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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Ber

 

Ber: see Baer.

BeratzFN: said by the Goebel FSL to be fromUC Weisenau(?), Kurmainz.

BerberichFN: see Barberich.

BerboeGL, Polen: an unidentified place said by the Fischer FSL to be homeUC to a Kepp? family.

BerchingGL, Hanau County: confirmed as Bergen, Hanau; according to the Frank FSL was homeUC to a Hock family.  This origin has been confirmed, see Hock.

Berchtesgaden Princely ProvostyGL: a small state including several villages S of Salzburg city; see Bectolegaden.

BerehtFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Grasbrun, Ansbach.

BerenFN: see Berin.

Berenbach, Kurmainz: is 29 miles WSW of Koblenz city and surely was in Kurkoeln, not Kurmainz.  Said by the Dehler FSL to be homeUC to a Glasony family.

BerendFN: said by the Moor FSL to be fromUC Brandenburg (no locality mentioned) and the wife’s maiden name was given as Stien. The family name was spelled Brendt in 1798 (Mai1798:Mv1779,Mo35).

Berend?GS: an unidentified state.  See Karich.

Berer?FN: said (no locality mentioned) by  Kuhlberg to be fromUC Ungarn.  Spelled Baehr in 1798 (Mai1798:Bn77).

BerettFN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Degott FSL to be fromUC Schwtzingen?, Mannheim [Oberamt, Kurpfalz].  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

BergFN: said by one or both versions of the Balzer FSL to be fromUC Hessen-Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).

BergFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC the Pfalz (no locality mentioned).

BergFN: said by the Bettinger FSL to be fromUC Schel[ch]erchen(?), Sachsen.

BergFN: according to a Luebeck ML this woman married a Sorgenfrey man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Boaro (Mai&Marquardt#214).

BergFN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Silkerode.  Spelled Berg in 1798 (Mai1798: Bx43).

BergFN: said by the Galka FSL to be fromUC Carcassonne[Frankreich].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Gk5.

BergFN: the GCRA found evidence that this man who went to Kassel in about 1818 and again in about 1827 was the bornUC in MeskauGL, Prussia[n Farther Pomerania.  See their book for detail.

BergFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Baerenbach.

BergFN: said by the Seewald FSL to be fromUC Lampertheim, Worms.

Berg [Duchy]GS: this large duchy lay along the E bank of the Rhein and occupied the lower Ruhr and lower Sieg river valleys as well as the valleys of the Wupper and Agger rivers.  Said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Steininger family and possibly a Mueller family.

BergdorfBV: a German Lutheran village founded in the Glueckstal district of the Odessa region in 1808/09.  Its 1816 and 1858 censuses are recorded in KS:658-669, with related entries scattered through pages 204-497. Much more information, including verification of origin, regarding these families can be found in the GCRA book The Glueckstalers in New Russia and North America and its accompanying CD-ROM – research led  by Margaret Freeman and Gwen Prizkau, and edited by Thomas Stangl.  Names in square brackets following family names are alternate, often later, versions of that name.  The numbers following the family names are the household numbers as they appear in the censuses (Revision Lists) as reported by KS: 

from Abstatt, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Schock150);

from Adolzfurt, Oehringen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Zirp/Zuern160);

from Affalterbach, Backnang [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Burr124, 125, Faber aka widow Burr124);

from Aidlingen, Boeblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Doefflinger37);

from Althengstett, Calw [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Kramer121);

from Auenheim, Bischweiler [Amt], Elsass: (Zimmerling2, 62);

from Bahnbruecken, Bruchal [Amt], Baden: (Laemmle26, 28);

from Beinstein, Waiblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Miller{G.Paul}8);

from Bergfelden, Sulz [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Henger66, 114);

from Bieselsberg, Calw [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Schmid(t){Johann Gottlieb}61, 112);

from Bietigheim, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Maeule122, 125);

from Birlenbach, Sulz [Amt], Elsass: (Haas8, 63);

from Bissingen, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Scheufele132, 136);

