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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FochlingerFN: listed by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#42) and KS:265 without origin. Using FHL#1,348,722, the GCRA proved their origin in Birkenau, Weinheim [Amt], [Heppenheim Kreis], Hesse.  See the GCRA book for more.   Also spelled Fechlinger and Voellinger.

FochtFN {Sebastian, Michael} said by the Anton FSL to be fromUC Heidelberg Oberamt, Kurpfalz.   Volz indicated Hessen origins for a Fech family.  Spelled Vogt in 1798; for {Sebastian} see Mai1798:An13, and for {Michael} see An3, Kk32, Lw34, and St25.

FochtFN: said by the Messer FSL to be fromUC Brandenburg (no locality mentioned).

FochtFN: the Walter FSL does not give a place of origin for this man.  The Walter Research Group has identified the family name as Vogt.

FoellerFN: see Veller and Gramm.

FoerdererFN:  the GCRA found that this family spent time in Glueckstal and proved their origin in Oestringen, Bruchsal [Amt], Baden, using FHL 1,051,489.  Frau Foerderer was a Vogelhuber.   See the GCRA book for more.

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

FoersterFN: she is said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to have married Bormann in Oranienbaum, but no origin is given for her.

FoersterFN: said by the Merkel FSL to be fromUC Galborsht(?), Prussia.

FoersterFN: said by the 1798 Norka census to be the maiden name of the wife of Bach (Mai1798:Nr62).

FoersterFN: also see Forster.

Foffelhof?GLWittenberg: said by the Dreispitz FSL to be homeUC to a Meier family.  This surely is Pfaffenhofen, Wuerttemberg.

FogalFN:  the Walter Research Group has confirmed in local parish records that this Vogel family, listed in the Walter FSL as Fogal, came from Gelnhaar, Isenburg (now Hessen).

FogelFN: a variant of Vogel.

FogelsangGL, Marienburg Amt: said by the Orloff  FSL to be homeUC to a Wiensz{Wilhelm} family.  Probably better spelled Vogelsang, which is now Bronislawie, Poland, and was some 4 miles NW of Tiegendorff city.

Fokht/VogtFN: said by the Merkel FSL to be fromUC Hamburg.

FolkFN: said by the Walter FSL to be fromUC Klinen, Kurpfalz.  The Walter Research Project has identified this as a Volk family from Klingen, Rhineland-Palatinate.

Folkakh/Volkach?GL: an unidentified place said by the Leichtling FSL to be homeUC to a Bernhard family.  It might be Volkach, Bavaria, some 13 miles ENE of Wuerzburg.

FolmarVV: another spelling for VolmerVV.

FolmerVV: another spelling for VolmerVV.

FolnisFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be an orphan boy in a Schmidt (fromUC Grossen Buseck) household.  I could not find Folnis in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Folop?FN: said by the Keller FSL to be fromUC Konz, Kurtrier.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

FoltartFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Gruenberg.

FoltzFN: see Vajas.

FoosFN{A.Margeretha}: said by the Dietel FSL to be the orphan of Jacob Foos living in the W.Brachbacher household.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Mr11.  Probably the same origin as the next entry.

FoosFN{Johann}: said by the Dietel FSL to be fromUC Heimkehr(?), HessenDona Reeves-Marquardt has found the Foos birth records in Heimkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, confirmed by Brent MaiFor 1790, 1795, and 1798 see :Mv396, Mv422, Dt4, 44, Hs26, Mr12.

FoosFN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be fromUC Ambap(?), Wittenberg.  Later spelled Foss (Mai1798:Db15).

FoosFN: also see Fouche.

Forbach?/VorbachFN: said by the Kutter FSL to be fromUC Hanau.

Forbach [Kreis]GL, Elsass-Lothringen: is 4.5 miles SW of Saarbruecken city, and was a District administrative center.

Forchheim, Bamberg [Bishopric]: is some 3 miles NE of Dobenreuth town and 14 miles SSE of Bamberg city, and said by the Dehler FSL to be homeUC to a Betz family.

ForchtenbergGL, Oehringen Oberamt, Wuerttemberg: is 6 miles NNE of Oehringen city, and has been proven by the GCRA, using FHL(1,340,210), to be the place Braun left in 1821 to go to Bergdorf, and to be the place Romig left to go to Glueckstal.  They also proved that the Braun family had been in Grauben, Karlsruhe [Amt], Wuerttemberg in 1812 using FHL(1,238,310). According to the GCRA this is a possible birthplace for the Lechner children who went to Glueckstal.  See their book for more detail.

ForchtenbergGL, Oehringen parish, Wuerttemberg: is some 6 miles NNE of Oehringen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and was home to a Hammel family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa.

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

ForschauerFN: said by the Kukkus FSL to be fromUC Asslar, Braunfels.  This man, from Aslar, Braunfels, married a Frick woman in Friedberg in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#348).

Forschmann?FN: Herr Forschmann? was said by the Fischer FSL to be fromUC Stockholm, Schweden; his frau was said to come from Sernow, Preussen.

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

ForsterFN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be fromUC Goerlitz, Sachsen.

ForsterFN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be fromUC Karich?, Berend?.  In 1798 the family name was given as Foerster (Mai1798:Mo54).

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

Forsthaeus, Orpiszewo [Amt, Krotschin Kreis, Posen Department], South Prussia: according to the GCRA it was aka Forsthaeusler, near Rosenfeld and Hellefelde and was associated with the Benz and Wetzler families.

ForsthaeuslerGL: aka Forsthaeus.

FortFN: listed by the Hoelzel FSL as a stepson in the Hermann household.  I could not find him in the 1798 Volga censuses.

ForthGL, Nuernburg: is some 12 miles NE of Nuernburg city, and said by the Lauwe FSL to be homeUC to a Prinz family.

FortnerFN: said by the Merkel FSL to be fromUC Vienna, Austria.

FossFN: see Foos.

FosselFN: said by the Herzog FSL to be fromUC Neuburg, [Kur-]Bayern.

FoucheFN: said by the Franzosen FSL to be fromUC Paris, Frankreich. May have been spelled Fushi? (Mai1798:Fz3?) and Foos (Fz42?) in 1798. The 1834 census says a Fusche family moved to Leichtling.

Foudenbach?, Provinz Utrecht: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to a Schlegel family.

FourauFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Chez(?), Frankreich.

FrachtelFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be fromUC Bernartice, Boehmen.  The family name was spelled Frichel and the wife’s maiden name was given as Unrein in 1798 (Mai1798:Sn14).

Fraenkisch-CrumbachGL, [Rodenstein Barony]: is 13 miles SE of Darmstadt city and might have been the origin of the Balzer Weber family.  Said by the Bauer FSL to be home to a Miller family -- Fraenkisch-Crumbach parish records confirm that this Eidmueller family left there for Russia in May 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#1277).  The Walter Research Group has confirmed in parish records that this was the home of Becker families that went to WalterAlso see Grumberg and Krumbach.  According to two different parish priests, the following families, having lived in the area or past through here, left here for Russia in 1766: Amann, Becker {J.Jakob, Johannes}, Bock, Eidemueller {J. Martin, .Nikolaus}, Froelich, Hess, Hoerr, Lehn, Lichtenberg(er), Loret(t)us, Merz, Muntermann, Pertsch, Reinhard, Ruppel, Schaefer, Schenkel, Traut, Walther {J.Ludwig, J.Peter, J.Philipp}, and Weber (Gieg1).

Fraenkischen Ritterkreis: this state was a joint project of several knightly families that had struggled against enormous odds to achieve it since the 1200’s.  They finally got the blessing of the Holy Roman Emperor in 1656.  Ten families were involved in that agreement: von Boyneburg, von Buchenau, von Dernbach, von Ebersberg-Weyhers, von Ilten, von Lauter, von Mansbach, von Schiltz-Goertz, von der Tann, and von Wildungen.  Their lands tended to be to the north of Fulda in the Werra River valley in the north and to the south in the Rhoen Mountains.  The Weyher Barony would have been included in it.

FrahmFN:  see Fromm.

FraigeferFN: see Pfeifner.

FranceGS: said (no locality indicated) by the Norka FSL to be homeUC to a Batein family.

FranconiaGL: a German region which included much of northern Bavaria and much else. Long before the 1760’s it was the huge Grand Duchy of Franconia, , was ruled by the Prince-Bishops of Wuerzburg, and which included lands far to the east, west and south of Wuerzburg city, with some lands extending considerably N beyond Fulda city and E beyond the Rhine river.  See Franken.

FranckFN: according to the Buedingen ML a Franck woman from Hausen, Darmstadt-Lichtenberg married in 1766 a Horn man; by 1767 this couple was in Krasnoyar (Mai&Marquardt#583).

FranckFN: also see FrankFN.

FrankFN: said by the Anton FSL to be fromUC Isenburg, and the maiden name of the wife was said to be Stork.  For 1798 see Mai1798:An6.

