American Historical Society of Germans From Russia

German Origins Project

Legend:   BV=a German village near the Black Sea.   FN= German family name.    FSL= First Settlers’ List.    GL= a locality in the Germanies.    GS= one of the German states.   ML= Marriage List.   RN= the name of a researcher who has verified one or more German origins.   UC= unconfirmed.    VV= a German Volga village.
Names in bold are an entry or a cross-reference to an entry.  Red text calls attention to information for which verification is completed or well underway.

 

 
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Bea

BeaFN: see Pea.

BeaucheneGL, FrankreichGL: an unidentified place said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be homeUC to a Souffle family.   Unfortunately there are at least seven Beauchen in France!

Beaufort?, Frankreich: an unidentified place and said by the Franzosen FSL to be homeUC to a Michel family.  There are at least 11 Beauforts in France.

Beaune, Frankreich: an unidentified place and said by the Franzosen FSL to be homeUC to a Prudhon family.  There are at least 10 Beaunes in France.

BeauregardVV: a alternate spelling for BoregardVV.,

BebrinheimGL, West Holland: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a van der Nauweland family.

BecherFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Lauter, Hessen-Darmstadt.  This man married a Lohrentz woman in Rosslau in 1765 on their way to Frank (Mai&Marquardt#872).

BecherFN: said by the Pleve and Kromm versions of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be fromUC to be from Nidda Amt, Hessen-Darmstadt.  Also spelled by Kromm as Boecher.

BecherFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Bayreuth (no locality mentioned).

BecherFN: said by the Kraft FSL to be fromUC Merlau, Darmstadt.

BecherFN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Eichel.

BechertFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC Wuerzburg no locality indicated. 

BechlingenGL, Braunfels: : is some 8 miles NNW of Braunfels city, and said by the Kukkus FSL to be homeUC to Herbel and Neuhard families.

BechtFN: according to the Buedingen ML Becht woman from Gunterskirchen married in 1766 a Leer man; by 1767 this couple was in Krasnoyar; Stumpp says she was a Specht (Mai&Marquardt#596).

BechtheimGL, Rheinhessen confirmed origin of the Rothammel Appelhanz family.

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

Bechtholt/BechtoldFN: said by the Kutter FSL to be fromUC Hanau.

BechtoldFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  The may be the man from Darmstadt that a Luebeck ML says married in 1766 a Zipp woman (Mai&Marquardt#264).

BechtoldFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

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

BechtoldFN: also see Bechtholt or Bechtolt.

BechtoltFN: said by the Walter FSL to be fromUC Ekersporn, Hesse-Darmstadt County.  The Walter Research Group has confirmed in parish records that this was a Bechtold family from Eckartsborn, Hessen.

BecherFN: see Beker.

BeckFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Kroettenbach, Loewenstein.

BeckFN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS: 674, 219) to be fromUC Saarbruecken, Pfalz and laterUC Torschau, Hungary.

BeckFN: the widow Beck was said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:675) to be fromUC Stebbach, Sinsheim [Amt], Baden.

BeckFN: in 1817 settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa; family records found by Curt Renz in Pfullingen, Reutlingen parish, Wuerttemberg.

BeckFN: Curt Renz has found the church records for this Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia, family in Rietheim, and Seeburg, Urach Oberamt, Wuerttemberg.

BeckFN: in the Katharinenstadt FSL with no place of origin given.

BeckFN: said by KS:219 to have come from Rietheim, Tuttlingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.   The GCRA found that this family was in Neudorf prior to moving on to Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia, and using FHL#1,475,288, they proved origin in Rietheim, Seeburg [parish], Urach [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  See the GCRA book for more.

BeckFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Hoschwelt?.  A Rosslau ML said this man married in 1766 a Hintze woman (Mai&Marquardt#923).  In 1798 his wife’s maiden name was given as Schroeder (Mai1798:Bt02).

BeckFN:  The Walter Research Group has confirmed in local parish records that this family, listed in the Walter FSL, came from Gelnhaar, Isenburg (now Hessen).

