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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FaasFN:  said by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:661) to have been fromUC Warsaw.  His widow is listed without origin in the 1858 census (KS:664).

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

FaberFN: listed as the widow Burr in the Bergdorf census with no origin.  The GCRA proved her maiden name and origin in Affalterbach, Backnang [Amt], Wuerttemberg, using FHL 1,187,151-2.  See their book for detail.

FaberFN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be fromUC Heilbronn (no locality mentioned).

FaberFN: said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be fromUC Krossigbusig?.    For 1798 see (Mai1798:Bs22?) but spelled Faubus in 1769 (Mv560).

FaberFN: listed by both the 1816 Kassel census (#61) and KS:258 without origin. See the GCRA book for more.

FaberFN: said by the Schlitz ML to have come from “Weisenich (Weissenbach?) in the baronial district of Duengen” and married in 1766 a Kumpfen woman from Schlitz; they may have gone to the colony of Basel where he may be listed (Bs22) in the 1798 census (Mai&Marquardt#736, note 728).

FabriziusFN: said by the Kratzke FSL to be fromUC Wibstrand(?)/Wiebstrant(?), Finnland.

Fackenbusch FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be fromUC Elbruck?, Wachtenberg?.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

FaeberFN: see Ferber.

Faeling?FN: this widow was said by the Dehler FSL to be fromUC Kurmainz (no locality indicated).  I could not find her in the 1798 Volga censuses.

FahlerFN: see Faller.

FahrstedtGL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be homeUC to a Fischer{Heinrich} family, with a Weiser step-daughter in the household.  This probably is the same place that was rendered Vorstadt for the other Kano Fischer.  There was a Fahrstedt in the Holstein Duchy, some 39 miles NW of Hamburg city.  There was a Farnstaedt some 3.5 miles NW of Querfurt town, in Kursachsen.

Fahrt(?)GL, is an unidentified locality which, according to the Frank FSL, was in the state of Hannover and was homeUC to a Kemann? family.

FaidelFN: see Feidel.

FailelFN: see Feidel.

FaiockFN: this family that went to Kassel as well as Rohrbach, Odessa, was proven by the GCRA to be from Vorderweidentahl, Bergzabern [Amt], Pfalz. Also spelled Veiock.  See their book  for detail. 

FajferVV : a variant spelling of  PfeifferVV.

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

Falk?FN: said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be an orphaned sister of the wife in the Becker{J.Heinrich} household, as well as the maiden name of the wife.   I cannot find these women in the 1798 Volga censuses.

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

FalkFN: also see Valk and Volk.

FalkenbachFN: see Walkenbach.

FalkenburgGL:an unidentified place said by the Kamenka FSL to be homeUC to a Derillion/Dirillion? family.  There are many Falkenburgs in Germany, Austria, Poland and Sweden.

FalkensteinFN: said by the Schuck FSL to be fromUC Geslokh/Hassloch(?), Mainz.

FalkensteinGL: an unidentified place said (no locality mentioned) by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to a Einike? family.  Said by the Messer FSL to be homeUC to a Schanz family.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Schweitzer family.  This could have referred to Falkenstein County, to four or five other small states, or to any of the dozen or so cities and towns named Falkenstein in the Germanies.

FalkensteinGS: according to Remmick there were at least 5 other small states by this name.  One of them was in Hessen just N of Frankfurt-am-Main and owned by the Nassau-Weilburg family; one owned by Austria near Rottweil in Baden-Wuerttemberg; one near Roding in Bavaria owned by the Duke of Austria; one near Heidenheim in Wuerttemberg;  and one near Hettstedt in Sachsen-Anhalt.

Falkenstein Grafschaft i.e. CountyGS: it held lands in the Pfalz area spreading out on both sides of the Alsenz River centered on the town of Winnweiler and including the towns of Falkenstein and Imsbach,  plus pockets of land to the E of the river and to the N and NE (Ilbesheim) of their main territory.

Fallendorf?FN: said by the Enders FSL to be fromUC Klein, Holstein. The family name in 1798 was spelled Wollendorf (Mai1798:Rm12).

FallerFN: both the 1816 Kassel census (#52) and KS:259 said this family came fromUC Zeiskamm, Germersheim [Amt], Rheinpfalz.  This origin was not checked.  See the GCRA book for more.

FallerFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Freiburg although a note in the FSL says he was from Frankfurt-am-Main.  The family says his wife was a Wegau.

