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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KrabeFN{Christian}: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Dessau (no locality mentioned).  This couple probably had died before in the 1798 Volga censuses.

KrabeFN{Valentin}: said by the Boaro FSL to be from Kochstedt, Dessau.  In 1798 spelled Grabbe and the wife’s maiden name was given as Stoessel in the 1798 Volga censuses (Mai1798:Bx5).  The name was also spelled Krahe from Kochstedt, Dessau (Mai&Marquardt#1105).

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

KrachFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Lohr.  In 1798 the family name was spelled Kracht (Mai1798:Kn31).

KrachtFN: see Krach.

KrackajVV: is a variant of KratzkeVV.

Kradalzau?, Polen: an unidentified place said by the the Rohleder FSL to be homeUC to frau Kaiser.

KraegelFN: see Krigel.

KraemerFN {Eva Katharina} said by the 1798 Anton census to be the maiden name of frau Ret? (Mai1798:An55).

KraemerFN {Theobald, Leonhard} said by the Anton FSL to be fromUC Lindenfels Oberamt, Kurpfalz.  For 1798 see Mai1798:An21, Wr97, and An18, respectively. 

KraemerFN: said by the Brabander FSL to be fromUC Arlon, Luxembourg.

KraemerFN: said by the Dietel FSL to be a widower and family fromUC Grosshausen, Darmstadt.  For 1793, 1796, and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv414, 426, Dt71, Dh104, An33.

KraemerFN: the Dinkel FSL says this orphan was living in a Mainz household from Begant(?), Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

KraemerFN: the Dinkel FSL says this orphan was living in a Greis household from Ziegenberg, Darmstadt.

KraemerFN: according to the Goebel FSL this was the maiden name of Person (fromUC Pout-aux-Moines(?), Frankreich)’s wife.

Kraemer{Johann}FN: both the 1858 Kassel census (#244) and KS:340 said this family came fromUC Menzingen, Bruchsal [Amt], Baden.  See the GCRA book for more.

Kraemer{Matthaeus}FN: said by KS:340 to be fromUC Bretzfeld, Oehringen [Amt], Wuerttemberg and to have gone to Kassel.  The GCRA thinks he may have been grandfatherUC to Kraemer{Johann} who was born in Kassel.

KraemerFN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC Dienheim.

KraemerFN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Kutter FSL to be fromUC Kurpfalz.

KraemerFN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be fromUC Klemintz?, Sachsen.

KraemerFN: said by the Mueller FSL to be fromUC Zell.  

KraemerFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be fromUC Dueben; a Merier sister-in-law was living with them which would indicate that frau Kraemer’s maiden name probably was Merier.

KraemerFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be fromUC Woelferlingen.

KraemerFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Eversdorf.

KraemerFN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Oberhausen, Kur Trier

KraemerFN: said by the Rothammel FSL to be fromUC Esch, Trier.

Kraemer{Conrad}FN: said by the Schaefer FSL to be fromUC Kilstadt?, Hannover.

Kraemer{Sophia}FN: she was said to have come from Schaefer (Mai1798:Rh7) but I could not find her in any published FSL.

KraemerFN: listed without their family name by the Schuck FSL as step-children in the Goettich household.  For likely 1790 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2632 and Dl25.

KraemerFN: said by the Schwed FSL to be fromUC Buedingen, Darmstadt[sic].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sw21.  Mistakenly said by a family chart to be fromUC Biedenov, Darmstadt.

Kraemer FN: the wife was said by the Schwed FSL to be fromUC Stockholm, [Schweden?].

KraemerFN said by the Seewald FSL to be fromUC Neustadt, Pfalz.

KraemerFN: said by the Seewald FSL to be fromUC Schwalbach, Nassau.

Kraemer{A.Elisabeth}FN: this woman was listed in the 1798 Stephan census (Mai1798:Sp16), but I cannot find her in any FSL. 