BeckelFN:  the Walter Research Group has confirmed in local parish records that this Boegel family, listed in the Walter FSL as Beckel, came from Gelnhaar, Isenburg (now Hessen).  Their exit papers are indexed in Auerbach, Beckel entry, which indicates that the man was born in Untermockstadt and the woman in Laisa.

BeckelFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).  He surely was the Beckel of Schwickershausen[Swickartshausen, Hessen-Darmstadt] who married a Ritzel woman of Gelnhaar in 1766 in Buedingen (Mai&Marquardt#696).

BeckelFN: said by the Kraft FSL to be fromUC Kelor(?), Friedberg.  Later spelled Becker

BeckelFN: said by the Kutter FSL to be fromUC Hessen.  The Buedingen ML says this Boeckel man married in 1766 a Mueller woman (no orgin given for either) (Mai&Marquardt#546).

BeckelFN: said by the Messer FSL to be fromUC Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned).

Beckel?FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Erlbach.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Beckenau?GL, Wittenberg: an unidentified place said by the Lauwe FSL to be homeUC to a Wild family.  See Wittenberg for confusion!

BeckerFN: said by the Pleve version of the Balzer FSC to be fromUC Isenburg.

BeckerFN: said by the Pleve version of the Balzer FSC to be fromUC Strotzbuesch.

BeckerFN: said by the Bauer FSL to be fromUC Werthe(?), Darmstadt.  A contemporary Fraenkisch-Crumbach pastor proved this man and his Eidmueller wife were both from Wersau, Hessen ; Stumpp confused Wersau with Werschau which is much further north near Limburg, Hessen (Mai&Marquardt#1278).

Becker FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Bissersheim.

BeckerFN: said by the 1798 Boregard census to be the maiden name of frau Kraemer (Mai1798:Zr93?).

BeckerFN: said by the Cheisol FSL to be fromUC Saarburg, [Kur-]Trier. For 1798 see Mai1798:Ls25.

Becker{Peter}FN: said by the Dehler FSL to be fromUC Wdeges?, [Kur-]Trier.  In 1798 the maiden name of his wife was given as Dinges (1798Mai:Dl16, Ps89).

Becker{Philipp}FN: said by the Dehler FSL to be fromUC Wernborn, Kurmainz.

BeckerFN: said by the Dietel FSL to be fromUC Dannstadt, Kurpfalz.

Becker{Johann}FN: said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be fromUC Izel?. For 1798 see Mai1798:Sh40, 30 where the maiden name of his frau is given as Emerich.

Becker{J.Heinrich}FN: said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be fromUC Staufenberg with the orphaned  Falk? sister of his wife in the household.

Becker{J.Jacob}FN: said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be fromUC Oberkleen.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Er11

BeckerFN: said by the Herzog FSL to be fromUC Ebernburg(?), Zweibruecken.

BeckerFN: said by the Hildman FSL to be fromUC Beerfelden, [Erbach County].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Kl06.

BeckerFN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be fromUC Worms, Kurmainz.

Becker{Konrad}FN: listed by the 1816 Kassel census (#106) without origin.  See the GCRA book for more.

Becker{Georg,Philipp}FN: listed by the 1858 Kassel census (#142) without origin.  I do not find them in the GCRA book.

Becker{Paul} FN: listed by both the 1816 Kassel census (#49) and KS:222 without origin.  Using FHL#746,033 the GCRA proved origin in Sessenheim, Bischweiller [Amt], Elsass.  See their book for more.

BeckerFN: said by the Kolb FSL to be fromUC Sankt-Thomas, Falkenstein.

BeckerFN: According to a Luebeck ML a Becker woman from the Wetterau married in 1766 a Funck man; by 1767 this couple was in Krasnoyar (Mai&Marquardt#241).

BeckerFN: said by the Kratzke FSL to be fromUC Mecklenburg.

BeckerFN: said by the Kukkus FSL to be fromUC Berghausen, Braunfels.  According to a Friedberg ML the Becker31 man fromUC Berghausen, Graefenstein area married in 1766 a Steckenmeister woman fromUC Allendorff, Graefenstein area (Mai&Marquardt#344); and a the Becker5 man fromUC Berghausen, Graefenstein area married a Noll woman (Mai&Marquardt#350).