FrankFN:  listed by the Bergdorf 1858 census (KS:667, 266) without origin.  Origin in Neckarwestheim, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg was proven by TAS and GP using FHL(1,184,925).  See the GCRA book for more details.

FrankFN: see Belz of Boaro.

FrankFN: said by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Zaberetenheim?.

FrankFN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be fromUC Hohenlohe (no locality mentioned).

FrankFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Muelhausen.

FrankFN: said by the Franzosen FSL to be fromUC Liege, Likaland?.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Fz32.

Frank{Andreas}FN: said by the Galka FSL to be fromUC Libau, Kurland.

Frank{J.Wilhelm}FN: said by the Galka FSL to be fromUC Rastatt, [Baden-Baden Margraviate].  The maiden name the wife was given as Meng in 1798 (Mai1798:Gk10, Sb35, 43).

FrankFN: said by the Herzog FSL to be fromUC Brushsal.

FrankFN: Darrell Brungardt believes this was the maiden name (daughter of the preceding entry) of the wife of Goetz of Herzog.

FrankFN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Bayreuth [Margraviate] (no locality mentioned).

FrankFN said by the Kautz FSL to be fromUC Schriesheim, Kurpfalz – confirmed by Michael Frank.

FrankFN: said by the Kraft FSL to be fromUC Danstedt, Sachsen.  The Buedingen ML says this Franck man was fromUC Daenstaedt, Saxony and married in 1766 a Schueler woman fromUC Hanau (Mai&Marquardt#672).

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

Frank{Kaspar}FN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be fromUC Seigendorf, Bamberg [Bishopric].

Frank{Kilian}FN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be fromUC Hemhofen, Bamberg [Bishopric].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Nk12.

FrankFN: said by the Merkel FSL to be fromUC Magdeburg, Prussia.

FrankFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  The maiden name of the wife is later said to be Keller (Mai1798:Nr176).

FrankFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Dessau (no locality mentioned) with a Boxhorn orphan boy in the household.  According to a Rosslau ML, this Franke man married in 1766 a Teller woman, no origins given (Mai&Marquardt#920).

FrankFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC Orb

FrankFN: said by the Roethling FSL to be either fromUC Ruedigheim, Hanau, Hessen, or fromUC Darmstadt, Hessen.  According to the Buedingen ML, this Franck man fromUC Ruedingshayn married in 1766 a Gruen woman fromUC Langd (Mai&Marquardt#720).

FrankFN: said by the Rohleder FSL to be fromUC Lindau [Imperial City?] (no locality mentioned).  In 1798 the maiden name of the wife was give as Salmetzger (Mai1798:Rl22, see also Rl09).  In 1765 in Rosslau this Franke man married a Seilemitzke woman; KS:128 also spelled her name Seilemitzke but KS:158 spelled it Seilenitz (Mai&Marquardt#868).

FrankFN: his wife was said by the Rohleder FSL to be fromUC Ulm [Imperial City?].

FrankFN: said by the Rothammel FSL to be fromUC Leidesdorf, Trier.

FrankFN: said by the Rothammel FSL to be fromUC Linkargauzen(?), Kurpfalz.

FrankFN said by the Schwab FSL to be fromUC Rodenbach.  I could not find members of this family in Mai798.

FrankFN: said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be fromUC Kiel, [Holstein-Gottorp Duchy].  I could not find members of this family in  Mai1798.

FrankFN: this family name was found recorded in Herborn marriage records 1762-1767, and in Schotten parish records for many generations prior to 1767; see Flegel trip.

FrankRN, Jerry, of Calgary, Alberta, provided information from the Ortssippenbuch regarding emigrants to Russia from Nagold, Wuerttemberg.  He has also Nagold created accurate, fully indexed maps for places where Germans lived in Russian Poland and in Volhynia.

FrankRN, Michael, the AHSGR Village Coordinator for Kautz says he has confirmed the origin of the Kautz Franks.

FrankVV (aka Medvedickij Krestovyj Buerak, or Medveditzkoi Krestovoi Buyerak, or Medwedizki Krestowoi Bujerak) is a Lutheran village on the western side of the Volga River.  Its FSL is published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.I, pp.419-439.  According to that, the first settlers were from the following places with the family names shown here in parens:

from Altenhaslaz(?), Hannover: (Bock);

from Amereli(?), Dauphin(?), Frankreich: (Philipper);

from Aurach(?), Wuertemberg: (Wittwerger?);

from Berching[Bergen], Hanau: (Hock);

from Bigens(?)[Buedingen], Isenburg: (Bastron);

from Bingenheim, Hessen-Darmstadt: (Mueller);

from Bisuses(?), Hessen-Darmstadt: (Hendelbach);

from Bonbach(?), Sulz, Lobbach: (Pfeif);

from Breitenbrunn, [Breuberg Condominium]: (Ort(h)94);

from Brennhausen(?), Hessen-Darmstadt: (Mueller);

from Buedingen, Isenburg: (Hartung);

from Chez(?), Frankreich: (Fourau);

from Ditmolt(?), Hannover: (Weiss);

from Eberbach, Erbach: (Freiling?/Froelich);

from Ebergi(?), Hessen-Darmstadt: (Baum);

from Eckarsbrun, Hessen-Darmstadt: (Hoffmann);

from Enerhof(?), Hessen-Darmstadt: (Guenther);

from Ext(?), Erbach: (Schaefer);

from Fahrt(?), Hannover: (Kemann?);

from Fauerbach, Hessen-Darmstadt: (Adelmaier, Herzog);

from Feld[Gross Felda], Hessen-Darmstadt: (Gruenewald);

from Geinsheim(?), Erbach: (Hoffaerber);

from Grasbrun, Ansbach: (Bereht);

from Gminterdreick(?), Isenburg: (Mueller);

from Grossenhausen, Hannover: (Krebs/Kret?);

from Gruenewald, Hessen-Darmstadt: (Wacker[born Crainfeld]);

from Hainstadt?, Breuberg Condominium: (Hoffaerber100);

from Hamburg: (Dormann);

from Harpeshausen(?), Hannover: (Willman);

from Hasselborn, Nassau: (Walter);

from Hergaz(?), Fulda: (Rossmann);

from Hirschfeld[Gersfeld], Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter(?): (Fuhr, Gutmann, Hein[from Rommers/Gersfeld], Kammerzel, Manz, Rameis?, Reiter, Zitzmann[born in Dorrnhof]);

from Hoechst, Breuberg Condominium: (Hofferbaer100, Schaefer{Johannes}97);

from Hostet(?), Kurpfalz: (Kirschbaum/Kerschbaum);

from Ilbeshausen, Hessen-Darmstadt: (Weidemann);

from Ilzich(?), Sachsen: (Steinmueller);

from Iweck Schiltz(?),Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter(?): (Schaefer);

from Kestrich, Hessen-Darmstadt: (Schaefer);

from Kidow(?), Hessen-Darmstadt: (Eckert);

from Kirschbach(?), Erbach: (Bauer);

from Kirch-Beerfurth, Erbach County: (Froelich92);

from Koenigsberg, Preussen: (Dietrich).

from Kroettenbach, Loewenstein: (Beck);

from Kummerhausen(?), Nuernberg: (Saalmeier);

from Kunerot(?), Isenburg: (Ruppel);

from Langebranich(?), Erbach: (Hoffmann);

from Langen, Hessen-Darmstadt: (Hof);

from Langenbrombach, Breuberg Condominium: (Hoffmann{J.Heinrich}90);

from Lans(?), Hessen-Darmstadt: (Schauermann);

from Laudenbach, Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter(?): (Schapf?);

from Lauter, Hessen-Darmstadt: (Becher);

from Lenrot(?), Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter(?): (Schmidt);

from Luetzelbach, [Breuberg Condominium]: (Ort(h)94);

from Lussbach(?),Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter(?): (Kroening);

from Marklkofen, Nuernberg: (Zeiler);

from Mauerwelt(?), Fulda: (Knopf);

from Meiningen, Sachsen: (Hock);

from Muehldorf, Holstein: (Schuhmacher);

from Muelhausen: (Frank);

from Muemling-Grumbach, Breuberg Condominium: (Flath95);

from Nazig(?), Gerene(?), Frankreich: (Bernhard);

from Neustadt, [Sandbach parish], [Breuberg Condominium]: (Heimbuechner101, Walt(h)er{Friedrich}88);

from Neustadt bei Dresden, Sachsen: (Demert?);

from Nidda, Hessen-Darmstadt: (Frick, Irk?[Erck]);

from Nieder-Kinzig, Breubach Condominium: (Goethmann/Goettmann98);

from Niederanzeig(?), Erbach: (Rausch);

from Nieder-Kinzig, Breuberg Condominium : (Rausch89);

from Niederwoellstadt, Solms: (Kleim[Klein]);

from Nuernberg: (Lutz);

from Oberklinten(?), Kurpfalz: (Weber);

from Obermundstadt, Isenburg: (Stamm);

from Ochsenbach, Wuerttemberg: (Betz);

