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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Iba, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate]: is some 9 miles NE of Bad Hersfeld, and was said by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to a Keilmann family.  Said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to homeUC to a Thomas family, and possibly to Schneider{Kaspar,etc} orphans.

IbeleFN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:670, 316) to be fromUC Gross Aspach, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  Also spelled Uebele.

IberGL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to a Schulz family.  This probably was 31 miles ENE of Nuernberg city.

IchenhausenGL, Wuerzburg: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to a Hesse family.  The only Ichenhausen I can find is 16 miles E of Ulm city, and was in some tiny barony, not in the Wuerzburg Bishopric.

Ichsfels(?)/Iksfelts(?)GL:an unidentified place said by the Kamenka FSL to be homeUC to a Raab family.  There is an Ilsfeld in Baden-Wuertemberg some 6.4 miles SSE of Heilbronn.

Ichtebeck? AmtGL: an unidentified district said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC an Emich family.  There is an Itterbeek some 4 miles W of Brussels, Belgium.

IckesFN: said by the Kutter FSL to be fromUC Friedberg.

IckesFN:  according to the Buedingen ML an Ickes woman fromUC Alstadt married in 1766 a Niedenthal man; by 1767 this couple was in Kutter: Stumpp says she was fromUC Altenstadt near Buedingen (Mai&Marquardt#629).

IcksFN: said by the Grimm FSL to be fromUC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).  The Buedingen ML says this man fromUC Romrod married in 1766 a Schaeffer woman (Mai&Marquardt#487).  Later spelled Ix.

Idar-Oberstein Amt, Rhein-Pfalz:a district administrative center 7.5 miles NE of Birkenfeld town.

IdenburgGS, mis-transliteration in the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL for Isenburg.

Iderstuf?, [Kur-]Trier: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to a Mai family.

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

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

IfflandFN: see  Ifland.

IflandFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Hessen (no locality mentioned).

IflandFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC Fulda.  Later spelled Iffland (Mai1798:Pf29).

IgelslochGL, Calw [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 5 miles NNW of Zavelstein town, and using his marriage records in Zavelstein found in FHL(1,528,491) the GRCA proved this was home to the Bertsch who went to Bergstal; see their book for more detail.

IgersheimGL: Said by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to Bontraeger? and Doering families.  Might this be the town that is some 36 miles NE of Heilbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg?  Or might it be Ingelsheim?

IhliFN: see Ili.

IhlingFN: see Iling and Illingen.

IkesFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC Wernborn-bei-Usingen.  Later spelled Ikers (Mai1798:Pf35).

IkersFN: see Ikes.

IkormendeGL, see Ueckermuende.

Iksfelts(?)GL, see Ichsfels(?).

Ikt(?)GL, Darmstadt: an unidentified place said by the Kraft FSL to be homeUC to a Luft family.  There is an Eich some 6 miles SW of Darmstadt city.

IlavlaVV, a Russian name for the village of LeichtlingVV.

IlavlyaVV, a Russian name for the village of LeichtlingVV.

IlawlaVV, a Russian name for the village of LeichtlingVV.

Ilberg?FN: said by the Kukkus FSL to be fromUC Ennerich, Runkel.

IlbeshausenGL, Hessen-Darmstadt: is some 18 miles NE of Buedingen and said by the Frank FSL to be home to a Weidemann family.  This origin has been confirmed.

IlbingGL: an unidentified place said by the Galka FSL to be homeUC to a Hirschbeck family.

Ili{Gabriel}FN: listed by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#74, 190) and KS:316 with no origin.  Also spelled Ihli and Ehly, and also known as Walter{Valentin} which was also spelled Walther. The CGRA thinks he may have been brother to Walter{Philipp}.  See their book under both family names for more.

IligFN: said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#34) and KS:316 to have come fromUC Hebsack or Grunbach, Waiblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg. Said by both the 1858 Neudorf census (#150) and KS:321 to have come fromUC Riedselz (misspelled Diedselz in KS:321), Weissenburg [Amt], Elsass.  Using FHL#193,050, the GCRA proved their origin in Minfeld, Germersheim [Amt], Rheinpfalz.  See the GCRA book for more.   Spelled Juellich in 1820 and Juelich or Julch thereafter.  Frau Ilig/Juelich evidently was an Ulm.