BeckerFN: said by the Mariental FSL to be fromUC Bruessel. 

BeckerFN: said by the Merkel FSL to be fromUC Worms, Kurpfalz.

BeckerFN: said by the Messer 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Schmall (Mai1798:Ms29).

BeckerFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Hessen.

Becker: the 1798 Norka census gives this as the maiden name of the Hessian Eisel’s wife (Mai1798:Nr149).

BeckerFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

BeckerFN: the 1798 Norka census gives this as the maiden name of the wife of an Isenburger Schindler (Mai1798:Nr82).

BeckerFN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Bommersheim, Mainz. 

BeckerFN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Cambre, France.

BeckerFN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Messelgruebe, Kurmainz.

BeckerFN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Nassau.

BeckerFN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Nieder-Erbach, Kur Trier.

BeckerFN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Ransbach, Kur Trier.

BeckerFN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Wirges, Kur Trier.

BeckerFN: said by the Volmer FSL to be fromUC Branfels.

BeckerFN: said by the Walter FSL to be from Grumberg, Hesse-Darmstadt.  Confirmed by the Walter Research Group to be from Fraenkisch-Crumbach.

BeckerFN: said by the Walter FSL to be from Krumbach, Hessen-Darmstadt County.  Confirmed by the Walter Research Group to be from Fraenkisch-Crumbach.

BeckerFN: said by the Walter FSL to be fromUC Lorndern, Hesse-Darmstadt.

BeckerFN: this family name was found recorded in marriage records 1762-1767 for three different places: Kirburg, Kroppach, and Schlitz; see Flegel trip.

BeckerFN: also see Backer, Baecker, Baeker, Beckel, Beker or Berger.

BeckerdorfVV:  another name for ErnestinendorfVV.

BeckersdorfVV:  another name for ErnestinendorfVV.

BeckingFN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be fromUC Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned).

BeckmannFN: said by the Merkel FSL to be fromUC Magdeburg, Prussia.

Beckum?GL: an unidentified place said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be homeUC to a Wenimherr family.  There are 4 Beckums in Germany and the Netherlands.

Bectolegaden?GL: surely this was Berchtesgaden Princely Provosty some 12.5 miles S of Salzburg city, and was said by the Boregard FSL to be homeUC to the Schwiger family.

Beczkarik?, Oesterreich: an unidentified place said by the Husaren FSL to be homeUC to a Grigoritsch/Grigorius family.

Bedorf FN:  her step-son was said by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:660, 220) to have been fromUC Reilingen, Mannheim [Amt], Baden.  GCRA did not find confirmation in Reilingen records; see their book for more detail.

Bedyer FN: see Beichert.

BeerFN, see Baer.

BeerenfeldVV is the German name of Jagodnaja Poljana.

Beerfelden, [Erbach County]: is 16 miles NE of Heildelberg city, and said by the Hildmann FSL to be homeUC to a Becker family.

BeerwaldeGL: see Baerwalde.

Beeskow(?)GL, [Brandenburg]: is some 34 miles SW of Berlin and said by the Holstein FSL to be homeUC to a Ruf family.

BefortGL, Luxembourg: is now Beaufort some 16.5 miles NE of Luxembourg city, and  said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to Bartel and Redel families, and probably a Roething family.

BefusFN: see Befuss.

Befuss/BefusFN: said by the Stumpp version the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be fromUC Storndorf in the Alsfeld region, by the Kromm version to be from Muenzenberg, Sterndorf[i.e.Stollberg], and by the Pleve version to be from [Hessen-]Darmstadt.

Begant(?)GL, Mecklenburg-Schwerin: an unidentified place said by the Dinkel FSL to be homeUC to a Mainz family.

BehlenheimGL, Alsace: see Ballenheim.

BehmFN: said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to be fromUC Nenterode-bei-Wernswig?. I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

BehmFN: also see Boehm.

