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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KaahnFN: see Kaler.

KabelFN: said by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:661, 321) to have been fromUC Stuttgart, Wuerttemberg.

Kabbell[Kappel]GL, Daenemark: an unidentified place said by the Dinkel FSL to be homeUC to a Hensel family.

KadenGL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be homeUC to the Schneider{Andreas} family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Darmstadt.  There were at least 3 Kadens in the Germanies, none of the three I can find were in Hessen-Darmstadt lands.

Kaderhein?GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Spener? family.   Kuhlberg said this was in Erbach.  This might be Gadernheim, Erbach, some 12 miles WNW of Erbach city.

KaefertalGL, Mannheim [Amt], Baden: now a neighborhood in NE Mannheim city, and said by the 1816 Glueckstal census to be homeUC to the Schulz(e) family.

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

Kaehm/KeimFN: in the Huck FSL a Kaehm/Keim orphan was living the Voelkers who are said to have come from Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

KaelberFN: a Luebeck ML says this  woman, no origin given, married a Dollheimer man in 1765; by 1766 this couple was in Mariental  (Mai&Marquardt:19).

Kaelberbronn, Freudenstadt [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 5.5 miles NE of Freudenstadt city, was proven by the GCRA to be home to the Weisert/Weissert family that went to Bergdorf.  Was proven by the GCRA to be home to a Bross/Bros family that settled in Neudorf.  Kaelberbronn records were found in Herzogsweiler, Freudenstadt [Amt], Wuerttemberg.

KaelkFN: see Kalck.

KaemmerFN: according to KS:118 this woman ofUC Alstadt near Homburg in the Saar married an Amkein man.  The Hildmann FSL said her maiden name was Kummer and his name was Amrein.  The Buedingen ML said she was a Kemmer ofUC Alstadt and he was an Amrain man (Mai&Marquardt#612).

KaemmererFN: said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be have come fromUC Ober-Ulm, Mainz later than the first settlers (p.137).

KaemmererFN: see Kemer and Kemmerer.

KaemmerzellGL: see Kammerzell.

KaeppleFN: Curt Renz has found the church records for this Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia, family in Ehrstaedt, Sinsheim Amt, Baden. 

KaercherFN:  listed in the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:661, 322) without origin.  The GCRA found a report that he was born in Trusseje, Prussia.  See the GCRA book for details.

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

KaesFN: said by the Goebel FSL to be fromUC Oberleinach, Wuerzburg.  Later his wife’s maiden name is given as Melchior and his is spelled Kess (Mai1798:Gb29).

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

Kaesner FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be fromUC Leissnitz, [Kur-]Sachsen.  Spelled Kasner in 1798 (Mai1798:Bn75).  A Rosslau ML said this Kassner man married in 1766 a Walther woman (Mai&Marquardt#951).

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

Kage(?)GL, Oesterreich: an unidentified place said by the Goebel FSL to be homeUC to a Berkus family.

KagelFN: said by the Laub FSL to be fromUC Birkenfeld.

KahenbachGL: said by Hilsbach, South Prussia records to be homeUC  to the Miller/Mueller{Karl} family that settled in Neudorf.  There was a Kehrenbach, Hesse, but the GCRA thinks kahrenbach may have been a mistake for Salmbach.

KahlFN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be fromUC Lauterbach, Riedesel.  TheBeudingen ML says this man married a Kilian woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#403)

KahlaGL, Sachsen: said by the Graf FSL to be homeUC to a Kellfuss[Hellfuss] family.  This could be in Thueringen some 8 miles S of Jena, or in Brandenburg some 29 miles NNW of Dresden.

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

KahlbrennerFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Kirchheim, Hessen.

KahlerFN: said by the Laub FSL to be fromUC Roth, Hessen-Kassel.  In the wife’s maiden name was given as Blau (Mai1798:Lb18).

KahlerFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Arnstein.  In 1798 the family name was spelled Keller (Mai1798:Pl09).

KahlerFN: also see Kaler or Keller.

KahnFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be fromUC Arnsten. The family name was spelled Kuehn in 1798 (Mai1798:Mv2130).

KaichenGL, Friedberg Imperial City: is some 7 miles SE of Friedberg city, Hessen, and was home to Derr families that settled in Walter.

