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Bok

 

Bokris^FN: 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 home^UC to a Kruecker family.

Bolaender^FN: this orphan was said by the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to live with a Goetz family which the Pleve version says was from^UC Nidda and the Kromm version says was from^UC Eichelsdorf, Nidda.

Bolaender^FN: said by KS:230 to have gone to Odessa city from^UC 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.

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

Bolender^FN: see Bollender.

Bolet^FN: see Polet.

Bolg^FN: see Bollich.

Bolgert^FN{Balthasar}:  said by the Reinhard FSL to be from^UC Hornbach, [Pfalz-]Zweibruecken [Duchy].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Rh23. 

Bolgert^FN{J.Heinrich,Johann,Balthasar}:  step-children of Herr Wolf who were said by the Reinhard FSL to be from^UC [Pfalz-] Zweibruecken [Duchy].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Rh9 and 21.

Bolig^FN: see Bollich.

Bolk^FN: the widow of this man (he died on the way to Russia) was said by the Schaefer FSL to be from^UC Bernburg, [Anhalt-Bernburg Duchy], a Sachsen [Duchy].

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

Bollaender^FN: see Bolaender.

Bollender^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be an orphaned son of Philipp Bollender living in the Albrecht household; Kuhlberg said he was from^UC Erbach.  Spelled Bolender in 1788 and 1798 (Mai1798:Mv1931, Pb10).

Bollender^FN: also see Pelletier.

Bollich^FN: said by the Cheisol FSL to be from^UC Trier, no locality given.  In 1798 spelled Bolig (Mai1798:Ls28, 31, Gf35) and Bolg (Ls46).

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

Bollinger^FN: 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.

Bollinger^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Schaefer FSL to be from^UC Heilbronn [Imperial City].  For 1787 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2516 and Ka123.

Boltz^FN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be from^UC Baden-Durlach (no locality mentioned).

Boltz{Katharina}^FN: this widow  is listed as leaving Rosenheim in 1788 (Mv2456) but I cannot find her family in any FSL.

Boltz^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Nierstein, Kurpfalz.  I could not find them in Mai1798.

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

Bomersheim^FN: see Pomersheim.

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

Bonagardt ^FN: see Bonegardt.

Bonaker^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Bromskirchen.

Bonaker^FN:  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 home^UC to a Pfeif family.

Bonbaden^GL, [Solms-Braunfels County?]: is 1.5 miles SE of Braunfels town, and was said by the Caesarsfeld FSL to be home^UC 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 home^UC to the Hofmeister family.

Bonecker^FN: said by the Bangert FSL to be from^UC Pulheim(?), Darmstadt.  This family not found in the 1798 Volga censuses indexes.

Bonegardt^FN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be from^UC Halle. .  The family name was in 1798 spelled both Bonagardt (Mai1798:Mv2188) and Bernhard (Mai1798:Ka60).

Bonenschal{Friedrich}^FN: I could not find him in any FSL, but in a daughter was  said to be in Urbach in 1797 (Mai1798:Mv2913) and in Niedermonjou in 1798 (Nm61).

Bonert^FN: 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.

Bonfeld^GL, 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.

Bonger^FN: see Bangert.

Boni^FN: see Baini and Pona.

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

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

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

Bonnet^FN: see Bohnet.

Bontang^FN: see Bontemps.

Bontemps^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Nansy, Lothringen.   Possibly pelled Bondang? in 1798 (Mai1798:Bn10).

Bontemps^FN: said by the Hoelzel FSL to be from^UC 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 from^UC Igersheim.  Spelled Bontreger in 1798 (Mai1798:Mn01).

Bontreger^FN: 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.

Boos^FN: said by the Kukkus FSL to be from^UC Albig, Kurpfalz.

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

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

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

Bopp^FN: said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be from^UC Atip?   Spelled Popp in 1798 (Mai1798:St47).

Bopp^FN: also see Popp.

Boquere^FN: said by the Franzosen FSL to be from^UC Banne, Frankreich.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Borat? ^FN:  said by the Reinhard FSL to be from^UC Mecklenburg-Schwerin [Duchy]. I could not find them in Mai1798.

Bordeaux, Frankreich: said by the Franzosen FSL to be home^UC 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.

Bordowskoje^VV: the Russian name for Boaro^VV.

Boregard^VV: (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 Ru…nsstein?: (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).

Borel^FN: see Borell.

