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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Bok

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

Boksweiler(?)GL, Hessen: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Kruecker family.

BolaenderFN: this orphan was said by the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to live with a Goetz family which the Pleve version says was fromUC Nidda and the Kromm version says was fromUC Eichelsdorf, Nidda.

BolaenderFN: said by KS:230 to have gone to Odessa city fromUC Erlenbach, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  Also spelled Bohlaender and Bollaender. Using FHL#193,838, the GCRA proved their origin in Erlenbach, Germersheim [Amt], Baden.  See their book for much more.

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

BolenderFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Hessen.  Also see Mai1798:Mv1931, Pb10.

BoletFN: see Polet.

BolgFN: see Bollich.

BoligFN: see Bollich.

Boll, Goeppingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 5 miles SE of Goeppingen city, and was said to be homeUC to the Hauser/Hausser family that was briefly in Kassel. 

BollaenderFN: see Bolaender.

BollenderFN: see Pelletier.

BollichFN: said by the Cheisol FSL to be fromUC Trier, no locality given.  In 1798 spelled Bolig (Mai1798:Ls28, 31, Gf35) and Bolg (Ls46).

BollingerFN: Curt Renz has found the church records for this Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia, family in Burgstall, Marbach Oberamt, Wuerttemberg.

BollingerFN: said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#49) and KS:231 to have come from Burgstall, Backnang [Amt], Wuerttemberg.   Using FHL#1,195,514, the GCRA proved this origin.  See their book for much more.

BoltzFN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be fromUC Baden-Durlach (no locality mentioned).

BomaraeGL, Lorraine: an unidentified place said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be homeUC to a Braueuning man that sent here as an 1812 prisoner of war (p.137).

BomersheimFN: see Pomersheim.

BommersheimGL, Kurmainz: is barely E of Oberrusel town, and said by the Dehler FSL to be homeUC to a Busch family.  Said by the Keller FSL to be homeUC to Schmidt{Johannes} and {Lorenz} families.  Said by the Preuss FSL to be home to Becker and Dulson families.

Bonagardt FN: see Bonegardt.

BonakerFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Bromskirchen.

BonakerFN:  in 1798 frau Ammenheuser’s maiden name was given as Bonaker (Mai1798:Pl36).

Bonbach(?)GL,was an unidentified locality which according to the Frank FSL was in the Sulz, Lobbach state or region and was homeUC to a Pfeif family.

BonbadenGL, [Solms-Braunfels County?]: is 1.5 miles SE of Braunfels town, and was said by the Caesarsfeld FSL to be homeUC to a Strack family.

Bondang?FN: see Bontemps.

Bondorf, Boeblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 14 miles SW of Boeblingen city, and said by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:659) to have been homeUC to the Hofmeister family.

BoneckerFN: said by the Bangert FSL to be fromUC Pulheim(?), Darmstadt.

BonegardtFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be fromUC Halle. .  The family name was in 1798 spelled both Bonagardt (Mai1798:Mv2188) and Bernhard (Mai1798:Ka60).

BonertFN: according to the Schlitz ML a Bonert woman from Russbach married a Maul man in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#749).  I have seen no evidence that either member of this couple survived the trip to Russia.

BonfeldGL, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 7 miles NW of Heilbronn city.   Using FHL#1,860,569 the GCRA proved this to be home to the Ehrmann family that settled in Kassel, as well as Hoffnungstal and Arcis, Bessarabia.

BoniFN: see Baini.

BonlandenGL, Esslingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is Bonlanden-auf-dem-Fildern, is 8 miles SW of Esslingen-am-Neckar, and using FHL(1,055,909) was proven by GCRA to be home to a Schlecht{Gottfried} who came to Glueckstal in 1817.  It might also have been home to Schlecht{Margaretha}. It was proven by the GCRA to be home to the Kron family that settled in Neudorf. See the GCRA book for more.

Bonlanden-auf-den-FildernGL, Stuttgart Oberamt, Wuerttemberg: is some 10 miles SSE of Stuttgart, Baden Wuerttemberg, and was home to a Wolfer family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa.

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

BonnGL, [Kurkoeln] is some 15 miles SE of Koeln city center. Said by the Kano FSL to be homeUC to a Reischenberg family that had a Benedikt step-daughter in the household.  Said by the Koehler FSL to be homeUC to a Weissheim family.  Said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be homeUC to a Schwed family. 