Iling?FN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Selzich(?), Sachsen.  Later spelled Ihling.

Illenau?GL, [Hapsburgian Property]: just barely S of Achern town, and said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Lenk family and possibly to a Sonnengruen family.

IlligensFN: see Illingen.

IllingenFN: according to the Buedingen ML an Illingen woman fromUC Salzungen married a Mueller man in 1766; the couple later moved to Frank; Stumpp gives the name as Illigens (Mai&Marquardt#708).  Later spelled Ihling.

IllingenGL, Maulbronn Oberamt, Wuerttemberg: is some 5 miles SE of Maulbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and was home to an Ehret family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa, as well as to one that settled in Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia.

IllingenGL, Vaihingen Amt, Wuerttemberg: is 2 miles NW of Vaihingen-an-der-Enz, and proven by GCRA to be home to the Buehrer family that went to Glueckstal. Mistakenly said by both the 1816 Kassel census (#48) and KS:296 to have been homeUC to the Haug/Hauck family.  See the GCRA book for more details.

IllsFN: see Ils.

IlmGL, Schwarzburg: an unidentified place said by the Lauwe FSL to be homeUC to a Reinhardt family.  There were two Schwarzburg counties.  There was an Ilmenau in Hildburgshausen Duchy almost completely surrounded by the southern Schwarzburg-Sondereshausen territory.

Ilmstein?, Kurpfalz: said by the Dehler FSL to be homeUC to a Papenberger family.  This might be Elmstein?

IlovlinkaVV, a Russian name for the village of LeichtlingVV.

Ilow, [Rawa Kreis, Warschau Dept, South Prussia]: was a Lutheran parish founded in 1826 near Kochanow-bei-Gluchow.

IlowlaVV, a Russian name for the village of LeichtlingVV.

IlowljaVV, a Russian name for the village of LeichtlingVV.

IlsFN: said by the Walter FSL to be fromUC Lagenschwarz, Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter.  The family name has also been spelled Ells, Els, Ills, Iltz and Ilz.  Doris Evans says research by Anneliese Micheiwski for the Frank Research Fund confirms this origin.  An ancestor, an Uels man, from Schlotzau became an administrator of the courtyard of the count in Langenschwarz where he died in 1699.

IlsdorfGL: see Ilsdorff.

IlsdorffGL, Solms-Laubach: is near Freisenseen at 50.583 degrees latitude, 9.067 degrees longitude, and  said by the Buedingen ML to be homeUC to a Hesler woman who married in 1766 to a Schaeffer man; by 1767 this couple was in Krasnoyar; Stumpp says this Ilsdorf was near Alsfeld, Hessen (Mai&Marquardt#548).  Also spelled Ilsdorf.

IlsfeldGL, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 6 miles S of Heilbronn city, and mistakenly said by the 1816 Glueckstal census to be homeUC to the Schaefer family.

IlshankaVV: one spelling of the Russian name for HusarenVV.  

IltzFN: see Ils.

IlvesheimGL, Mannheim Amt, Baden: is some 5 miles ESE of Mannheim city and said by the 1816 Bergdorf census to be homeUC to the Nagel family.  It was home to the Nagel family that settled in Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia.

IlzFN: see Ils.

Ilzich(?)GL, Sachsen, is an unidentified locality said by the Frank FSL to be homeUC to a Steinmueller family.

ImertFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC Fulda. 

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

ImherrFN: said by the Koehler FSL to be fromUC Brueckenau. The family name was spelled Emger in 1798 (Mai1798:Kl30).

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

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

Imhof FN: Herr Imhof was said by the Koehler FSL to be fromUC Orb, and his frau’s maiden name was given as Seibel (no origin given).    The family name was spelled Imhoff in 1798 (Mai1798:Kl82).

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

Imhoff FN:  see Imhof.

ImkelburgGS: an unidentified German state.  It seems highly likely that this is a miswriting of Isenburg.