Borell{Georg}, {Jacob}^FN: said by the Balzer FSL to be from^UC Baden-Durlach [Margraviate].  The family name in the 1765 Luebeck ML (St. Peter’s Lutheran) was Porell when {Georg} married a Steiner woman [Mai&Marquart#11], but was Borell in the Balzer 1798 census (Mai1798:Bz108) as well as in 1792 (Mv75). 

Borell^FN:This widower was said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Erlangen (no locality mentioned); he probably died prior to the 1798 Volga censuses.  The Wohrd ML says this Borel man of Erlang married a Huebner woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#774). In the FSL step-daughter Elizabeth age 12 was not given a family name.

Borg?^FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Stuerzhausen.

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

Borg^GL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC 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.

Borg^FN: 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.

Borg, Mecklenburg[-Schwerin Duchy]: said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be home^UC to the Ecksu? family, and  possibly tostep-son Bartel{Johann}.

Borgard^VV: a alternate spelling for Boregard^VV.

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

Borger^FN: said by the Holstein FSL to be from^UC Raibach, Darmstadt.

Borger^FN: said by the Roethling FSL to be from^UC Sendelbach, Lohr-am-Main, Wuerzburg, Bavaria.

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

Bork^FN: see Burg.

Bork^GL: an unidentified place said by the Galka FSL to be home^UC to a Spring family.  There are at least 2 Borks in Germany.

Borm^FN {Peter}: said by the Rosenort FSL to be from^UC Damfeld, Marienburg Amt.

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

Bormut^FN: said Barmut.

Born^FN: see Baron.

Born^GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to Gerke? and Millner families. Said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to Lehmann{Heinrich}.  There were at least 10 Borns in the Germanies; one of these was in Nassau-Usingen Principality near other Warenburg origins 17 km NW of Wiesbaden city.

Born, Sachsen[sic?]: an unidentified place said  by the Schaefer FSL to be home^UC to an Appel family.  I could find no Born that was then in any Sachsen country.

Borneman^FN: see Bornemann.

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

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

Bornheim^GL, Kurpfalz: an unidentified place said by the Kautz FSL to be the home^UC 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.

Bornheim^GL, 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 home^UC 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 home^UC  to the Diehl{Schauer{ Johannes}/ Schauer /Theobald} family that settled in Neudorf.

Bornn^FN: see Baron.

Bornomar? ^FN: see Bornemann.

Borntrager^FN: 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.

Borrel^FN: see Borell.

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

Borschet^FN: see Bermet.

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

Borstetter^FN: see Borsteter.

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

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

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

Bosch^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Amsterdam, Holland.

Bosch^FN: also see Boss.

Bosche^FN: said by the 1798 Balzer census to be the maiden name of frau Hoffmann{Valentin} (Mai1798:Bz49).

Bosche^FN: 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.

Boschee^FN: see Bosche.

Boshe^FN: see Bosche.

Bosler ^FN: said by the Straub FSL to be from^UC Lichtenberg, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate].  I did not find them or any descendants in Mai1798.

Boss^FN: said by a Luebeck ML to be the maiden name of the woman who married a Schaaff man in 1766, both said to be born^UC in the Riedesel [Barony] (Mai&Marquardt#209).  The 1798 Stephan census spelled this Bosch (Mai1798:Sp22).

Bossel^FN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be from^UC Anhalt-Zerbst (no location mentioned).

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

Bossert^FN: said by the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL to be from^UC Karlsruhe, Baden-Tuchan.

Bostel/Postel?^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Gernhausen(?), Kurmainz(?).  I could not find this couple in the 1798 Volga censuses; they probably had died.

Boster^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Nuernberg. This man married a Klein woman in 1766 in Luebeck (Mai&Marquardt#61).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Bote^FN: 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 home^UC to a Wind family.  Might this have been Podrasnitz, now Podraznice, Czech Republic, some 45 miles W of Praha?

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

Both^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC [Hessen-]Darmstadt. I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

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

Bothfeld ^GL, Hannover [i.e.Kurbraunschweig]: is now a northern section or suburb of Hannover city and was said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to a Mueller{J.Heinrich} and perhaps to a Grossmann family.

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

Bott^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from Gruenberg, Hessen[-Darmstadt Landgraviate].  Using FN1195960 Bill Pickelhaupt has proven this origin for this line back to the 1640s.