from Bodelshausen, Tuebingen [Amt]. Wuerttemberg: (Staiger41);

from Bondorf, Boeblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Hofmeister9);

from Breitenberg, Calw [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Schneible119);

from Breuningsweiler, Waiblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Haegele);

from Buetten, Mackweiler, Zabern [Amt], Elsass: (All/Ahl180, 181);

from Buttenhausen, Boettingen, Muensingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Rauscher17);

from Cresbach, Freudenstadt [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Sturm16);

from Dettingen, Nuertingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Huber45);

from Deutschbach, Reichau, Galicia: (Merkel50);

from Doernach, Tuebingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Schenk140);

from Doerrenbach, Bergzabern [Amt], Pfalz: (Hey58, Faut/Fauth7);

from Duerrenwaldstetten, Sulz [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Stein{Christian}29);

from Eberspiel, Calw [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Schnuerle139);

from Ehrbardorf, Posen, Preussen: (Mattwich1780;

from Ehrstaedt, Sinsheim [Amt], Baden: (Lauer115);

from Entringen, Tuebingen [Amt], Werttemberg: (Schaefer{G.Fried.}71, Stickelmaier146, Weiss145);

from Enzweihingen, Vaihingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Schuler{Jacob Gottlieb}182);

from Erdmannhausen, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Haegele126, Jenner127);

from Fellbach, Waiblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Aldinger30, Deile27, Hofmeister9);

from Forchtenburg, Oehringen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Braun171);

from Freudenstein, Maulbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Goehring162);

from Gaechingen, Urach [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Meier{Jacob}5;

from Glatz, Preussisch Schlesien: (Reuter/Reutter{Peter}142);

from Goeppingen, Goeppingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Ekler10, Stieb10);

from Graben, Karlsruhe [Amt], Baden: (Braun171);

from Groembach, Suedpreussen: (Stein{Johann Martin}29);

from Gross-Bottwar, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Kurrle133);

from Grossingersheim, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Aiperschbach[Aipersbach/Aipperspach]154, Grill121, Hettich131);

from Grossliebental: (Schuler{Gottlieb}182);

from Gross-Polen: (Luetzow40);

from Gross-Sachsenheim, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Grieshaber167);

from Gueglingen, Brackenheim [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Esser/Jesser170);

from Gutenberg, Kirchheim [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Fischer{Michael, Anna Maria}10,44);

from Haitersbach, Nagold [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Goetz{Johann Georg}14, 68);

from Hausen ob Verona, Tuttlingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Zink30, 65);

from Hilsbach, Suedpreussen: (Stein{Johann Martin};

from Igelsloch, Calw [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Bertsch116);

from Ingolsheim, Sulz [Amt], Elsass: (Alexander1, Herr1);

from Kaelberbronn, Freudenstadt [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Weisert/Weissert11, 59);

from Kallenberg, Backnang [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Rau{Johann Friedrich}25);

from Kaltenbach: (Rau25);

from Kaltental, Stuttgart [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Kurrle133, Rall149);

from Kaltenwesten, Heilbronn[Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Arnold158, Behringer[Beringer]157, Frank155, Gnang/Ganje157, Mueller(Christian Friedrich}159, Rieker[Riecker]{Johannes}156;

from Kandel, Germersheim [Amt], Pfalz: (Clemens54);

from Keffenach, Weissenburg [Amt], Elsass: (Kauz/Kautz14);

from Kirchentellinsfurt, Tuebingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Nagel49);

from Kleeburg, Weissenburg [Amt], Elsass: (Haller51);

from Klein Ingersheim: (Klein{Fried.}122, Messner120);

from Kleinniedesheim, Worms [Amt], Pfalz: (Merkel50);

from Kuernbach, Bretten [Amt], Baden: (Siffermann{Johannes}56);

from Leidringen, Balingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Hollweger117);

from Lembach, Sulz [Amt], Elsass: (Bender22, 55);

from Leonberg, Stuttgart [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Siffermann{Lorenz Jr}56);