ImmenrodeGL: an unidentified place said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be homeUC to a WeissF family.  There are at least three such places in the area likely to have produced this family.

Impflingen, Landau [Amt], Rheinpfalz: is 1.5 miles S of Landau-in-der-Pfalz, and was proven by the GCRA to be home to the Ehresmann/Erasmann family that settled in Neudorf.

ImsbachGL: a town in Falkenstein County.

ImsbachGL, Rheinpfalz: is some 8 miles SW of Kircheimbolanden town and was proved by Judy Remmick to be home to the Pfaff family that settled in Worms, Odessa.

Indling?GL, Wuerzburg: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to a Schmidt{J.Adam} family.

Inerepach(?)GL, Oroningen(?):an unidentified place said by the Dobrinka FSL to be homeUC to a Graf family.

Ing?GL: an unidentified place said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Mueller family.

IngantenGL, Laubach County: said by the Walter FSL to be homeUC to a Schneider family.  The Buedingen ML shows this to be Inheyden.

IngelheimGL, Stein: an unidentified place said by the Keller FSL to be homeUC to Walter{Maria Eva} sister-in-law of Herr Hesser.  Ingelheim-am-Rhein, Kurpfalz is 8 miles W of Mainz city; around it there seem to be north, south, inner and outer, Ingelheims.

Ingelsheim(?)GL: said by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to Diel and Unefuch? families.  Might this be Igersheim or Ingolsheim?  Also there is an Ingersheim in Baden-Wuerttemberg some 14 miles E of Schwaebish Hall; see Grossingersheim.

Ingenheim, Bergzabern [Amt], Rheinpfalz: is 4 miles NE of Bad Bergzabern and was mistakenly said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#77) and KS:367 to have been homeUC  to the Martzulff/Marzolf/Merzluff  family that settled in Neudorf.

IngenheimGL, Kurpfalz: is some 20 miles SW of Speyer, Rhineland-Palatinate.  See Iningeim.  This is the same place as the preceeding entry 40 years earlier.

IngersheimGL: see Gross Ingersheim.

Ingetron/IngethronFN: said by the Rothammel and the Seewald FSLs to be fromUC Dirmstein, Worms.

Ingolsheim, [Birlenbach parish], Weissenburg [Kreis], Elsass: was 4 miles S of Wissenburg city, and proved by Curt Renz to be home to a Hofer family that settled in Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia.  The GCRA also proved it home to the Alexander family (of Bergdorf and Kassel), to the Herr{Georg} family (of  Bergdorf and Kassel), and to the Martzulff/Marzolf/Merzluff and Hafner/Hofer{Dewald/Theowald}families that settled in Neudorf.   See the GCRA book for more.

Ingolsheim, Hunspach, Sulz [Amt], Elsass: was proven by the GCRA to be to an Eckard/Eckardt/Eckart man and his Haas wife who settled in Kassel.  This is the same place as the previous entry.

IngolstadtGL, Kurbayern: is 49 miles SSE of Nuernberg city.

IngstettenGL, Wuerttemberg: is some 15 miles W of Ulm, and said by the Rothammel FSL to be homeUC to a Lechmann family.

InheydenGL, Solms-Laubach: is some 7 miles SW of Laubach city.  A 1754 map shows it to be a tiny hamlet of no more than a handful of farmsteads.  Said by the Buedingen ML to be homeUC to Schneider and Leer families (Mai&Marquardt#514).  See Inganten.

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

IningeimGL, Kurpfalz: said by the Walter FSL to be homeUC to a Lokas family.  Identified by the Walter Research Group as a Lukas family from Ingenheim.

InnsbruckGL, Tirol: an Austrian city some 234 miles SE of Frankfurt-am-Main.

InnsburgGL, Tirol: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to a Schep family.  This surely is the same place as the previous entry.

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

Inowroclaw, Poland: see Hohensalza, Posen, South Prussia.

InsburgGL: said by the Koehler FSL to be homeUC to a Edel family.  There are two possible sites for this in Austria: Irsberg is 10 miles NE of Salzburg city, and Innsbruck some 59 miles S of Munich city.

Ischenrode, Kurbraunschweig: see Ischenroth.

