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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Den BrandGL: is 30 miles ENE of Antwerp city, and said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to a Karl{Franz} family.

Denckschoen?, Ansbach [Margraviate]: an unidentified place said by the Dehler FSL to be homeUC to a Dittor family.

DeneFN: said by the Franzosen FSL to be fromUC Bourget, Frankreich, with his Steinpress wife in the household and her father living next door.  Spelled Dehn in 1798 (Mai1798:Fz5).

DeneFN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Hoort?.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

DenesFN: the Buedingen ML says a Denes woman (no place of origin given) married a Happel man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Krasnoyar (Mai&Marquardt#447).

DenhoffVV: an alternate spelling of the German name for Doenhof.

DengkofenGL, [Kurbayern]: is some 11 miles SSW of Straubing city, and said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Bartel family.

Dengler/DanglerFN: left in 1817 and later settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa; family records found by Curt Renz in Wildberg, Calw parish, Wuerttemberg.

Den HaagGL, Holland: is some 31 miles SW of Amsterdam, and said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to Schaefer and Stiegenland families.

DenigFN: maiden name of one of the frau Abholz of Louis as given in 1798 (Mai1798:Ls9).

DenigFN: also see Dening.

DeninFN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:676) with no origin.  But KS:243 said they were fromUC Elsass via Poland.  GCRA said they wereUC of the “Warsaw Settlers” probably from the Netze River valley in Posen Department, South Prussia.

DeningFN: said by the Louis FSL to be fromUC Bitsch, Lothringen. In 1798 the family name was sometimes spelled Denig and the wife’s maiden name was given as Mauer (Mai1798:Hr2,27,Mv1584).

DeningFN: said by the Louis FSL to be fromUC Saarburg, Kurtrier.

DeningFN: see Schwemling of Louis.

Dening/GeningGS: as used in the Stahl-am-Karman FSL, proven by David Schmidt, using the Buedingen ML, to be the Barony of Thuengen.

DenkFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be fromUC Neustadt.

Denkbeim?GL, Potonsk?: an unidentified place said by the Fischer FSL to be homeUC to a Paschner? family.

DenkeFN: see Tenne.

DenkelsbuehlGL, see Dinkelsbuehl.

DenkendorfGL: an unidentified place said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be homeUC to a Thaeler family.  There at least two Denkendorfs in Germany.

DenklingenGL: an unidentified place said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be homeUC to a Hemann? Family.  There are at least 2 Denklingens in Germany.

DenmarkGS: see Daenemark.

DennerFN: said by the Galka FSL to be fromUC Schwellbrunn?, Oesterreich.    Spelled  Denner (Mai1798:Gk58), Diener (Mv682), and Tiner (Gm13) in 1798.

Dens, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate]: is 13 miles NE of Bad Hersfeld, and was said by the Leitsinger FSL to be homeUC to a Klug family.

DentlerFN: said by the Brabander FSL to be fromUC Schluesselfeld, Wuerzburg [Bishopric].  The 1798  census says frau Dentler’s maiden name was Kerber (Mai1798:Bn58).  A Woehrd ML says this man of Schluesselfeld married in 1766 a Coerper woman (Mai&Marquardt#795).

Denzer FN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:676, 243) with no origin.DePatisteFN: see Debaptiste.

DepradFN: see Deprat.

DepratFN: said by the Goebel FSL to be fromUC Brushal.  According to the Buedingen ML, this Deprad man fromUC Bruchsal married a Diehl woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#367).  Later spelled Debrat (Mai1798:Gb72).

Deptar?FN: see Doeptor.

DerarotierFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Champagne, Frankreich (no other locality mentioned).

DereligionFN: see Derillion.

Derganz?FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC [Hessen-]Darmstadt with a Ries step-son in the household.  I could not find the Derganz family in the 1798 censuses.

Dergatz?GL, Wuerttemberg: an unidentified place said by the Fischer FSL to be homeUC to a Nunemann? family.