Bonner:  Wayne Bonner has proven origins of over 200 Volga colonists.  His research is published in his booklet Volga German Settlers Identified in Isenburg and Other German Church Records, Part I, 2007.  This great booklet is for sale and can be ordered via WHBonner@aol.com.  Most of his proofs are accompanied by extended detail about the settlers parents and children, as well as the exact sources of his proofs so that you can check them yourself.

BonnetFN: see Bohnet.

BontangFN: see Bontemps.

BontempsFN: said by the Brabander FSL to be fromUC Nansy, Lothringen.   Possibly pelled Bondang? in 1798 (Mai1798:Bn10).

BontempsFN: said by the Hoelzel FSL to be fromUC Windsdorf, Lothringen.    In 1788 (Mai1798:Mv932) spelled Bontang, in 1798 (Bn10) spelled Bondang, and in 1798 possibly Bundan (Sm17).

Bontraeger?FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Igersheim.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses, but it might have been Borntrager in Meinhard colony or Bontrag in Katharinenstadt (Mai1798:Mn01, Ka107).

BontragFN: see Bontraeger.

Bookschaft, Sinsheim Amt, Baden: is some 5.5 miles SE of Sinsheim city, and proved by Curt Renz as home to the Bier family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa.

BoosFN: said by the Kukkus FSL to be fromUC Albig, Kurpfalz.

Boos{Michael} FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be fromUC Wiesbaden, [Nassau-Usingen Principality].   Spelled Boes 1798 (Mai1798:Om15, 7?, 54, 62, Gf3?, 43?, Sh25, Sn40).

Bopp/PoppFN: Bonner proved this woman from Rohrbach was the wife of a Messinger who settled in Balzer.

BoppFN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC Dienheim.

BoppFN: also see Popp.

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

Bordeaux, Frankreich: said by the Franzosen FSL to be homeUC to Bertrand and Plesa families.  This was probably the big port in SE France, but there were a couple of smaller places in France so-named.

BordowskojeVV: the Russian name for BoaroVV.

BoregardVV: (aka Beauregard, Borgard, Bujerak and Buyerak) is a Lutheran/mixed German village founded in 1766 on the eastern side of the Volga.  Its  FSL is now published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.I, pp. 177-214.  According to this, the first settlers were from the following places {italics indicate information from the Kuhlberg list} with the family names shown here in parens.   Other spellings of family names, usually from later sources are in square brackets.  Verified origin information is in red.  The number after the family name is their FSL household number; numbers in the supplemental list have 100 added to them, so that supplemental #15 becomes #115:

from Alenkrinhausen?: (Lulea?168);

from Amersfoort: (Klass16);

from Arsalen?: (Gra?146);

from Aschaffenburg: (Ludwig142);

from Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Diethorn?124, Lill145, Seiler149, and possibly Koenig134);

from Bassenheim [Barony]: (Peterson135);

from Bautenstein?: (Heinemann122);

from Bayreuth [Margraviate]: (Ludwig2, Vogeler148);

from Bectolegaden? [Provosty]: (Schwiger147);

from Bernstein: (Gernieier?129 and possibly Mueller129);

from Bischofsheim: (Baumann{Franz}63);

from Bissersheim: (Becker174);

from Borg: (Hoffmann{Martin}157, and possibly Wagner157);

from Bourgogne: (Seibert65);

from Brachwitz: (Betther[Boettcher]40);

from Braustein?: (Riefer?61);

from Cappel, Holstein: (Paulson[Paulsen]163);

from Danzig [City-State]: (Mattern{Heinrich}26, Schoenkneckht25);

from Delchenburg?: (Kerner[Koerner]11);

from [Anhalt-]Dessau [Principality]: (Hohenfelser162);

from Eberfeld: (Martin165);

from Eichenbuehl: (Leifried?125);

from Enachenzerl?: (Mueller{Nicholas}58);

from England: (Otzen?179);

from Erinz?: (Goetz36);

from Erlach, Brandenburg: (Kofent160);

from Etalt?: (Elmknecht?132, and possibly Lenert?[Leinert]132);

from Fanhausen?: (Kunz[Kuntz]105);

from Frankfurt-am-Main [Imperial City]: (Schmidt{PhilippW.}32, Weber[Wever]48, and possibly Dietrich32 and Schuhmann48);