Ischenroth?, [Hessen-]Darmstadt[?]: an unidentified place said by the Galka FSL to be homeUC to Ladner{J.Peter} and {Konrad} families, and possibly a Wenzel family.  I could find no such place in lands that were Hessen-Darmstadt, but there was an Ischenrode in Kurbraunschweig 8 miles SE of Goettingen city.

InsheimGL, Hanau: said by the Schmidt family (Warenburg colony) chart to be homeUC to a Schmidt{Ludwig} family.  I can find no such place within the bounds of 1760s Hanau County.  The only Insheim I can find is 2.5 miles SE of Landau-in-der-Pfalz.  There is an Enzheim in what was probably Isenburg just about a half mile E of Hanau County lands.

Insheim, Moerlheim parish, Landau [Amt], Rheinpfalz: is 2.5 miles SE of Landau-in-der-Pfalz and 1.5 miles SW of Moerlheim town.  It was proven by the GCRA to be home to the Wahl  family that settled in Neudorf.

Insterburg?GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to a Keskel man.  There was an Imsterberg some 23 miles E of Innsbruck city.

IrbachGL: see Irlach.

Irentehausen(?)GS/GL: an unidentified place aid by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to a Mull? family.

Irk?FN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Nidda, Hessen-Darmstadt. Doris Evans says that research done by Ruth Froelke for the Frank Research Fund confirms thse Nidda origins of the Erck family back to the late 1600’s.

Irlach/IrbachGL, Wuerttemberg/Oberpfalz: is an unidentified locality, said by the Roethling FSL to be possibly homeUC to a Krau family.  I don’t find any in Wuertemberg.  In Oberpfalz there are at least 4 Irlbach: (miles from Regensburg: 31 ESE, 4 NE, 40 NNW, 23 NNW) and at least 2 Irlach: (miles from Regensburg: 34 NE, 19 NNE).

IrleFN: said by the Roethling FSL to be fromUC Hammelbach, Bergstrasse, Hessen, or fromUC Hammelburg, Fulda, Hessen.

Isaac FN{Franz and Peter}: said by the Tiege FSL to be fromUC Berwald/Baerwalde, Tiegenhof Amt.

IsaakFN: see Izik.

IschenGL, Luxemburg: an unidentified place said by the Roethling FSL to be homeUC to a Frisch family.

IsenburgGS: in the 1760’s there were five Isenburg countries.  The lands of two of them lay contiguously S and SE of Frankfurt-am-Main, and the lands of three of them lay contiguously NE of Hanau city.  I get the impression that they handled travel papers and the like as a single entity.  FSL in Russia invariably simply refer to Isenburg as if it were one country. The Stahl-am-Karaman FSL seems to transliterate it as Idenburg or as Rissenburg. 

IsenburgGS: Said (no locality mentioned) by the Anton FSL to be homeUC to Deckmann, Frank, and Nazarenus families.  Said, with no locality given, by one or both versions of the Balzer FSL to be the homeUC of Becker, Bengel, Blitz, Buchner, Dob, Engel, Erth, Faust, Frickel, Gerlach, Grasmick/Grasmueck, Gruen, Habermann, Heft, Heil, Heimbuch, Heizenroeder, Idt, Kaehm, Kalbin, Kaiser, Kleinfelder, Keller, Klaus, Koehler, Kraeuter, Lorengel/Lohrengel, Lutz/Lotz, Mai, Mesinger/Messinger, Mueller, Neugard/Neuhard/Neidhard, Popp, Protzmann/Protsmann, Roehrig, Ross, Roth, Rutt, Schaefer, Scheibel, Schlegel, Schleigel, Schleuger, Schneider, Sinner, Stumpf, Tirol, Weber, Wukert?, and Zieg families. 