Dergin(?)GL: an unidentified place said by the Holstein FSL to be homeUC to a Merine? family.  There is sa slight chance that this was “Bergen” same origin as the Kuxhausen family.

DerheimFN: listed by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#13) and KS:243 without origin.  However, using FHL#247,642, the GCRA proved their origin in Neuenkirchen, Kusel [Amt], Rheinpfalz.   His wife’s maiden name was Theobald, and after his death, she married Din.  See the GCRA book for more.  Also spelled Doerrheim.

Derik(?)GL: an unidentified part of France.

DeringerFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be an orphan boy living with the Reisch family.

Derillion/Dirillion?FN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be fromUC Falkenburg (Rosemary wonders if this shuld be Folgensburg?)  Also spelled Dereligion, Dreiling, Terillou and Terrillon.  Rosemary Larson doggedly tracked down these spelling variations and Gerhard Lang’s research found that this family (Terillou) originally came from Durlach in Baden, next moving first to Denmark and then to Kamenka in Russia.

DermbachGL, Sachsen: is some 21 miles NE of Fulda, Hessen, and said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Gaertner family.

DermerFN: said by the Moor FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

Dermer?FN: also see Timler.

DernbachGL, Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Preuss FSL to be home to an Uhlmann family. There are several Derm-, Dern-, Dirn-, and Doern-bachs in Germany – apparently none very close to Mainz.

Derne?, Frankreich: an unidentified place said by the Franzosen FSL to be homeUC to a Medeque family.

DeromaFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Venedig, Italien.

DerrFN: said by the Bauer FSL to be fromUC Reichelsheim, Erbach.  Later spelled Doer.

DerrFN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC [Kur-]Mainz (no locality mentioned).

DerrFN: three families said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Dorr in the 1775 census.  The 1798 Norka census gives the maiden name of two of the wives as Keller and the third as Pivir? (Mai1798:Nr19, 44, 43).

DerrFN: families from Kaichen, Friedberg, that settled in Walter.  The family name at various times has also been spelled Doerr, Darr, and Daire – it was Herr in the Walter FSL.

Derr/DoerrFN: said by the Schuck FSL to be fromUC Mannheim, Kurpfalz.

DerrFN: also see Doerr.

DerrinFN: see Doering.

DesarneFN: said by the Franzosen FSL to be fromUC Nimes, Frankreich.    May have been spelled Dieser in 1798 (Mai1798:Fz3?).

DeschFN: see Thesch.

DeschlerFN: listed by both the 1858 Neudorf census (#228) and KS:244 with no origin.  Using FHL#488,316, the GCRA proved their origin in Ottersheim, Germersheim [Amt], Rheinpfalz.  See the GCRA book for more.

DesertFN: see Dessert.

Deshtein/Destein?FN: said by the Schuck FSL to be fromUC Ladonerbach(?), Kurpfalz.

DessauGS: (see Anhalt-Dessau).  Said by the Bettinger FSL to be homeUC to a Lehmann family. Said (no locality mentioned) by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to Arnholt?, Brausemann, Gere?, Gerward/Herrward?, Hahn, Hensse, Hoher, Hoppe, Koch, Krabe, Krimer/Kremer?, Mecker?, Spenger?, Tinike?, Titschholz?, and Toepfe families, and possibly Glemer? and Wagner families. Said (no locality mentioned) by the Boregard FSL to be homeUC to the Hohenfelser family. Said (no locality given) by Kuhlberg to be homeUC to the Albrecht orphan boy listed by the Caesarsfeld FSL as living in the Dehler household.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Jost FSL to be homeUC to Obetz and Stolze families.  Said (no other locality mentioned) by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Bishof and possibly a Mueller family.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Orlovskaya FSL to be homeUC to Alberg, Albrecht, Fischer, Krueger, and Reimer families, and possibly Knoll and Lampe families too.  Said (no localities mentioned) by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to Balzer, Frank, Jersch, Kohlmann, Wartmann and possibly Boxhorn families.

