confirms this 1766 marriage to this  Krueger woman (Mai&Marquardt#163).

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

Krieger ^FN{G.Jakob}:  listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:674) without origin; KS:343 said they came, via Tscherwenka, Hungary, from Enzweiler, Birkenfeld [Amt], Pfalz; the GCRA proved this origin using FHL 2,152,415.  Also spelled Krueger.  See the GCRA book for detail.

Krieger ^FN: said mistakenly by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:675,343) to be from^UC Kaltental, Stuttgart [Amt], Wuerttemberg. Using FHL(193,771), the GCRA proved origin in from Annweiler, Bergzabern, [Amt], Pfalz.  See the GCRA book for more details.  Also spelled Krueger.

Krieger^FN: said by the Jost FSL to be from^UC Jarmen, Brandenburg. According to a Rosslau ML this Krieger man married in 1766 a Rueckemeister woman (Mai&Marquardt#937).

Krieger^FN: said by the Jost FSL to be from^UC Oranienbaum, Dessau, and there was Tag?step-son living in their household.

Krieger{Adam}^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL (ks100) to be from^UC Nidda, Darmstadt.  KS:119 and 141 and the Buedingen ML says this Krueger man married in 1766 an Asmus woman (Mai&Marquardt#540).

Krieger^FN: said by the Merkel FSL to be from^UC Temppi(?), Prussia.

Krieger^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC [Anhalt-]Dessau [Principality].

Krieger^FN: said by the Norka 1798 census to be the maiden name of one of the Miller/Mueller wives (Mai1798:Nr27).

Krieger^FN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be from^UC Kochstedt, Dessau.

Krieger^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Utzenhofen, Swabia.

Krieger^FN: said by the Rosenheim FSL to be from^UC Krizing?, Markgrafschaft Baden-Durlach.  For 1798 see Rm36 and Sk37.

Krieger^FN: said by the Schuck FSL to be from^UC Dieburg, [Kur-]Mainz.  For 1796 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2647,Su2(where the wife’s maiden ^UCname is given as Maier) and Fz4.

Krieger^FN: said by the Shcherbakovka FSL to be from Suelzfeld.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sv2.

Krieger{A.Maria}:  married Braeutigam{Johann} in Rosslau on 30 April 1766 (KS123, Mai&Marquardt#956).  I could not find them in any published FSL.

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

Krieger^FN: also see Krieg and Krueger.                        

Krieger^RN, Joanne: has done research on the Gruen family in Kutter.   

Kriegsfeld^GL, Kirchheimbolanden [Amt], Pfalz: is some 5 miles NW of Kirchheimbolanden city, and was erroneously said by the 1816 Glueckstal census to be home^UC to Schneider{J.Friedrich}. Proven by GCRA to be home to Schneider{Philipp}who went to Glueckstal.  See the GCRA book for more details.

Kriegsfeld, Kurpfalz: is 15 km SW of Alzey and was the birth place of  Damm{J.Jakob}, Schilling first settler.  This is the same place as the preceding entry, except 20-40 years earlier.

Krigel^FN: said by the Jost FSL to be from^UC Bayreuth (no locality mentioned). In 1798 the name was spelled Kraegel (Mai1798:Jo24).

Krikau^FN: said by the 1798 Balzer census to be the maiden name of frau Spaeth.

Krikau^FN: said by the 1798 Warenburg census to be the maiden name of frau Gilau{Johannes}.

Krikau^FN:  also see Krickau.

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

Krimmel^FN: said by the Kano FSL to be from^UC [Anhalt-]Dessau [Principality].  Spelled Kruemmel in 1798 (Mai1798:Kn28,30).

Krimp?^FN: Bonner found that this woman married in 1766 in Lindheim, [Staden Ganerbschaft] to a May man and immigrated with him to Balzer.

Krina^GL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a Krebst family, and possibly to their Friehof step-sons.  This place probably was 17 miles SE of Dessau city, in Kursachsen.