FalthornFN: listed by both the 1816 Kassel census (#62,80) and KS:259 without origin. See the GCRA book for more.

FalunGL, Schweden: is 121 miles NW of Stockholm, Sweden, and said by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to a Bergmann family.

Falwinhausen?, Waldeck [Principality]: an unidentified place said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be homeUC to a Grebing/Greving family, and possibly to a Jung{H.Christian} family.

FalzFN: listed by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#2) and KS:259 without origin.  The GCRA found unverified references to origin inUC Calw; see their book for more.   The better spelling is Volz.

Fanhausen?GL or Freihausen?GL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be homeUC to the Kunz family.  There were dozens of similarly spelled places in the Germanies.

Fank?FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Leisel.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Fanmispel?FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Leben, Brandenburg.

FanschFN: said by a Rosslau ML to have married in 1766 a Richter man; Stumpp spells it Fensch in one place and Fausch in another (Mai&Marquardt#999).

Farenies?FN:  said by the Ober-Monjou 1776 movement table to be the maiden name of frau Silberngon (Mai1798:Mv2049).

Faret/Farrette?FN: said by the Leichtling FSL to be fromUC Monte de Marcon, France (no locality mentioned).

Farger?FN: said by the Koehler FSL to be fromUC Fulda (no locality given), and his frau’s maiden name was given as Eckstein (no origin given).  Her family namewas rendered the same way in 1798 (Mai1798:Kl19).

FarnstaedtGL: see Fahrstedt.

Farrette?FN, see Faret.

FasselmanFN: this family name was found recorded in Winterhausen marriage records 1760-1769; see Flegel trip.

Fassnacht/FastnachtFN: said by the Leichtling FSL to be fromUC Orb/Bad Orb(?) (no locality mentioned).

FastFN: said by the Tiege FSL to be fromUC Lackendorff, Elbing Amt.

FastnachtFN, see Fassnacht.

FauFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Kinterchener?, Bamberg with a Mecker? orphan boy in the household.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

FaubelFN: see Faupel.

FaubusFN: see Faber.

FauerbachGL: there are 3 Fauerbachs in Germany all now in Hessen.  Fauerbach, Friedberg Imperial City, is now a suburb or district on the SE of Friedberg. Fauerbach, Hessen-Darmstadt, nka Fauerbach-bei-Nidda, is 3 miles ESE of Nidda town and 14 miles ENE of Freidberg city.  Fauerbach, Solms-Braunfels Principality, nka Fauerbach-vor-der-Hoehe, is 5 miles NW of Friedberg city.

FauerbachGL: country unidentified, said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be homeUC to a Philipp{Carl} family.  Said by the Buedingen ML to be homeUC to a Koch woman who married in 1766 a Goetz man; later this couple went to Jagodnaja Poljana (Mai&Marquardt#729).  Said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Mueller family.

FauerbachGL, Buedingen, Hessen: a misidentified place said by the Stumpp version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be homeUC to a Koch family.  The Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL says he was from Feuerbach [i.e. Fauerbach] or Nidda (p.133).  So this would have been Fauerbach, Hessen-Darmstadt.

FauerbachGL, [Hessen-]Darmstadt: nka Fauerbach-bei-Nidda, and said by the Kraft FSL to be homeUC to a Schwab. 

FauerbachGL, Hessen-Darmstadt: said by the Frank FSL to be homeUC to Adelmaier and Herzog families.  This was the same place as the previous entry.

Fauerbach, [Solms-Braunfels Principality]: said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be homeUC to Hartmann and Wasmuth/Wassmuth families.  Kuhlberg said this was in Solms.

Fauerbach-bei-NiddaGL: is 3 miles ESE of Nidda town and 14 miles ENE of Freidberg city, and was Fauerbach, Hessen-Darmstadt Margraviate.

Fauerbach-vor-der-HoeheGL: is 5 miles NW of Friedberg city and was Fauerbach, Solms-Braunfels Principality.

FaulstichFN:  said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of a frau Schmidt.

FaupelFN: said by the Louis FSL to be fromUC Meisenheim, Zweibruecken. In 1798 the family name was spelled Faubel (Mai1798:Rl10).

FauschFN: see Fansch.

FauserFN: arrived in South Russia in 1819 and later settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa; family records found by Curt Renz in Gomaringen, Reutlingen Oberamt, Wuerttemberg.