DessenfelzGS: an unidentified German state.

DessertFN: he is said by the Mariental FSL to be fromUC Straubing, Bayern while Frau Dessert is said to come from Daenemark (no locality given). The family name was later spelled Desert (Mai1798:Mt29,79).

DesteinFN: also see Deshtein.

DeterskirchenGL, Upper Palatinate: is an unidentified place said by the Woehrd ML to be homeUC to a Brunner woman who in 1766 married a Keller man; by 1767 this couple was in Krasnoyar (Mai&Marquardt#821).  There is a Dieterskirchen, Oberphalz, Bavaria, some 60 miles E of Nuernberg.

DetmoldGL, Lippe: is in North Rhine-Westphalia, some 47 miles NW of Kassel city and said by the Anton FSL to be home to a Kraut family.

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

DettererFN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be fromUC Keminisch (no locality mentioned).

Dettingen-an-der-ErmsGL, Urach Amt, Wuerttemberg: is some 3 miles NW of Bad Urach, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and was home to a Trost family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa.

Dettingen, Nuertingen [Amt, Kirchheim Oberamt], Wuerttemberg: this is Dettingen-unter-Teck, 5 miles ESE of Nuertingen city,, and said by the 1816 Bergdorf census to be homeUC to a Huber family.  Was proven by the GCRA to be home to a Gaiser/Geisler/Geissler family that settled in Neudorf.

DeuringFN:  this family that went to Kassel and then Neudorf was proven by the GCRA to be from Oberstenfeld, Marbach [Amt], Wuerttemberg. Also spelled Doerring and Dairing.  See their book for detail.

DeuringFN: also see Deiring and Doering.

DeutschFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Hessen.  I cannot find this family in the index to the 1798 census.

DeutschbachGL, Reichau parish, Galicia: nka Polanka Horyniecka, Poland, and was 7 miles NNE of Reichau, and 13 miles NNW of Rava-Russkaya. The GCRA found it associated with Haller, Merkel and Kaercher families in 1801.

Deutsch-BoehmenGS: this probably refered to a relatively narrow band of land within the Kingdom of Bohemia within the Austro-Hungarian Empire, going from Pilsen to Eger(Cheb) to Reichenburg(Liberec) and on some miles east.  It was said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to a Hausner? family. I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

DewaldFN: said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#12) and KS:244 to have come fromUC Neuenheim, Heidelberg [Amt], Baden.   Using FHL#1,189,451, the GCRA found it impossible to check this origin due to missing pages.  See their book for more.

DewaldFN: said by the Anton FSL to be fromUC Neustadt Oberamt, Kurpfalz.

DewaldFN said by the Kautz FSL to be fromUC Eich, Kurpfalz.

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

DeibekFN: see Deible.

DeibleFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC Achern.  Later spelled Deibek (Mai1798:Pf16).

DickFN: said by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Weener.

DickFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Hanau.

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

DickmannFN: said by the Messer FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned). In 1798 the family name was spelled Deckman (Mai1798:Ms73).

DickmannFN: said by the Messer FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned). In 1798 the family name was spelled Ditman (Mai1798:Ms34,80).

Dider/Dieter FN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:669, 671) with no origin.  Using FHL(1,457,467), the GCRA proved origin in Moessingen, Rottenburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg. See the GCRA book for more details.  Also spelled Dieter, Diether, and Dietrich (KS:245).

DidionFN: said by the Messer FSL to be fromUC Hamburg (no locality mentioned).

DidionFN: said by the Seewald FSL to be fromUC Mannheim, Pfalz.

DiebachGL, [Isenburg-Buedingen]: nka Diebach-am-Haag, some 3 miles SW of Buedingen city, and was said by the Buedingen ML to be homeUC to the Knausen woman who married a Mueller man (Mai&Marquardt#496).  By 1767 they were in Moor.