from Leonbronn, Brackenheim [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Fischer{Karl F}161);

from Ludwigsburg, Wuerttemberg: (Meier{Karl Friedrich}5);

from Luisenfeld, Polen: (Faas{Jacob Jr}60);

from Mackweiler, Zabern [Amt], Elsass: (Hofmann{Philipp}22);

from Markgroeningen, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Wixler{Christian Heinrich}137);

from Markowitz, Krzepien [Amt], Suedpreussen: (Dollinger{Gottlieb}69);

from Meisenheim, Bad Kreuznach, Pfalz: (Amann[Aman/Amman]{Philipp}15, {Heinrich}169);

from Mittellbergheim, Barr [Amt], Strasbourg [Oberamt], Elsass: Siffermann{Lorenz Sr}56);

from Moehringen, Stuttgart [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Grieb39);

from Moenschweiler, Villingen [Amt], Baden: (Flaig36, Vosler21);

from Moessingen, Tuebingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Schmid(Dionysius’ sons)129, 143);

from Moetzingen, Boeblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Kussmaul57, 151);

from Muehlhausen, Vaihingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Bauer{Friedericka} aka frau Teske179, Rapp138);

from Murrhardt, Backnang [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Dietrich46);

from Musberg, Boeblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Stebler118);

from Neckarwesthiem [formerly Kaltenwesten], Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Arnold158, Behringer[Beringer]157, Frank155, Gnang/Ganje157, Laitenberger159, Mueller(Christian Friedrich}159, Rieker[Riecker]{Johannes}156);

from Neidlingen, Nuertingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Doeffinger37);

from Nellingsheim, Rottenburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Hermann{Jacob}19);

from Neudingen, Oehningen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Eberle152);

from Neuenstein, Oehringen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Dietz102, Fischer{Georg M}101, 130);

from Neuhausen, Tuttlingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Lang{Danizel}120);

from Neusatz, Neuenburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Pfeifer61, Wacker35);

from Nieder-Floersheim, Worms [Amt], Pfalz: (Obenauer{Johann Philipp} aka Fischer{Gottlieb}47, 99);

from Oberbrueden, Backnang [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Trefz177);

from Oberjessingen, Herrenberg [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Roll32);

from Oberseebach, Sulz [Amt], Elsass: (Bender{Michael}55, 105, Rindel52);

from Oetisheim, Vaihingen [Amt}, Wuerttemberg: (Rudolf{Christian}72);

from Ostrowiec, Galicia: (Merkel{Johann Jacob, Georg});

from Pfalzengrafenweiler, Freudenstadt [Amt]. Wuerttemberg: (Rath34);

from Pfrondorf, Tuebingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Redenbach36);

from Pleidelsheim, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Grill121, Hafner{Jakob}166);

from Preussisch Schlesien: (Roessler/Ressler33);

from Radzivilov, Russia [Ukraine]: (Amann{Aman/Amman}(Heinrich)169);

from Reilingen, Mannheim, Baden: (Spielmann24, and possibly Bedorf24);

from Reinighof, Rumbach, Pfalz: (Bender{Eva}55);

from Remmingsheim, Rottenburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Kaz aka frau Kussmaul57);

from Riederich, Urach [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Manhalter164);

from Rott, Sulz [Amt], Elsass: (Alexander{Johannes}1);

from Rountzenheim, Roppenheim parish, Bischweiller [Amt], Elsass: (Wolf{Matthias/Friedrich}172;

from Rumbach, Pfalz: (Bender{Johann Georg Sr}55);

from Sabawa, Josefow, Galicia: (Merkel{Johann Georg}50);

from Scheppach, Waldbach Parish, Oehringen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Hoffmann {Mattias}15, Knorr165, Steigmann133);

from Schwieberdingen, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Wikeler137);

from Sessenheim, Bischweiler [Amt], Elsass: (Metzger{Christian}4, Nass3, Wolf{Matthias/Friedrich}172);

from Sigmarswangen, Sulz [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Leicht{Johann Jacob Sr}13);