FaustFN: said by the Balzer FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality indicated).

FaustFN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be fromUC Roth, Isenburg.  The Buedingen ML says this man from Reibach married a Reichert woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#557).

FaustFN: according to the Goebel FSL this was the maiden name of Haag (fromUC Friedberg, Wuerzburg)’s wife.

FaustFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Alsfeld, Hessen.

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

FaustFN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be fromUC Bamberg [Bishopric] (no locality mentioned).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

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

Faustindorf GL, Volhynia: according to the GCRA aka Shitomir (which is nka Zhytomyr, Ukraine 83 miles W of Kiev) associated with Reiser and Tebus familes in 1842 and 1846 repectively.

FautFN:  listed by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:659) without origin.  Otherwise listed as Fauth (KS:260) which seems to be the preferred spelling.

FauthFN:  listed by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:260) without origin.  The GCRA proved that some of his children were born in Doerrenbach, Bergzabern [Amt], Pfalz, but they have been unable to locate the origin of the father; see their book for details.  Also spelled Faut.

Febor?FN said by the Huck FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned

FechFN: see Focht.

Fech/FechtFN: said by by one or both versions of the Balzer FSL to be fromUC DuedelsheimGL, Isenburg-Buedingen [County].  Bonner proved this origin and that the maiden name of frau Fech was Raab.

FechenheimGL, Hannau County: see Fegenheim.

FechingerFN:  according to a Rosslau ML this woman (no origin given) married in 1766 an Boeschel man; by 1767 the couple was in Jost (Mai&Marquardt#1018).

FechlingerFN: see Fochlinger.

FechtFN: see Fech.

FeckFN: said by the Brabander FSL to be fromUC Biberach.

FederFN: said by the Ober-Monjou 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Kohl  (Mai1798:Om10).

FefterFN: said by the Walter FSL to be fromUC Roth, Anspach County.

FegenheimGL, Hanau County: said by the Walter FSL to be homeUC to a Ewald family.  The Walter Research Project has indicated this was Fechenheim, now an eastern neighborhood of Frankfurt-am-Main.

Fegiandrintza(?)GL: an unidentified place said by the Holstein FSL to be homeUC to a Breiniger family.

FehnFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Hessen (no locality mentioned).  I cannot find them in the index to the 1798 censuses.

FehrFN: see Fer.

FehrkartFN: see Fer.

FeiFN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Wenzenburg.  I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

FeiFN: also see Fey.

FeidelFN: said by the Dreispitz FSL to be fromUC Ebersbach, Wittenberg.  In 1798 the family name was spelled Feil (Mai1798:Dr38).

FeidelFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Arnheim, Holland.  Later spelled Faidel, Failel, and Weigel (Mai1798:Ka4, Ka53).

FeiferVV : a variant spelling of  PfeifferVV.

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

FeigertFN: listed by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#67) and KS:260 with no origin.  Using FHL#193,976, the GCRA proved their origin in Meisenheim, Kreuznach [Amt], Rheinpfalz.  See the GCRA book for more.     Also spelled Feikert and Feukert.

FeikertFN: see Feigert.

FeilFN: said by the Kukkus FSL to be fromUC Weilrod(?), Braunfels.

FeilFN: listed by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#53) and KS:260 with no origin, but said by KS:468 to have come from Gutenberg, Nuertingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg. Using FHL#1,055,850, the GCRA proved this origin.  See their book for more.  Also spelled Veil.

FeilFN: this family name was found recorded in Winterhausen marriage records 1760-1769; see Flegel trip.

FeilFN: also see Feidel and Veil.

FeilingFN: said by the Bettinger FSL to be fromUC Waldgirmes, Darmstadt.

FeinFN said by the Huck FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned

Feinstein(?)GL, meaning unknown, used in the Frank FSL in conjunction with the Dietrich family and Solms.

FeitFN: see Veit.

FelbaitelFN:  said by the Ober-Monjou 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Boes, formerly frau Matheas  (Mai1798:Om63).

FelbuschFN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC Giessen(?), Darmstadt.

FeldFN: see Felden.

FeldGL, Hessen Darstadt: according to the Frank FSL was home to a Gruenewald family.  Confirmed as Gruenwald from Gross Felda.

FeldaFN: said by the Grimm FSL to be fromUC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Felde.

FeldeFN: see Felda or Velde.