Diebach, Isenburg[-Buedingen? County]: Bonner proved that the Knaus who settled in Moor was baptized here.

DieburgGL, Hessen is some 17 miles SE of Frankfurt-am-Main, 9 miles ENE of Darmstadt and 11 miles N of Fraenkisch Crumbach.  This is the same place as the following entry, but 50 years later.

Dieburg, [Kurmainz]: is 9 miles ENE of Darmstadt city, and said by the Hildmann FSL to be homeUC to a Seitz family.

DiederichFN: see Dietrich.

DiedrichsFN:  see Dietrich.

DiedselzGL:  misspelling of Riedselz.

DiefenbachGL, [Maulbronn parish], Vaihingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 8 miles NW of Vaihingen-an-der-Enz, and was proven by the GCRA to be home to the Lapp family that first came to Kassel and then settled in Gluecksthal.  See the GCRA book for more.

DiehlFN: the Buedingen ML says this woman (no origin given) married a Deprad man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Goebel (Mai&Marquardt#367).

Diehl{Philipp}FN: both the 1816 Kassel census (#104) and KS:262 said this family came fromUC Heidelsheim, Bruchsal [Amt], Baden. Using FHL#193,890 the GCRA proved origin in Heuchelheim, Bergzabern [Oberamt], Rheinpfalz.  See their book for more.    Also spelled Dehl.

DiehlFN: According to the Buedingen ML a Diehl woman (no place of origin given) married a Wiesner man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Krasnoyar (Mai&Marquardt#457).

DiehlFN: Bonner proved this woman was baptized in Wenings, married Gerlach in Aulendiebach, and later this couple settled in Moor.

Diehl{Johannes}FN: listed by the 1816 Neudorf census (#30) with no origin, but said by KS:245 to be fromUC Bornheim, Offenbach [Amt], Hesse.   As an adult Johannes took the name of Theobald Schauer (his step-father was a Schauer).  See the GCRA book for more.

Diehl{Friedrich}FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be a single man living in Sennt the household.

Diehl{Katharina}FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be fromUC Roedern?.

DiehlFN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Dalsheim, France.

DiehlFN: also see Diel or Thiel or Tihl.

DielFN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Igersheim (no locality mentioned).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses, but it might have been Diehl in Reinwald colony (Mai1798:Rw10).

DielFN: said by the Dreispitz FSL to be fromUC Weizwanal?, Isenburg.  In 1798 the family name was spelled Thiel (Mai1798:Dr01).

DielFN: said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be a step-son in the Schwabacher? household.

DielFN: said by the Jost FSL to be fromUC Freyburg, Sachsen.

Diel FN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Wendelfeld?.  Kuhlberg spelled this name Diehl.  Spelled Thiel in 1798 (Mai1789:Mv1161).

DielFN{Johannes}: said by the Keller FSL to be fromUC Rothenbach, Kurmainz.

DielFN{Karl and Katharina}: said by the Keller FSL to be step-children in the Adam household.

DielFN: said by the Koehler FSL to be fromUC Laubach.  The Buedingen ML said this Diehl man fromUC Hoechst in the Wetterau married in 1766 a Zimmer woman fromUC Niedermoerlau; Stumpp says Niedermoerlen was near Friedberg, Hessen in one place and on another page says it was near Bad Nauheim, Hessen (Mai&Marquardt#709).

DielFN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC Hanau (no locality mentioned).  A Luebeck ML says this Thiel man married in 1766 a Reiffscheider woman (Mai&Marquardt#231).

DielFN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC Laubach.

DielFN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Kutter FSL to be fromUC Isenburg.  Later spelled Diehl.

DielFN: two families that settled in Straub said by the Diel family chart to be fromUC Lahnstein, Nassau.

Dielmel?GL, Paderborn: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Mene family.

DienerFN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be fromUC Wittziengen.

DienerFN: also see Denner.