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

Bott^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Hessen (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Bott in 1798 (Mai1798:Nr132, Bd79, Wt48) and Bad in both 1792 and 1798 (Mv1967 and Wt157).

Bott: this woman married in Buedingen in 1766 a Becker man (Mai&Marquardt#517); by 1767 this couple was in Stephan.

Bott^FN: said by the Urbach FSL to be from^UC Steffin, Brandenburg[sic?].  I could not find them in Mai1798. 

Bott^FN: also see Bad, Batt, Bopp, Both, Butt, Patt and Pott.

Bottmingen^GL, 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.

Bougie^FN: said by the Franzosen FSL to be from^UC Vilercotrie?, Frankreich.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Boullion^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Lackot?, Dafin?.    Spelled Bullion in 1798 (Mai1798:Bn22).

Bouillon, Frankreich: an unidentified place said by the Husaren FSL to be home^UC 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.

Bour^FN: three families said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Hessen.  Later spelled Bauer (Mai1798:Nr104, 128?).

Bour^FN: two families said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC 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 home^UC to a Robin family.  There are at least 3 places in France with this name.

Bourgogne^GL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC 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.

Bovue^FN: said by the Goebel FSL to be from^UC Walbourg(?), Frankreich.

Boxberg^GL, Rhineland-Palatinate: is some 32 miles WSW of Koblenz city.

Boxberg Oberamt^GL, 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.

Boxer^FN: said by the Bangert FSL to be from^UC Hasselborn, Nassau-Usingen.  This family not found in  Mai1798es.

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

Boxler^FN: said by the Mariental FSL to be from^UC Kirchberg, Schwaben. 

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

Bozenhardt^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Caesarsfeld FSL to be from^UC 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 home^UC to a Lebrecht family.  There is a Boznowice, Poland, 170 miles NNE of Vienna.

Bra^FN: 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!

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

Braband^GS: 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.

Brabander^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Andreanopol.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Dl19.

Brabander^VV: (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, [Kur-]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, [Kur-]Bayern: (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 [Duchy]: (Kieffer[Kiefer]129);

from Nidlingen, Wuerzburg [Bishopric]: (Neubert[Neibert]99);

from Niegerschweld?, Wuerzburg [Bishopric]: (Stahl{Margaretha}109);

from Oberdiebach?, Kurmainz: (Schmidt{Christoph}94);

from Oberndorf, Oberentrecht?: (Brandecker46);

from Oberstadt, Schwaben: (Rach32);

from Oberunstadt?, [Kur-]Bayern: (Retenmeier[Roetenmeier?]35);

from Obraurangel, Luxembourg [Duchy]: (Dossier56);

from Oelsberg?, [Kur-]Trier: (Dornhof106);

from Palwes?, [Kur-]Koeln: (Baumeister82);

from Paris, Frankreich: (Lombar89);

from Petting, Schwaben: (Mathres105);

from Polen: (Drewalski135);

from Posen, Polen: (Schmidt{Simon}36);

from Regensburg, [Imperial City or Imperial Abbey]: (Lobinger?97, and possibly Scheitwahl97a);

from Reit, [Kur-]Bayern: (Spitzwieser[Spitzwiese]76);

from Relinbach?, Lothringen: (Masson[Mason]49);

from Rimelshein?, Kurmainz: (Rehaeser60);

from Romebschreit?, Boehmen: (Boehm[Behm]85);

from Roth, Maltes?, Wuerzburg [Bishopric]: (Philipp123);

from Sanflet?, Uwern?: (Gimbald66);

from Schet?, [Kur-]Trier: (Glaeser44);

from Schluesselfeld, Wuerzburg [Bishopric]: Dentler59);

from Schmierlach?, Oberelz?: (Paschau9);

from Sigmarigen?, Oberesterhof?[Hohenzollern Principality]: (Stalldecker[Stahldecker]52);

from Strassburg, Elsass: (Mezieres72);

from Stroumbach?, Wuerzburg [Bishopric]: (Kern2);

from Theisau, [Kur-]Bayern: (Sendelbeck[Sendelbach){Maria}113);

from Tiegen?, Lothringen: (Bock121);

from Trochtelfingen, Fuerstenberg? [Principality], Schwaben: (Meier74);

from Ulm, Schwaben: (Pemsel6);

from Unidentified: (Berer?[Baehr]92a, Koreka?20a, Stieber27a);