from Penrot(?)[Bannerod],Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter(?): (Kissler);

from Pferdsbach(?), Isenburg: (Lapp);

from Pfirschbach, Breubach Condominium: (Bauer96);

from Piver(?), Hannover: (Mueller);

from Rambach, Nassau: (Bender);

from Rimhardt(?), Erbach: (Karg17);

from Rimhorn, Breuberg Condominium: (Bruecher93a);

from Rinteln, Frieberg(?): (Binginer?, Wagner[born in Langgoens]);

from Rutenburg(?), Lohbach(?): (Kraft);

from Salzing(?), Sachsen: (Schmick);

from Sandbach(?), [Breuberg Condominium]: (Hoffaerber99);

from Schezler(?), Wuerzburg: (Grauf);

from Schleinitz(?), Sachsen: (Blausius);

from Sedal(?)[Soedel], Solms: (Kleim[Klein]);

from Selzich(?), Sachsen: (Iling?, Mueller);

from Sprendlingen, Isenburg[-Birstein Principality]: (Leonhard[from Sprendlingen], Schickedans[Schicketantz from Sprendlingen], Schmidt, Stroh);

from Steinheim, Hessen-Darmstadt: (Loebsack);

from Steinwehrshausen(?), Sachsen: (Lesher);

from Stengerat(?), Hessen-Darmstadt: (Wetzel);

from Stockholm, Schweden: (Wesmann?);

from Solms [Feinstein?], Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter(?): (Dietrich);

from Suhl, Sachsen: (Bezolt);

from Ulfa, Hessen-Darmstadt: (Luft);

from Umstadt(?), Hessen-Darmstadt: (Gras);

from Unstadt, Hessen-Darmstadt: (Urich);

from Wallernhausen, Fulda: (Zimmermann);

from Warnewalbach(?), Thueringen: (Koch);

from Weissenbach, Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter(?): (Luesemann);

from Werbellin, Brandenburg: (Blesau?);

from Westge(?), Klosterbesitz(?), Isenburg(?): (Steinmetz);

from Willez(?), Schlitz: (Eisenach);

from Wimlingrimbach(?), Erbach: (Heisel?);

from Wirlikrulbach(?), Erbach: (Flath);

from Witzbarch(?), Erbach: (Olt);

from Wuerzbach, Erbach County: (Olt93);

from Zell(?)[-bei-Michelstadt], Erbach [County]: (Schork103).

FrankeFN: see Frank.

FrankenGL: is German for Franconia, aa geographical, not a political, term indicating a area without specific boundaries in the 1760’s, but which covered (in the current German states) much of of eastern Rheinland-Pfalz, northern Baden-Wuerttemberg, northern Bavaria and eastern Hessen.  Said by Kuhlberg to be homeUC to a  orphan girl who is listed in the Koehler FSL.

Frankenberg AmtGL, [Hessen-Kassel]: a district administrative center 18 miles N of Marburg-an-der-Lahn.

Frankenberg, Hessen[-Kassel Landgraviate]:is 54 km SW of Kassel city and was said by the Urbach FSL to be homeUC  to frau Roeder/the widow Ost and perhaps to Herr Ost himself.  This is the same place as the previous entry, except 50 years earlier.

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

FrankenhausenGL , Melsungen, Hessen: an unidentified locality,area or state, said by the Roethling FSL to contain or be near a locality called Schwarzburg.

FrankenhausenGL, Hesse: is 6.5 miles NNW of Kassel city and some 20 miles NNW of Melsungen.

FrankenheimGL, Wuerzburg: an unidentified place said by the Volmer FSL to be home to a Schering family.  There appear to be two Frankenheim in Bavaria: one 42 miles N and one 38 miles SE of Wuerzburg.

Frankenlict? GS: an unidentified state said by the Messer FSL to be homeUC to a Mauter family.

Frankenstein, Schlesien: nka Zabkowice Slaskie, Poland, and was 59 km SSW of Breslau city.  Said by the Schaefer FSL to be homeUC to the Nagel family.

Frankenstein-in-SchlesienGL: see Frunkenstadt.

FrankenthalGL: in the 1760s and until 1778 this was a Kreis i.e. district administrative center for the country of Kurpfalz.  After 1778 it was part of Bavarian-owned Rheinpfalz.  The town was some 7 miles S of Worms city.

Frankenthal, Frankenthal [Amt], Rheinpfalz: was proven by the GCRA to be home to the Horning/Hornig family that settled in Neudorf.

FrankenthalGL, Mannheim [Oberamt, Kurpfalz]: is 5 miles NW of Mannheim city centre, and said by the Degott FSL to be homeUC to a Degott family.

FrankenthalGL, Pfalz is 7.4 miles S of Worms city, and is said by the Seewald FSL to be homeUC to a Thaut family.  This could refer either to the town or to the district it administered.

FrankerhausenGL, Hessen: 17 miles ENE of Melsungen.  See Schwarzburg bei Frankenhausen.

FrankfurtFN: said by the Shcherbakovka FSL to be orphans in the Aganberg? household.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sv4 and 45.

FrankfurtGS: said (no locality mentioned) by the Moor FSL to be homeUC to a Benhardt family. Said (no locality mentioned) by the Norka FSL to be homeUC to a Glas family.  This surely is Frankfurt-am-Main.

Frankfurt-am-Main [Imperial City]GS: was a free imperial city controlling surrounding villages (especially to the SW of the city) from 1372 to 1806.   None of the following references menation any lo cality.  Said by the Boregard FSL to be homeUC to the Schmidt{PhilippW.} and Weber families, and possibly Dietrich and Schuhmann families.  Said by the Stumpp supplement to the Dietel FSL to be homeUC to a Flegler/Kegler? family.  Said by the Dobrinka FSL to be homeUC to a Bischof family.  Said by the Doenhof FSL to be homeUC to a Keller family.   Said by the Fischer FSL to be homeUC to an Adwertin? family.  Said by the Grimm FSL to be homeUC to a Goetz family.  Said by the Husaren FSL to be homeUC to a Baini/Bahn/Boni/Bani family.  Said by the Kamenka FSL to be homeUC to Meier and to 3 Schwert/Schwerdt families.  Said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to Brauriedel, Dresenitz, Faller, Tide, and Winter families, as well as frau Janssen.  Said by the Laub FSL to be homeUC to a Reibich family.  Said by the Stephan FSL to be homeUC to a Dreise family.  Said by the Warenburg FSL to be homeUC to Bach and Koehler{Adam} families.

Frankfurt-an-der-OderGL, Preussen: is some 50 miles ESE of Berlin and said by the Mariental FSL to be homeUC to a Kohl family.

FrankreichGS is German for the country of France which in the 1760’s controlled substantial parts of what was to become Germany.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Franzosen FSL to be homeUC to Douset and Person families.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to a Opfermann family.

FrankuechenFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be fromUC Bamberg (no locality mentioned).  I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

Frankweiler, Landau [Amt], Pfalz: proved by the GCRA as home to Klein{A.Barb.} who married Fink of Glueckstal.

FransFN: said by the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL to be fromUC the Free City of Luebeck.

FrantsGS: must be Pfalz.

FrantzFN: this family name was found recorded in Haiger parish records during the years prior to 1767; see Flegel trip.

FrantzFN: also see Franz.

FranzFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Hanau (no locality mentioned).

FranzFN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Hildburghausen?.

FranzFN: said by the Brabander FSL to be fromUC Buberg?, Elsass.

FranzFN: said by the Caesarsfeld FSL to be fromUC Mildenstein.

FranzFN: said by the Goebel FSL to be fromUC Alzey, Mainz.  According to the Buedingen ML, this Frantz man married a Mosisschrieber woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#431).  Also see Mai1798:Gb59.

FranzFN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be fromUC Nauheim, Hanau [County].  I could not find him in Mai1798.

FranzburgGL, Schwedisch Pommern: is some 31 miles ENE of Rostock city, and said by the Dreispitz FSL to be homeUC to an Otto family.  Said by the Rosenheim FSL to be homeUC to frau Schreider formerly the widow Rosengruen.

FranzfeldGL, Banat, Hungary: nka Kacarevo, Serbia, some 16 miles NE of Belgrade city center, and the GCRA believes the Brandner, Bruehrer, and Frei families lived here for a time during 1y92-1805 on their way to Glueckstal.  See their book for more.

Franzoesischen TrierschenGL: “French Little Trier”, an unidentified place mentioned in connection with the Froehlich family.

