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Cabobel^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Kielerakpow(?), Holstein.

Caesarsfeld^VV: is a Catholic German village founded in 1767 on the eastern side of the Volga.  It was completely destroyed by the Kirghiz in 1788. I have indicated where members of three of the surviving families were in 1798.  The Caesarsfeld FSL is now published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol. I, pp. 243-247.  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:

from Bissersheim: (Heidemann4);

from Bonbaden: (Strack5);

from Breckenheim: (Wenzel11);

from Bruenn: (Kuehn16);

from Buerstadt: (Kaiser15);

from Dessau: (Albrecht6a);

from Heiligkreuzsteinach: (Kugel8);

from Kirchheim: (Loebe12);

from Mildenstein, Sachsen: (Franz14);

from Rosslau: (Winschu10);

from Schinalitsch?, Zerbst: (Dehler6);

from Sterzhausen: (Naumann3, 7);

from Straslund: (Helm1);

from Tauberbischofsheim: (Mariental13);

from Ulm: (Bozenhardt2);

from unknown: (Hunt2a);

from Wackelderbusch?: (Pollet9).

Calau^GL, Dresden, Sachsen: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Strauch family.  There is a Calau, Brandenburg, some 49 miles NNE of Dresden city.

Calbach^GL, Isenburg[-Buedingen County]: is some 3 miles WSW of Buedingen city, and said by the Buedingen ML to be home of a Rutt/Ruth family that went to Balzer (Mai&Marquart#417); Bonner proved this origin.  The Buedingen ML also says Calbach was home^UC to a Wagner man who married in 1766 an adopted daughter of a Reuther family; by 1767 the couple was in Kutter; Stumpp says Calbach was near Buedingen (Mai&Marquardt#534).  According to Bonner a Dudelsheim ML said this was home^UC to a Knack woman who married in 1766 a Scheidt man; they then moved to Balzer.

Calbach^GL, Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Keller FSL to be home^UC to an Adam family.  Maybe Kurmainz here should be Isenburg?

Calbach^GL: also see Karbach.

Calw^GL, Calw [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 20 miles WSW of Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg.  The GCRA found unverified suggestions that this was home^UC to the Falz/Volz family that settled in Neudorf.

Calw [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 11 miles SSE of Pforzheim city, and was an Oberamt administrative center.  Said, no locality mentioned, to be home^UC to the Guld family that went to Glueckstal.

Camberg, [Kur-]Trier: aka Kamberg, nka Bad Camberg some 15 miles N of Wiesbaden city.  In the late 1700s it was disputed between Kurtrier and Diez County, near the border with Nassau-Usingen Principality.  Said by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to a Hirsch family.  Said by the Dehler FSL to be home^UC to a Buchner/Buechner family.

Camberg?, [Kurtrier?]^GL: an unidentified place said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be home^UC to a Giebler family.  Kuhlberg said this was in [Kur-]Trier.  See the previous entry.

Cambre^GL, France: an unidentified place said by the Preuss FSL to be home to an Becker family.

Caneau^VV: an alternate spelling for Kano^VV.

Cannstatt^GL, Wuerttemberg: now called the Bad Cannstatt neighborhood on the western side of Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg.

Capel^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Rostock with a Feidel wife from^UC Luebeck.  Later spelled Kappel (Mai1798:Ka73).

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

Cappel^GL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to the (Paulson[Paulsen]163  Kuhlberg said this was in Holstein.  There is a Kappel some 37 miles NE of Kiel city.

Carbon^FN: see Korbun.

Carcassonne, [Frankreich]: said by the Galka FSL to be home^UC to a Berg family.  Same place as the next entry.

Carcassonne^GL, Languedoc, Frankreich: is 153 miles W of Marseille, and said by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to a Pischki family.

Carl^FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Haldorf.  According to a Luebeck ML this Kerl man married a Winterwerber woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#101).

Carolin^FN: see Kartlein.

Cassel^GL, Kurtrier: an unidentified place said by the Mariental FSL to be home^UC to a Herz family.

Castell County: was a small county of scattered territories mostly some 9-10 miles to the SW and some 12-30 miles to the ESE of Wuerzburg city.

Castello^FN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be from^UC Katellaun.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Caucasus: a prime German settlement area to the east of the Black Sea.

Celline^GL: aka Czelline.

Certach^FN: see Gerlach.