Felden?FN: said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be fromUC Gevmenrod?:.    Spelled in 1798 Feld (Mai1798:Pl02) and in 1795 Feldt (Mv585).

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

FeldstettenGL, Muensingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 6.5 miles NE of Muensingen city and was said mistakenly by the 1816 Glueckstal census (#35) and by KS:326 to be homeUC to the Keim family.  Proven by the GCRA as home to the Keim family that went to Kassel.

FeldtFN: see Felden.

FelersteinFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Feuerstein and his wife’s maiden name is given as Loch (Mai1798:Nr109).  The Buedingen ML says this Feurstein man fromUC Boehnstadt married a Loch woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#691).

FelhauerFN: listed by both the 1816 Kassel census (#74) and KS:262 without origin.  Using FHL#1,189,091-2 the GCRA proved origin in Eppingen, Sinsheim [Amt], Baden.  See their book for more.  Also spelled Filhauer and Villhauer.

FelkerFN: said by the Bettinger FSL to be fromUC Moens, Holstein.

FelkerFN: said by the Walter FSL to be fromUC Danzig, Free Republic.  This was identified as a Voelker family by the Walter Research Group.

FellFN: said by the Keller FSL to be an orphan girl {Agnesta} in the Grollmann household and an orphan boy in the Schipper household.

FellGL: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Schneider family and possibly a Henicke family.  See the next two entries.

FellGL: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Dietzel family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Darmstadt. The only Fell that I can find outside of Austria is 6 miles ENE of Trier city and in the 1760s it belonged to Kurtrier, not Kurpfalz.

FellGL, [Kur-]Trier: is 6 miles ENE of Trier city, and said by the Goebel FSL to be homeUC to Kossmann and Rutkowski families.  Said by the Hoelzel FSL to be homeUC to Hof{Mathias}/Hoff and Witna families, and possibly a Busch family.

FellaGL: see Fell.

FellbachGL, Cannstatt Oberamt, Wuerttemberg: is just NE of the Bad Cannstatt neighborhood of Stuttgart, and was home to an Aldinger family that settled in Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia.  This is the same origin as the next entry.

FellbachGL, Waiblingen Amt, Wuerttemberg: is some 1.5 miles SW of Waiblingen city, and proven by the GCRA to have been home to Aldinger and Deile families, and probably the Hofmeister family, that went to Bergdorf.  Proven by GCRA to be home to the Aldinger  family that went to Glueckstal.  KS:410 says this was homeUC to the Rosin family that settled in Kassel, but the GCRA is doubtful.   This is the same origin as the previous entry.

FellerFN: said by the Anton FSL to be fromUC Hirschfelde, Hessen.

FellerFN: said by the Pleve version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be fromUC Nidda.  The Kromm version says he was fromUC Streithain near Nidda (pp.31, 33).

FellerFN: also see Gramm.

FellinGL, Poland: the GCRA found this associated with the Adam fmaily in 1792, guessing that it may have been Zellin, Czelline, or Filehne.

FelsingFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Giessen and frau Felsing’s maiden name was given as Herdt fromUC OffenbachUC.   In 1798 the family name was spelled Feltsing and Feltz (Mai1798:Pl55/Bs09).

FelsingerFN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC Laubach and that his wife (maiden name not given) was from Meerholz, Isenburg.  Stumpp (p.127) says this Filsinger man was from Ilsford, Solms.

FelterFN: said by the Kraft FSL to be fromUC Burgsinn.

FeltsingFN: see Felsing.

FeltzFN: see Felsing.

Felzer(?): this might be Pfalz.

Felzig, Bamberg: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to a Goetz family.

Fenay?GL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be homeUC to a Litke family.

FendelFN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be fromUC Hanau (no locality mentioned).

FendelFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Leuven(?), Braband.

FendelFN: said by the Laub FSL to be fromUC Augsburg.

Fendrich?FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Reuden.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

FennGL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to a Lambert family.

FenschFN: see Fansch.

Fer?FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Mecklenburg-Schwerin.  Spelled Fehr in 1798 (Mai1798: Mv274), and may also have been spelled Fehrkart (Bx20).

FerberFN: said by the Bauer FSL to be fromUC Kirchberg, Hessen.  Later spelled Faeber.

FerberFN: both the 1816 Kassel census (#11) and KS:261 said this family came fromUC Frickenhausen, Nuertingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  The GCRA could not confirm this origin in FHL#1,056,592.  See their book for more.