KaierleberFN: see Keuerleber.

KaigareltzGL, Isenburg County: an unidentified place, said by the Walter FSL to be homeUC to a Reisbich family.

KaiserFN: said by the Balzer FSL to be fromUC Isenburg-Offenbach [County].  Bonner proved this Kayser man’s origin in Eckartshausen, Isenburg[-Buedingen County] and his Raab wife’s orgin in Duedelsheim.

KaiserFN: said by the Caesarsfeld FSL to be fromUC Buerstadt.  Frau Kaiser’s maiden name is given as Geisen? in 1798. Check Mai&Marquardt:Bb15 for 1798.

KaiserFN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be fromUC Gelnhausen (no locality mentioned).  The Buedingen ML says this Kayser of Gelnhausen married in 1766 a Firnberiger (Mai&Marquardt#511).

KaiserFN: said by the Enders 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Piel (Mai1798:En18).

KaiserFN: said by the Enders FSL to be fromUC Kolberg, Preussen.

KaiserFN: arrived in Glueckstal 1821-1822 and was proven by the GCRA to be from Wankheim, and then Entringen, both in Tuebingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg ; see their book for detail.

KaiserFN: said by the Goebel FSL to be fromUC Oberberg, Kurmainz.

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

KaiserFN: said by the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be fromUC Nidda.  According to the Kromm version they were either fromUC Burkhards or Eichelsachsen, both of Schotten [Amt], or Ober Lais of Nidda [Amt].

KaiserFN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC Marburg(?), Hessen.

Kaiser FN: said by the Messer 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Hinkel (Mai1798:Ms69).  Proven by Bonner.

KaiserFN: said by the Messer FSL to be from Isenburg. Their baptisms were found in Bueches/Buches, Isenburg[-Buedingen County] by Bonner.  In 1798 the maiden name of one of the two frau Kaiser was given as Mueller (Mai1798:Ms68).

KaiserFN: said by the  Moor 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Iskam (Mai1798:Mo61).

KaiserFN: Bonner proved that frau Michel (nee Kaiser) of Moor was baptized in Bueches, Isenburg[-Buedingen County], and was sister to the Kaiser men of Messer.

KaiserFN: is a single man living in the household of a widow from Geien? in the  Mueller FSL but no origin is given for him.

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

KaiserFN: three families said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Keiser in the 1775 census, but back to Kaiser in the 1798 (Mai1798:Kr88, 173, 198).  The Buedingen ML says one of these Kayser men was fromUC Keffenroth and married a Weinberger woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#604).

KaiserFN: said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to be fromUC Raboldshausen, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate].  For 1769 see Mai1798:Mv2281.

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

KaiserFN: said by the Seewald FSL to be fromUC Geisenstam, Alzey.

KaiserFN: said by the Kisling family (Warenburg colony) chart to be fromUC Arnstein, Kurpfalz.

KaisersbachGL, Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Goebel FSL to be homeUC to a Gottfried and perhaps a Hoffmann family.  The Buedingen ML says it was Grisselbach and Stumpp says it was Krisselbach (Mai&Marquardt#354), neither of which can I identify.

KaiserslauternGL, [Pfalz-Lautern Principality, Kurpfalz]: is some 41 miles NW of Karlsruhe.  Said by the Degott FSL to be homeUC to Heinrich and Schneider families.  Said by the Keller FSL to be homeUC to Bohn and Heisser families.  Said by the Herzog FSL to be home to a Rome man;  the Buedingen church records say he was an employee of the French government and that a child of his died in Buedingen in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#1235); the 1798 census says his wife’s maiden name was Maier (Mai1798:Hv22).  Said by the Kamenka FSL to be homeUC to a Neubauer family.  Said by the Kratzke FSL to be homeUC to a Reiswig family.  Said by the Volmer FSL to be home to a Schroh family.  This was the seat of the Lautern Kreis of Kurpfalz and so the Kaiserslautern reference may refer either to the city or the district.

Kaisheim Imperial AbbeyGS:  held a small area of land Nof the Danube around the town of Kaisheim and a yet smaller piece S of the Danube just N of Wertingen town, all now in Bavaria.