DienheimGL: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be homeUC to Aul, Bopp, Hessler, Kraemer, Mueller, Neustaedt, Schoenmeier and Zeitler families.  In this case, Dienheim seems to be a corruption of Thuengen; see the Zeitler and Schoenmeier entries.  On the other hand there is a Dienheim, Rhineland-Palatinate.

DienstFN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Flerzheim, Kurmainz.

DierbachGL, Zweibruecken: is some 33 miles SE of Zweibruecken city, and said by the Bauer FSL to be homeUC to a Wagner family.

DierdorfGL, Nassau: : is some 17 miles NW of Nassau town, and said by the Kukkus FSL to be homeUC to a Berger family, plus possibly to a Gruenwald family.

DiesFN: see Dietz of Mueller.

DiesdorfGL, Dessau: Said by the Boaro FSL to be the birthplaceUC of a Walt man, with agreement from another source (Mai&Marquardt#1166).

DieserFN, see Desarne, Drieser and Dresser.

DiesingFN: said by the Pleve, Krumm and Stumpp versions of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be fromUC Schotten.  According to a Luebeck ML this man married in 1766 a Krum woman, both noted as being from the area of Darmstadt (Mai&Marquardt#284).

DeissFN: see Deis.

DietelFN: said by the Dietel FSL to be from Budysin/Bautzen, Sachsen.  The Russian researcher Marina Plieva has found the baptismal records in Bautzen

DietelVV (aka Aleshniki, Dittel, Dittle, Oleschna, Oleshna, Oleshnya, Tittel) is a Lutheran German village on the western side of the Volga.  Its  FSL is now published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.I, pp. 279-296.  Included are 32 settlers who are not on the available manuscript FSL whom Stumpp said went from the German states to Dietel.  According to this, the first settlers were from the following places with the family names shown here in parens. Verified corrections are in red.  The number with the name is their household number in the FSL; those from the Stumpp source are unnumbered:

from Albshausen, Darmstadt: (Ring16);

from Anhalt Principality: (Weinmeister);

from Backenheim(?), Wuerttemberg: (Mueller40);

from Berlin: (David7);

from Budysin/Bautzen, Sachsen: (Dietel1);

from Dannstadt, Kurpfalz: (Becker25a);

from Darmstadt: (Heilbrun35, Kuhn, Stieber37a);

from Dordecken(?), Kurpfalz: (Keil22);

from Elsass: (Jaerger15, Vogel36a);

from the French Elsass: (Mueller);

from Frankfurt-am-Main: (Flegler/Kegler?)

from Frischbach, Dessenfelz: (Lederer18);

from Gottenstein(?) area, Darmstadt: (Batt9);

from Grosshausen, Darmstadt: (Kraemer24);

from Hannover, Elmen(?): (Lakmann);

from Hasloch, Kurpfalz: (Weber17);

from Heimkehr(?), Hessen[Heimkirchen, Kurpfalz]: (Foos29, Tino30);

from Heimkehr(?)[Heimkirchen], Kurpfalz: (Steinmetz5);

from [Heimkirchen, Kurpfalz]: (Foos19a);

from Holzhausen, Darmstadt: (Weldi14);

from Kork, Darmstadt: (Mihl2, Ring7a, Schmidt10, and possibly Schaad10a);

from Kork, Darmstadt [Hanau]: (Heller11);

from Kork(?), Darmstadt: (Schaad6a);

from Leiterhausen(?), Kurpfalz: (Vogt26);

from Linz(?), Darmstadt: (Hoffmann13, Strohmann12);

from Marnsaberg(?), von Gutstein(?) Domaene, Pfalz: (Simon31);

from Mater(?), Kurpfalz: (Weissbeck22a);

from Mecklenburg: (Dam, Herbst, Vogt);

from Merzwald(?), Elsass: (Urban37);

from Meterheim(?), Waltenberg[Mettenheim, Wartenberg]: (Reis[Rein]39);

from Mettenheim, Wuertemberg[Wartenberg]: (Boehmer?32);