Ferdinandshof GL: see Ferdinanz.

Ferdinanz(?)GL, Pommern: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be homeUC to a Strep? family.  This may be Ferdinandshof some 25 miles ENE of NeuBrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

FernerFN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Zersardel?.  I could not find this woman or her daughter in the 1798 censuses.

FerterFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Halle.  Pleve thought this might be Voerter.

FertigFN: said by the Bauer FSL to be fromUC Geddelsbach, Loewenstein.

FertigFN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be fromUC Kesbach, Franken.

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

Feser?FN: said by the Volmer FSL to be fromUC Karlstadt, Wuerzburg.  Later spelled Fesser.

FesselFN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Quellendorf, Dessau.  Another source also says he was fromUC Quellendorf (Mai&Marquardt#1063).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

FesselFN: also see Fezer.

Fesser FN: see Feser.

FestFN: said by the Dehler FSL to be fromUC Reifenberg, Bassenheim.  For 1798 see 1798Mai:Dl17, 25.

Fetter?FN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Egelsheim, [Kurbayern].  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Fetzburg?GL: an unidentified country.  See Barpach.

FetzerFN: see Wolf of Katharinenstadt.

FeuerbachFN: see Fauerbach.

FeuerbachGL, Stuttgardt [Amt], Wuerttemberg: a former village, now a neighborhood on the NW side of Stuttgardt city; the GCRA proved this the origin of the Reiser{J.Gottfried} family whose members ended up in Hoffnungstahl, Kassel and Neudorf.

FeuersteinFN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be fromUC Obermoersbach?.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Om13.

FeuersteinFN: also see Felerstein.

FeukertFN: see Feigert.

FeursteinFN: see Felerstein.

FeyFN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Fulda [Bishopric] (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Fei in 1798 (Mai1798:Gf32).

Fezer?FN: said by the 1798 Orlovskaya census to be the maiden name of frau Patzel (Mai1798:Or32). A Rosslau ML spelled this name Fessel (Mai&Marquardt#883).

FHL(4444): indicates film number 4444, or whatever number is in the parenthesis, from the Latter-Day Saints’ Family History Library.  In such films are recorded countless primary genealogical records from around the world.

FickFN: the Rosslau ML says this woman (no origin given) married a Vogel man in 1765; by 1766 this couple was in Graf; Stumpp lists her maiden name as Sick (Mai&Marquardt#833).

FickeFN: both the 1816 Kassel census (#82) and KS:262 said this family came fromUC Hessen-Kassel..  The GCRA believes the family likely came fromUC Lauterecken, Kusel [Amt], Rheinpfalz but as of 10/2007 they had not yet used FHL#193,019 to prove it.  See their book for more.  Also spelled Fuecke.

FichtelFN: said by the Hoelzel FSL to be fromUC Geiselwind, Schwarzenberg.  I could not find this family in 1798.

FiedlerFN: these two men were said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Vadenrod, Alsfeld Amt, [Hessen-]Darmstadt.

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

FielinGL,  Prussia: the GCRA found this associated with the Meske family in 1783 and guessed that it was really Filehne.

FierFN: see Fuehrer.

Figelnus?FN: said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be a step-daughter in the Kappes household.  I could not find her in the 1798 Volga censuses.

FiginFN: said by the Phillipsfeld 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Schneider{Michael}.

Figlein(?), Orleans, France: an unidentified place said by the Preuss FSL to be homeUC to a Budgor? family.

FigongueFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Kampe.

Filehne KreisGL, Posen province, Pussia: now Wielen, Poland, some 45 miles NW and was a district administrative center.  The GCRA thinks this may have been associated with the Adam family (1792) and the Meske family (1783).

FilehneGL, Polen: now Wielen, Poland, and said by the Fischer FSL to be homeUC to a Kossmann family.

FilhauerFN: see Felhauer.

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

Filis?GL, Polen: an unidentified place said by the Fischer FSL to be homeUC to a Lang family.  Probably Filehne?

Filius?FN: this mother-in-law was said by the Dobrinka FSL to be in a Schulz household fromUC Gelnhausen.  The Buedingen ML says her daughter’s maiden name was Avelius.