Kraemer {J.Heinrich}FN: he was  listed in the Susannental FSL as a step-son of Fladung, but no origin was given..  He is listed in 1767 with his Kremer parents who died “enroute” (T4389) and with two brothers and a sister who also are in the Susannental FSL.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bb2.

Kraemer{J.Joachim,Ernestine}FN: said by the Susannental FSL to be fromUC Angl?.  I could not locate them or any descendants in Mai1798.  Spelled Kremer in 1767 {T4387,4392).

Kraemer{G.Philipp}: listed in the 1798 Susannental census (Ss35a) as an orphan in the Truempler household,  but I could not locate him in any FSL. Spelled Kremer in 1767 (T4390).

KraemerFN: said by the Urbach FSL to be fromUC Suhl, [Kur-]Sachsen with two Matthias{Gottlieb, A.Sophia} step-children in the household.  For 1790 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2905, Ur7, 21, Sz12 and 22.  The mother of the step-children was born a Pussker.

Kraemer{J.Philipp}FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be fromUC Gemuenden, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Wr57.

KraemerFN: also see Kramer and Kremer.

KraenzlerFN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:670, 676, 341) to be from Lustnau, Tuebingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  Using FHL(1,457,428), the GCRA verified this origin. See the GCRA book for more details.  Also spelled Kranzler.

KraeuterFN: said by the Balzer FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no state or locality indicated).  Bonner found that when he married a Schneider{A.Maria} woman in Huettengesas in 1763, the marriage record said he was fromUC Oberwidermus, Isenburg[-Meerholz County].  Also spelled Krauter.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Lw6, 16, 33 and Wr41.

KrafftFN: according to the Buedingen ML this woman married in 1766 a Scherff man (Mai&Marquardt#420).  By 1767 this couple was in Moor.

KrafftFN: a Krafft woman is said by the Buedingen ML to be fromUC Storndorff and to have married a Homburg man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Walter (Mai&Marquardt#695).

KrafftFN:  also see Kraft.

KraftFN: said by the Enders FSL to be fromUC Kurpfalz (no locality given) and the wife was reported to be from Paterburg; the household included a Kifler? step-daughter.  A Luebeck ML said this Krafft man married a Kuemler woman in 1765; in 1798 she was in Krasnoyar (Ks114) (Mai&Marquardt#5). The 1798 Katharinenstadt census gave the wife’s maiden name as Kiebler (Mai&Marquardt#114).

KraftFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Rutenburg(?), Lohbach(?).

KraftFN: said by the Grimm FSL to be fromUC Friedberg (no locality mentioned).

KraftFN: said by the Pleve version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be fromUC Ramstadt(?), Darmstadt, and by the Kromm verstion to be from Ristedt.

KraftFN: both the 1816 Kassel census (#60) and KS:341(twice!) said this family came fromUC Hoffenheim, Sinsheim [Amt], Baden. Using FHL#193,771 the GCRA proved them to be from Annweiler, Bergzabern [Amt], Rhinepfalz. See the GCRA book for more.

KraftFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Kuesel, Aufhaussen.

KraftFN: said by the Kraft FSL to be fromUC Alsfeld.

KraftFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned), the orphan son of Kaspar Kraft, and a step-son in the Schraf household.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Nr219.

KraftFN: Bonner found this maiden name in the record of her Eckartshausen marriage to Hohnstein{Adam}, later of Norka.

KraftFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be a widowed mother-in-law living in the Dorn household.

KraftFN: said by the 1798 census to be the maiden name for frau Kuntzmann of Schaefer (Mai1798:Rh6).

KraftFN: said by the Shcherbakovka FSL to be fromUC Stuttgart, [Wuerttemberg Duchy].  In 1798 the wife’s maiden name was given as Schaefer (Mai1798: Sv12).

Kraft FN: said by the Straub FSL to be fromUC Nieder-Mondau, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sr27.

KraftFN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be step-sons in the Uhl household.

KraftFN: 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.