from Urach, Wuerrtemberg [Duchy]: (Altersroh111);

from Urbach, Kurmainz: (Gossmann124);

from Venedig, [Italia]: (Adamo10);

from Vitry, Champagne, [Frankreich]: (Widiu?29);

from Weidach, Ulm [Imperial City], Schwaben: (Ott92, and possibly Berer92a;

from Wermen, Lothringen: (Heckenbinder47);

from Wickenberg?, Ungarn: (Schreiber54);

from Windorf, [Kur-]Bayern: (Haas24 and possibly Kaster24a);

from Wintelz?, Nassau: (Meiser[Messler?]117);

from Wirges, [Kur-]Trier: (Haber{Johannes}11, {Anna Maria}119);

from Wisinheim?, Romenburg?: (Schmidt{Anton}88);

from Zahlendorf?, Bamberg [Bishopric]: Jung78);

from Zinling?, Kurmainz: (Proslius[Brozius]100);

from Zirndorf, Wuerzburg [Bishopric]: (Konrad{Jacob}69).

Brabant-Bon^GS: said by some version of the Norka FSL to be home^UC to a Korbun/Kornborn family.  The Buedingen ML says this Carbon man from^UC Holland married a Reinheimer widow from^UC Hhaag in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#472).  See Braband.

Brach^FN: listed in the Pobochnaya FSL so may have been from Darmstadt state.

Brachenmacher^FN: see Brechenmacher.

Bracht^FN: said by the Keller FSL to be from^UC Bruchhausen, Kurpfalz, with Richelhof orphan boys in the household.  I could not find the Bracht family in the 1798 Volga censuses. 

Brachwitz^GL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to the Betther family.  There is a Brachwitz in Brandenburg and one in Sachsen-Anhalt.

Brack^FN: he was  in Schaefer in 1798 (Mai1798:Sf32) but I could not find him in any published FSL.

Bracken^FN: see von Bracken.

Brackenheim^GL, Baden-Wuerttemberg: also see Backenheim.

Brackenheim, Brackenheim [Amt], Wuerttemberg: proved by the GCRA to be home to the Doebele/Doebble and Liedle families that settled in Glueckstal, and to be home to the Strehle/Strahle/Straile family that settled in Kassel.

Brackenheim, Heilbronn or Brackenheim [Amt], Wuerttemberg: it was proven by the GCRA to be home to the Minderlen and Rainer/Reiner families that settled in Kassel.

Brackenheim^GL, Neckar, Wuerttemberg: is some 6 miles ENE of Weiler-an-der-Zaber. and may have been the Oberamt covering Weiler.  See next entry.

Brackenheim Oberamt^GL: the district centered on the town of Brackenheim and which in 1766 included the villages of Kelingartach and Schwaigern.  Brackenheim town is some 7 miles WSW of Heilbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg.   Also see Leonbronn.

Brackenheim^GL, Heilbronn Oberamt, Wuerttemberg: is some 7 miles SW of Heilbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and was home to a Seebold family that settled in Hoffnungstal leaving home in 1829.  Said by KS:369 to be home^UC to a Mayer{?} family that went to Kassel; but GCRA could find no record of any such family in Kassel at any time.

Bradern?^GL, Ansbach: said by the Laub FSL to be home^UC to a Dauer family.  The only Bradern that I can find is 54 miles E of Salzburg in Austria far from Ansbach territories.

Braefred^FN: this family name was found recorded in 1700s Berstadt parish records; see Flegel trip.

Braeuner/Breuner^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Schwaben (no locality mentioned).

Braeuning^FN: said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be from^UC Bomarae, Lorraine, sent here as an 1812 prisoner of war (p.137).

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

Braeutigam^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Schmale, Sachsen with a Maurer wife from^UC Nuernberg.  A Woehrd ML says that this man of^UC Schmella-bei-Altenburg, Saxony married a Mauer woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquart#834).  Later spelled Brautigam (Mai1798:Mv1171).

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

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

Brahm^FN: see Pfeifner of Mueller.

Brahm^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Asfeld.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bt05.

Braila, Tuerkei: nka Braila, Romania, until 1829 it was governed by Turkey, sitting on the Danube River 83 miles W of the mouth of the Danube at the Black Sea.  Said by the Husaren FSL to be home^UC to a Bralian family.