Krinkel^FN: said by the Straub FSL to be from^UC Dietlingen, Baden-Durlach [Margraviate].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sr44.

Krisnel^FN: said by the Schaefer FSL to be from^UC Dresden, [Kur-]Sachsen.  Spelled Kristenzel in 1798 (Mai1798:Sf34).

Krisnits?^FN: see also Krisnitz.

Krisnitz^FN: said by the Schaefer FSL to be a step-son in the Schulz household.   Spelled Krisnits? in 1798 (Mai1798:Sf15).  His apparent mother was said by the said (no locality mentioned) by the Schaefer FSL to be from^UC Mecklenburg-Schwerin [Duchy]. 

Krispins^FN: see Chrispens.

Krissel^FN: said by the Degott FSL to be from^UC Steinen, Hannover.  Spelled Griessel in 1798 (Mai1798:Dg09).

Krisselbach^GL: see Kaisersbach.

Krist{Joseph}^FN: he was listed in the 1798 Schwed census (Sw12), but I could not find the family in any FSL.

Kristenzel^FN: see also Krisnel.

Kritt?^FN: according to the Bauer FSL a Kritt? step daughter was living in a Schmidt household said to be from^UC Hamburg.  I could not find her in  Mai1798.

Kritz?^GL, Dadriof?: an unidentified place said by the Dreispitz FSL to be home^UC to a Heit? family.

Krivtsovka^VV: one form of the Russian name for Mueller^VV.

Kriwowskoje^VV: an alternate name for Ober-Monjou^VV.

Krizing?, Markgrafschaft Baden-Durlach: an unidentified place said by the Rosenheim FSL to be home^UC to a Krieger family. 

Kroecker ^FN{Gerhard}: said by the Tiege FSL to be from^UC Aschbohden, Elbing Amt.

Kroecker^FN {Peter}: said by the Tiege FSL to be from^UC Ellerwald, Elbing Amt.

Kroecker ^FN{Abraham}: said by the Tiege FSL to be from^UC Uschnitz/Usnitz, Stuhm Amt.

Kroeffelbach, [Solms-Braunfels Principality?]: is 5 miles SE of Braunfels city. Hans Busick of Goslar, Germany and Joan Knizek, the research done primarily in the Braunfels Archive, proved the origins of the Busick/Busek family here back to 1665. From here they moved  to Biskirchen. This origin information was first given the GO Project by Linda Freeling. Kroeffelbach was right on the dividing line between Solms-Braunfels and Nassau-Weilburg … the next entry is the same place.

Kroeffelbach, Nassau[-Weilburg Principality]: is 14 km ESE of Weilburg city and was said by the Straub FSL to be home^UC to a Will family.

Kroeffelbach, [Nassau-Weilburg Principality]: is now in Hessen 8 km SSE of Braunfels town and is proven as the birthplace of  Busch{J.Peter} whose Klapper widow and children are recorded in the Kukkus FSL (#49). 

Kroegel{Andreas}: he married Boethger{Sophia} in Rosslau on 4 April 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#890, KS141). By June of 1767 they were in Jost FSL #3 under the name Kreigel with her given name as {Maria}; his origin^UC said to be Bayreuth [Margraviate].

Kroell^FN: see Krell.

Kroening^FN said by the Frank FSL to be from^UC Lussbach(?),Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter(?).

Kroettenbach^GL, was an unidentified locality which according to the Frank FSL was in the state of Loewenstein and was home^UC to a Beck family.  This may well have been the current Krettenbach which lies some 44 miles ESE of Heilbronn.

Krofrogheim^GL, Hesse-Darmstadt: an unidentified place, said by the Walter FSL to be home^UC to a Lichtenberger family.  The Walter Research Group suggest that this might be Klein Rohrheim which is some 12 miles SE of Darmstadt city.