FilligenGL, Braunfels: said by Buedingen church records to be home to a Knippel man; by 1767 he was in Norka (Mai&Marquardt#1216a).  I can find no such place near Braunfels.  There is a Pfeddersheim some 2 miles WSW of Worms, which evidently was/is aka Pfiffligheim …

Filmar/Villmar, Trier): said by the Rothammel FSL to be homeUC to a Voon family.

FilsingerFN: see Felsinger.

Filun?GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to a Sonnenblatt family.

FinckFN: this woman is said by a Luebeck ML to be fromUC Riedesel (no locality mentioned) and to have married in 1766 a Hoffman man (Mai&Marquardt#280).  By 1767 this couple may have been in the Belowescher Kolonien.

FinckFN: also see Fink.

Fine?FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Halberstadt, Brandenburg.

FinkFN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Legen(?).  They were in Meinhard colony in 1798 (Mai1798: Mn12, 29).

FinkFN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be fromUC Wuerttemberg (no locality mentioned).

FinkFN: said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be fromUC Leisel.

FinkFN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:676, 262) to be from Godramstein, Landau [Amt], Pfalz.  Using FHL(247,655-6), the GCRA verified this origin. See the GCRA book for more details.

FinkFN: said by the Grimm FSL to be fromUC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).  According to the Buedingen ML this Finck man ofUC Zell, Darmstadt married in 1766 a Sein woman; Stump gives the name as Fink, the bride’s as Stein, and says Zell was near Alsfeld, Hessen (Mai&Marquardt#486).

Fink{J.Melchior}FN: listed by the 1858 Kassel census (#245) and by KS:262 without origin. But said in another place in KS:262  to be from Hausen[-an-der-Zaber], Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg going (sic) to Sarata, Bessarabia. Using FHL#1,184,780-1 the GCRA proved origin in Hausen-an-der-Zaber.  See their book for more.

FinkFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).  A Luebeck ML says this Finck man from Hessen-Darmstadt married a Gebel woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#224).

FinkFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be with an orphan girl in a Hahn household.

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

Finken?FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Zerbst (no locality mentioned).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

FinlandGS: was a part of Sweden until 1809.  Said by the Merkel FSL to be homeUC to a Olofsen family. 

Finstreng?, Frankreich: an unidentified place said by the Hildmann FSL to be homeUC to a Weiss family.

Firgeiling?FN: the Koehler FSL gives no place of origin for this orphan girl.  Kuhlberg says she came from Franconia.

FirnbergerrigerFN: see Firnberiger.

FirnberigerFN: the Buedingen ML says this woman married a Kayser man in 1766; later that year they were in Doenhof; Stumpp gives her name as Firnbergerriger (Mai&Marquardt#511).

FirnsbergGL, Wuerzburg: an unidentified place said by the Preuss FSL to be homeUC to a Resch family.

FirschtFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Nuernberg.

FischFN: said by the Cheisol FSL to be fromUC Montain, Frankeich. For 1798 see Mai1798:Hr21, Rl31.

FischFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Veenendaal(?).  Pleve, incorrectly I think, thought this might be Fischer.

FischbachGL, Falkenstein: said by the Laub FSL to be homeUC to a Merk family.  I can find no Fischbach in Falkenstein County.  There is a Fischbach some 2 miles SW of the town of Falkenstein in Steiermark province some 60 miles SW of Vienna, Austria.

FischbachGL, Lemberg [Amt], Pirmasens [Oberamt], Rheinpfalz: the GCRA believes this may have been homeUC to frau Knapp (nee Kern) of 1816 Kassel census (#75).  This may be 6 miles SE of Lemberg town, but there also is a Waldfischbach some 7 miles N of Lemberg town.

FischbachGL, Mainz: probably is in Hessen 12 miles NE of Mainz city center, and said by the Goebel FSL to be homeUC to an Ulrich family.

FischbornGL: is 13 miles NNE of Gelnhausen, and according to the Buedingen ML a Schneider woman fromUC Fischborn [which Stumpp says is near Gelnhausen] married in 1766 a Bapst man; by 1767 this couple was in Krasnoyar (Mai&Marquardt#645).

FischerFN: said by the Bauer FSL to be fromUC Meisenheim, Wittenberg.  The contemporary Pastor Seyffarth makes it clear that this actually is Mettenheim, Wartenberg and that Fischer married a woman from Bender (Mai&Marquardt#1238).