from Minirzel(?), Kurpfalz: (Wiegener?28);

from Neumuehl, Darmstadt: (Hetzel6);

from Oberheim, Darmstadt: (Kleemann8);

from Oslog(?), Kurpfalz: (Brauchbacher19, 20);

from Peterheer(?), Frankfurt-am-Main: (Busch9a);

from Petersberg, Kurpfalz: (Ordner23);

from Pfalz: (Bengel, Detterer, Kern, Kindsvater[from Herxheim-am-Berg, Pfalz], Michel, Mueller, Mueller, Ruff, Schlag, Seibel, Simon, Stahlmann);

from Rickling, Frankfurt-am-Main: (Jordan21a);

from Rikon(?), Worms, Kurmainz: (Tomann41);

from Runkel, Kurfalz: (Bangel1a);

from Sachsen: (Gemnitz);

from Schlesien: (Bitsch);

from Schornsheim(?), Kurpfalz: (Trutwest/Tautfest?25);

from Silberhaus, Nassau: (Engelmann34);

from Soldinin(?), Elbin(?): (Koch36);

from Strassburg, Elsass: (Grauberger21);

from Trebur, Darmstadt: (Kappell33);

from an unknown place: (Pligner/Wigner?, Schlickert);

from von Gutein(?), Baden: (Michel38);

from Grafschaft Waltenberg: (Hoffmann, Reigel/Reichel, Rein, Wirth);

from Grafschaft Waltenberg[Mettenheim, Wartenberg]: (Knobloch);

from Westhoffen, Elsass: (Stenzel4 and possibly Stirz?4a);

from Wettersborn(?), Baden-Baden: (Spreuer3);

from Worms, Kurpfalz: (Urich3a);

from Wuerttemberg: (Kremrer?, Meyer, Pikert);

from Zenbar(?), Elsass: (Herger43 and possibly Muck?43a);

from Zenberg(?), Darmstadt: (Lutz42);

from Ziegenberg, Darmstadt: (Wambold27).

DieterFN: see Dider.

Dieterle{Jakob} FN: said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#64) and KS:245 to have come from Freudenstadt, Freudenstadt [Amt], Wuerttemberg.   Using FHL#1,885,666-7, the GCRA proved this origin.  See their book for more.

Dieterle{Michael}FN: said by KS:245 to have settled in Neudorf, but the GCRA proved he never was in Neudorf.

Dietersheim, Kurmainz: is 2 miles S of Bingen town, and said by the Dehler FSL to be homeUC to a Gruenewald family.

DieterskirchenGL, Oberphalz, Bavaria: see Deterskirchen.

DietesheimGL, an unidentified place said by the Roethling FSL to be near Steinheim-am-Main: and to be homeUC to a Schalitz family.

DietherFN: see Dider.

Diethorn?FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Bamberg, and the frau’s maiden name was given as Koenig with a Koenig stepson living in the household.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

DietrichFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Mainz (no locality mentioned) and a daughter married a Schaefer in Oranienbaum.

DietrichFN:  listed by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:661, 245) without origin.  Origin in Muerrhardt, Backnag [Amt], Wuerttemberg was proven by the GCRA using FHL(1,195,536).  See their book for more details.

DietrichFN: said by the 1798 Boregard census to be the maiden name of frau Schmidt{PhilippW.}.

DietrichFN: a stepdaughter listed by the Boregard FSL in the Richter household.

DietrichFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Koenigsberg, Preussen.  This Diederich couple, wife nee Wolteriche) had a daughter baptized in St. Mary’ s Lutheran, Luebeck in 1766 on their way to Frank (Mai&Marquardt#1322).

DietrichFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Solms [Feinstein?], Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter(?).

DietrichFN: a Luebeck ML says this woman married in 1766 a Ludowig man; by 1767 this couple was in  Katharinenstadt (Mai&Marquardt#206).

DietrichFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Versen(?), Duenburg.