FranzosenVV: aka Rossoschi, Rossoshi, Rossosi, and Rossotschi, was originally a French Catholic village on the western side of the Volga founded in 1765.  Almost all of the French colonists left the Volga after the FSL was made.  The  FSL is published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.I, pp. 441-445.  According to this, the first settlers were from the following places with the family names shown here in parens. If a name is in italics it comes from the Kuhlberg lists.  If a family name is shown coming from more than one place, given names in {} brackets follow the family name.  The number after a name is its FSL household number:

from Alencon, Frankreich: (Lebloine{Bonawentura}28);

from Are, Frankreich: (Baterie56, Legrand35, Mounie{Fransois}57);

from Avene?, Frankreich: (Gautier43);

from Avignon, Papstprovinz, Frankreich: (Oucart17);

from Bacqueville, Frankreich: (Legague36);

from Bagnols, Frankreich: (Reon41);

from Banne, Frankreich: (Boquere45);

from Batave?, Estines?: (Bruneau32);

from Beaufort?, Frankreich: (Michel29);

from Beaune, Frankreich: (Prudhon11);

from Belleme, Frankreich: (Ligene16);

from Bersancon, Frankreich: (Bagu8);

from Besancon, Frankreich: (Gerau54);

from Bessan, Frankreich: (Oudot19, Philippe22);

from Bettant?, Frankreich: (Lemaire{Brian}66);

from Bordeaux, Frankreich: (Bertrand7, Plesa46);

from Bourget, Frankreich: (Robin27);

from Chambonse?, Frankreich: (Inou53);

from Chamou Abvsini?, Frankreich: (Capitaine18);

from Champagne, Frankreich: (Lebloine{Joseph}40);

from Chateau-Gontier, Frankreich: (Oudiu14);

from Chatreau, Frankreich: (Roisingnole10);

from Copelme?, Frankreich: (Reronge24);

from Derne?, Frankreich: (Medeque68);

from Frankreich: (Douset61, Person65);

from Hamburg: (Rollsing/Rolesn?48);

from Kiel, Holstein: (Suksdorf?/Suchsdorf51);

from Labor, Frankreich: (Barat67);

from Laval, Frankreich: (Rucois/Ruquier6);

from Len?, Frankreich: (Kasanski50);

from Leon, Frankreich: (Benoit13);

from Lespinoy, Frankreich: (Kner62);

from Liege, Lebrand?: (Roufosse31);

from Liege, Likaland?: (Frank58);

from Lion{Lyon?}, Frankreich: (Marchand9);

from Luxembourg: (Malque4);

from Mil?, Polian?: (Paxale/Pasqual55);

from Molbert?, Frankreich: (Brochert/Brescher52);

from Nans, Frankreich: (Genie3);

from Naujan, Frankreich: (Grapeau44);

from Nimes, Frankreich: (Desarne/Dieser25);

from Oesterreich: (Braun49, Lefebvre60);

from Orleans, Frankreich: (Lestran34);

from Paris, Frankreich: (Certele5, Charpentier42, Dubois23, Fouche/Fushi?/Foos15, Gene20, Lemaire{Peter}47, Tardive33, and possibly Mounie{M.Angelika}5a);

from Picardi?, Frankreich: (Pagnon37);

from Pikburg?, Daenemark: (Maimre26);

from Poitiers, Frankreich: (Ribos?63);

from Poligne, Frankreich: (Panier30);

from Poligny, Frankreich: (Giraud1);

from Rue, Frankreich: (Duvivier/Dukert?2);

from Tourne, Frankreich: (Dene/Dehn38);

from Valence, Frankreich: (Fesch59);

from Vescoux, Frankreich: (Lebrun12);

from Vilercotrie?, Frankreich: (Bougie21);

from Wuerttemberg: (Steinpress{Friedrich}39).

FrasFN: said by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Waizendorf. I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.  A Woehrd ML said this Frasz man fromUC Weiszendorf near Neustadt-an-der-Aisch, married in 1766 a Willhelm woman fromUC Waechtersbach, Isenburg (Mai&Marquardt#825).  Also spelled Frass.

FraschFN: listed by both the 1816 Kassel census (#57) and KS:267 without origin.  Said by KS:282 to be fromUC Kaltental, Stuttgardt [Amt], Wuewrttemberg. Using FHL#1,189,145 the GCRA proved origin in Kirchardt, Sinsheim [Amt], Baden.  See their book for more.  Frasch here is actually a mistake for Gramm, sometimes spelled Kram.

FrassFN: see Fras.

FrassdorfGL, Dessau: is some 8 miles SW of Dessau city in Sachsen-Anhalt. Anhalt-Dessau archival records confirm that the Braussmann family left here for Russia; they went to Boaro (Mai&Marquardt#1060).  Said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home to a Wede family;  the place is confirmed in Anhalt-Dessau archival records (Mai&Marquardt#1170).

FraszFN: see Fras.

Fraszdorf GL: see Frassdorf.

FrauenbergGL, Lothringen: is some 9 miles SE of Saarbruecken city and said by the Louis FSL to be homeUC to Bauer a family.

FrauensteinGL, Sachsen: is some 19 miles SW of Dresden city, and said by the Bangert FSL to homeUC to a Stehm? family.

FrauenzimmernGL, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 10 miles SW of Heilbronn, and was proved by the GCRA to be home to the Schauvou woman who went to Glueckstal and of the Seibold/Seebold family that settled in Kassel.; see their book for more.

Fraunseck?, Pfalz-Neuburg [Duchy]: an unidentified place said by the Leitsinger FSL to be homeUC to a Schwarz family.

FreckenfeldGL, Germersheim [Amt], Rheinpfalz: is 15 miles SW of Germersheim city, and was confirmed by the GCRA as the home of the Herrmann{Michael} family that settled in Kassel.

Free and Noble Province of the Ancient KnightsGS: see Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter and see Fraenkischen Ritterkreis.

Freeman,RN Margaret: village coordinator for the Glueckstal colonies of the Odessa region and co-leader of the origins research for the GCRA book on the Glueckstal colonies.

Free Republic: evidently a term used sometimes to describe the Imperial Cities that were free of other civil jurisdiction.

FreiFN{Georg}: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:670, 677, 267) to be fromUC Donnbronn, Besigheim [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  However, using FHL(1,860,467), the GCRA proved this a false origin.  They did find reason to belive that the family was in Franzfeld, Banat, Hungary before coming to Glueckstal.  See the GCRA book for more details.

FreiFN{J.Jakob}: arrived in Glueckstal in 1823; said by KS:267 to be from Donnbronn, Besigheim [Amt], WuerttembergOrigin in Donnbronn of Untergruppenbach, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg was proven by GCRA using FHL 1,055,882-7.  See their book for detail.

FreiFN: might have been from Liega like her Berin husband; they went to Goebel.

FreiFN said by the Huck FSL to be fromUC Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned).  The Buedingen ML shows that this Frey man married a Scharmann woman in 1766 but no origin is given for either; the couple later moved to Huck. (Mai&Marquardt#579).

Frei{Jakob}FN: both the 1816 Kassel census (#100) said they came fromUC Donnbronn, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg, but and KS:268 said they came fromUC Walldorf, Heidelberg [Amt], Baden. However, using FHL#247,589, the GCRA proved origin Billigheim, Landau [Amt], Rheinpfalz.  See their book for more.  Also spelled Frey.

Frei{Salomea}FN: listed by the 1816 Kassel census (#17), the 1858 census (#132, 133, 134), and KS:207 without origin.  KS:268 gave their origin as either Wingen or Oberseebach, Weissenburg [Amt], Elsass, but said they settled in rhe Selz colony. Using FHL#1,069, 713, the GCRA proved their origin in Wingen, Weissenburg [Amt], Elsass.  See their book for more.  Also spelled Frey.

FreiFN: said by the Leichtling FSL to be fromUC Seligenstadt (no locality mentioned).  According to the Buedingen ML, this Frey man from Seligenstadt married in 1766 a Schneider woman, no origin given (Mai&Marquardt#365).

Frei{Johannes, Michael, Henrich}FN: said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#88) and KS:267 to have come fromUC Hassmersheim, Mosbach [Amt], Baden. However, using FHL#488,316, 488,317 and 1,055,850, the GCRA proved their origin in Ottersheim, Germersheim [Amt], Rheinpfalz.  See their book for much more.  Also spelled Frey.

FreiFN: said by the Schulz FSL to be orphans in the Mueller household.  I could not find them in Mai1798.

FreiFN: said by the 1798 Stahl-am-Tarlyk census to be the maiden name of frau Obendoerfer (Mai1798:St33).

FreiFN: said by the Susannental FSL to be fromUC Leimbach.  I could not locate them or any descendants in Mai1798.

FreiFN: also see Frey.

FreibergGL, [Kur-]sachsen: is some 19 miles SW of Dresden city. : Said by the Koehler FSL to be homeUC to a Koehler family and possbily to a  Friebel family.  Said by the Lauwe FSL to be homeUC to a Steinbarth family.

Freiberger FN: Herr Heiss was said by the Freiberger FSL to be fromUC Montabauer, Trier, and his frau’s maiden name was given as Walter (no origin given).

FreiburgFN: said by the Kratzke FSL to be fromUC Abo, Finnland.