from Freihausen?: (Kunz[Kuntz]104);

from Fribourg: (Braun21);

from Friedewald, Hessen: (Hahn{Jacob}173, Mueller{Wilhelm}128 and possibly Jensen128);

from Fromhausen?, Holland: (Mueller{Just}20 and possibly Meinhart20);

from Fuerstenwerder, Prussia: (Koppel53);

from Fulda [Bishopric]: (Richter9 and possibly Dietrich9);

from Goettingen [Principality]: (Blun?50);

from Hadersleben?: (Helefeld?183);

from Hagengen?: (Luid?166);

from Haldorf, Hannover: (Carl172, Keil169);

from Hendendein?: (Meier34);

from Heneswart?: (Stecker?120, and possibly Bachmann120);

from Hengofen?: (Ruder?[Rueder]131);

from Hildburghausen?[Duchy]: (Franz118);

from Hoegen: (Uhl4);

from Holstein [Duchy]: (Monz[Mons]54);

from Holzheim: (Koenig{Jacob}15);

from Kaden, Darmstadt: (Schneider{Andreas}164);

from Kerebach?: (Heck?150);

from Kettwig: (Doenhof119);

from Kiel: (Luis182);

from Kirchhausen: (Maerz46);

from Klarenthal: (Arnold28, 31);

from Koenigsberg: (Hartmann{Just}108);

from Kornbach: (Ockel45);

from Kosswig: (Koch35);

from Kranzberg: (Heinrich64);

from Lanzenbach: (Hartmann{Philipp}102);

from Lauf: (Schneider{Christian} 133);

from Leer: (Leonhard[Leonhardt]102):

from Lohrkirchen?: (Schuch?114);

from Lydershausen: (Oper?171 and possibly Windemann171);

from Mannhausen: (Mueller{Michael});

from Marisfeld: (Jordan153);

from Massenheim: (Maass38, Sommer{David}43, and possibly Elscheidt and Jaeger38);

from Meckendorf: (Bleier?138);

from Mecklenburg [Duchy]:  (Mannenger101);

from Mecklenburg-Schwerin [Duchy]: (Jensen140,141);

from Mirnas?: (Zahn106);

from Mit-nachbars-zu-Elm: (Stoppel12);

from Muenster [Bshopric?]: (Kranefeld47);

from Nassau: (Rehl[Riel]58);

from Nassau-Usingen [Duchy]: (Gottkan?117);

from Neuhausen: (Mueller{Heinrich}24);

from Neunhof: (Engel{Heinrich}19);

from Nieheim: (Baumann{Friedrich}17 and possibly Zizel?17);

from Niel: (Texter?177);

from Nordhausen [Imperial City]: (Goettmann[Gettmann]23);

from Oberstein: (Hahn{Georg}103);

from Oberweld?, Sachsen: (Graf184);

from Oesterreich: (Schon33);

from Ondenbrun?: (Heidemann170);

from Orgus?, Danzig: (Mueller{GeorgJensen}130);

from Oschorburg?: (Edel67);

from Pfaffenheim: (Sommer{Heinrich});

from Pfaffenwiesbach?: (Anfang121);

from Plettenberg: (Schoeneberg158 and possibly Hirsch158);

from Portich?: (Biller?6);

from Potsdam: (Koenig{Christian}116);

from Preussen: (Ritzler[Retzler]18);

from Riomkin?, Danzig: (Christiansen180);

from [Anhalt-]Rosslau [Principality]: (Windecke?[Wiedecke]8);

from Rot: (Goebel115, Merkel?111, and possibly Schulz111);

from Rotterdam: (von der Giese3);

from Runsstein?: (Pretzel55);

from Rumbach: (Beier41);

from Rumstadt?: (Lieber[Liebert]56);

from Rurkirch?, Kumainz: (Mueller{Andreas}136 and perhaps Rot136);

from Sachsen-Gotha [Duchy]: (Risch1, and possibly Wolf1);

from Schabenheim?: (Wane124);

from Schellbach: (Wanser42);

from Schelm?, Brandenburg: (Bruckmann?159, and possibly Neuhaus?159);

from Scherstong?: (Menges?59);

from Schierstein: (Engel{Adam}13);

from Schlitz: (Bittner49);

from Schlitz, Darmstadt: (Reiling155);