Bralian^FN: said by the Husaren FSL to be from^UC Braila, Tuerkei.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Braistingen^GL: an unidentified place associated by the GCRA with the Lippert family 1764-1796.  I wonder if this could have been Baisingen 5.5 miles NE of Horb-am-Neckar, Wuerttemberg?

Brakin?, Wuerttemberg [Duchy]: an unidentified place said by the Rosenheim FSL to be home^UC to a Merle? family.

Braman(?), Wuerttemberg [Duchy]: an unidentified place said by the Reinwald FSL to be home^UC to the Holzwarth{Michael} family.

Brand{Sebastian}^FN: this family was listed by KS:232 as going to^UC Kassel, but the GCRA found that it never went to Kassel.  See their book for detail.

Brand{Gottfried and Johann}^GL: listed by the 1816 Kassel census (#89) and said by KS:232 to have come from^UC Neukirchen, Mosbach [Amt], Baden, but the GRCA believes Stumpp confused families, and that these two brothers came from^UC Posen [Province], Prussia, possibly via Bessarabia.  See their book for details.  Also spelled Brandt and Brind.

Brandau^FN: see Brando and Brantau

Brandau, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: is 17 km SSE of Darmstadt city centre and was said by the Straub FSL to be home^UC to a Keil family.

Brandecker^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Oberndorf, Oberentrecht?.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Brandenburg^GS: in the 1760’s Kurbrandenburg stretched from west of the Elbe river, up along the Baltic coast E into what is now Lithuania, and its Princes were Kings of Prussia.  Said by the Grimm FSL to be home^UC (no locality mentioned) to Ehrlich and Heide families.  Said by the Huck FSL to be home^UC to a Stellmann family; in addition, a Schmidt step-daughter was living the Stellmanns and may have been from Brandenburg too. Said (no locaility mentioned) by the Jost FSL to be home^UC to Mueller and Stier families.  Said by the Kamenka FSL to be home^UC to an Augustus family.  Said (no locality given) by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to Gisou, Schreiber, and Schuetz families.  Said by the Merkel FSL to be home^UC to a Lohmann family. Said by the Messer FSL to be home^UC to Baecker, Brauer, Focht, Masch, Rady, Stando?, Stenzel, and possibly Schmidt families. Said (no locality mentioned) by the Moor FSL to be home^UC to a Berend family.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to Barth, Enster, Guenter, Krone, and Otto families.  Said by the Urbach FSL to be home^UC  to the Rehfeld family.In 1806-08 Brandenburg was occupied by the French; after 1808 Brandenburg was a Prussian Province.

Brandenburg-Bayreuth Margraviate^GS: see Bayreuth.

Brandendorf ^GS:  an unidentified country.

Brandenstein^GS: was a small barony that may have consisted of no more than the castle and four villages (Elm, Gundhelm, Hutten, and Oberkalbach).  The barony was created in part to provide military protection for the monastery at Schluechtern.

Branik?, (Boehmen?): is now a neighborhood on the S side of Prague city and was said by the Seelmann FSL to be home^UC to an Obisker family.

Brandis^GL: said by the Shcherbakovka FSL to be home^UC to the  Gans family.  I found two Brandis, both  then in Kursachsen: one 14 km E of Leipzig city centre, and one 36 km ESE Wittenberg.

Brandner^FN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:673, 677, 232) to be from^UC Sulz, Horb [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  However, the GCRA based on FHL(1,189,472) believes that the family probably originated^UC in Langensteinbach, Karlsruhe [Amt], Baden and that they first went to Franzfeld, Banat, Hungary, on their way to Glueckstal.  See their book for more information.

Brando?^FN{J.Christopher}: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Rothenburg (no other locality mentioned).  This might be Brandau, but I could not find him under either spelling  in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Brando?^FN{Johann}: according to the Boaro FSL he was an orphan living with a Zose? family that  was from^UC Silkerode.  This might be Brandau, but I could not find him under either spelling  in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Brandt?^FN: a widow (neither married nor maiden name was given) was said by the Louis FSL to be from^UC Kirchberg, Baden-Durlach.  She might be the Brandt widow who moved away from Louis (Mai1798:Mv1565).

Brandt^FN: said by the Schaefer FSL to be from^UC Buedingen.  I could not find any of them in Mai1798.

Brandt^FN: also see Brand and Brant.

Branfels^GS: an unidentified place said by the Volmer FSL to be home to a Becker family.  This probably is Braunfels.