FreiburgGS: an unidentified place said by the Bangert FSL to homeUC to Heiss and Reber families.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be homeUC to Hag/Haag, Hans, Hinkel, Horn, Kral/Krahl, and Kranz families. Said by the Hildmann FSL to be homeUC to Veit families.   Said by the Kamenka FSL to be homeUC to a Tisch family.  Said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Faller family. Said by the Koehler FSL to be homeUC to a  Brueckmann family.  Said by the Mariental FSL to be homeUC to a Weiler family.  Said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be homeUC to Brueh, Gut, and Kisner families.  This might be the following entry but there are many other Freiberg in Germany.

Freiburg [Amt]GL, Baden: is some 74 miles SSW of Karlsruhe city, and was a District administrative center.

FreiburgGS: is some 40 miles SSE of Strausbourg and may have been a small city-state in the 1760’s.  Same site as the preceding entry.

Freiburg BaronyGS: a small barony in what is now southern Bavaria, lying some 5-10 km NW of Fuessen town.

Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter(?)GS: (aka Free and Noble Province of the Ancient Knights) was a German state (see Fraenkischen Ritterkreis) of the 1760’s, mentioned by the Frank FSL in connection with the Fuhr, Gutmann, Hein, Kammerzel, Manz, Rameis?, Reiter?, and Zitzmann families.

Freienfels?, Bamberg [Bishopric]: is 9 miles NE of Bamberg city, and said by the Hoelzel FSL to be homeUC to a Helmlein/Mehrlein family.

FreienriedGL, [Kurbayern]: is 11 miles ESE of Augsburg city, and said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Reisch? family.

Freienseen, [Solms-Laubach County]: said by KS:140 to be home to the Kraus who married a Volk woman in Buedingen and settled in Krasnoyar.

FreienwaldGL, Stargard: is some 15 miles NE of Stargard Szczecinski, Poland, and was said by KS:247 to be homeUC to the Doering family that went to Bergdorf and to Kassel, but the GCRA proved their origin in Oberstemfeld, Marbach [Amt], Wuerttemberg; see their book for a bit more detail.

Freihausen?GL or Fanhausen?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.

FreihautFN: said by the Schuck FSL to be fromUC Starkenburg, [Kur-]Mainz.  For 1798 see Mai1798: Su6.

Frei LaubersheimGL, Alzey [Amt], Rheinhessen: is some 10 miles NW of Alzey city, and was proven by GCRA to be home to the Schmoll family that went to GlueckstalSee the GCRA book for more details.

FreilaubersheimGL, Bad Kreuznach [Amt], Rheinhessen: (same place as the previous entry) said by KS:474 to be homeUC to the Wale/Walle family that went to Glueckstal.

FreilingFN said by the Frank FSL (fk92) to be fromUC Eberbach, Erbach.  Despite the difference in first names, it would seem that this was really Froelich, J.Adam whom Gieg1 proved was from Kirch-Beerfurth, Erbach County.

FreimersheimGL, Bavaria: an unidentified place said by the Preuss FSL to be home to a Klein family.  There is a Friebertsheim some 23 miles NW of Regensburg, but it seems far more likely that this is actually Freimersheim, Kurpfalz.

FreimersheimGL, Kurpfalz: an unidentified place said by the Kautz FSL to be the homeUC of a Klein family.  The two best candidates are both spelled Freimersheim: one is 22 miles SSW of Mainz; one is 19 miles SW of Mannheim.

FreisFN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Bellheim.  Their children may have been in Luzern in 1798 (Mai1798:Lz01, 13, 22).

FreisFN: also see Fries.

FreisenseenGL:, Solms-Laubach is some 2.8 miles ENE of Laubach town, some 4 miles SE of Gruenberg town, and some 16 miles ESE of Giessen; see Freyensehen.

FreisingGS: a church state seated in the city of the same name which is some 19 miles NE of Munich city center.

FreistadtGL, Pfalz: an unidentified locality said by the Kamenka FSL to be in the Palatinate and to be homeUC to a Kumler family.

FreitagFN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be fromUC Meimbressen?, Kurmainz[sic?].  In 1798 spelled Freitas? (Mai1798:Sm46).

FreitalGL, Brandenburg: an unidentifed place said by the Jost FSL to be homeUC to a Paul family.  There was a Freital in Kursachsen some 4 miles SW of Dresden city.

Freitas?FN: see Freitag.

FreiwaldeGL, Brandenburg: is some 5 miles WNW of Luebben city and said by the Dobrinka FSL to be homeUC to a Rau family.

FreiwaldeGL, Preussisch-Schlesien: an unidentified place said by the Laub FSL to be homeUC to a Sommer family. .  In 1798 the wife’s maiden name was given as Vorath (Mai1798:Lb40).

Frelen?, Luxembourg: an unidentified place said by the Hoelzel FSL to be homeUC to a Grosser/Glasser family.  This might be Freulen 17 miles NNW of Luxembourg city.

FremersdorfGL, Forbach [Amt], Lothringen: is 18.5 miles NW of Forbach city, and was proven by GCRA to be home to the Tuflot family that went to GlueckstalSee the GCRA book for more detail.

French Army: said by the Anton FSL to be the origin of a Baum? head of household.

Frensdorf, Bamberg [Bishopric]: is 6 miles SSW of Bamberg city and was said by the Leitsinger FSL to be homeUC to a Kret family.

Fres?FN: said by the Kratzke FSL to be fromUC Hamburg

FreschmannFN: see Pink of Louis.

FreudenbergFN: said by the Dehler FSL to be fromUC Kinzeldorf?, Kurmainz.  Spelled Friedenberg in 1798 (Mai1798:Dl21, 22).

FreudenbergGL: an unidentified place said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be homeUC to  Kamm families.  There are at least seven Freudenberg in Germany and Austria, and more in what is now Poland and the Czech Republic.

Freudenstadt, Freudenstadt [Oberamt], Wuerttemberg: was proven by the GCRA to be home to Dieterle{Jakob} who settled in Neudorf.  This is the same place as the next entry.

Freudenstadt [Oberamt]GL, Wuerttemberg: is some 36 miles WSW of Reutlingen and some 32 miles SSW of Pforzheim, all in Baden-Wuerttemberg.  It also is some 49 miles WSW of Kirchheim-unter-Tech city, and was a District administrative center.

FreudensteinGL, Maulbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some two miles N of Maulbronn town, and proven by the GCRA using FHL(1,184,982) to be home to the Goehring family that went to Bergdorf.  See the GCRA book for more details.

FreundFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Albungen?, Darmstadt

FreundFN: said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to be fromUC Schellbach, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate].  For 1797 see Mai1798:Mv2318, 2319, and for 1798 see Pp11, Ss19, and Bs12, 42.

FreundFN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be fromUC Altenbeuthen, Darmstadt.  A Friedberg ML says that this man fromUC Alten Buseck married a Menzel woman fromUC Grossen Buseck in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt:322).

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

FreudeFN: said by the Brabander FSL to be fromUC Berleburg, [Kur-]Koeln.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

FreulenGL: see Frelen.

Frey{Elisabetha}FN: the mother of Johannes Pleinis’ wife, the GCRA found a Neudorf record which said she was born inUC Niederroedern, Seltz [Amt], Elsass.  See their book under Pleinis for more.

FreyFN: said by a Woehrd ML to be from Amberg and to have married an Oberndoerfer man in 1766; by 1768 the couple was in Stahl-am-Tarlyk (Mai&Marquardt#799).

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

FreyFN: also see Frei.

FreyburgGL, [Kur-]Sachsen: is 3 miles NW of Naumburg city and said by the Jost FSL to be homeUC to a Diel family.

FreyenseenGL, [Solms-Laubach]: said by the Buedingen ML to be homeUC to the Wurm man who went to Grimm (Mai&Marquard#501).

FreyensehenGL: said by the Buedingen ML to be homeUC to a Kraus man who married in 1766 a Volck woman; by 1767 this couple was in Krasnoyar; Stumpp said this was Freisenseen near Giessen and near Gruenberg (Mai&Marquardt#553).  Said by the Buedingen ML to be homeUC to a Schaeffer man who married in 1766 a Hesler woman; by 1767 this couple was in Krasnoyar (Mai&Marquardt#548).  Also see Freienseen, and Freyenseen.

FreystadtGL an unidentified locality said by the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL to be in Prussia and to be the homeUC of a Shraider family.

FribourgGL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be homeUC to the Braun family.  There is a Fribourg Kanton and city in Switzerland some 17 miles SW of Bern city, and a city of that name in the Lorraine some 23 miles W of Saverne.

Friburg?, Isenburg: said by the Reinhard FSL to be homeUC to frau Basner whose maiden name was given as Stadelmann in 1798 (Mai1798:Rh17);  I have been unable to find any place with this or a similar name on Isenburgian lands.

FrichelFN: see Frachtel.

FrickFN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be fromUC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).

FrickFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Nidda, Hessen-Darmstadt.  Doris Evans says that research by Ruth Froelke for the Frank Research Fund confirms these Nidda origins back to 1680.

FrickFN: the GCRA found that this family spent some time in Glueckstal and proved their origin in Altbach, Esslingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg, using FHL 2,055,964; see the GCRA book for detail.