Fischer FN {Georg M}:  listed by the Bergdorf 1858 census (KS:664, 666) without origin.  The GCRA using FHL(1,340,229) has verified the Neuenstein, Oehringen [Amt], Wuerttemberg origin mentioned in KS:264; see the GSRA book for detail.

FischerFN{Gottlieb}: listed in the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:661) as a pseudonym for Obenauer.

FischerFN{Karl F}: listed by the Bergdorf 1858 census (KS:668) without origin.  The GCRA using FHL(1,184,760) has verified the Leonbronn, Brackenheim [Amt], Wuerttemberg origin mentioned in KS:263; see the GSRA book for detail.

FischerFN{Michael}: his widow is listed by the Bergdorf 1858 census (KS:659) without origin. The GCRA using FHL(1,055,850) has verified his Gutenberg, Nuertingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg origin mentioned in KS:264, having first gone to Kuhlhausen, Suedpreussen before going to Bergdorf; see the GSRA book for detail.  However, the GCRA has proven that his widow was bornUC a Steib in Goeppingen, Wuerttemberg, whereas KS:263 says she was fromUC Baiersbronn, Freudenstadt [Amt], Wuerttemberg.

FischerFN: said by the Brabander FSL to be fromUC Aulendorf, Bayern.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bn45.  A Rosslau ML says this man married in 1766 a Wagner woman (Mai&Marquardt#1026).

FischerFN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be fromUC Riedesel (no locality mentioned).

FischerFN: said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be fromUC Buedingen.   For 1798  see Mai1798:Or34,Bb39,Bs30.

FischerFN: said by the Fischer FSL to be fromUC Helmsgruen?, Sachsen.

FischerFN: according to the Buedingen ML a Fischer woman fromUC Muentzenberg married a Klein man in 1766; the couple later moved to Frank (Mai&Marquardt#684).

FischerFN: said by the Galka FSL to be fromUC Litschen, Wittenberg[?].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sb41).

FischerFN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:672, 263) with no origin.  Using FHL(1,569,075, -082, and -089), the GCRA proved origin in Reutlingen, Wuerttemberg. See the GCRA book for more details.

FischerFN: arrived in South Russia in 1818 and 1819 these two families later settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa; family records found by Curt Renz in Gondelsheim, Bretten Amt, Wuerttemberg.

FischerFN: said by the Grimm FSL to be fromUC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).

FischerFN: one family said by the Pleve and Stumpp versions of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be fromUC Nidda, the other from Schotten.  A Fischer man fromUC Hanau [County] married in Luebeck in 1766 an Appel woman fromUC [Hessen-]Darmstadt (Mai&Marquardt#278).  Kromm suggests they were from either Burkhards or Eichelsachsen of Schotten Amt, or Ober Lais of Nidda Amt, all in Hessen-Darmstadt.

FischerFN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be fromUC Muelsen/Mulsen, Preussen.

Fischer{Heinrich}FN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Fahrstedt, the wife’s maiden name being Weiser, with a Weiser step-daughter in the household.  The wife’s maiden name was also given as Weiser, so either Weiser was her first married name, or the daughter had been illegitimate.

Fischer{Karl Christian}FN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Vorstadt.

Fischer{Peter}FN: listed by both the 1816 Kassel census (#30) and KS:207 without origin.  See the GCRA book for more.

FischerFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Sachsen (no locality mentioned).  A Rosslau ML says she married in 1766 a Winkler man; Stumpp says 1765 (Mai&Marquardt#965) In 1767 she has arrived in Katharinenstadt with a Schroeder husband.

FischerFN{Nicolaus} and {J.Heinrich}: said by the Keller FSL to be fromUC Kottenheim, Bassenheim [Barony], with Riegelhof orphan children in the {Nicolaus} household.

Fischer FN {Barbara}: a widow said by the Keller FSL to be fromUC Reifenberg, Bassenheim.

FischerFN: a 1766 Luebeck baptismal record says a Fischer woman (no place of origin given) was the wife of a Endters man when their son was baptisted in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Krasnoyar (Mai&Marquardt#1290).

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

FischerFN: said by the Kratzke FSL to be fromUC Hamburg.

FischerFN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be fromUC Aurach (no locality mentioned).

FischerFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  A Luebeck ML says this man married a Leonhardt woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#104).

FischerFN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be fromUC Oberwaldstedt? with a Rupp brother-in-law in the household.   For 1798 see Mai1798:Om26 and possibly 66.