IsenburgGS: Said (no locality mentioned) by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be homeUC to Bechtold, Brill/Prill, Dauerich, Daut, Dippel, Engel, frau Engel, Hahn/Han/Hann, Heinrich, frau Engel, Hermann, Hess, Hofmann/Hoffmann, Kaerchner, Reiswig, Rot/Rott, frau Guenther, frau Sander (nee Hess), Schaefer, Schlegel, Seibel, Stab, Wenzel/Weizel, and Wolf families.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Doenhof FSL to be homeUC to Goettlinger, Held, Jacoby, Lenz, Nuss and perhaps Kelker families.  Said by the Grimm FSL to be homeUC (no locality mentioned) to Batz, Hartmann, Hock, Kisselmann, Klein, Leonhard, Muth, Schaefer, Schlefler, Vogel, Waag, Weilmuenster, Weissbinder, Wolf and possibly Andrian and Schekedanz families. 

IsenburgGS: Said by the Huck FSL, with no locality listed, to be the home of Alt, Baumann, Brant, Brotzmann, Delym, Dietz, Eberhardt, Eckhardt?/Eckhart/Eckert, Eichhorn, Euler/Eiler, Febor?, Fein, Frick, Hempel, Herdt, Hergenroether/Hergenraeder, Herr?, Hixt/Hickst/Hicks, Hoffmann, Huck, Inhof, Leis/Lais, Kaufmann, Kembel/Kempel, Koch, Knot?, Koehler/Keller, Kreiek/Kreick, Michel, Morkel, Neu, Reck, Rendenreich, Rein, Reipel?, Repp, Reptin?, Roth, Rupp, Sack, Schaefer, Schigwitter?, Schlegel, Schleich, Schneider, Schuckmann/Schuchman, Schultheis, Sittner, Straus, Teubert?, Ulrich, Voelker, Weber, Weigand, Weisgerber, and Zitterkopf families;  in addition  Eisenhut, Himmel, Horst, Justus, Kaehm/Keim, Kniss, Kopf, Rimwlin?, and Wurst orphans and step-children were living with Isenburg families and may have been from Isenburg too.  Said, with no locality given, by the Pleve version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL, to be the homeUC of two Baer families.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to Mueller, and Riller families. 

IsenburgGS: Said (no locality mentioned) by the Kutter FSL to be homeUC to Diel, Dietz, Engel, Faust, Frank, Fuss, Gruen, Gutmann, Haas, Hack, Hagelganz, Hanhardt, Helhorn, Herdt, Hicks?, Hild, Huck, Kaufmann, Kirschner, Klein, Knis, Kuhlmann, Kunkel, Loch/Lach, Lohrey, Loos, Lorenz, Mueller, Nazarenus67,Neumann, Niedenthal, Orsulet, Reichert, Reifschneider, Reinecke, Rieger, Roehrich, Roth, Ruppel, Schenk, Schmick, Schmidt, Schneider, Schroeder, Stuerz, Traut, Trey, Wagner, Weigand, Wetzel, and possibly Beltz, Fuchs, Hergert, and Licht families.  Said by the Messer FSL to be homeUC to Arnbrecht, Bert?, Betz, Deisel, Dickmann, Dickmann, Eckel, Geis, Goebel, Goetz, Henkel, Herdt, Hergenhein, Herr, Hoffmann, Holland, Kaiser/Kayser47, 48, Klapp, Kraus, Krecker?, Lang Lehr, Lipps, Lorey, Meininger, Mueller, Nuss, Ochsenhirt, Osterreich, Popp, Ritter, Roeder, Satler, Schaefer, Schmidt, Schneider, Schott, Trautmueller, Ullrich, Weber, Weibert, Wiederholt, Willmann, Zeller, Zieg, and possibly Burbach, Daut?, Laubach, and Meisinger. 

IsenburgGS:  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Moor FSL to be homeUC to Betz, Bichert, Brantau, Bretmann, Degenau, Dermer, Dinges, Eckel, Eichler, Gallowa/Galloy, Gambach, Geis, Gerlach, Gies, Helwig, Herdt, Iskam, Jackel, Kempel, Klaus/Claus, Knaus, Korell, Lein, Mai, Michael, Mohn, Mueller, Pinecker, Rehm, Reuter, Rose, Roth, Scheidt, Schott, Schwab, Tenius?, Weber, Wolf, and possibly Ernst.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to Eckart[Eckhardt]{J.Heinrich}, Neurath, and Werth{Magdalena} families.