FrickFN: according to the Goebel FSL this was the maiden name of Kasson (fromUC Worms)’ wife.

FrickFN said by the Huck FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  According to the Buedingen ML, Frick was brom Wolfferborn and his bride was a Loos from Leisewald (Mai&Marquardt#614).

FrickFN: said by the Koehler FSL to be fromUC Aschaffenburg; a Heick orphan was reported living with them.

FrickFN: said by the Kratzke FSL to be fromUC Anhalt-Zerbst.

FrickFN: according to a Friedberg ML a Frick woman from Aslar, Braunfels, married a Forschauer man in 1766; by1767 the couple was in Kukkus (Mai&Marquardt#348).

FrickFN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be fromUC Rodheim, Friedberg [Imperial City].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sr4.

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

FrickFN: also see Frieck.

FrickeFN: said by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Westerburg.

FrickelFN: said by the Balzer FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no state or locality identified).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bz9, 42, 58.

Frickel/FrikkelFN said by the Kautz FSL to be fromUC Ottenheim, Kurpfalz.

FrickenhausenGLNuertingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 2.5 miles SE of Nuertingen city.  Both the 1816 Kassel census (#11) and KS:261 said this was homeUC to the Ferber family.  See the GCRA book for more.

FriebelFN:  said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of frau Koehler.

FriebergGL:  an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Sterzar? family.

Frieberg(?)GS an unidentified state associated in the Frank FSL with Rinteln.

FriebertsheimGL, Bavaria: see Freimersheim.

Friebus?FN: Herr Friebus was said by the Fischer FSL to be fromUC Saoruno?, Sachsen; his frau was said to come from Sernow, Preussen.

Friebus?FN: Herr Friebus? was said by the Fischer FSL to be fromUC Zitau, Sachsen; his frau, a Schreider?, was said to come from Triresi?, Frankreich.

Frieck FN: said by the Straub FSL to be fromUC Uffhofen, Kurpfalzb.  Spelled Frick in 1790 and 1798 (Mai1798:Mv2862, Sr26 and 20.

FriedFN: said by the Galka FSL to be fromUC Westerhilden?.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

FriedFN: arrived in South Russia in 1819 and later settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa; family records found by Curt Renz in Neustadt, Waiblingen Oberamt, Wuerttemberg.

FriedFN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Rechtenburg with a Bittner step-daughter in the household.  Spelled  Friedt in 1798 (Mai1798:Lz22).

FriedbergGL, Darmstadt: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be homeUC to a Weiser family.  This surely was Friedberg [Imperial City]GS which was a country of its own, near Hessen-Dramstadt lands, not in it.

FriedbergGL, Holy Roman Empire: an unidentified German locality (might be the Friedberg which is 50.5 miles SSW of Vienna), said by the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL to be in the Holy Roman Empire and to be homeUC to a Eger family.

Friedberg or FriedburgGL, Isenburg: 16 miles WNW of Buedingen, and said by the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL to be in the county of Rissenburg (Isenburg?) and to be homeUC to a Mueller family.  This surely was FriedbergGSand near Isenburg territory, not in it.

Friedberg-in-der-Wetterau, Hesse apparently was the headquarters of the Rheinische Ritterkreise, a group of Knights and Barons who elected one to administer their joint lands.  From 1727-45 Herman Riedesel from Lauterbach was the Burggraffen so elected.  This surely was FriedbergGS which was also the seat of its own government.

FriedbergGL, Wuerzburg: an unidentified place said by the Goebel FSL to be homeUC to a Haag and possibly a Faust family.

Friedberg [Imperial City]GS: this city, some 14 miles NNE of Frankfurt-am-Main, was the seat of its own city state by the same name owing three small territories: 1) the old city plus the villages of Wart and Spital; 2) Altenstadt city plus Engelthal, Oppelshausen and Rodenbach, and possibly Hergheim, Enzheim, Oberrau, Rommelhausen, and Hoechst; 3) included Kaichen and probably Koppenheim, Okarben, Grosskarben, Kleinkarben, Rendel, Buedesheim, and HeldenbergenNone of the following references mentions any locality.  Said by the Grimm FSL to be homeUC to Biermann, Brunhardt, Groh, Kirchner, Kraft, Kuhn, Major, and Seibel families.  Said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be homeUC to a Groh family.  Said by the Kutter FSL to be home to an Ickes family, and, perhaps, a Honecker family.   Said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to Eckhardt and Weigand families.  Said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to the Lempe family, and possibly to a Stelz family.

Friedeburg-am-QueisGL: see Friedenberg.

FriedenbergFN: see Freudenberg and Friedenberger.

FriedenbergGL, Schlesien: said by the Goebel FSL to be homeUC to a Neumann and perhaps a Weiss family.  This might be Friedeburg-am-Queis, now Mirsk, Poland, some 23 miles SE of Gorlitz.

FriedenbergerFN: said by the Schwab FSL to be fromUC Teschow.    Spelled Friedenberg in 1780 and 1798 (Mai1798:Mv2670, Sb15, 16), as well as Friedenberger (Gk59).

FriedenwaldGL, Marburg: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Wormsbecher family.  There is a Friedewald some 48 miles ENE of Marburg-an-der-Lahn.

FriederichsenFN: also see Friedrichsen.

FriederikFN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be fromUC Amlingstadt,   May have been spelled Friedrich in 1798 (Mai1798:Sm26??).

FriedersdorfGL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to an Arnhold man.  There are at least 18 Friedersdorfs in the Germanies.

FriedewaldGL: an unidentified place said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to homeUC to Beier(J.Heinrich} and {Maria} and Damm/Dan families.  This surely is the same as the next entry.

Friedewald, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate]: is 6 miles E of Bad Hersfeld and was said by the Boregard FSL to be homeUC to the Hahn, Mueller{Wilhelm}, and possibly Jensen families.  Said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to homeUC to Eschenbrenner/Aschenbrenner, Merhardt/Marquardt, and Mueller families; Kuhlberg said this was in Hessen.

FriedlandGL, probably [Kurbraunshweig]: is 8 miles S of Goettingen city, and said by the Kano FSL to be homeUC to a Ketter family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Sachsen, through which one would have had to pass to get to Russia from this Friedland, but there were several other Friedlands in the Germanies.

FriedlandGL, Sachsen: an unidentified place said by the Lauwe FSL to be homeUC to a Grasmueck family.

FriedrichFN:  listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:672) as frau Roesler without origin; the GCRA proved her origin in Alpersbach, Freudenstadt [Amt], Wuerttemberg, using FHL 1,1884,483; see their book for detail.

FriedrichFN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Halle.

Friedrich{E.Katharina}FN: see Schaefer{G.Phillip} who left Fraenkish-Crumbach in 1766 to go to Russia.

FriedrichFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be an oprhan boy living in the Kott household.

FriedrichFN: also see Friederik.

Friedrichdamst(?)GS: an unidentified colony in the Danish marshes in the 1760s..

Friedrichsanbau, Schleswig[-Holstein Royal Duchy]: is 13 km SW of Schleswig city.  Gerhard Lang found that a Beisel family lived here for a time before moving on to Dreispitz.

FriedrichsauGL, Schleswig-Holstein: this is probably the same place as the preceding entry.

FriedrichsenFN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be fromUC Holmdrup, Daenemark.  A Luebeck ML says this Friederichsen man married in 1766 a Weinberg woman (Mai&Marquardt#71).

FriedrichsenFN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be fromUC Osen, Daenmark.

FriedrichsenFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Oberwittighausen.

FriedrichsgabeGL, [Holstein-Gottorp Duchy?]: is 12 miles N of Hamburg city centre, and said by the Galka FSL to be homeUC to an Erbenson family.

FriedrichshagenGL, Laznow [Amt], Posen Department, South Prussia. the GCRA says this was an early name for Augustow, confirmed by Jerry Frank.  They found it associated in 1802-1806 with Gabel and Goetz families.

FriedrichsheimGL: an unidentified place said by the Galka FSL to be homeUC to an Albrecht family.

Friedrichsholm, Schleswig[-Holstein Duchy]: is 26 miles SW of Schleswig city.  Gerhard Lang found that a Beisel family lived here for a time before moving on to Dreispitz.

Friedrichshuld, Krzepice [Amt], Sudpruessen: an unidentified place the GCRA found associated with Gering and Licht familes in 1800-1806.

Friedrichstadt?, [Kur-]Sachsen: is 1.5 km NE of Wittenberg city and was said by the Straub FSL to be homeUC to a Lieder family.

FriedritzFN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be an orphan in the Pilen household.

FriedtFN: see Fried.

FriehofFN: said by the Kano FSL to be step-sons in the Krebst household.  I could not find these men in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Frielingen, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate]: is 8 miles W of Bad Hersfeld and was said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to homeUC to a Keil family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Hessen.

FriesFN: not found in an FSL but was in the 1775 Grimm census #35.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Gm87 and 125).