BehmerFN: said by the Walter FSL to be fromUC Grosendorfel, Hanau County.

Behren-Luebchin?GL, [Mecklenburg-Schwerin Duchy]: is some 22 miles ESE of Rostock city and said by the Moor FSL to be homeUC to a Barelo or Bartole family.

BehrensFN: see Berns.

BehringerFN{Christian}:  he was said to have emigrated to S. Russia in 1821, and appeared in some Glueckstal records, although not the census.  The GCRA verified origin in Schwaigern, Brackenheim [Amt], Wuerttemberg using LDS#1,184,789 and #2,125,560.  See the GCRA book for detail.

BehringerFN{J.Fried.}:  he was said to have emigrated to S. Russia in 1831, but the GCRA could not find him in one of the Glueckstal villages.  Origin given by KS:229 as Markgroeningen, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg, which was verified by GCRA; see their book for detail.

BehringerFN{Gottlieb}:  listed by the Bergdorf 1858 census (KS:667, 221) without origin. Origin in Neckarwestheim, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg was proven by the GCRA using FHL(1,184,925).  See the GCRA book for more details. 

BehringerFN:  Also see Beringer, Boehringe and Boehringer.

Beichel FN: said by the Galka FSL to be fromUC Werse, [Muenster Bishopric]:.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Gk16, Ho14.

Beichert?FN: said by the Leichtling FSL to be fromUC Miltenberg (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Baigerd.  According to the Buedingen ML this Beyger man married in 1766 a Klein woman, no origin given for either; other sources spell this name Bedyer (Mai&Marquardt#366).

BeideckVV (aka Baideck, Talovka, Talowka): a Lutheran colony founded in 1764 on the western side of the Volga river not far from Schilling.  To the best of my knowledge no copy of its First Settlers’ List has been found and published.  Anyone learning of such a document, please let us know immediately.

BeidenkopfFN: said by the Walter FSL to be fromUC Wildensee, Erbach County.

BeiderFN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be fromUC Heilbronn-am-Neckar.

BeienheimGL, [Nassau-Weilburg Principality]: was just 3 miles NE of Friedberg Imperial City, but according to both 1745 and 1789 maps, Beienheim was within a small chunk of the N-W Principality which was many miles from the main body of the Principality.  Beienheim is said by Richard McGregor to be home to the Major family that went to Grimm.

BeierFN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Zerbst (no locality mentioned).   Spelled Breyer in 1798 and his wife's maiden name is given as Staedt (Mai1798: Bx25).

BeierFN: said by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Rumbach.

BeierFN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be fromUC Wuerzburg (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Beyer.

BeierFN: the Herzog FSL says these step-children were living in a Dinkel household fromUC Mannheim, Kurpfalz.  Later spelled Beyer (Mai1798:Hr1,16, 18).

Beier{Anna Maria}FN: a widow said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Jena, [Altenburg Duchy].

Beier{Johann}FN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Goennheim.  Probably also spelled Beyer.

Beier(J.Heinrich} and {Maria}FN: said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to be fromUC Friedewald.  Spelled Beyer in 1773 (Mai1798:Mv2299 and Mv2300).

BeierFN: see also Beyer.

BeilFN: said by the Bangert FSL to be fromUC Homburg, Darmstadt.

Beil FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be fromUC Kueregiso?, [Kur-]Koeln.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Beil FN: said by the Hildmann FSL to be the maiden name of frau Mueller{Johann}.

BeilFN: also see Peil.

BeilmannFN: said by the Volmer FSL to be fromUC Krentznach, Kurpfalz.

Beilstein, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 8 miles SW of Heilbronn city, and was mistakenly said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#73) and KS:446 to have been homeUC  to the Siegle{Johannes} family.

BeinbergGL, Calw [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 3.5 miles NNW of Calw town, and said by KS:362 to be homeUC to Luz{Jacob} who was said to have goneUC to Kassel.

BeinsteinGL, Waiblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 1.5 miles SE of Waiblingen city, and proven by the GCRA using FHL(1,056,989) as the origin of Miller{G.Paul} who settled in Bergdorf, and of Medinger who settled in Glueckstal.