Kakau?GL, [Anhalt-]Dessau: is some 8 miles ESE of Dessau city, and said by the Jost FSL to be homeUC to a Steinbis family.

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

KalbfleischFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Romrod.  He is listed in a Luebeck baptismal list in 1766 as a godparent of a Jerich daughter (Mai&Marquardt#1320).

KalbinFN: said by Stumpp version of the Balzer FSL to be fromUC OffenbachGL, Isenburg, but by the Pleve version to be fromUC Hanau.

KalckFN: said by a Luebeck ML to be the maiden name of frau Praefried; Stumpp gave her name as Kaelk or Kalk (Mai&Marquardt#184).  This couple went to Paulskaya.

KalefalzGL, Trier: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to a Fritz family.

Kaler?FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Niederstetten, Kurmainz.  This may be the Kann (another source spells it Kaahn) man who according to a Luebeck ML married in 1766 a Buchs woman (Mai&Marquardt#88).

KalischGL [Department], South Prussia: this was one of the three huge Departments into which S. Prussia was divided.  The capital city, now Kalisz, is some 67 miles SE of Poznan city.  Thought by the GCRA to be homeUC to the Roessler/Ressler family (1801) which came to Bergdorf.  The also found it associated with the Burckhardt family in 1792.  See the GCRA book for more.

KalkFN: see Kalck.

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

KallenbergGL, Backnang [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 5 miles SE of Backnang city, and the GCRA thinks either this may have been homeUC to the Rau family that went to Bergdorf, since Kallenberg is located just 2 miles E of Heutensbach, birthplace of the Kapp woman who married Rau.   See the GCRA book for detail.

KalmbachFN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:671) to be fromUC Engelhandszell, Bayern; KS:323 suggested it might be Engelhardtzell?.

KalmbachFN: also see Gambach.

KalstadtFN: said by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Schwelm, which Kuhlberg said was in Westfalen.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Kaltchinowka: see Belowescher Kolonien.

KalteherbergGL, Danzig: now Swiernica, Poland, was 19 miles ESE of Danzig city, and said by the Orloff FSL to be homeUC to Friesen families.  Also spelled Kalte Herberge.

Kalte HerbergeGL: see Kalteherberg.

KaltenbornGL, Kurpfalz: an unidentified place said by the Keller FSL to be homeUC to a Bellmann family.  There was a Kaltenborn, Ollbrueck Barony, on the Kurkoeln border, some 24 miles WNW of Koblenz city, but none so far as I can find in Kurpfalz lands.

KaltenbornGL, Ollbrueck Barony, on the Kurkoeln border, some 24 miles WNW of Koblenz city.

KaltenordheimGL, Saxony-Weimar Duchy: is Kaltennordheim, Thureringen, some 20 miles ENE of Fulda, Hessen, and said by the Walter FSL to be homeUC to a Greifts family.

KaltenschneeFN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be fromUC Obelies(?), Ridelsch(?).  The Buedingen ML says this man fromUC Mauswinckel married in 1766 an Eisenhuth woman (Mai&Marquardt#507).  Later spelled Kaltenschuh (Mai1798:Db28).

KaltenschuhFN: see Kaltenschnee.

KaltentalGL, Stuttgart [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is now a Stuttgart suburb some 6 miles SW of the city centre, and proven by the GCRA to be home to the Kurrle and Rall families that went to Bergdorf. Mistakenly said by the 1816 Glueckstal census to be homeUC to the Krieger family. Mistakenly said by KS:282 to be homeUC to the Gramm/Frasch family that settled in Kassel.  See the GCRA book for more.

KaltenbachGL, Hinterweidental Amt, Pfalz: is barely W of Hinterweidental town, and the GCRA thinks either this village or Kallenberg, Backnang [Amt], Wuerttemberg, may have been homeUC to the Rau family that went to Bergdorf; see their book for detail.

KaltenbornGL, [Kur-]Koeln: is 25 miles WNW of Koblenz city, and said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to a Klein family.

KaltenwestenGL, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 6 miles SSW of Heilbronn city.  Origin has been proven here for the Arnold, Behringer, Frank, Gnang/Ganje, Laitenberger, Mueller, and Rieker families who came to Bergdorf in 1831.  This place is now known as Neckarwestheim.

KaltnerFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Lippstadt, Westernkotten with a Naagel wife fromUC Muenster.

Kalzhof?GL, Bupaterpronsk?: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to a Eberhardt{J.Daniel} family.

KembelFN: see Kempel.

KambergGL, Kurtrier: said by the Keller FSL to be homeUC to a Pauly family. Said by the Preuss FSL to be home to Heiland, Heinrich, and Schneider families.  See Camberg.

KambergGL, Nassau[sic]: nka Bad Camberg some 16 miles NNE of Wiesbaden, and said by the Preuss FSL to be home to an Preuss family.  Kamberg was not then in Nassau but near it, see Camberg.

Kamenka, Podolia: the largest place of this name was 120 miles SE of Kiev, but there were at least 2 dozen Kamenka in Podolia.  The GCRA says it was the district covering Luschkawitz in 1787 and was associated with a Weil family in 1844.

KamenkaVV (aka Baehr): a Catholic German village on the west side of the Volga.  Its FSL has been published twice: first in Pleve, The German Colonies , pp.371-391, and second in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.II, pp.215-242.  According to them, the first settlers were from the following places with the family names shown here in parens.  Spellings sometimes differ between the two sources – a spelling that is from the second source is presented here in standard bold, if it appears the same way in the first source it is underlined, if it appears only in the first source it is italicized:

from Alave, Italien: (Goette/Gette);

from Alzey: (Dietze/Ditze, Mauren, Schwarz/Schwartz);

from Aschaffenburg: (Bahl/Bal/Ball?, Bachmann, Braun, Meder, Stadler);

from Baden-Durlach: (Aman, Zwinger);

from Bamberg: (Baer/Beer/Baehr/Bayer?, Boehm/Behm, Siebenhaar);

from Berlin, Preussen: (Streitenberger);

from Bischtu…(?)/Bischt(?): (Herwig/Gervig);

from Boehmen: (Ehse/Ese?);

from Brandenburg: (Augustus);

from Brix/Briks(?): (Floehr/Flor/Flohr);

from Buedingen: (Kaul, Reiss/Reis, Walter);

from Danzig: (Nickel);

from Dinkelsbuehl/Denkelsbuehl: (Benerberger/Bennerberger);

from Elbing, Polen: (Engeler);

from Elwangen: (Vogelmann);

from Eppingen: (Siegel);

from Erfurt/Ehrfurt: (Schiebert/Schibert/Schubert?);

from Ettlingen: (Kreschele);

from Falkenburg: (Derillion/Dirillion?);

from Frankfurt-am-Main: (Meier, Schwert/Schwerdt);

from Freiburg: (Tisch);

from Freistadt, Pfalz: (Kumler);

from Hanau: (Dargener, Esrenhaeuser/Esrenheiser?, Hoffmann, Lither/Liter/Lieter?);

from Hassfurt/Hassfurth: (Schmidt);

from Heilbronn am Neckar: (Beider, Pless/Bless?);

from Ichsfels(?)/Iksfelts(?): (Raab);

from Kaiserslautern: (Neubauer);

from Kamnitz/Kamitz: (Eschler);

from Karlsbad, Boehmen: (Mueller);

from Kiel, Holstein: (Heiland);

from Kirburg(?)/Kurbburg(?): (Baer/Beer/Baehr/Bayer?);

from Kirchheimbolanden/Kirchheimbolende: (Leopold);

from Kissing: (Bock);

from Koblenz: (Kochum);

from Koenigshofen: (Kessler);

from Kopenhagen, Daenemark: (Rekowski/Rekowsky, Schwindt);

from Krautheim, Kurmainz: (Vogt);

from Lauzes/Lausi(?), Frankreich: (Legrand/Le Grand);

from Luxembourg: (Astian);

from Mainz: (Simon);

from Mannheim: (Rowein/Rohwein);

from Marienburg, Polen: (Lex/Leks, Nowak/Novak, Urban);

from Miltenberg: (Gruen, Neth?/Net/Nett/Naeb?, Rochel);

from Muenster: (Dikeng?);

from Muelsen/Mulsen, Preussen: (Fischer);

from Naegelstadt: (Schaefer);

from Neuburg am der Donau/Neuburg Donau: (Seitz);