from Smolin, Reichau, Galicia: (Miller{Joseph}23;

from Spital (Schoengrund), Hohensalza [Amt], Posen: (Leicht{Jacob Friedrich}13, {Johann Georg?}12);

from Spoeck, Karlsruhe [Amt], Baden; (Kroll31);

from Stuttgart, Wuerttemberg: (Kabel43);

from Trossingen, Tuttlingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Spek/Speck20);

from Trusseje, Preussen: (Kaercher50);

from Tuebingen, Wuerttemberg: (Wittich168);

from Tuttlingen, Tuttlingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Haux26, 64);

from Undingen, Reutlingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Gugel/Hugel125);

from Unknown: (Bart/Barth18, Borngraeber15, Dollinger69, Faas110, Faut/Fauth7, Geigle38, Jockel42, Klipfel53, Luetzow40, Reis4, Riker70, Schmid{Johann}61, Spitzer110);

from Vaihingen [auf den Fildern], Stuttgart (Amt), Wuerttemberg: (Elsaesser163);

from Waldbach, Scheppach Parish, Wuerttemberg: (Steigmann133);

from Warsaw: (Faas60);

from Weinsberg, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Wolf{Elias}148);

from Weisweil, Emendingen [Amt], Baden: (Klipfel53);

from Woessingen, Karlsruhe [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Hauf2, Huft48);

from Zaisenhausen, Sinsheim [Amt], Baden: (Hertle44, 67);

from Zavelstein, Valw [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Bertsch116).

from Zickwerder, Wirsitz parish, Posen Department, Preussen: (Rudolph72);

from Zweibruecken, Pfalz: (Wittich{Philipp Jakob}168);

BergeFN: said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to be fromUC Kuechen-bei-Walkdappel, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate].  For 1769 see Mai1798:Mv2283.

BergelFN: of Erlangen, Bayreuth: see Weigel of Herzog.

BergemFN: see Bernard.

BergenGL: said by the Holstein FSL to be homeUC to a Kuxhausen family.  This may be Bergen, Lower Saxony, some 30 miles NE of Hannover city.

BergenGL, Hanau County: was just to the NE of old Frankfurt-am-Main, now incorporated into Frankfurt as part of the Bergen-Enkheim neighborhood in northeastern Frankfurt.  See Berching.

BergerFN:  the Grimm FSL says a widowed Berger mother-in-law was living with a young Schott couple who had come from Mehlis(?).  In the 1798 census, Schott’s wife’s maiden name is given as Becker.

BergerFN: said by the Kukkus FSL to be fromUC Dierdorf, Nassau.

BergerFN: said by the Leichtling FSL to be fromUC Bilertann(?), Swabia (no locality mentioned).

BergerFN: said by the Mariental FSL to be fromUC Ueberlingen. 

BergerFN: said by the Messer 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Hargenhein (Mai1798:Ms4)

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

BergerFN: said by a Luebeck ML to have married a Heilmann man in 1766 (Mai&Marquazrdt#146).  See Heilmann of Orlovskaya.

Berger FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Artburg.

BergerFN: said by the Schuck FSL to be fromUC Ladonerbach(?), Kurpfalz.

BergerFN: also see Belger.

BergeritzFN: said by the Koehler FSL to be fromUC Salmuenster.  I could not find this family name in the 1798 censuses.

BergetFN: a Luebeck ML say she married a Scheller man in 1766; by latter in 1766 this couple was in Doenhof (Mai&Marquardt#526).

BergfeldeGL, Czenstochau Amt, Suedpreussen: later called Hochberg and Hoberg.  The Weisert family that went to Berdorf was here for a time.  The GCRA said this was near Gorzeinia and they also associated the Bross, Dollinger, and Kirschmann families with this place.  See their book for details.

BergfeldenGL, Horb [Amt], Wuerttemberg: said, evidently mistakenly, by the 1816 Glueckstal census to be homeUC to the Heinzelmann family.  Was proven by the GCRA to be home to the Hauser family that settled in Neudorf.