Beisel?FN: said by the Dreispitz FSL to be fromUC Sulzfeld, Oesterreich.  In 1798 the family name was also spelled Beisler (Mai1798:Dr16/03).

BeiselFN: also see Beisser.

BeisertFN: see Beussert.

Besigheim [Amt]GL, Wuerttemberg: is some 10 miles SSW of Heilbronn city, and was a District administrtive center.

BeisheimGL, Wertheim [Principality]: an unidentified place said by the Warenburg FSL to be homeUC to an Eisner family.  The only place in Wertheim lands that I can find which comes close to that is Berolzheim, some 19 miles due S of Wertheim city.

BeisheimerFN: see Bishammer.

BeislerFN: said by the 1798 Dreispitz censusL to be the maiden name of frau Klein (Mai1798:Dr33).

BeislerFN: also see Beisel.

Beisser?FN: said by the Dreispitz FSL to be fromUC Sulzfeld, Hellborn.  In 1798 the family name was spelled Beisel (Mai1798:Dr30,18).

BeitelFN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Gleiszellen?.  I could not find this man in the 1798 Volga censuses.

BeitnitzFN: see Beitniz.

BeitnizFN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Berlin.    Spelled Beitnitz in 1798 and the wife’s maiden name was given as Maier (Mai1798:Nm05).

BeitzFN: said by the Holstein FSL to be fromUC Ehringshausen, Darmstadt.

Beker’s KhutorVV: according to Teri Helzer, about 1828 a German colonist from Kamenka county named Becher/Baecker founded a hamlet, which was called Becker/Baeker/Bekker’s Khutor.  It was also known as Kuptsov/Kupzovo named for a Russian peasant who lived there.  In 1852, after the arrival of other colonists, the name was changed to Oberdorf.

Beki?FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Kutter FSL to be fromUC Pommern.

BekkerFN: see Beker.

Belaja Besha: see Belowescher Kolonien.

BelenskiFN: see Belensky.

Belerg?FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Romrod.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

BelgerFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be fromUC Koethen. The family name was spelled Berger and Belyer? in 1798 (Mai1798:Or48/Kd20).

BelingenGL, Kurpfalz: is some 20 miles NE of Trier city, and said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to a Wulf family.  This village in the 1760s surely was not in Kurpfalz but rather was in an area disputed by Kurtrier and Pfalz-Zweibruecken.

Beljakova-MillerRN, Vera: shared her information from the Warenberg FSL.

Belleme, Frankreich: is 22 miles ESE of Alencon, France, and said by the Franzosen FSL to be homeUC to a Ligene family.

BellerFN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC Koethen, Stolberg.

BellersdorfGL: an unidentified place said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Vogel family.  This probably was Bellersdorf, Nassau-Dillenburg, some 8 miles NNW of Wetzlar city.

BellheimGL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be homeUC to a Schiffelmeier family.  This probably was Bellheim, Kurpfalz, some 4 miles WSW of Germersheim town.

Bellingen?GL: an unidentified place said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be homeUC to a Leinen family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Luxembourg.  There are 4 Bellingens in Germany and Belgium, none on lands that were then Luxembourg that I can find.

Bellingen(?)GL, Mavetz(?): an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Siegel family.  There are several Bellingen in Germany and the low countries.

BellmannFN: said by the Keller FSL to be fromUC Kaltenborn, Kurpfalz.  For 1798 see (Mai1798:Nk50).