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

Krohl ^FN: said by the 1798 Norka census to be the maiden name of frau  Bauer{Georg} (Mai1798:Nr70).

Krohl^FN: also see Kroll.

Kroll^FN: said by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:660, 344) to have been from^UC Spoeck, Karlsruhe [Amt], Baden.  See the GCRA book for more detail.

Kroll^FN: said by the Dehler FSL to be from^UC Neustadt, Kurmainz.  Spelled Krohl in 1798 (Mai1798:Dl12,Ps30).

Kroll^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Kutter FSL to be from^UC Wuerzburg.  Later spelled Krohl.

Kroll^FN: also see Kral and Krohl.

Kromberg^FN: see Cromberg.

Kromburg^GL: an unidentified place said by the Volmer FSL to be home^UC to a Schwartz family.  Might be Kronburg?  There is a Kronburg, Hesse, some 16 miles NE of Mainz city in what may, in the 1760s, have been Kur-Mainz.

Kromm^FN: said by the 1798 Balzer census to be the maiden name of frau Idt.

Kromm^FN: said by the Pleve version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be from^UC Schotten, [Hessen-]Darmstadt, and by the Kromm and Stumpp versions to be from^UC Schotten.

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

Kromm^FN: also see Kron.

Kron^FN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be from^UC Luebeck (no locality mentioned).  May later be spelled Kromm.

Kron^FN: said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#15) and KS:344 to have come from Bonlanden, Esslingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.   Using FHL#1,055,909, the GCRA proved this origin.  They also found evidence that the family was in Kisker, Batschka, Ungarn on their way to Neudorf.  See their book for much more.

Kron?: an unidentified place  said by Recruiter Beauregard’s list to have been home^UC to the Baumgarten{Ernfried}family  (Lk112).  Kuhlberg said this was in Erbach [County].  This very likely was Gronau, [Kurmainz now Hessen.

Kronach, Bamberg [Bishopric]: is in Bavaria some 30 miles NE of Bamberg city, and was said by the Herzog FSL to be home^UC to a Welscherketz? family.  Said by the Seelmann FSL to be home^UC to a Schmidt{Lorenz} family.

Kronau^GL: an unidentified place said by the Herzog FSL to be home^UC to a Herzog family.  There are several such places in Germany and in former German lands.  One is some 18 miles NE of Karlsruhe, Baden-Wuerttemberg.

Kronberg^GL, Kurmainz: is some 8 miles NW of Frankfurt-am-Main city center and 15 miles NE of Mainz city; see Kronebor.

Kronberg^GL, Zweibruecken: an unidentified place said by the Kolb FSL to be home^UC to Wenz families.

Kronburg^GL, Hesse: see Kromburg.

Kronburg, Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Leitsinger FSL to be home^UC to a Rueckenher family.  However, Kronberg, Kurmainz is 15 miles NE of Mainz. 

Krone^FN: said  (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC [Kur]-Brandenburg. I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

Kroneberger^FN: said by the Dehler FSL to be from^UC Kerpche?, Gockelm?.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Kronebor^GL, Kur-Mainz: an unidentified place, said by the Walter FSL to be home^UC to a Wagner family.  The Walter Research Group has identified this place as Kronenburg-am-Main(??), now known as Kronberg, Hessen.

Kronental^BV, North Caucasus: aka Nemetzki Chaginskoe.

Kronewald^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Hessen (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Gruenwald in 1798 (Mai1798:Mn13).

Krongant^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Gelhausen.  That surely is Gelnhausen.

Kronshausen?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Traeger family.   Kuhlberg said this was in Darmstadt.  The only Kronshausen I can find was in Oldenburg Duchy some 28 miles WSW of Bremerhaven.

Kronstadt^GL, Bohemia: likely home^UC of a Schmal family that went to Walter^VV.  Now called Brasov, Romania, and is some 465 miles ESE of Vienna, Austria.