BergfeldenGL, Sulz [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 3 miles ESE of Sulz-am-Neckar, and was proven by the GCRA to be home to the Henger family which went to Bergdorf; see their book for more details.  This apparently is the same place as the previous entry.

BerghausenGL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Podt? family.  There were at least 19 Berghausen in the Germanies.

BerghausenGL, [Solms-]Braunfels [Principality]: is some 5 N of Braunfels city, and said by the Kukkus FSL to be homeUC to Becker and Isheim families.

BerghausenGL, Graefenstein Amt: is Berghausen, Solms-Braunfels.

BergheimGL, Hanau: see Hekeberkhental.

BergholzFN: this stepson was said by the Boaro FSL to be living in a Seifert family that was fromUC Stondorf(?).  Spelled Bergholz in 1798 (Mai1798: Mn28). Berglengenbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, see Burglengenfeld.

Bergisch GladbachGL,  Berg Duchy: is some 7.5 miles ENE of downtown Koeln city.

BergmanFN: see also Bergmann.

BergmannFN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Falun, Schweden.  Spelled Bergman in 1798 (Mai1798: Dr35).

BergmannFN: said by the Galka FSL to be fromUC Elmenhorst?.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

BergmannFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Bruecken? With Heinrich stepdaughters living next door.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

BergstrasseGL seems to be an area south of Darmstadt in the NE edge of the Odenwald.

BergstroemFN: said by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Stockholm, Schweden.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

BergzabernGL: until 1797 this was a Kreis or district administrative center for the Pfalz-Zweibruechen Duchy. 

BergzabernGL, Pfalz[Zweibruecken]: now known as Bad Berzabern, Rhineland-Palatinate is some 18 miles WNW of Karlsruhe, Baden-Wuerttemberg and some some 5 miles NNE of Wissembourg city.  It was a District (Amt) administrative center.

BergzabernGL, [Pfalz-]Zweibruecken: said by the Graf FSL to be homeUC to a Remus family.  This is the same place as the preceding entry.

BerinFN: said by the Goebel FSL to be fromUC Liega.  Later spelled Beren (Mai1798:Gb23).

BeringerFN: see Behringer.

BeriojanyBV: see Periojany.

BeriojanzBV: see Periojany.

BeriojohnBV: see Periojany.

BeriozhounBV: see Periojany.

BerkenstockFN: frau Berkenstock was said by the Enders FSL to be fromUC Krakau, Polen.

BerkenstockFN: said by the Enders FSL to be fromUC Stockholm, Schweden. I cannot find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

BerkenstockFN: said by the Schuck FSL to be fromUC Lauterburg, France.  Later spelled Birkenstock.

BerkerFN: said by the Jost FSL to be an orphanliving in the Jost household.

BerklerFN: see Bakler.

BerkircherFN: listed in the 1858 Kassel census (KS:698) and using FHL#1,184,780-1 was proven by the GCRA to be from Hausen-an-der-Zaber, Brackenheim [Amt], Wuerttemberg. Also spelled Boerkirchert.  See their book for detail.

BerkirchertFN: see Berkircher.

BerkusFN: said by the Goebel FSL to be fromUC Kage(?), Oesterreich.

BerlatzFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Liege.

BerleburgGL, [Kur-]Koeln: an unidentified place, said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to a Freude family. The only Berleburg I can find was then not in Kurkoeln, but in Wittgenstein-Berelburg County. This county lay on the southern edge of Westfalen Duchy which did belong to Kurkoeln.  This place is now Bad Berleburg some 20 miles NE of Siegen city.