DietrichFN: said by the Koehler FSL to be fromUC Fulda (no locality given), and his frau’s maiden name was given as Preler (no origin given).  According to the Buedingen ML this Diedrichs man fromUC Grosslueder in the area of Fulda married in 1766 a Breler woman from Salzschlirff (Mai&Marquardt#588).

DietrichFN: said by the Messer 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Hargenhein (Mai1798:Ms36).

Dietrich FN: listed in the Paulskaya FSL with a Hillegbich? orphan girl in the household.  Kuhlberg said they were fromUC Runkel.

DietrichFN: according to a Luebeck ML this woman married in 1766 Held{Herman} (Mai&Marquardt#179).  By 1768 he at least was in Philippsfeld.   See Trautrich and Tartraycher.

DietrichFN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Dreschendorf, Bamber.

DietrichFN: also see Dider.

DietzFN:  listed in the Bergdorf census (KS:664, 463) with no origin.  The GCRA proved his father’s origin in Neuenstein, Oehringen [Amt], Wuerttemberg; see their book for detail.  Also spelled Tietz.

DietzFN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be fromUC Kiel, Holstein.

DietzFN: said by the Enders FSL to be fromUC Prenzlau, Brandenburg.

DietzFN said by the Huck FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

DietzFN: said by the Pleve version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be fromUC Nidda and by the Kromm version to be from Eichelsdorf, Nidda.

DietzFN: using FHL#771,551, the GCRA proved this the maiden name of frau Martel (Kassel 1816 census #2), and proved her origin in Keffenach, Sulz [Amt], Elsass.  See their book for more.

DietzFN: the Buedingen ML says a Dietz woman from the Lauterbach area married in 1766 a Mack man; the couple later moved to Kraft (Mai&Marquardt#670).

DietzFN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Kutter FSL to be fromUC Isenburg.

DietzFN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be fromUC Burgkunstadt, Bamberg [Bishopric].

DietzFN: said by the Mueller FSL to be fromUC Alsfeld.  In 1798 this family name is rendered as Dies (Mai1798: Ml15).

DietzFN: said by the Pleve version of the Norka FSL to a step-daughter in the Milling household.

DietzFN: said by the Walter FSL to be fromUC Zehlenroth/Zehlroth/Gemrot, Hesse-Darmstadt County.  These Dietz familes have been confirmed in parish records by the Walter Research Project to be from Sellnrod, Hesse.

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

DietzFN: also see Dietzel.

Dietze/DitzeFN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be fromUC Alzey.

DietzelFN: Bonner proved this woman from DuedelsheimGL, Isenburg-Buedingen [County] was the wife of Herr Eurich of Balzer.

DietzelFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Fell.  In 1798 the family name was spelled Dietz (Mai1798:Pl27,Mv2234).

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

Digouste(?)GL: an unknown place said by the Holstein FSL to be homeUC to a Asmus family.

DijonGL, Burgund[y]: said in a note in the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Gloo family.

Dikeng?FN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be fromUC Muenster.

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

DillenburgGL, Hesse, is some 46 miles NNW of Frankfurt-am-Main and in the 1760’s apparently was the seat of one of the Dukes of Nassau.

DillieFN, see Tikhin?

DillkreisGL: is a district (i.e. kreis) in Hesse, on the river Dill, near the towns of Dillenburg and Herborn.

DillmannFN: said by the Mariental FSL to be fromUC Wuerzburg (no locality indicated).  A Rosslau ML said this Dittmann man married a Klewitz woman in 1765 (Mai&Marquardt:864).

DillmanFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Hessen.  Later spelled Dillmann (Mai1798:Nr2, 140, 184).

DillmanFN: listed in the Pobochnaya FSL so may have been from Darmstadt state.

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

DillmannFN: see Dillman.

DillsteinGL, Weissenstein parish, Baden: an unidentified place, said by Curt Renz to be home to a Keck family that went to Gueldendorf, Odessa.