Kronstan?^FN: a family and a widow (then frau Kiwet?) said by the Enders FSL to be from^UC Strausberg, Sachsen.  I cannot find the Kronstan family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Kronstat^GL: said by the Walter FSL to be home^UC to a Schmal family.  Identified by the Walter Research Group as Kronstadt, Bohemia, now Brasov, Romania.  But possibly it was Kranstaedt, Bohemia.

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

Kropstaedt^GL, [Kur-]Sachsen: is in Sachsen-Anhalt some 7 miles NE of Wittenberg city, and said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Rothfeld family.

Krossau?, Hohenzell?: an unidentified place said by the Dehler FSL (#27)  to be home^UC to  Christ{Martin}.

Krossen: an unidentified place said by the Susannental FSL to be home^UC to a Lehmann family.  This might be the Krossen in Kursachsen 92 km SSE of Berlin citycentre.

Krossigbusig?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be home^UC to a Faber/Faubus family.

Krotoschin Kreis^GL, Posen Province, Suedpreussen: nka Krotoszyn, some 53 miles SSE of Poznan city.  The GCRA found it assoicated with Benz, Maihoefer, and Wetzler familes.

Krotter^FN: said by the Dehler FSL to be from^UC Kotikam Perschie?, Flandern.  For 1798 see 1798Mai:Dl04, 08, 34, 40.

Krotz^FN: said by the Straub FSL to be from^UC Alsheim, Nassau-Usingen [Principality], with a Schunck step-son in the household.  The Krotz surely had died prior to the 1798 Volga censuses.

Krsans?: an unidentified place  said by Recruiter Beauregard’s list to have been home^UC to Kordilye{J.Christian} (Lk158). 

Krueck^FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be a step-daughter in the Weber household.  I could not find her in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Kruecker^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Boksweiler(?), Hessen with a Hackl wife from^UC Korbach.

Krueg^FN: see Krieg.

Krueger^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Kochstedt, Dessau.  Spelled Krieger in 1786 and 1798 (Mai1798: Mv310, Or58) when the wife’s maiden name was given as Graf.

Krueger^FN: this father and son are said by the Goebel FSL to be from^UC Beselich, Braunfels.  According to the Buedingen ML, the son married a Schmidt woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#515).  Later spelled Krieger (Mai1798:Gb27).

Krueger^FN: according to a Luebeck ML this woman married a Heydecker man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Katharinenstadt (Mai&Marquardt#125).

Krueger^FN: mistakenly said by KS:344 to have gone to Neudorf, per the GCRA.

Krueger^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Fulda [Bishopric] (no locality mentioned).   Spelled Krieger in 1798 (Mai1798:Nr153, 165).

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

Krueger^FN: also see Krieger.

Kruemmel/Kruemel{J.Georg}: he married Dittmann^FN{A.Magdalena} in Rosslau on 9 April 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#936).  He, with family name spelled Kruemel, and his wife are listed in the Boaro FSL (#44) where his origin^UC was given as Kochstedt, [Anhalt-]Dessau [Principality].  In 1798 they were still listed in Boaro (Mai1798:Bx27).

Kruemmel^FN: said by the 1798 Kano census to be the maiden name for frau Hartmann (Mai1798:Kn27).

Kruemmel^FN: also see Kraemer{A.Sophia}, Krimmel and Kruemel.

Kruemmel ^FN: see

Krug^FN: perhaps not found in an FSL but was in the 1775 Grimm census #49.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Gk4.

Krug^FN: he is listed in the 1798 Rosenheim census (Rm11) with no earlier colony mentioned.  There is some small chance that he was from Seelmann (FSL sm10).

Krug^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Lyubets(?), Kurmainz.

Krug^FN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be from^UC Zell with Schmidt stepsons in the household.  For a possible 1798 see Mai1798:Rm11.

Krug^FN: said by the Shcherbakovka FSL to be from^UC Stierstadt [Kurmainz].    I could not find any member of this family in Mai1798.