Branfelzer^GS: said by the Norka FSL to be home^UC to a Backer family.  This surely is Solms-Branunfels.

Brankenloch(?)^GL, Durlach: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be home^UC to a Hueber family.  Probably Blankenloch, Baden-Wuerttemberg some 7 miles NE of Karlsruhe.

Branzwon?^GS: probably Braunsweig Duchy.

Brant ^FN: said by the Enders FSL to be from^UC Kengi?, Holstein with a Kelchner step-son in the household. . The family name in 1798 was spelled Brandt (Mai1798:En17,27,35).

Brant^FN: frau Brant was said by the Enders FSL to be from^UC Wernburg, Neustaedt[er Kreis, Kursachsen] and a Kelchner step-son, likely her son, was also living in the Brant household.

Brant^FN: said by the Graf FSL to be from^UC Heilbronn.  Later spelled Brandt (Mai1798:Gf3, 28).

Brant^FN said by the Huck FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  According to the Buedingen ML the wife’s maiden name was Brueckner and the groom was a Brandt; no place of origin is given for either the bride or groom (Mai&Marquardt#555).

Brant^FN: Said by the Kraft FSL to be from^UC Rothenbergen(?), Isenburg.

Brant/Brandt^FN: said by the Merkel FSL to be from^UC Schlyagenzet(?), Denmark.

Brant^FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be from^UC Netlangen?.  The Pleve book said this was later spelled Brandt.

Brant^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Isenburg. 

Brant ^FN: said by the Susannental FSL to be from^UC Lingfurt, Wuerzburg [Bishopric].  Spelled Brandt in 1767 (T4805).

Brant^FN: also see Brandt.

Brantau^FN: said by the Moor FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned). The family name was spelled Barthuly in 1798 (Mai1798:Mo50).

Branzel?^GL, Sachsen: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to a Lang family.

Bratislava^GL, Slovakia, see Pressburg.

Bratzel^FN: see Brozel.

Brauch ^FN: said by the1798 Norka census to be the maiden name of frau Heiser.

Brauchbacher^FN{Jacob}:  said by the Dietel FSL to be from^UC Oslog(?), Kurpfalz.  Spelled Bruchbach in 1798 (Mai1798:Dt30).

Brauchbacher^FN{Wendel}:  said by the Dietel FSL to be from^UC Oslog(?), Kurpfalz.  Spelled Bruchbach in 1798 when the wife’s maiden name is given as Esler (Mai1798:Dt35).

Brauer^FN: said by the Messer FSL to be from^UC Brandenburg (no locality mentioned).

Brauer^FN: according to the Messer FSL he was the step-son living in the Meng household.

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

Braun^FN:  listed by the Bergdorf 1858 census (KS:668, 233) without origin.  Emigration from Forchtenberg, Wuerttemberg, with an earlier origin in Graben, Baden, was proven by GCRA using FHL(1,240,210 and 1,238,310).  See their book for more details.

Braun^FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Fribourg.

Braun^FN{Johannes}: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Consdorf?, Luxembourg.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bn22.

Braun^FN{Katharina}: said by the Brabander FSL to be an orphan girl in the Zimmer family household. For 1798 see Mai1798:Bn16.

Braun^FN: said by the Franzosen FSL to be from^UC Oesterreich (no locality mentioned).  For 1796 see Mai1798:Fz4, 10, 34.  The 1834 census said at least part of the family had moved away to Degott and Husaren.

Braun^FN: said by the Grimm FSL to be from^UC Gerz.

Braun^FN: said by the Grimm FSL to be from^UC Wehrda.

Braun^FN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be from^UC Aschaffenburg.  According to the Buedingen ML this man married a Rein woman (origin not given) in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#440).

Braun^FN: these orphans were said by the Laub FSL to live in the Weber household.

Braun{G.Friedrich}^FN: said by the Moor FSL to be from^UC Baden-Durlach (no locality mentioned).  In 1798 the wife’s maiden name was given as Knebel (Mai1798:Mo13).

Braun{J.Jacob}^FN: said by the Moor FSL to be a single hired man living in the Gieswein household.

Braun{J.Jacob}^FN: said by the Moor FSL to be from^UC Hessen (no locality mentioned).  It seems possible this is a duplicate entry for the same man as is in the previous entry.

Braun^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be an orphan living with a Giest? family.  I could not find this Braun in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Braun^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Huffelsheim, Kurmainz.