Certele^FN: said by the Franzosen FSL to be from^UC Paris, Frankreich with the orphan girl Mounie{M.Angelika} in the household.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Cervenka^GL: see Tscherwenka, Batschka, Hungary.

Cesaria^GS: an unidentified place said by the Norka FSL to be home^UC to a Spady family.

Chaisol^VV:: an alternative name for Cheisol^VV.

Cham^GL, Bayern: is 29 miles NE of Regensburg, and said by the Herzog FSL to be home^UC to a Pfundner family.

Chambonse?, Frankreich: an unidentified place said by the Franzosen FSL to be home^UC to an Inou family.

Chamine^FN: see Schaminais.

Chamou Abvsini?, Frankreich: an unidentified place said by the Franzosen FSL to be home^UC to a Capitaine family.

Champagne^GL, Frankreich: was the first province W of the Lorraine, capital at Reims, and mostly in the area between the Marne and Aisne Rivers.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Franzosen FSL to be home^UC to a Lebloine{Joseph} family.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Derarotier and possibly a Cronaguis family.  However, these references could have been to any one of the more than 15 localities in France so-named.

Chandelier^FN: said by the Louis FSL to be from^UC Busendorf, Lothringen.

Charles^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Baronville(?), Luxembourg with a Mueller wife from^UC Erlangen.

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

Chasselois^FN: said by the Cheisol FSL to be from^UC Rheinholz?, Oesterreich.   Spelled Shazlov in 1798 (Mai1798:Ka68).

Chasselois^VV:: an alternative name for Cheisol^VV; also an alternative name for Preuss^VV.

Chateau-Gontier, Frankreich: is 56 miles SW of Alencon, France, and said by the Franzosen FSL to be home^UC to an Oudiu family.

Chatreau, Frankreich: an unidentified place said by the Franzosen FSL to be home^UC to a Roisingnole family.

Chavalier?^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Laplen?, Dofen?.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bn13.

Cheisol^VV (aka Chaisol and Chasselois) is a German Catholic village on the eastern side of the Volga.  It was completely destroyed by the Kirghiz in 1785, but evidently most of its people survived, moving to nearby villages.  Its  FSL is now published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.I, pp. 249-261.  According to this, the first settlers were from the following places with the family names shown here in parens. The number with the name is their household number in the FSL:

from Bernkastel, [Kur-]Trier: (Peter17, 18, Weinrich/Weirich19);

from Bitche, Frankreich: (Sander35);

from Liebau, Schlesien: (Kaspar{Anton}30 and Berns/Bern/Behrens31);

from Losen?, [Kur-]Trier: Koehler/Kohlner7, and perhaps Hein7a);

from Luxembourg: (Kieffert/Manrich39);

from Montain, Frankeich: (Fisch3);

from Rheinholz?, Oesterreich: (Chasselois/Shazlov1);

from Saarburg, [Kur-]Trier: (Becker10, Bersch/Bertsch5, Gaenseblum/Gaensenblum11, Husch/Kusch28, Nicholas/Nikolai6, Nussbaum2, Ort/Orth4, Schmidt24, Spiess21, 22, 29, Thome23, Tierry/Tire27, Werner{Johann}40, and perhaps Gross22a);

from Saarlouis, Lothringen, Frankreich: (Bach25, Kreweldinger/Krehfeldinger20);

from Seret, Lothringen, Frankreich: (Haas26);

from Sierck, Frankreich: (Maerz/Mertz/Markus17, Schoenberger8, 9);

from Trier: (Bollich/Bolig/Bolg13, Kasper{Peter}37, Muss16, Schuller/Schiller15, Stoller34, Welter/Walter12, Wilger36, and possibly Heinz/Hein15a);

from Willbach, Kurmainz: (Haale/Halle38);

from Wuerzburg [Bishopric]: (Werner{Johannes and Christoph}34a);

from Zweibruecken [Duchy]: (Leindecker/Leidecker32, 33).

Chernigow: see Belowescher Kolonien.

Cherson^BV: an early name for the Odessa region.

Cherwenka^GL: see Tscherwenka, Batschka, Hungary. 

Chez(?), an unidentified locality or state said by the Frank FSL to be in France and home^UC to a Fourau family.

Chochsheim^GL, Bruchsal [Amt], Baden: this must be Gochsheim some 7 miles ESE of Bruchsal city, and was mistakenly said by KS:221 to be home^UC to the Bender family that went to Bergdorf, Kassel and Neudorf.  See the GCRA book for more.