IsenburgGS: Said by the Norka FSL to be homeUC to Albrecht[Albert], Aschenbrenner, Bach, Batz[Betz], Bechtold, Becker, Berger, Bihu[Biehn/Pan], Bour[Bauer], Brehm, Breitenstein, Brilt[Brill], Burbach, Deitz[Deis/Tais], Derr[Dorr], Dinges, Eherling[Eberling], Ehergardt[Gerhart], Euler/Eihler/Eiler, Eisenhut, Eschhach[Eschbach], Felerstein[Feuerstein], Fischer, Frank, Fuchs, Gauri, Gauri[Sauer?], Georg, Gerkelposin, Gerlach, Giebelhaus, Glantz, Goebel, Grisin[Griess], Gruen, Hamburger[Hamburg], Hank[Hardt/Hort], Hartung, Heinrich, Helwig, Helzer, Henkel[Henckel], Hergenreder, Herstein, Hesler[Hessler], Hockwald[Heckweld/Egewald], Hohnstein, Horst, Huffelt[Gufeltin/Hosfeld], Jacoby, Kaiser[Keiser], Klaus, Klehr[Klaehr], Kleiber, Kloberdanz, Kneiss[Kniss], Koch, Kohler, Krach, Kuhn, Lamm, Lehl, Lehr, Liphart[Libhardt/Lippardt], Lissman, Lohfink[Lofink/Liofin], Loos, Loren[Lorei], Louterbach[Lauterbach], Mai, Mersch, Messer, Milgeig[Milgenk], Miller[Mueller], Muhr[Mohr/Moor], Nagel, Pauli[Pauly], Pirbichin, Plucket[Plokwet/Pluket], Popp, Preisendorf, Preister[Prester/Proestel/Proester], Reich, Reichert, Reider, Reifschneider, Reiswichel[Reuspich/Reswig], Richter[Reider], Ross, Rozel[Rusing], Ruppel[from Neuhasslau], Schaefer, Scharf, Schein, Scheneman[Schonemann], Scherman[Schermann/Scharman], Schindler, Schleiger[Schleicher], Schneider, Schnell, Schreiner, Schwindt, Simlin, Spiegel, Starkel[Sterkel/Staerkel], Storz[Stuertz], Tiring[Diringer?], Traudt[Traut], Trieher[Trueber/Tripper], Wacker, Weber, Webler[Weller], Weigand[Weigandt], Weitzel, Werth, Wertz[Wuertz], Wilhelm, Yost[Just], and maybe Bauer, Hahn, Mohr and Sorberger. 

IsenburgGS: Said (no locality given) by the Pfeiffer FSL to be homeUC to a Brant family. 

Isenburg CountyGS: 1442-1511: created in 1442 with seat at Buedingen.  Ended in 1511 when split into two: Isenburg-Buedingen-Birstein and Isenburg-Kelsterbach.

Isenburg PrincipalityGS: 1806: created from Isenburg-Birstein and then gradually absorbed the rest.

Isenburg-Birstein CountyGS: 1628-1744: created in 1628 from Isenburg-Buedingen-Birstein County.  Transformed in 1744 when became Principality.

Isenburg-Birstein PrincipalityGS: 1744-1806: the County was transformed into a Principality in 1744.  One of the six Isenburg countries in the 1760s.  In 1806 it absorbed some other branches and became Isenburg Principality.

Isenburg-Buedingen CountyGS: 1628-1815: created in 1628 from Isenburg-Buedingen-Birstein County.  Absorbed into Isenburg Principality in 1815.  One of the six Isenburg countries in the 1760’s.  Said by the Enders FSL to be homeUC to Pril and Zitner families.

Isenburg-Buedingen-Birstein CountyGS: 1511-1628: created in 1511 from Isenburg County.  Split into two parts in 1628: Isenburg-Buedingen and Isenburg-Birstein.

Isenburg-Eisenberg CountyGS: 1711-1758: created from pieces of Isenburg-Birstein and Isenburg Offenbach; absorbed into Isenburg Birstein.

Isenburg-Kelsterbach CountyGS:1511-1601: created from Isenburg County; absorbed into Isenburg-Birstein.