from Neustadt-bei-Heide(?)/Neustadt-am-Heide: (Stahl, Zeisel);

from Oberkirch/Oberkirche: (Gerling);

from Oberramstadt: (Schaefer);

from Orb/Orba(?): (Roeder/Raeder);

from Posnan/Posen, Polen: (Rekowski/Rekowsky);

from Pressburg: (Bauer);

from Reez(?)/Retz: (Plattner/Blattner?);

from Regensburg: (Retzer);

from Roding: (Hofesass/Gofesass?);

from Saarlouis: (Schmidt);

from Sachsen-Gotha: (Glaeser);

from Salzburg: (Baron);

from Schlierbach: (Hohl/Gol);

from Schneidemuehl/Schmeidmuhl, Polen: (Repin);

from Schwarzburg/Schwartzburg: (Thoma/Toma);

from Schweiz: (Kettler);

from Seligenstadt: (Hartmann, Wetzel);

from Sierck/Sirsk(?), Frankreich: (Deisch, Mellinger, Schmidt);

from Strabing: (Dreher);

from Vien, Oesterrich: (Niederhof);

from Warendorf: (Oberberger);

from Weissensulz(?)/Weisensulz: (Vogel);

from Wimmelbach/Wimelbach, Bamburg: (Kerner/Kenaer/Kenner);

from Windigstein Ost, Flck.: (Palaery/Palaeri?);

from Worms, Kurmainz: (Becker);

from Wuerzburg: (Getzel/Hoetzel/Hetzel/Getsel, Rumpel).

Kamenny OvragVV:  a variant spelling of the Russian name for DegottVV.

Kamenny OwragVV:  a variant spelling of the Russian name for DegottVV. 

Kamennyj OvragVV:  a variant spelling of the Russian name for DegottVV.

KamenskiyVV: a Russian name for GrimmVV.

KamererFN: see Kammerer.

KamitzGL, see Kamnitz.

KamlovskiFN: see Kamlowski.

KamlowskiFN: said by the Husaren FSL to be fromUC Witebsk, Polen.    In 1798 spelled Kamlovski (Mai1798:Hn18).

KammFN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be fromUC Himmelhofen?,  Bamberg [Bishopric], and to be living with Herr Schwarz.   A Rosslau ML says this man married a Zimmer woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#985).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

KammFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC Freudenberg. 

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

KammererFN: according to the Goebel FSL this step-daughter was living in an Ancre family fromUC Danzig.

KammererFN: said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#58, 173) and KS:323 to be from Wittershausen, Horb [Amt], Wuerttemberg. Using FHL#550,795, the GCRA proved this origin.  See their book for much more.  Also spelled Kamerer.

KammerforstGL: an unidentified place said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be homeUC to Boese and Brull{J.Adam} and {Johannes} families.  There are 4 Kammerforsts in Germany.

Kammerstein, Kurpfalz: an unidentified place said by the Keller FSL to be homeUC to a Job family.  The only Kammerstein that I can find in Germany was 11 miles SSW of Nuernberg city center, and although now in Bavaria, would then have been either in Wuerttemberg Duchy or Eichstaett Bishopric.

KammerzelFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Hirschfeld[Gersfeld], Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter(?).  Doris Evans says that research done by Anneliese Micheiwski for Larry and Florance Kammerzell confirms that this man descends 6 generations from a Kemmerzell born in the 1500’s, died in 1605 in Gersfeld.

KammerzellFN: said by the Walter FSL to be fromUC Kerschwald[Gersfeld]GL, Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter.  Doris Evans says that research done by Anneliese Micheiwski for Larry and Florance Kammerzell confirms that this man descends 6 generations from a Kemmerzell born in the 1500’s, died in 1605 in Gersfeld.

Kammerzell/KaemmerzellGL is some 4 miles NW of Fulda, Hessen and is said by the Roethling FSL to be homeUC to an Ell family.

Kamnitz/KamitzGL:an unidentified place said by the Kamenka FSL to be homeUC to an Eschler family.  It may be the Kamnitz, Thueringen that is some 14 miles ENE of Gera.

KampeGL: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Figongue family.  This might be Kampe, Lower Saxony, some 40 miles W of Bremen city.