Choise-la-Roy^VV, an alternative name for Preuss^VV.

Chrepin^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC St. Hilaire, Frankreich.

Chrispens^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Lentach(?), Fribourg(?).  The Buedingen ML says this man married an Aveliuss woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#425).  In 1798 his name is given as Krispins and his wife’s maiden name as Offenhaus (Mai1798:Db65).

Chrissniwalde^GL,  Poland: an unidentified place which the GCRA found associated in 1796 with a Radak family and guessed was in the Netze River Valley.

Christ^FN: said by the Dehler FSL to be from^UC Eisenbach, [Kur-]Trier.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Christian^FN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be from^UC Kopenhagen, Daenemark.

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

Christian Erlang^GL: this must be Erlangen.

Christiannsfeld^GL, Denmark: may have been 75 miles NNE of Kiel city, and was proven by Dr. Stefan Fruehauf of Heidelberg, Germany, to have been the death site of the father of Pastor Fruehauf of Neudietendorf, Gotha, near Erfurt.

Christiansen^FN: said by the Boregard FSL she was a single woman from^UC Riomkin?.

Christinen(?)^GL, Daenemark: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Wiedeberg family.

Christoph: see Christopher.

Christophel: see Christopher.

Christopher^FN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be from^UC Klosten(?), Holstein.  Later spelled Christoph and Christophel.

Cicer^FN: (Hungarian spelling of Zitzer.

Claus/Klaus^FN: said by the Stumpp version of the Balzer FSL to be from^UC Duedelsheim^GL, Isenburg- Buedingen [County].

Claus^FN: Bonner proved that this woman was baptized in Duedelsheim, Isenburg[-Buedingen County] where she married Herr Scheidt (later of Moor) and where her eldest children were born; she was sister to Claus men in Balzer and Norka.

Clauser^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Mikarstanik(?), Pfalz.  Arliss has found in parish records that this couple under the name Clausner married in Neckarsteinach where the wife’s family lived but evidently Clauser himself was from some other nearby village, as yet unidentified.  He has found early records Clauser families in Elsenz (some 5 miles SSW of Sinsheim city), Kurpfalz, and in Menzingen (some 9 miles SW of Sinsheim city), Mentzingen Barony, indicating the the family had earlier come from Switzerland.

Clausner^FN: see Clauser.

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

Clausthal(?)^GL: Said by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to a Gottlieber? family and possiblyto a Meier family.  This probably is Clausthal now in Lower Saxony, some 19 miles E of Einbeck.

Cleeburg^GL, Weissenburg [Amt], Elsass: now Cleebourg, is some 3 miles SW of Wissenbourg city, and proven by GCRA to be home to Hassauer and Michael families that went to Glueckstal, as well as origin for the Neuhart{Valentin} family that went to Kassel.  See the GCRA book for more details.  Also spelled Kleeburg.

Cleyn^FN: see Klein.

Climbach^GL, Rott parish, Weissenburg [Amt], Elsass: aka Klimbach, was 2 miles W of Rott village; the GCRA proved it home to Neuhart{Martin} who went to Kassel.

Climbach/Klimbach, Weissenburg [Amt], Elsass: both the 1816 Kassel census (#34, 101) and KS:415 said that this was home^UC to the Sattler{F.Jacob, Peter} family.

Closs^FN: see Kloss.

Coburg [Duchy]^GS: was a Saxon state (seated in the city of the same name) much of which was in the northern portion of Bavaria as well as southern Thueringen; said by Kuhlberg to be in Sachsen. Said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Wenzel{Georg} family.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Orlovskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Stapf family.

Coellmer^FN: she is listed as frau Goebel in the 1816 Glueckstal census without origin; the GCRA thinks they may have found her in Heddesbach, Eberbach [Amt], Elsass, using FHL 1,189,180.  See their book for detail.  Also spelled Koellmer.

Coerper^FN: see Kerber.

Coethen^GS: see Koethen.

Colberg^GL: see Kolberg.

Colmar^GL, Elsass: is some 39 miles SE of Strasbourg city and said by the Laub FSL to be home^UC to a Ganser family and possibly to a Graf family.

Cologne^GL, see Koeln.