DillweissensteinGL, Baden-Wuerttemberg: is just 1.5 miles SSW of Pforzheim, Baden Wuerttemberg, and is the modern name for Dillstein, Weissenstein parish, Baden., per Curt Renz.

Dim?FN: see Demm.

Din FN: this twice widowed woman was listed by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#13) and KS:246 without origin.  However, using FHL#1,659,452, the GCRA proved her maiden name was Theobald and her origin was in Neuenkirchen, Kusel [Amt], Rheinpfalz.   Her first husband’s family name was Derheim.  See the GCRA book for more.

DindelsbuehlGL: said by the Graf FSL to be homeUC to a Metzinger family.

DingenGL: an unidentified place said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be homeUC to Krell/Kroell and Weisner families.  This could be the village just N of Bremerhaven, or, more likely I think, could be the Thuengen Barony.

DingerFN: said by the 1798 Pfeifer census to be the maiden name of Heil's wife  (Mai1798:Pf05).

DingesFN: said by the 1798 Dehler census to be the maiden name of frau Becker{Peter} (Mai1798:Dl16, Ps89).

DingesFN: said by the Moor FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned). ).  In 1798 the wife’s maiden name was given as Scharch (Mai1798:Mo02).

DingesFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  The 1798 Norka census gives the maiden name the wife as Kern (Mai1798:Nr19, 44, 43).

DinkFN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be fromUC Lange?, Kurtrier.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.  Pleve indicated that Dinkel was a spelling used for this family in 1798, but I have found no support for that statement.

Dink?FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Epperbrum, Kurpfalz.

DinkelFN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be fromUC Sassenreuth(?), Bayreuth.

DinkelFN: said by the Herzog FSL to be fromUC Mannheim, Kurpfalz.

DinkelFN: said by the Mariental FSL to be fromUC Wittlich, Kurtrier.  

DinkelFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC Posda?, Schweiz. 

DinkelFN: also see Dink.

DinkelVV: (aka Oberholstein, Tarlykovka, Tarlykowka) is a Lutheran German village on the eastern side of the Volga.  Its  FSL is now published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.I, pp. 297-311.  According to this, the first settlers were from the following places with the family names shown here in parens. Verified corrections are in red.  The number with the name is their household number in the FSL:

from Anhalt-Koethen: (Rudolf52);

from Anhalt-Zerbst: (Bossel44);

from Begant(?), Mecklenburg-Schwerin: (Mainz3, and possibly Kraemer3a);

from Benzklin(?), Mecklenburg: (Neumann41);

from Bulwitz(?), Schweden: (Hartmann37 and possibly Els?37a and Sander37b);

from Dessau, Anhalt: (Mueller50);

from Dinkelscherben, Schwaben: (Ertel10 and possibly Mueller10a);

from Dresden, Sachsen: (Hemerling?48);

from Eichelwir(?), Holstein: (Neff28);

from Erfurt: (Seingold?54);

from Gaden(?), Holstein: (Dohs?49);

from Ginschte(?), Holstein: (Hansen30);

from Glueckstadt, Holstein: (Stallmann7 and possibly Appel7a);

from Goerlitz, Sachsen: (Forster45);

from Guestrow, Mecklenburg: (Heinrich31);

from Holmdrup, Daenemark: (Friedrichsen26);

from Holstein: (Nicolausen14a);

from Holstein via Petersburg, Russia: (Elenberger55);

from Kabbel, Daenemark: (Hensel32);

from Kiel, Holstein: (Gromann35, Weissbrot23);

from Kilrastof(?), Holstein: (Arp29 and perhaps Benedikt29a);

from Klinstadt(?), Holstein: (Heckster?33, Stephan36);

from Klosten(?), Holstein: (Christopher25);

from Klostob(?), Holstein: (Boell21, Heinrich20);

from Kopenhagen, Daenemark: (Christian16);

from Lebbin, Brandenburg: (Reinhard34);