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: said by the Anton FSL to be fromUC Heidelberg Oberamt, Kurpfalz.   Volz indicated Hessen origins for a Fech family.

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?GL,  Wittenberg: 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: said by the Dietel FSL to be fromUC Heimkehr(?), Hessen.  Dona Reeves-Marquardt has found the Foos birth records in Heimkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, confirmed by Brent Mai.

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, Bayern.

FoucheFN: said by the Franzosen FSL to be fromUC Paris, Frankreich. May have been spelled Fushi? (Mai1798:Fz3?) and Foos (Fz42?) in 1798.

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, Darmstadt: 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 Walter.  Also see Grumberg and Krumbach.

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.

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.

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 Rothammel FSL to be fromUC Leidesdorf, Trier.

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

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 provided information from the Nagold Ortssippenbuch regarding emigrants to Russia from Nagold, Wuerttemberg.

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, Erbach: (Ort);

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

from Buedingen, Isenburg: (Hartung);

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

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

from Eberbach, Erbach: (Freiling?);

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

from Neustadt, [Sandbach parish], Erbach: (Heimbuechner, Walter);

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

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

from Nieder-Kinzig, Erbach: (Goethmann);

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

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 Piver(?), Hannover: (Mueller);

from Rambach, Nassau: (Bender);

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

from Rimhorn, Erbach: (Bruecher);

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

from Sprendlingen, Isenburg: (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 Zeil(?), Erbach: (Schork).

FrankeFN: see Frank.

FrankenGL: is German for Franconia, an area without specific boundaries in the 1760’s but which covered much of the current German states 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.

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.

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.

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-MainGS: was an independent city state (called a free imperial city) controlling surrounding villages (especially to the SW of the city) from 1372 to 1806. Said (no locality mentioned) by the Boregard FSL to be homeUC to the Schmidt{PhilippW.} and Weber families, and possibly  Dietrich and Schuhmann families.  Said (no locality indicated) by the Stumpp supplement to the Dietel FSL to be homeUC to a Flegler/Kegler? family.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Dobrinka FSL to be homeUC to a Bischof family.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Doenhof FSL to be homeUC to a Keller family. : Said ( no locality mentioned) by the Fischer FSL to be homeUC to an Adwertin? family.  Said by the Grimm FSL to be homeUC (no locality mentioned) to a Goetz family.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Husaren FSL to be homeUC to a Baini/Bahn/Boni/Bani family.  Said by the Kamenka FSL to be homeUC ( no locality indicated) to Meier and to 3 Schwert/Schwerdt families.  Said (no locality indicated) by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to Brauriedel, Dresenitz, Faller, Tide, and Winter families, as well as frau Janssen. Said (no locality mentioned) by the Laub FSL to be homeUC to a Reibich family.

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.

FranzburgGL, Schwedisch Pommern: is some 31 miles ENE of Rostock city, and said by the Dreispitz FSL to be homeUC to an Otto family.

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], Wuerttemberg.  Origin 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: 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