Isenburg-Marienborn CountyGS: 1673-1799: created from Isenburg-Birstein County; became Principality in 1744; absorbed into Isenburg-Birstein Principality in 1799. One of the six Isenburg countries in the 1760’s.  I do not know where the seat of this county was yet.

Isenburg-Meerholz CountyGS: 1673-1806: created from Isenburg-Birstein County; became Princiaplity in 1744; absorbed into Isenburg Principality in 1806.  One of the six Isenburg countries in the 1760’s.  Its seat, Meerholz, just SW of Gelnhausen city, has long since been absorbed into the city as a suburb or neighborhood.

Isenburg-Offenbach CountyGS: 1628-1711 when reabsorbed by Isenburg-Birstein County.

Isenburg-Philippseich CountyGS: 1711-1806: created from parts of Isenburg-Birstein and Isenburg-Offenbach.  One of the six Isenburg countries in the 1760’s.  Absorbed into Isenburg Principality in 1806.  About all that remains of Philippseich today is its schloss in or near Dreieichenhain just SE of Neu-Isenburg, Hesse.

Isenburg-Waechtersbach CountyGS: 1628-1806: created in 1628 from Isenburg-Buedingen-Birstein County.  Absorbed with some other branches into Isenburg Principality in 1806.  One of the six Isenburg countries in the 1760’s.  It included Waechtersbach, Hesseldorf, Weilers, Waldensberg and Leisenwald.

Isenburg-Wied CountyGS: 1338 to 1454 when it became Wied County.

IsheimFN: said by the Kukkus FSL to be fromUC Berghausen, Braunfels.

IsingenGL, Sulz [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 8 miles SE of Sulz-am-Neckar, and was proven by GCRA to be home to the Ruf family that went to Glueckstal. See the GCRA book for more details.

Isistadt(?)GL, Brandenburg: an unidentified place said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be homeUC to a Keller family.

IskamFN: two families said by the Moor FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned). The maiden name of one frau was given as Scheidelmann in 1798 (Mai1798:Mo19); Bonner proved her husband was baptized in Vonhausen, Isenburg.  Bonner found that their Vonhausen marriage record said the other Iskam man was fromUC Calbach, Isenburg[-Buedingen County] and married a Doerr woman.

Iskhom?FN: said by the Volmer FSL to be fromUC Biburg.

Isselbach, Kurmainz[?]: an unidentified place said by the Galka FSL to be homeUC to a Bender family.  I can find no such place on lands that were Kurmainz, but there was an Isselbach, Kurtrier 3 miles SE of Montabaur town.

Issewoerth?, Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Dehler FSL to be homeUC to a Guenther family.

ItalienGS: is German for Italy.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to a Millozzi family.

Italy: see Italien.

Itschnja, Ukraine: nka Inchnya 98 miles NE of Kiev, and said by the Husaren FSL to be homeUC to a Mursa family.

ItterbeekGL: see Ichtebeck.

Ittingen(?): an unidentified place said by the Kraft FSL to be homeUC to a Zorn family.  There is an Ittingen in Switzerland, some 14 miles ESE of Konstanz.

IttlingenGL, Eppingen [Amt], Baden: is 4 miles N of Eppingen city, and was proven by GCRA to be home to the Kappes family that went to Glueckstal.  See the GCRA book for more details.

IvanovaFN: said by the 1798 Franzosen census to be the maiden name of frau Pasqual (Mai1798:Fz36).

Iven(?)GL, Pommern(?): is some 55 miles SE of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Pommern, and said by the Holstein FSL to be homeUC to a Brickmann family.

Iwanowice AmtGL, Suedpreussen: an unidentified district administrative center.

IxFN: see Icks.

Izel?GL: an unidentified place said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be homeUC to a Becker{Johann}family. Kuhlberg said this was in Darmstadt.  There aere 3 Izels in France and Belgium but I could find none in the lands that had been Hessen-Darmstadt Landgraviate.

IzikFN: said by the Walter FSL to be fromUC Grossenmoor, Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter.  Shown by the Walter Research Project to be an Isaak family.

 

 

 

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