Belowescher Kolonien, Ukraine: these colonies province (Lutheran: Belaja Besha, Gorodok, Kaltchinowka, and Rundwiese, and Catholic: Grosser- and Kleiner-Werder), in Chernigow/Tschernigow were clustered some 9 miles SW of Bakhmach, Ukraine, 560 miles W of Saratov, and 600 miles S of St. Petersburg. Gwen Pritzgau says that in 1765-66, 147 familes started the six villages of the Belowesch settlement, one of the four or five non-Volga colony areas in 1765-67.  Their joint FSL, which was pointed out to me by Debbie Beick, was most recently published, as “Liste der ersten Kolnisten, die 1766 ueber Oranienbaum nach Belowesch kamen” along with an introduction, “Die ersten Ansiedler der Belowescher Kolonien im Gebiet Tschernigow”, by Igor Plewe in Heimatbuch der Deutschen aus Russland 1997/1998, Stuttgart.  The List is alphabetical.  The following shows the places of origin given, followed by the relevant family names in parens:

from Anspach: (Wunderlich);

from Berlin: (Zastro);

from Bernbaum: (Heine);

from Danzig: (Blank, Grischowsky, Makowsky, Naumann, Peters, Sperling, Stenzel, Tiebe, Wilhelm);

from Darmstadt: (Baumbach, Beckel, frau Bethke, Bruner/Brunner, Gutermut, widow Heck/Hess who becomes frau Grapowsky, Just, Krumm/Krum, Schaefer, Wenzel);

from Dingen: (Krell/Kroell, Weisner);

from Dresden: (Sander);

from Erbach: (Arnold, Bauer, Blank, Braun, Edel, Ellenbacher, Gorleben, Koenig, frau Krenter, Miller/Mueller and his widow who married Rech, Ramche/Range, Rech/Wergensrech, Sartisson, Stumpf, Wenrich);

from Erland(?): (Thierlein);

from Freiberg: (Hag/Haag, Hans, Hinkel, Horn became frau Wiesner/Weisner, Kral/Krahl, Kranz);

from Gelhausen: (Kreiter/Kreuter, Krenter, Krongant, Schaefer, Seifert);

from Gellhausen: (Hof);

from Hakatz(?): (Dresner);

from Hanau: (Donne becomes frau Hering, Franz, Hahn/Han/Hann, Hufnagel, Kister/Kuester, Schaefer, Schuetz, Ungelbach, Weber);

from Hannover: (Kramer became frau Hermann);

from Hessen: (Dell/Dehl?, Rossbach);

from Isenburg: (Bechtold, Brill/Prill, Dauerich, Daut, Dippel, Engel, Hahn/Han/Hann, Heinrich, Hermann, Hess, Hofmann/Hoffmann, Kaerchner, Reiswig, Rot/Rott, Schaefer, Schlegel, Seibel, Stab, Wenzel/Weizel, Wolf);

from Koenigsberg: (Gross/Grauss?, Kehlmann);

from Koeln: (Delp, Sauerwald);

from Landsberg: (Bethke/Bethge?);

from Lauterbach: (Rabbe/Raab/Raabe);

from Leipzig: (Strauch);

from Lothringen: (Bisbaum);

from Mainz: (Albert, Apfel, Bitner/Bittner, Dietrich, Haber, Herr/Hercher, Lautenschlaeger, frau Johann Schaefer, Schreiber, Siegfried, Trinz, Vogt, Wagner, Weiss, Wenzel, and possibly Ephraim);

from Marienburg: (Arndt, Arndt frau Sperling);

from Nassau: (Ehrenberg, Krieger/Krueger, Lukart, Oldenberger, Pimmel, Sehl/Sell);

from no origin given: (Bartholomaeus (frau Wolf), Foerster (frau Bormann), Fuhr (frau Reisch), Krieger (frau Oldenberger), Schreiber, Schroeder, widow Holt/Gold? (frau Windelmann));

from Oschatz: (Keil);

from Pfalz: (Berg, Buchmiller/Buchmueller, Markstaetter, Massold, Meiermann, Nordheimer, Schoellhorn, Ulrich, Webert);

from Polen: (Melchior);

from Pommern: (Rindgel/Rindel?);

from Preussen: (Winkelmann);

from Ressel: (Reisch/Reusch);

from Runau(?): (Weiwer/Wekwer/Weiler);

from Sachsen: (Adam, Glueckshorn, Helmeshausen, Hermann);

from Schanpin: (Marschall);

from Schoenberg: (Barmut/Bormut, Kauf, Resser);

from Schoenberg(?): (Miller/Mueller);