from Schoenwald: (Herel144);

from Schwarz, Darmstadt: (Noll51);

from Schwelm?, (Hans?178);

from Schwelm, Brandenburg: (Duxberg156);

from Schwelm, Westfalen: (Kalstadt126, Kinzenbach?127);

from Semmerdinger?: (Wuerz127 and possibly Zeiser?137);

from Steinig?, Fulda: (Gottbegat?113, Meis112);

from Stitzenhein?: (Rau52);

from Stockholm, Schweden: (Bergstroem181);

from Stuerzhausen: (Borg?152, Naumann143);

from Tinich?: (Muench5);

from Unknown: (Hauchen37, Rihl[Riel]39);

from Unterweld: (Homann161);

from Vandelans, Frankreich: (Barbier[Barbie]185);

from Waizendorf: (Fras139);

from Wallroth?: (Staf?[Staff/Straf/Staab]60);

from Wambach: (Schambler?[ Schamber]30);

from Weener: (Dick109, Kremer[Kraemer]110,

from Weil: (Steigel123);

from Weissbach: (Mennike44);

from Welzigdorf?, Hessen: (Korn151);

from Werve: (Hirsch66);

from Westerburg: (Fricke7);

from Westhausen: (Rausch14 and possibly Wendebach[Weitebach]14);

from Weisbaden: (Mattern{Wilhelm}27);

from Wittenrot?: (Wurst62);

from Witzenheim: (Auze176);

from Wnikat?: (Neumann10);

from Wuerzburg: (Schmidt{Caspar}29);

from Zaberetenheim?: (Frank22);

from Zoller?: (Hoffmann167).

BorelFN: see Borell.

BorellFN: said by Stumpp version of the Balzer FSL to be fromUC Baden-Baden, Baden, and by the Pleve version to be from Baden-Durlach.  The family name in the 1765 Luebeck (St. Peter’s Lutheran) was Porell [Mai&Marquart#11], but was Borell in the Balzer 1798 census (#108).  Said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Erlangen (no locality mentioned).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.  The Wohrd ML says this Borel man of Erlang married a Huebner woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#774).

Borg?FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Stuerzhausen.

BorgFN: said by the1798 Neidermonjou census to be the maiden name of frau Mueller{Martin}.

BorgGL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be homeUC to the Hoffmann{Martin} family and possibly a Wagner family.  There are at least 10 Borgs in the Germanies: 5 in Sweden, 1 in Denmark, 2 in Lower Saxony, 1 in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and 1 in Saarland.

BorgFN: listed by both the 1858 Neudorf census (#239) and KS:231 with no origin.  The GCRA thinks this widow’s name may actually have been Sorg.

BorgardVV: a alternate spelling for BoregardVV.

Borgatfeld?GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Mesing family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Darmstadt.

BorgerFN: said by the Holstein FSL to be fromUC Raibach, Darmstadt.

BorgerFN: said by the Roethling FSL to be fromUC Sendelbach, Lohr-am-Main, Wuerzburg, Bavaria.

Borgmenbus?FN: said  (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Riedesel.  I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

BorkGL: an unidentified place said by the Galka FSL to be homeUC to a Spring family.  There are at least 2 Borks in Germany.

BormFN {Peter}: said by the Rosenort FSL to be fromUC Damfeld, Marienburg Amt.

Borm FN {Peter}: said by the Rosenort FSL to be fromUC Uchnitz/Usnitz, Stuhm Amt.

BormutFN: said Barmut.

BornGL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to Gerke? and Millner families. Said by the Simon family (Warenburg colony) chart to be homeUC to a Lehman family.  There were at least 10 Borns in the Germanies.

Borneman FN: see Bornemann.

BornemannFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be fromUC Braunschweig (no locality mentioned The family name was spelled Borneman and perhaps Bornomar? in 1798 (Mai1798:Mv2196 and Or42?).

BorngraeberFN:  listed as having arrived in 1812 in the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:659) but without origin.

BornheimGL, Kurpfalz: an unidentified place said by the Kautz FSL to be the homeUC of a Reiber family.  There are three places with this name in the Pfalz: one is some 18 miles SW of Mainz; one is some 39 more miles SSE; and the least likely is some 77 miles NW of Mainz.  Or this might be the same place as the next entry.