FriesFN: said by a Family Chart to be a Hussenbach first settler and to be fromUC [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate] (no locality mentioned).  For 1794 see Mai1798:Mv1065.

FriesFN: said by the Schulz FSL to be an orphan in the Pitsch household.  I could not find him in Mai1798.

FriesFL:  Alejandro Mueller of Argentina has found many variations, including: Friese, Frisz, Fris, and Freis.  He believes it originally was Friess (German) or Vries (Dutch/Flemish) and that the family originally came from Friesland in what is today Holland.  Nicknames indicating this origin he says are Friso, Friese, or Frison.

FrieseFN: see Fries.

FriesenFL:  said by the Orloff FSL to be fromUC Kalteherberg, Danzig.

FrikkelFN: see Frickel.

FrisFN: see Fries.

FrisackGL, Brandenburg: an unidentified place said by the Graf FSL to be homeUC to the wife of Weinberg.

FrischFN: said by the Kratzke FSL to be fromUC Machka(?), Preussen.

FrischFN said by the Roethling FSL to be fromUC Ischen, Luxemburg.

FrischFN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Warenburg FSL to be fromUC Magdeburg [Duchy]. For 1790 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2987,Jo51.

FrischbachGL, Dessenfelz: an unidentified place said by the Dietel FSL to be homeUC to a Lederer family.  This might be Pfrischbach, Breubach Condo, some 15 miles SW of Darmstadt city.

FrischbornGL: is some 9 miles SW of Schlitz city and was in Riedesel Barony.  Said by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to an Ortstadt family.  See Schlitz.

Frischburg(?)GL/SS: an unidentified place said (no locality mentioned) by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to a Fritzmann family.  This might be Frischborn.

FriszFN: see Fries.

FritschFN: listed by the 1816 Kassel census (#107) without origin and said by KS:270 to be fromUC Nordrach, Offenburg [Amt], Baden.  The records may be in FHL#905,053.  See the GCRA book for more.

FritzFN: said by the Brabander FSL to be fromUC Kalefalz, Trier.

FritzFN: said by the Keller FSL to be a son-inlaw in the Hahn{Gottfried} household.

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

FritzFN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Eppstein, Kurmainz.

FritzFN: said by the Rosenheim FSL to be fromUC Sulzfeld, Herzogtum Wuerttemberg.  For 1790, 1796 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2472, 2478, Rm31 and 53, and Sw23.

FritzFN: this widow was in Rosenheim in 1798 (Mai1798:Mv2484) and may have been in Paulskaya later that year (Pl30??).  I have found no hint of her maiden name nor where she was before 1798.  If the designation “widow” was incorrect, she could have been the young daughter of the preceding entry.

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

FritzlerFN: families which may have first settled in StephanVV, but had mostly moved before 1775 to GrimmVV, 1775 census #11, 15, 54, 64, and 167.  Dona Reeves-Marquardt has verified, using local German records, that this family came from Kleingartach, Brackenheim Oberamt, Wuerttemberg, where Fritzler{J.Jacob} married a Eurich woman prior to going to the Volga.  Dona believes they stopped in Denmark on their way to Russia.  For 1798 see Mai1798: Dh67, Gm175, 88, 18, 89, 55, 34, 153, Ho19, Ms6, Mv2840, Sp13 and 20.

Fritzlar(?)GS: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Graef family.  There was a small city-state some 14 miles SW of Kassel city, owned by Mainz.

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

FritzmannFN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be fromUC Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned), with an orphaned brother-in-law Schuster{Michael} in the household.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

FroelichFN {J.Adam}: said by the Frank FSL (fk92) to be Freiling{J.Georg} fromUC Eberbach, Erbach [County].  Despite the difference in first names, it would seem that this was really Froelich, J.Adam whom Gieg1 proved was from Kirch-Beerfurth, [Erbach County].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Fk125.

Froehlich FN: the 1816 Kassel census (#12) said this family came fromUC Trierschen, and KS:271 said they came fromUC Franzoesischen Trierschen.  However, using FHL#1,056,955, the GCRA proved their origin in Winnenden, Waiblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg; the GCRA also found records indicating that the family had come to Kassel via Neu-Wuerttemberg, Tkaczew Amt, South Prussia.

FroeseFN:  said by the Orloff FSL to be fromUC Wieckerau, Elbing.

FrohburgGL, Sachsen: is some 21 miles SSW of Leipzig city, and said by the Holstein FSL to be homeUC to a Kerbs family.

Fromhausen?GL, Holland: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be homeUC to the (Mueller{Just} and possibly to the Meinhart families.  There is a Fromhausen some 17 miles SE of Bielefeld city in what would have been the Lippe Principality.

FrommFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Glueckstadt, Holstein.

FrommFN:  said by the Reinhard FSL to be fromUC Mecklenburg-Schwerin [Duchy].  Spelled Frahm in 1798 (Mai1798:Rh19) when the wife’s maiden name was given as RaederThis Frahm man in 1765 married a Rehders woman in Luebeck (Mai&Marquardt#39).

Fromm{Tobias}:  listed in the 1798 Seelmann census (Sm27 and 30) but I could not find him in any FSL.

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

FrommenhausenGL, Wuerttemberg: is some 16 miles WSW of Reutlingen city, and said by the Lauwe FSL to be homeUC to a Schuller family.

FrommernGL, Bailingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 1.5 miles SE of Balingen town, and was said by KS 459 to homeUC the Stroebel{Konrad} family, which family the GCRA proved did not arrive in Glueckstal.

Fros?FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Meiling.

FroschhauerFN:  see Froschhauser.

FroschhausenGL: an unidentified place said by the Buedingen ML  to be homeUC to the Walther woman who in 1766 married a Mehn man ; by 1767 this couple was in Pfeiffer (Mai&Marquardt:593).  This likely is the same place as the next entry.

FroschhausenGL: is 8 miles SE of Offenbach, and is said by the Roethling FSL to be homeUC to a Baier family.

FroschhauserFN: said by the Koehler FSL to be fromUC Steinheim, Mainz. The family name was spelled Froschhauer in 1798 (Mai1798:Kl03).  The Buedingen ML said this widower married in 1766 a Trapp woman (Mai&Marquardt#572).

FroseGL, Sachsen: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Roesner family.  There is a Frose, Sachsen-Anhalt, some 41 miles SW of Magdeburg city.

FruehaufFN: said by the Bauer FSL to be fromUC Zweibruecken (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Br7.

FruehaufFN: this early pastor to the Kratzke/Dietel parish, who retired to Norka and was buried there, was proven by Dr. Stefan Fruehauf of Heidelberg, Germany, to have been born in Neudietendorf, Gotha, near Erfurt; the pastor’s father had immigrated to Christiannsfeld, Denmark, and died there.

FruehlingFN: see Fruhling.

FruehwaldFN: said by the Schwed FSL to be fromUC Berlin, Preussen.  I could not find them or likely descendants in Mai1798.

FruhlingFN: according to Linda Freehling, the family chart says this family came to Beideck fromUC Darmstadt [most likely this is the country of Hesse-Darmstadt Landgraviate].  Also spelled Fruehling.

Frumet?, Wertheim?: an unidentified place said by the Warenburg FSL to be homeUC to a Rothenberger family.

Frunkenstadt?, Schlesien: an unidentified place said by the Hoelzel FSL to be homeUC to a Netger family.  There was a Frankenstein-in-Schlesien, nka Zabkowice Slaskie, 36 miles SSW of Breslau.

FuchsFN: said by the 1798 Dietel census to be the maiden name of frau Welde (Mai1798:Dt39).

FuchsFN: according to the Goebel FSL this was the maiden name of Walter (fromUC Schlierbach)’s wife.  Later spelled Fix (Mai1798:Gb31).

FuchsFN: said by the Anton FSL to be fromUC Heidelberg Oberamt, Kurpfalz, and the wife’s maiden name was said to be Lingardt.  For 1798 see Mai1798:An40 and Lw31.

FuchsFN: said by the Dehler FSL to be fromUC Reifenberg, Bassenheim.  For 1798 see 1798Mai:Dl32.

FuchsFN: said by a 1782 Ernestinendorf record to be the maiden name of frau Hartmann {Mai1798:Mv567).

Fuchs{J.Kaspar}FN: said by the Galka FSL to be fromUC Glauburg, Gelnhausen.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Gk11, 26 wherein the maiden name of frau Fuchs is given as Nickel.

Fuchs{Katharine}FN: said by the Galka FSL to be fromUC Steinberg.

FuchsFN: according to the 1798 census this was the maiden name of frau Weiss of Hoelzel (Mai1798:Hz7).

FuchsFN: said by the Pleve version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be fromUC Messein(?), Pfalz.  Said by the Kromm version (pp.32, 33) to be either fromUC Weiler-an-der-Noh, or Oberlais, or Mesen, or Steinfurt.

FuchsFN: said by the Jost FSL to be fromUC Hettstaedt?, Sachsen.