from Schwaben: (Braeuner/Breuner, Hering/Gehring/Goering?, Metzel, Ums);

from Solms: (Steger);

from Speyer: (Lobauer);

from Staden: (Nisk);

from Stollberg: (Weber);

from Trier: (Bumel/Bummel, Roehrich);

from Weber: (Guenther/Guenter);

from Weiher/Weier: (Grapowsky);

from Wetterau: (Hahn/Honn);

from Wuerttemberg: (Messer);

from Wuerzburg: (Helwig, Imgrant, Lecher/Leher/Laeher became frau Ungelbach, Retzel).

BeltershainGL: see Belterstein.

Belterstein(?)GL, Darmstadt: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be homeUC to an Opfer family.  This may be Beltershain some 11 miles ENE of Giessen, Hessen.

BeltzFN: This family name is not mentioned in the Kutter FSL, yet they were there.  The 1776 and 1798 Kutter censuses make clear that Roehrich had married a widow, (Christina Beltz) and that the children (Johannes and Barbara) listed in the Kutter FSL in the Roehrich household were Beltz step-children of Roehrich, the children of his wife.  Since no marriage is found for Roehrich in the Buedingen ML, the odds are good that his wife was also from (or from very near) the same place in Isenburg as Roehrich.

BeltzFN: also see Belz.

Belyer?FN: see Belger.

Belz?FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Zerbst (no locality mentioned).   Spelled Boelsch in 1798 and his wife's maiden name is given as Frank (Mai1798: Bx36, Mv319, Mn22).

BelzFN: said by the Laub FSL to be fromUC Hasselborn, Nassau.  In 1798 spelled Beltz and Betz (Mai1798:Wr76).

BelzFN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be fromUC Aungin?, Luxembourg. ).  In 1798 the family name was given as Benz (Mai1798:Mv1517, Bn41, Dl35).

BelzerGL, Darmstadt: an unidentified place said by the Dobrinka FSL to be homeUC to a Schenk family.

Belzig?FN: one frau Belzig? was said by the Enders FSL to be fromUC Durlach.

Belzig?FN: two families were said by the Enders FSL to be fromUC Schleswig-Holstein (no locality mentioned).  I could not find these families in the 1798 Volga censuses.

BelzigGL: aome 24.5 miles NE of Zerbst city, and said by the Kano FSL to be homeUC to a Paul{Andreas} family.  Kuhlberg said this was in the Zerbst [Principality], but although Paul may have gotten his travelling papers through Zerbst, Belzig itself seems always to have been part of Kursachsen, not part of Zerbst.

Bem/BoehmFN: said by the Leichtling FSL to be fromUC Hammelburg (no locality mentioned).

BemutzFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Bayreuth (no locality mentioned).

BendelFN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be fromUC Wuerttemberg (no locality mentioned).

BenderFN: said by one or both versions of the Balzer FSL to be from Duedelsheim, Isenburg-Buedingen [County].  Bonner proved this origin.

BenderFN:  listed by the Bergdorf 1816 census (#21 and #55), by 1816 Kassel census (#64), by 1858 Kassel census (#181, 182, 183), by Neudorf census #251 and by KS:222, all without origin.  Said by KS:221 to have been fromUC Chochsheim [sic for Gochsheim], Bruchsal [Amt] Baden.  The GCRA proved instead that this family moved (1781-1802) from Reinighof, near Rumbach, Pfalz, to Lembach, near Wingen, Elsass, and finally to Oberseebach, Elsass; they used FHL(193,135, and 717,155). Frau Hassauer{J.Jakob} and frau Ketterling of Kassel were of this family.  For more see the GCRA book.

BenderFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Rambach, Nassau.

BenderFN: said by the Galka FSL to be fromUC Isselbach, Kurmainz[?].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Gk65, Dr22.

BenderFN: said by the Hoelzel FSL to be fromUC Anspach (no locality mentioned).  In 1797 may have been spelled Beneder (Mai1798:Mv959)?

BenderFN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC Lich, Solms.