Braun{Andreas}^FN: said by the Rohleder FSL to be from^UC Blies/Blieskastel, [von der Leyen County].  The maiden name of the wife given as Lux in 1798 (Mai1798:Hr10).

Braun{HansAdam}^FN: said by the Rohleder FSL to be from^UC Blies/Blieskastel, [von der Leyen County].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Rl12.  This man married a Schaub woman in Rosslau in 1765 (Mai&Marquardt#854).

Braun^FN: listed by the Shcherbakovka FSL with no origin; Kuhlberg said he was from Riedesel.

Braun^FN: said by the Volmer FSL to be from^UC Fulda (no locality mentioned).

Braun^FN: said by the Walter FSL to be from Hekeberkhental/Heckenbergheim/Ekebergen, Hanau County.  Using FHL(1201735) Dick Kraus found their January 1751 wedding and the April 1751 birth of their eldest daughter in Heckenbergheim, Stolberg-Gedern County.

Braun^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Lollar?, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Wr77, 83.

Braun^FN: said by the 1798 Warenburg census to be the maiden name of frau Klamm{Michael).

Braun^GL: an unidentified place said by the Bettinger FSL to be home^UC to a Weichelt family.

Braun/Bsern(?)^GL: an unidentified place said by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to a Schlotter family.

Braunfels^GS: the short form for the Solms-Braunfels Principality, seated in Braunfels city,  some 29 miles NW of Frankfurt-am-Main, and some 35 miles WNW of Buedingen. It was the home to the Princes of  Solms.  Both the country and princes’ family name were both usually called Solms-Braunfels or simply Braunfels.  The lands of the principality lay mostly NW, W, and SW of the city of Wetzlar.  Said (no locality mentioned ) by the Koehler FSL to be home^UC to a Walter family. Said (no locality mentioned) by the Krasnoyar FSL to be home^UC to a Eller family.  Also spelled Ehler.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Kukkus FSL to be home^UC to a (Gerhard family.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Kutter FSL to be home^UC to a Maul family.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Maurer family and possibly an Urdam family.

Braunfels^GS: also see Branfels and Branfelzer.

Braunhardt?^FN: said by the Dreispitz FSL to be from^UC Naumburg, Kursachsen.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Braunschweig^GS: this name probably is most often used in the FSLs as short for the Braunschweig Duchy [in English the Brunswick Duchy]; however it could also refer to the larger entity, Kurbraunschweig [i.e. Electoral Hannover] which more often often is refered to in the FSLs as Hannover; the latter was contolled 1714-1837 by English kings.  None of the following references indicates any locality.  Said by the Bauer FSL to be home^UC to a Pepper family.  Said by the Holstein FSL to be home^UC to a Stehlfeld family.  Said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a Rimer family.  Said by the Lauwe FSL to be home^UC to a Lauwe family.   Said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Bornemann family.  Said by the Susannental FSL to be home^UC to a Biebenbrueck family.

Braunschweig Duchy^GS: (the English name is Brunswick Duchy) seated in the city of the same name, in what is now Lower Saxony, 53 km ESE of Hannover city centre.  The central holdings were just N of Braunscheig city, 20 km S and 40 km E, but there were other extensive holdings in exclaves mostly but not exclusively running S of Calenburg Priincipaity (which itself was held by Kurbraunschweig) and S of Hildesheim Bishopric.  See also Kurbraunschweig.

Braunsdorf^FN: said by the Boaro 1798 census to be have been the maiden name of frau Toepfer (Mai1798: Mv300).

Braunsdorf ^GL: see also Braman.

Brauriedel^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Frankfurt-am-Main (no other locality mentioned).

Brausemann^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Dessau (no locality mentioned). According to Anhalt-Dessau archives as abstracted by Dr. Waeschke and annotated by Dr. Lippert, this Braussmann family left Fraszdorf, Dessau, for Russia (Mai&Marquardt#1170). (Mai&Marquardt: #1060).  In 1798 Frau Braussmann’s maiden name was said to have been Speier (Mai1798: Bx24, for other family members see also Bt27, Mv315, Mv316,Sh24).

Braussmann^FN: see Brausemann.

Braustein?^GL: said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to the Riefer? family.  There is a Blaustein some 3.5 miles NW of Ulm city.

Brautigam^FN: see Braeutigam.

Brazel^FN: see Brozel.