BornheimGL, Landau [Amt], Pfalz: is 2 miles NE of Landau-in-der-Pfalz, and was said by the 1816 Kassel census (#14 & 47) and by KS:321 to be homeUC to the Junker/Junkert family.

Bornheim, Offenbach [Amt], Hesse: is now a neighborhood on the eastern side of the Frankfurt-am-Main city centre, and said by KS:245 to be homeUC  to the Diehl{Schauer{ Johannes}/ Schauer /Theobald} family that settled in Neudorf.

Bornomar? FN: see Bornemann.

BorntragerFN: see Bontraeger.

Borodino BV, Bessarabia: a German village founded about 1814.  For an extensive exploration of its people (as well as that of nearby Periojany Chutor) and their origins, go to Judy A. Remmick-Hubert’s great site: http://www.remmick.org/Borodino.Bess.Genealogy/index.html.

BorrelFN: see Borell.

BorschdrechFN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Trebtow(?).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

BorschetFN: see Bermet.

BorsteterFN: listed by both the 1816 Kassel census (#102) and KS:231 without origin.  See the GCRA book for a bit more.  Also spelled Borstetter.

BorstetterFN: see Borsteter.

Borstorf?GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Musch? family.

Bortdorf?FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Berlin.  I could not find this man in the 1798 censuses.

BortiFN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be a step-daughter of Herr Spahn{Nicolaus}.  I could not find her in the 1798 Volga censuses.

BoschFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Amsterdam, Holland.

BoscheFN: listed in the 1858 Kassel census (KS:698) as well as in KS:231 with an incorrect origin, and proved by the GCRA to be from Hefersweiler, Niederkirchen [parish], Kusel [Oberamt], Rheinpfalz.  Also spelled Boscheeand Boshe.

BoscheeFN: see Bosche.

BosheFN: see Bosche.

BosselFN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be fromUC Anhalt-Zerbst (no location mentioned).

BossertFN: said by the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL to be fromUC Karlsruhe, Baden-Tuchan.

Bostel/Postel?FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Gernhausen(?), Kurmainz(?).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

BosterFN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Nuernberg.  According to a Luebeck ML this man married a Klein woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#61).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

BoteFN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be Grossenhain?.  I could not find this man in the 1798 censuses.

Botersinks?GL, Blumenfeld: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to a Wind family.  Might this have been Podrasnitz, now Podraznice, Czech Republic, some 45 miles W of Praha?

BothFN: said by the Mueller FSL to be fromUC Langen.  In 1798 this family name is rendered Bott, and the wife's maiden name is given as Wolf (Mai1798: Ml08).

BothFN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC [Hessen-]Darmstadt. I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

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

BototzkiFN: the 1798 Husaren census gives Herr Gitor’s wife's maiden name as Bototzki (Mai1798: Hn24).

BottFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Gruenberg, Hessen.

BottFN: said by the Kraft FSL to be fromUC Steinau-an-der-Strasse(?), Hanau.  According to a Luebeck ML this Bott man married a Schwab woman (no origin given) in a Reformed church in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#1196).

BottFN: see Both and Butt.

BottFN: also see Patt and Pott.

BottmingenGL, Basel[-Land Kanton], Schweisz: is some 2.5 miles SW of Basel city, and was proven by GCRA to be home to the Jundt family that went to Glueckstal.  See the GCRA book for more details.

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

BoullionFN: said by the Brabander FSL to be fromUC Lackot?, Dafin?.    Spelled Bullion in 1798 (Mai1798:Bn22).

Bouillon, Frankreich: an unidentified place said by the Husaren FSL to be homeUC to a Dorbau/Durbak/Durban family.  There were several places of this name in France; none of them that I can find at all close to the German states.

BourFN: three families said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Hessen.  Later spelled Bauer (Mai1798:Nr104, 128?).

BourFN: two families said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Bauer and one wife’s maiden name was given as Weber and the other as Krohl (Mai1798:Nr55, 70).

Bourget, Frankreich: an unidentified place said by the Franzosen FSL to be homeUC to a Robin family.  There are at least 3 places in France with this name.

BourgogneGL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be homeUC to the Seibert family.  Bourgogne/Burgandy was a French province, and there are 2 cities of this name in Belgium 1 in Champagne, and 1 in Lorraine.

BovueFN: said by the Goebel FSL to be fromUC Walbourg(?), Frankreich.