Conrad^FN: said by the Bauer FSL to be from^UC Neustadt, Bayreuth.  Later spelled Konrad.

Conrad^FN: said by the Bettinger FSL to be from^UC Nuernberg.

Conrad^FN: this family name was found recorded in two different Schotten parish records for many generations prior to 1767 and in in Winterhausen marriage records 1760-1769; see Flegel trip.

Consdorf?^GL, Luxembourg: is some 14 miles NE of Luxembourg city, and said by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to a Braun family.

Constance^GL: see Konstanz.

Copelme?, Frankreich: an unidentified place said by the Franzosen FSL to be home^UC to a Reronge family.

Copenhagen^GL: see Kopenhagen.

Cories^FL:  said by the Orloff FSL to be from^UC Milhausen/Muehlhausen, East Prussia.  Also spelled Coris.

Coris^FL: see Cories.

Couchis?^FN: Herr Couchis? was said by the Fischer FSL to be from^UC Hanlensherr?, Frankreich; his frau was said to come from Preschenelau?, Polen. .  The family name was spelled both Gutshe? (Mai1798:Mv0601) and Koshi in 1798 (Fs8,10).

County, a country ruled by a Count.

Courland Duchy^GS: see Kurland.

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

Crainfeld^GL: is some 10 miles SSW of Lauterbach, Hessen.  Doris Evans says that research done by Anneliese Micheiwski for the Frank Research Fund has found here the parents of the Wacker man who went to Frank.  The Buedingen ML says it was home^UC to a Rauber woman who married in 1766 a Gies man; by 1767 this couple was in Walter; Stumpp says Crainfield was near Lauterbach (Mai&Marquardt#687).

Crainfeld^GL, Hessen-Darmstadt: see Krem ….

Cramer^FN: see Kramer.

Crefeld^FN: see Krefeld.

Cresbach^GL, Freudenstadt [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 6.5 miles NE of Freudenstadt city, and proven by the GCRA to be home to the Sturm family that went to Bergdorf; see their book for more details.

Crety^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Rennes, Frankreich with a Wiedeberg wife from^UC Daenemark.  Pleve thought this might be Krete.

Croissant/Croussant^FN:  according to Steven Hahn this family from Edenkoben settled in Russia.

Cronaguis^FN: the Katharinenstadt FSL says these step-daughters were living with a Derarotier family from Champagne, Frankreich (no other locality mentioned).

Cromberg^FN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be from^UC Scherbeck(?), Holstein.  Later spelled Kromberg.

Croussant^FN:  see Croissant.

Crumbach^GL: see Fraenkisch Crumbach.

Crumstadt^GL, Hessen-Darmstadt: is some 7.5 miles SW of Darmstadt city, and said by the Bauer FSL to be home^UC to a Wiener family.

Cservenka^GL: see Tscherwenka, Batschka, Hungary.

Culm^GL, Poland: is known today as Chelmno and is some 70 miles SSW of Gdansk, and was home to a Bodamer family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa.   Stumpp, p.598, perhaps erroneously, says this was Ditschweiler, Preussen.

Culmitz^GL: see Kulmitz.

Czarnikau, Poland: nka Czarnkow 36 miles NNW of Poznan (Posen) city.  The GCRA believes this may have been associated with a Reiser family in 1766.

Czarnikau [Kreis], Posen Department, South Prussia: same place as the above, an administrative area in northern Posen on the Netze River E of Filehne.  The GCRA believes it may have been associated with a Pietz family in 1801.

Czarnikau [Kreis], Posen Province, Warsaw Duchy: same place as the above.  The GCRA found it associated with Bitsch, Bittner, and Henne families in 1807-1814.

Czarnoczice, Radziejowo [Kreis], Posen Department, South Prussia: an unidentifed place which the GCRA has associated with the Greger (frau Gering) family 1797-1803.

Czelline, [Ohlau Kreis, Preussen Schlesien]: aka Zelline and Celline, nka Cielina, Poland, some 20 miles ESE of Breslau.  The GCRA found that the Adam family had been associated with it.

Czenstochau Amt, South Prussia^GL: is now Czestochwa some 64 miles NW of Krakow.  Said by the GCRA to have been near Bergfelde, Heilmannswalde, Hilsbach and Kuhlhausen.

Czervenkanow^GL: see Tscherwenka, Batschka, Hungary.

Czestochowa^GL: aka Czenstochau