BerlinGL: Said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be homeUC to a Zastro family.  Said by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to a Kisauer? family. Said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to a Sendelbeck{J.Adam} family.  Said by the Dietel FSL to be homeUC to a David family.  Said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be homeUC to a Kreibel man who came here later than the first settlers (p.137). Said by the Jost FSL to be homeUC Arnhold, Koch, and possibly Ries? families. Said by the Kano FSL to be homeUC to a Thaumann? family.  Said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to Schaumburg, Schulz, Viehrath, and possibly Steiner families.  Said by the Kraft FSL to be homeUC to a Lautahl family. Said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to Beitniz, Bert?, Bortdorf?, and Ulitz? families.  Said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Burmeister family. Said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to Blank, Michelis, and Mont families.  In the 1760s, the city of Berlin was in the Mittelmark portion of the Prussian state of Brandenburg.

BerlinGL, Brandenburg: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be homeUC to a Schintwelt? family.  Said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to Dubois, and Luhm families.

BerlinGL, Mittelmark: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to frau Schwertz.

BerlinGL, Preussen: said by the Kamenka FSL to be homeUC to a Streitenberger family.  Said by the Kautz FSL to be the homeUC of a Lehm/Lem family.  Said by the Kratzke FSL to be homeUC to a Burgardt family.  Said by the Merkel FSL to be homeUC to a Wegelin family.

BerlingenGL, Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to a Volmer family.  There were Berlingens but none that I could find in Kurmainz lands.

BerlingerFN: according to the Buedingen ML a Berlinger woman (origin not given) married in 1766 a le Grand man; the couple later went to Kamenka. Stumpp gives her birth date as 7 March 1729 (Mai&Marquardt#452).

Berlt?GL, Darmstadt: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Hahn family.

BermannFN: both the 1816 Kassel census (#29) said this family came Busenbach, Karlsruhe [Amt], Baden.  KS:223 and 392 listed them with no origin.  Using FHL#1,258,007 item 1, the GCRA proved their origin in Muehlhofen, Bergzabern [Amt], Rheinpfalz.     Also spelled Permann, Perman, and Perrmann.

BermbachGL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be homeUC to an Ehrlich{J.Georg} family.  There were at least 4 Bermbachs and 5 Bernbachs in the Germanies.

Bermel, [Kurmainz]: is 22 miles WSW of Koblenz city and was said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be homeUC to a Wendemann/Wiedemann family and possibly to their Dreher/Trerin step-children.  Kuhlberg said this was in [Kur-]Mainz.

BermersheimGL, see Bommersheim

Bermet FN: listed by both the 1816 Kassel census (#76) and KS:223 without origin. Also spelled Perchert and Borschet.  See the GCRA book for more.

BernFN: see Berns.

Bern?GL:  is an unidentified place (said by Kuhlberg to be in Hanau [County]) said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to a Merz family

Bern/BrenGL: an unidentified place said by the Kratzke FSL to be homeUC to a Steinkuhl family.  It might be Bern, Switzerland, but there are other possibilities.

BernGL, Schweiz: is some 59 miles SW of Zuerich city, and said by the Enders FSL to be homeUC to a Kraus family.

BernardFN: said by the Hoelzel FSL to be fromUC Remeling?, Luxembourg.   Spelled Bergem in 1797 and 1798 (Mai1798:Hz29 and Mv955).

BernarticeGL, Boehmen: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Frachtel family.  There were several such place names in the Sudetenland; references to their parish registers can be found by entering Pernartitz, Sudetenland in google.

BernbaumGL: an unidentified place said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be homeUC to a Heine family.

BernburgGL, Anhalt-Bernburg: is 23 miles SSE of Magdeburg city.

BernburgGL, [Hessen-Darmstadt?]:  an unidentified place said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to homeUC to a Reis, and possibly to a Bock family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Hessen.  There is a Bernsburg 6 miles NW of Alsfeld town, which would then have been in Hessen-Darmstadt Margraviate.

Berneburg?GS: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Grasshof family.  This may have been the Boyneburg [now spelled Berneburg] Barony of the Fraenkischen Ritterkreis, or it may have been Bernburg, short for the Anhalt-Bernburg Principality.

Berngards(?)GL, Fulda: said by the Rothammel FSL to be homeUC to a Degenhardt family.  This surely is Bernhards which is 3.6 miles NNE of Fulda.