BoxbergGL, Rhineland-Palatinate: is some 32 miles WSW of Koblenz city.

Boxberg OberamtGL, Kurpfalz: the district that included Boxberg and the villages under its jurisdiction was said by the Anton FSL to be home to a Wasserer family.

BoxerFN: said by the Bangert FSL to be fromUC Hasselborn, Nassau-Usingen.

BoxhornFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be orphan boys in the Balzer and Frank households.

BoxlerFN: said by the Mariental FSL to be fromUC Kirchberg, Schwaben. 

Boyneburg BaronyGS: of the Fraenkischen Ritterkreis.  Now spelled Berneburg and located some 35 miles NNE of Fulda city.

BozenhardtFN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Caesarsfeld FSL to be fromUC Ulm, with two Hunt step-children in the household.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Boznowice, Oesterreich: said by the Husaren FSL to be homeUC to a Lebrecht family.  There is a Boznowice, Poland, 170 miles NNE of Vienna.

BraFN: a woman said by the Buedingen ML to have married in 1766 a Schroeder man; by 1767 this couple was in Grimm; Stumpp [mistakenly?] says she was a Grain (Mai&Marquardt#455).  The Grimm 1798 census (Mai1798: Gm144) says she was a Pea, so most likely Bra is a misprint for Bea!

BrabandGL, Frankreich: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Remsar family.  There are three small Brabant villages in the Lorraine, N, W and SW of Verdun.

BrabandGS: said by the Preuss FSL to be home to a Greder? family.  This probably refers to the Duchy of Braband/Brabant now in Belgium (main cities were Lovain, Brussels, and Antwerp), then under Austrian rule.

BrabanderFN: said by the Brabander FSL to be fromUC Andreanopol.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Dl19.

BrabanderVV: (aka Audincourt, Kasitzkoje, Kasitzkaya, Kaziskaja, and Kozickaja) is a Catholic German village founded in 1767 on the eastern side of the Volga.  The Brabander  FSL is now published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol. I, pp. 215-242.  According to this, the first settlers were from the following places, italics indicate information from the Kuhlberg list, with the family names shown here in parens. Other spellings of family names, usually from later sources are in square brackets.  Jones{Adam} indicates that there were more than one Jones family listed in the FSL, and the given name of this one was Adam.  Verified origin information is in red.  The number after the family name is their FSL household number:

from Aepfelborn?, Lothringen: (Spaniol114);

from Altoberndorf, Schwaben: (Russmann[Rosmann]115);

from Andreanopol, [Russia]: (Brabander01);

from Anhalt-Zerbst [Principality]: (Eltz93, and possibly Neuberger93a);

from Appelbrun?, Hanau: (Waechter112);

from Arlon, Luxembourg: (Kraemer37);

from Aulendorf, Bayern: (Fischer125);

from Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Minterlein101, Stark132);

from Barpach?, Fetzburg?: (Mader27 and possibly Stieber27a);

from Bassenheim [Barony]: (Mueller107);

from Befort, Luxembourg [Duchy]: (Bartel53, Redel[Riedel]98, and probably Roething53a);

from Belingen, Kurpfalz: (Wulf7);

from Bensheim-an-der-Bergstrasse, Kurmainz: (Lambert18);

from Berleburg, [Kur-]Koeln: (Freude20);

from Berlin: (Sendelbeck{J.Adam}96);

from Berlingen, Kurmainz: (Volmer19);

from Bernkastel, [Kur-]Trier: (Helske81);

from Biberach, Schwaben: (Feck68);

from Biedesheim, Kurmainz: (Werner34);

from Bobingen, Augsburg [Bishopric], Schwaben: (Pobinger[Bobinger]110);

from Botersinks?, Blumenfeld: (Wind39);

from Branzel?, [Kur-]Sachsen: (Lang64);

from Buberg?, Elsass: (Franz77);

from Burbach, [Kur-]Trier: (Sturn[Sturm]95, and possibly Sonntag95a);

from Burgau, Bayern [Duchy]: (Breidel?116);

from Burghausen, Wuerzburg [Bishopric]: (Werd?[Wett]3);

from Busendorf, [Kur-]Bayern: Herel127);

from Camberg, [Kur-]Trier: (Hirsch13);

from Carcassonne, Languedoc, Frankreich: (Pischki65);