FuchsFN:  according to a Rosslau ML this woman (no origin given) married in 1766 a Toermer man; by 1767 the couple was in Jost; Stumpp also spelled her name Fucks (Mai&Marquardt#964).

FuchsFN: Herr Fuchs was said by the Koehler FSL to be fromUC Mamberg?, Mainz, and his frau’s maiden name was given as Demerlin (no origin given).

FuchsFN: the Kutter FSL shows a Fuchs orphan living in the Mueller household, the head of which is listed as coming from Isenburg.

FuchsFN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be fromUC Wuerzburg [Bishopric] (no locality mentioned).

FuchsFN: said by the Mueller FSL to be fromUC Schlierbach.   The Kuhlberg list gives the state as Isenburg.

FuchsFN: said by the 1816 Neudorf census (#45) to have come fromUC Hemmingen, Leonberg [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  The GCRA seems to have ignored this family.

FuchsFN: the Norka 1798 census gives this as the maiden name of Spadi’s wife (Mai1798:Nr8).

FuchsFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  The maiden name of the wife is later said to be Walter (Mai1798:Nr189).  For other family members in 1793 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv1988, Nr8, 215, Wt74, and Kk42.

Fuchs FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be fromUC Gatscha?, with Duchscherer/Tuchscherer step-children in the household.  Spelled Funk in 1784 (Mai1798:Mv2069).

FuchsFN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Koblenz.

FuchsFN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Steinach, Tyrol.

FuchsFN: said by the Rothammel FSL to be fromUC Geminden/Gmuenden(?), Swabisch, Swabia.

FuchsFN: this family name was found recorded in Kirburg marriage records 1762-1767, and in Winterhausen marriage records 1760-1769; see Flegel trip.

FuchsbergGL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Glaser family.  There were at least seven Fuchsberg in the Germanies.

FuchsstadtGL: also see Vogtstadt.

FuchsstadtGL, Wuerzburg: is some 10 miles NE of Schweinfurt city, and said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to a Weiss family.

FucksFN: see Fuchs.

FueckeFN: see Ficke.

FuehrerFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Hessen (no locality mentioned).  For family members in 1798 see Mai1798:Nr169, 28, 140 and Bz73.

Fuehrer FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be fromUC Langenhain, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate].  They surely died prior to the 1798 Volga censuses.

Fuernheim, [Oettingen County]: is 9 km NW of Oettingen town and said by the Schoenchen FSL to be homeUC to a Kawald family.

Fuerstenberg?GL: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Karnttecher? family.  This probably refers to the Principality, but may refer to any one of the ten or more cities and towns in the Germanies so named.

Fuerstenberg PrincipalityGL: the Fuerstenberg princes held extensive, but scattered, lands along the upper Danube and NW beyond its headwaters, plus some lands extending from the edges of Pfullendorf city to Lake Constance.  One of the holdings ran from Haslach NE almost as far as Freudenstadt.

Fuerstentum WaldeckGS: is the Waldeck Principality, known more fully as the  Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont .

Fuerstenwalde?GL, Sachsen: is some 20 miles SSE of Dresden city and said by the Lauwe FSL to be homeUC to a Knoche family

FuerstenwerderGL, Prussia: probably is now Zulawki, Poland, some 14 miles ESE of Danzig city, and was said by the Boregard FSL to be homeUC to the Koppel family.

FuerthGL: (an unidentified place) said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Bauer family.

FuerthGL, Ansbach [Margraviate]: is 4 miles NW of Nuernberg city and said by the Lauwe FSL to be homeUC to Blem and Maerz families.

Fuerth?GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Best family. Kuhlberg said this was in Darmstadt.  Of the two dozen or so Fuerth in the Germanies in the 1760’s I can find none on Hessen-Darmstadt lands.

FuerthGL, Kurmainz: is now in Hessen some 8 miles W of Erbach city, said by the Walter FSL to be homeUC to a Yais/Jais family.

FuertigFN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be fromUC Stein, Baden-Durlach.

Fuessen GL: this town was some 30 KM SE of Kempten in what is present-day southern Bavaria.

FuhrFN: she is said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to have married Reisch in Oranienbaum, but no origin is given for her.

FuhrFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Hirschfeld, Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter(?).

FuhrFN: said by the Hildmann FSL to be the maiden name of frau Kehl.

Fuhr?FN: also see Fur.

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

FuhrmannFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Halberstadt, Brandenburg.

Fulda [Bishopric]GS: Fulda city, Chartered as a city in 1157, is 53 miles NE of Frankfurt-am-Main was the chief city of this country.  A very important Abbey was begun here in 744, it grew as an independent country, Fulda Abbey, with its Abbott controlling more and more lands, and in 1752 it became Fulda Bishopric, its Abbot having been made a bishop i.e. prince abbott.  Prior to 1803 the only time these lands were secularly controlled was by the Teutonic Knights in 1576-1602.  Per Remmick its Prince Abbot had very extensive holdings in part in the Rhoen Mountains (all round Fulda city) and in part from Brueckenau to Hammelburg in Franconia [E of  the  Thuengen Barony]. None of the following references mention a locality:  Said by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to a Lofink family.  Said by the Boregard FSL to be homeUC to a Richter and possibly to a Dietrich family.  Said by the Grimm FSL to be homeUC to a Mueller family.  Said by the Hildmann FSL to be homeUC to Glaeser, Hammelmann/Himmelmann, Hiltmann/Hildmann, Schumm, and Weissbeck families.  Said by the Huck FSL to be homeUC to a Rau family.  Said by both Pleve and Kromm versions of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be home to a Lieder family. Said by the Kano FSL to be homeUC to a Fey family.  Said by the Koehler FSL to be homeUC to Bien, Brescher, Dietrich, Doering, Farger?, Gerber, Gerk, Gerstrung, Glitsch, Haag, Habicht, Hessenhauer, Koenig, Manz, Mensing, Mohrenhaeuser, Mueller, Reut, Schmidt, Schnell, Schweitzer, Steinbock, Weigand, Weiss, Ziegler, and possibly Eckstein, Ernst, Faulstich, Gassner, Gerod, Hahn, Halbich, Heidgardt, Heil, Hess, Plock, Otterpein, Preler, Reiss, Schaefer, Seger, Seifert, Straubach, Voelker, Walter, and  Wolf families.  Said by the Leichtling FSL to be homeUC to a Kler? family.  Said by a Luebeck ML to be homeUC to a Schmidt woman who married in 1766 a Schneider man from the Darmstadt area; by 1767 they were in Mueller (Mai&Marquardt#266). Said  by the Norka FSL to be homeUC to a Krieger family.  Said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be homeUC to Heil, Ifland, Imert, Koehler, Lindner, Roeder, Schmidt, and Schoenfeld families.  Said by the Volmer FSL to be home to a Braun family.

Fulda BishopricGS: said by the the Rohleder FSL to be homeUC to a Kimmel/Kemmel man.  Same country as the preceding entry.

Full?FN: said by the Laub FSL to be fromUC Stuttgart?, Wuerttemberg.

FunckFN: see Funk.

FunkFN{Heinrich}: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Steinfurt, Friedberg.  According to a Luebeck ML, this Funck man fromUC Darmstadt married a Mueller woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#285).

Funk?FN{Johannes}: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Renskirch(?).  A Luebeck ML says this Funck man fromUC Darmstadt married a Stein woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#287).  For 1798 see possibly Mai1798:Mn3)?

FunkFN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be fromUC Runkel, Wuerttemberg.

FunkFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Sterzhausen.

FunkFN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC Ulrichstein(?), Darmstadt.  According to a Luebeck ML this Funck man from the Wetterau married in 1766 a Becker woman (Mai&Marquardt#241).

Funk FN: said by the 1798 Laub census to be the maiden name of frau Schmidt (Mai1798:Lb19).

FunkFN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Rittershausen.  For 1798 see Mai1798: Nm17. 36, 43.

FunkFN: said by the Rosenheim FSL to be fromUC Oetting, Oesterreich.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Rm25 and En9.

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

Funk FN: see Fuchs.

FunkelFN: said by the Rosenheim FSL to be the maiden name of frau Beier{Gottfried}.

FunknerFN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be fromUC Niklashausen, Wertheim [County].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Wr69 (where the wife’s maiden name was given as Gorn), and 9.

Fur/Fuhr?FN: said by the Rothammel FSL to be fromUC Sasbach, Baden-Baden.

Furmal?, Hannover [i.e.Kurbraunschweig]: an unidentified place  said by the Warenburg FSL to be homeUC to a Weberling family.

FuscheFN: see Fesch and Fouche.

FuschsnerFN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be fromUC Tiefenthal.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

FushiFN: see Fesch and Fouche.

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

FussFN: said by the Volmer FSL to be fromUC Alzey, Kurpfalz.

FussFN: this family name was found recorded in Schotten parish records for many generations prior to 1767 and in in Tann marriage records 1762-1767; see Flegel trip.

FussgoenheimGL: see Hallberg.

 

 

 

 

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