Krueger{Jacob}^FN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:674, 344) with no origin.  See the GCRA book for some detail.

Krueger^FN: also see Krieger.

Krum{A.Dorothea}: On 7 August 1766 in Luebeck she married Diesing {J.Philipp}, both noted as being from the area of Darmstadt; later the couple moved to Jagodnaja Poljana (Mai&Marquardt#284).

Krum{Philipp}^FN:  listed in the 1772 Pobochnaya first settlers’ list (pb23) with no origin mentioned ; spelled Krumm in 1798 (Mai1798:Pb25).

Krum^FN: also see Krumm.

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

Krumbach^GL: an unidentified place said by the Pleve and the Kromm versions of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be home^UC to a Schaefer family.  There are three known Krumbach in Hessen, but none that I can find very close to Ober Lais or to Nidda: one is some 24 miles NW of Nidda, and the other two are Fraenkisch Crumbach and another some 5 miles SSW of it.

Krumbach^GL: an unidentified place said by the Schwab FSL to be home^UC to the Schneider{J.Michael} family.  Probably is not Fraenkisch-Crumbach, since Schneider does not appear on the lists drawn up by the local priests of families that left there for Russia.

Krumbach^GL, Franken: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be home^UC to a Philippsen family.  Contemporary church records say this Schmunck family left Fraenkisch-Crumbach for Russia in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#1262).  Same place as the following entry.

Krumbach^GL, Hessen-Darmstadt: said by the Laub FSL to be home^UC to a Hermann family.  Said by the Walter FSL to be home^UC to Becker and Weber families.  This is Fraenkisch Crumbach.

Krumbach^GL: also see Crumbach and Fraenkish-Crumbach.

Krumert?{J.Gottfried}: said by Recruiter Beauregard’s list to have been from^UC Suhl (Lk10). Not found in any FSL and I could not find them or any likely descendant associated with any Volga colony.

Krumm/Krum^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).

Krumm^FN: said by the Kukkus FSL to be from Wenings, Isenburg.  Eleanor Sissell has proven this report.

Krumm{M.Katharina}^FN: she is listed in the  1798 Pobochnaya census too young to have been  in an FSL; so she might have come from the Kukkus family (FSL#kk38) or might represent a Pobochnaya first settler family. 

Krumm^FN: see Krum.

Krummhardt^GL, Esslingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 3.5 miles NE of Esslingen city, and proven by GCRA to be home to the Heidle family that went to Glueckstal.  See the GCRA book for more details.

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

Kruse^FN: said by the Laub FSL to be from^UC Grebenhain, Alsfeld.

Krusenfeld?^GL, Mecklenburg: is some 53 miles ESE of Rostock city, and said by the Laub FSL to be home^UC to a Vorrath family.

Krutojarovka^VV: a version of the Russian name for Graf^VV.

Krutoyarovka^VV: a version of the Russian name for Graf^VV.

Krutsch^FN: said by thePleve version of the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL (#38) to be from^UC Dienheim.   The first version had given the family name as Kraus and the origin as Gening.  The 1798 census confirmed that the name was Krutsch (Mai1798:Sk11 and 16).

Krzepien Intendantur, [Suedpreussen]: same as the next entry.

Krzepice [Amt], Sudpruessen: is 20 miles NW of Czestochowa.  It was the Amt center for Friedrichshuld and Hilsbach.  The GCRA said it was just N of Czestochowa and found it associated with a Bollinger family in 1805

KS^RN: Karl Stumpp, The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763-1862, 1973, AHSGR.  A number following KS: is a page number.  An incredible resource.  Anyone using it should remind themselves that this then fairly elderly man put these thousands of words together without a computer and virtually without a staff!  There are some mistakes in here, but everyone working with very large numbers of these records makes mistakes, including this editor.  When you find mistakes in this Index, please, please let me know so they can be corrected.

Updated 10/2012