from Consdorf?, Luxembourg [Duchy]:(Braun{Johannes}55);

from Dorfheim, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Lemp131);

from Elbing, Polen: (Herzer128);

from Elbruck?, Wachtenberg?: (Fackenbusch73);

from Erbach, Kurmainz: (Schlager[Schlaeger]61);

from Eschenbach, [Kur-]Bayern: (Schmalz[Schmelzer/Schmalzel]104);

from Estrig?, Kurmainz: (Meringer[Mehringer]12);

from Felzig, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Goetz108);

from Foudenbach?, Provinz Utrecht: (Schlegel48);

from Fuchsstadt, Wuerzburg [Bishopric]:  (Weiss130);

from Genkingen, Siekingen: (Herrlein33);

from Germersberg?, Freiburg: (Monschau[Monshau]62, and possibly Gerhard62a);

from Grossenlueder, Fulda [Bishopric]: (Trutschel[Trutchel?]84);

from Gut Berun, Nassau: (Sommer{Conrad}17);

from Hainzell, Fulda [Bishopric]: (Homman[Goman]23, Schneider4);

from Halle, [Kur-]Brandenburg: (Horn86);

from Haufofen?, Oberesterhof?[sic for Hohenzollern Principality]: (Gertenberg?51);

from Helmsbach?, Kurpfalz: (Schmelzinger16);

from Hitzhofen?, Hanzzoler?: (Dom25);

from Ichenhausen, Wuerzburg [Bishopric]:  (Hesse[Geke,Hecke?]70);

from Iderstuf?, [Kur-]Trier: (Mai[May]83);

from Indling?, Wuerzburg [Bishopric]:  (Schmidt{J.Adam}8);

from Innsburg, Tirol [County] (Schep122);

from Kalefalz, [Kur-]Trier: (Fritz63);

from Kaltenborn, [Kur-]Koeln: (Klein14);

from Kalzhof?, Bupaterpronsk?: (Eberhardt{J.Daniel}28);

from Kecklingen?, Kurpfalz: (Muellecker{Peter}43, {Johannes}45, and possibly Op[Apts] 43a);

from Kenzingen?, Britzgau?, Ungarn: (Huck58);

from Kestenhof?: (Weber{Peter}102);

from Kleinfeld, Kleve: (Keytmann[Keitman]67);

from Kleingoettingen?, Jonville?, Frankreich: (Zimmer91 and possibly Braun{Katharina}91b and  Eberhardt {Johannes}91a);

from Koenigshofen, Nassau[-Usingen Principality]: (Mertz21);

from Kortheim?, Wuerzburg [Bishopric]: (Stahl{G.Michael}79);

from Krastdorf?, Luxembourg: (Blei[Blein]80);

from Kueregiso?, [Kur-]Koeln: (Beil22);

from Kunzdorf?, Luxembourg: (Weber{Peter}57);

from Lackot?, Dafin?, [Frankreich]: (Boullion[Bullion]71);

from Lambsheim, Kurpfalz: (Seitz15);

from Langendorf, Wuerzburg [Bishopric]: (Glitsch118);

from Languedoc, Frankreich: (Obert{Renard}41, {Georg}42);

from Laplen?, Dofen?, Frankreich: (Chavalier?38);

from Leinberg, Kurpfalz: (Jaudel[Jandel]90);

from Leissnitz, [Kur-]Sachsen: (Kaesner[Kasner]75);

from Ludwigsburg, Wuerttemberg [Duchy]: (Demm[Dim?/Dumm]103);

from Luxembourg [Duchy]:  (Konrad{Adam}120, Marusch87);

from Medernach, Luxembourg [Duchy]:  (Burhoven[Burghofen?]133);

from Medernas, Luxembourg [Duchy]: Damplon[Tomplon?]50);

from Michelsrombach, Fulda [Bishopric]: Lehning5);

from Milisin?, Boehmen: (Sommer{Andreas}134);

from Mirten?, Lothringen: (Schmidt{Christian}26);

from Mittelstadt, Wuerttemberg [Duchy]: Palter31);

from Muenster, Kurmainz: (Ganzwich30);

from Nansy, Lothringen: (Bontemps[Bondang?]40);

from Neuburg, Kurpfalz: (Bauer126);

from Neukirchen, Luxembourg [