BenderFN: said by the Kratzke FSL to be fromUC Nauleis(?)/Nailos(?)GL, Wittenberg.

BenderFN: said by the Mariental FSL to be fromUC Hofheim, Wuerzburg. 

Bender FN: said by the Moor FSL to be fromUC Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned). In 1798 the wife’s maiden name was given as Boekebach and the Bender family name is rendered both Wonder and Wunder (Mai1798:Mo23,03,56).

Bender{Philipp FN: listed by both the 1858 Neudorf census (#251) and KS:222 with no origin. The GCRA found that he was the son of Bender{Martin} of Kassel.   Using FHL#717,155, the GCRA proved their origin in Lembach, Sulz [Amt], Elsass.  See the GCRA book for much more.

BenderFN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Weinheim, Kurpfalz.

BenderFN: this family name was found recorded in Kirburg marriage records 1762-1767, in Schotten parish records for many generations prior to 1767, and in Winterhausen marriage records 1760-1769; see Flegel trip.

BenderGL:an unidentified place that was home to a woman who married a Fischer man and settled in Bauer (Mai&Marquardt#1238).  It is possible that Bender as used here was a family name, not a place name.

BeneckeFN: said by the Bettinger FSL to be fromUC Lobbese.

BenederFN: see Bender.

BenedicktFN: said by the Laub FSL to be fromUC Vollerwiek?, Holstein.  In 1798 the family name was spelled Benedict and the wife’s maiden name was given as Breder (Mai1798:Wr104).

BenedictFN: see Benedickt and Benedikt.

BenediktFN: the Dinkel FSL says this step-son was living in a Arp household from Kilrastof(?), Holstein.  Also spelled Benedict.

BenediktFN: said by the Kano FSL to be a step-daughter in the Reischenberg household.  I could not find her in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Benerberger/BennerbergerFN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be fromUC Dinkelsbuehl/Denkelsbuehl.

Benetsham?GL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be homeUC to a Burghardt family.  There is a Benetsham that was in Kurbayern, some 24 miles NW of Salzburg, Austria.

BengelFN: said by the Balzer FSL to be from Isenburg (no locality indicated).  Bonner proved the birthplace of this Bingel man to be Wolf, Isenburg-Buedingen County.

BengelFN: said by the Stumpp supplement to the Dietel FSL to be fromUC Pfalz (no locality indicated).

BenglerFN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Laudenbach, Bergstrassen.

BenhardtFN: said by the Moor FSL to be fromUC Baden-Durlach (no locality mentioned).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

BenignusFN: said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#3, 25) and KS:222 to have come fromUC Rotenberg, Stuttgart [Amt], Wuerttemberg.   Using FHL#1,195,514, the GCRA proved origin in Rudersberg, Waiblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  See their book for much more.

BenndorfGL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be homeUC to a Fak? family.  There were at least 10 Benndorfs and Bendorfs in the Germanies.

BennerFN: said by the Grimm FSL to be fromUC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).

Benner FN said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be fromUC Bobenhausen, Lissberg.

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

BennerbergerFN, see Benerberger.

BenoitFN: said by the Franzosen FSL to be fromUC Leon, Frankreich.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

BensackFN said by the Roethling FSL to be fromUC Michelbach near Spessart, Hessen.

Benschelent?GL: an unidentified place said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be homeUC to a Hauptmann man.  Kuhlberg said this was in Dessau.

Bensel/BenzelFN said by the Kautz FSL to be fromUC Ensheim, Kurpfalz.

BenshausenGL: see Penshausen.

Bensheim-an-der-BergstrasseGL, Kurmainz: said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to a Lambert family.

BensheimGL see Bentzheim.

BentzFN: see Benz.

BentzheimGL on the Bergstrass: is now Bensheim 13 miles S of Darmstadt city.  Said by a Friedberg ML to be homeUC to the Sieber woman who in 1766 married the Henrich man who went to Keller (Mai&Marquardt#297).  Same as Bensheim-an-der-Bergstrasse.

BenzFN: left Nagold, Wuerttemberg for the Caucasus af