KandelGL, Germersheim [Amt], Pflaz: is 12 miles SW of Germersheim town, and proven by the GCRA to be home to the Schmidt FN{J. Adam aka Heinr.} who went to Bergdorf.  See the GCRA book for detail.

KandelinFN: said by the Galka FSL to be fromUC Keksholm, [Russia]:.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Gk49.

KaneauVV: an alternate spelling for KanoVV.

KangenGL, Friedberg: said by the Walter FSL to be homeUC to Herr families.  The Walter Research Group has proven that these were Derr families from Kaichen, which belonged to the independent city of Friedberg.

KannFN: see Kaler.

KanoVV:  (aka Caneau, Kaneau, Kanskoje) is a Lutheran German village founded in 1767 on the eastern side of the Volga near Phillipsfeld.  Its FSL is  published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.II, pp. 243-274.  According to this, the first settlers were from the following places (italicized places and names are as identified by Kuhlberg) with the family names shown here in parens.   Other spellings of family names, usually from later sources are in square brackets.  {Given names} are used only when there is more than one family for a family name. Verified origin information is in red.  The number with the family name is their FSL household number, although 100 has been added to each household number in the supplementary list:

from Altkirchen: (Reischer127);

from Anhalt-Dessau [Principality]: (Gensch[Hensch]16, Grassmann[Grossmann]13 );

from Anhalt-Zerbst [Principality]: (Kellermann17);

from Aumenau, [Wied-]Runkel [County]: (Axt139);

from Baerenburg: (Ehrlich{Gottlieb}26);

from Bamberg: (Rudolph161);

from Bassenheim: (Hamm117);

from Bayreuth [Margraviate]: (Frank142, Nikolaus153, Rattel59);

from Bellheim: (Schiffelmeier7);

from Belzig: (Paul{Andreas}40);

from Benetsham?: (Burghardt120);

from Benndorf: (Fak?61);

from Benzingerode: (Lebe103);

from Berlin: (Thaumann?32);

from Bermbach: (Ehrlich{J.Georg}44);

from Bonn, [Kurkoeln]: (Reischenberg121 and possibly Benedikt121a);

from Braunscheig [Duchy]: (Rimer[Reimer]63);

from [Anhalt-]Dessau [Principality]: (Bloss?42, Golko89, Hartmann{J.Gottlieb}27, Hoppe12, Kauerhof1, Klehmann[Kleman]34, Krimmel[Kruemmel]23, Leichner[Lichtner]22, Otto30, Schaefer{Christoph}, Weigand, and possibly Gaus22a, Recht34a, and Specht{J.Michael}24a);

from Ebergoetzen, [Kurbraunshweig]: (Mueller{Jonas}137, {Martin}136);

from Egelsheim, [Kurbayern]: (Fetter?29);

from Egenik?, Schwaben: (Heil[Heile]56);

from Enzen: (Kaeser106);

from Erndtebrueck?, Wittgenstein [County]: (Schreiber138);

from Fahrstedt: (Fischer{Heinrich}66, and possibly Weiser66a);

from Fenay?: (Litke20);

from Friedland, Sachsen: (Ketter[Keter?]145);

from Fulda [Bishopric]: (Fey[Fei]39);

from Gerzerom?, Nassau: Gedrich?154);

from Gleiszellen?, [Kurpfalz?]: (Beitel159);

from Goennheim, [Kurpfalz?]: (Beier/Beyer148);

from Goethen?, [Hesse-Kassel?]: (Freis55);

from Goettersdorf: (Steiniger130);

from Gondorf: (Gottfried{Christian}50, Stupp[Stuck]51);

from Gotterdorf?: (Zank147);

from Guettin?: (Zimmermann{Heinrich}72);

from Gundheim?: (Hacke118);

from Gutenfuerst?: (Kraus83 and possibly Hauptrock?[Hauptdruech]83a);

from Halle: (Friedrich88, Lang{Elizabeth}156, Meisner2);

from Hannover [i.e. Kurbraunschweig]: (Lang{Friedrich}62);

from Hennersdorf: (Nicks[Nix]35);

from Hetzbach?, [Erbach County?]: (Weidemann104);

from Hitzling?, [Kurbayern?]: (Valsburg?33);

from Hoort?, [Mecklenburg-Schwerin Duchy?]: (Dene128);

from Hunzel, Nassau: (Mueller{Konrad}78, and possibly Paul{Maria}78a);

from Jena, [Altenburg Duchy]: (Beier/Beyer{Anna Maria}164);

from Kisichheim?: (Korn133);

from [Anhalt-]Koethen [Principality]: (Sachs41);

from Kopenhagen, Daenemark: (Wettermann28);

from Krina, [Kursachsen?]: (Krebst47, and possibly Friehof47a);

from Kursdorf?: (Gottfried{Peter}60);

from Lagnitz?, [Kursachsen?]: (Baschka/Pashka57, and possibly Mattis57a);

from Lauben: (Bleier135);

from Lauda, [Wuerzburg Bishopric]: (Nuss115);

from Leising?, [Eichstaett Bishopric?]: (Bittor122);

from Luettich [aka Liege Bishopric]: (Gross{Eleonora}36);

from [Kur-]Mainz: (Derr155);

from Makstein?: (Seitz131);

from Mangen?, Kreutzen: (Filinger81);

from Marienhafen?, Darmstadt: Mueller{Philipp}86);

from Maxger?: (Sick143);

from Mendt, [Kurkoeln?]: (Mueller{Adam}151);

from Moitzfeld, [Berg Duchy?]: (Quast18);

from Moscheim: (Schnell70);

from Muelhausen [Imperial City?]: (Holstein52);

from Muenchhausen: (Gebler129);

from Nannhausen, Hessen:Bock124, Lotz{J.Georg}125

from Nassau: (Just111);

from Nassau: (Varth15);

from Nassau-Usingen [Principality]: Boehm11, Gette[Kehm???]80, Sauer9, Schwenk144);

from Neufeld: (Hauer134 and possibly Mener134a);

from Nieder Modau?, [Hesse-Darmstadt Landgraviate?]: (Baecker53, and possibly Leschorn[Leschkort?]53a);

from Nieder Wiesen?, [Hunolstein Barony?]:  (Leibel140);

from Oberhof: (Hoppermann107);

from Offenbach, Isenburg: (Zindel110);

from Olsted: (Mir?46);

from Oranienbaum, [Anhalt-]Dessau [Principality]: (Mai[Mein]5, Matinus[Martins]6, Rahnefeld[Ranefeld,Reinfeld]37, and possibly Schapp6a);

from Oranienbaum, Sachsen: (Hartmann{Maria}90);

from Palium?: (Glas152, and possibly Glau152a);

from Pesternick?, Sachsen-Gotha: (Mueller{Christian}102;

from Pilseranstof?: (Schon126);

from Quellendorf, [Anhalt-Dessau Principality]: (Tenerkauf[Taerkauf?]{Christian}3, Tenerkauf{J.Christian}4);

from Rauschenberg, Hessen: (Tauscher84);

from Rechtenburg: (Fried[Friedt]73, and possibly Bittner73a);

from Reinberg: (Wittmann101);

from Robesburg?, Lobach: (Marx48);

from Roedern: (Hammerschmidt{Anton}116, {Zacharius}114);

from Rosinbrin?: (Untermann112);

from Schoenberg: (Hertner[Gaertner]87);

from Soellnitz, [Weimar Duchy?]: (Gruen[Gruhl/Grunau]8);

from Stockhausen: (Loos162);

from Thalhausen: (Wels149);

from Tuebingen, [Wuerttemberg Duchy]: (Maurer163);

from unknown: (Mueller{J.Christian}10);

from Untitz: (von Wipler157);

from Vetzberg?, [Nassau-Weilburg Principality?]: (Schmidt65);

from Villingen: (Lotz{Daniel}76, Pauly[Paul]{Sebastian}74);

from Villingen?: (Goebel?58);

from Villingen, Braunfels: (Zimmer75);

from Vorstadt, Sachsen: Fischer{Karl Christian}64;

from Waldau, Sachsen: Anschutz31, and possibly Mueller{Gottlieb}31a);

from Weener, [East Frasia Princiality?]: (Hasselblatt?141);

from Weiden?, Hessen: (Windemuth68 and possibly Schaefer{J.Valentin}68a);

from Weinichweler?: (Michael146);