KraftVV (aka Grjaznucha, Verkhnaya Grasnukha, Werchnaja Graesnucha) is a mostly Lutheran German village on the western side of the Volga.  Its  FSL is now published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.II, pp. 393-412.  According to this, the first settlers were from the following places with the family names shown here in parens. The number with the name is their household number in the FSL:

from Abentheuer: (Roth52);

from Alsfeld: (Helwig11, Kraft1, Ruhl10,71, Schlothauer8,9);

from Amt Breitenbach, Darmstadt: (Wenzel64);

from Ansbach: (Mack3);

from Berlin: (Lautahl60);

from Bieber(?): (Geiser65);

from Bisses(?); (Schneider16);

from Bitersan(?), Friedberg: (Schwind45, Seib44);

from Breitenbrunn, Friedberg: (Weimar/Weimer52);

from Buedingen, Isenburg: (Daubert42);

from Burbach, Isenburg: (Burbach72);

from Burgebrach: (Mueller66);

from Burgsinn, [Thuengen]: (Boehm19, Felter56, Lauterbach6, Schmidt20);

from Daenemark: (Eck13);

from Danstedt, Sachsen: (Frank5);

from Darmstadt: (Rexius22);

from Engelrod, Riedesel: (Koch15a, Krepp15, Schreiner14);

from Eket(?), Friedberg: (Wiehl4);

from Fauerbach, Darmstadt: (Schwab37);

from Gelnhausen: (Eurich57);

from Giessen, Isenburg: (Bertram33);

from Harber(?), Hannover: (Riege[Rieger]69);

from Hatz(?), Isenburg: (Brotzmann40);

from Holzhausen, Darmstadt: (Schuldeis34);

from Ikt(?), Darmstadt: (Luft2);

from Ittingen(?): (Zorn51);

from Kelor(?), Friedberg: (Beckel73);

from Kestrich: (Kess?12);

from Kirchdorf: (Schmidt46, and perhaps Sterlang46a);

from Kopenhagen: (Heimz32);

from Lich, Solms: (Schneider61);

from Lieblos, Isenburg: (Betz35);

from Lirbart(?), Darmstadt: (Lind39

from Londorf: (Baler?27);

from Meila(?): (Keifer31);

from Merlau, Darmstadt: (Becher24);

from Miesenbach(?), Zweibruecken: (Wickert67);

from Muenzesheim, Baden: (Sitler/Schitler17);

from No-Place-Name: (Grot72);

from Oberhausen, Hessen: (Hopp26,28);

from Ober Wintersheim, Darmstadt: (Sauerwein25);

from Pawlagau(?), Hanau: (Herdt23);

from Podosin(?), Hohensolms: (Schinf43);

from Praizio(?), Preussen: (Kohlberg63);

from Queckborn(?), Darmstadt: (Springel21);

from Remagen(?), Friedberg: (Karg29);

from Romrode, Darmstadt: (Stuerz62);

from Rothenbergen(?), Isenburg: (Brant59);

from Ruppertsburg(?), Laubach: (Off/Aff47);

from Sachsenhausen: (Eberling41);

from Stammheim, Isenburg: (Schuldeis20);

from Steinau-an-der-Strasse(?), Hanau: (Bott38);

from Sternenfels, Darmstadt: (Schneider18);

from Umstadt, Darmstadt (Tempel58);

from Umstand, Pfalz: (Tempel48);

from Vaitshain(?), Riedesel: (Stein7);

from Villbach(?), Darmstadt: (Schwab54);

from Weiler, Isenburg: (Wolf49);

from Weiler, Pfalz: (Balzer68);

from Weltersburg, Isenburg: (Hahn36);

from Wern(?), Isenburg: (Reichart[Reichert]70);

from Wiesbaden, Nassau: (Koch55);

from Zweibruecken: (Spingler50).

KraheFN: see Krabe.

KrahlFN: see Kral.

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

Krailshausen?,[Hohenlohe Principality and County]GL: is some 13 miles SE of Bad Mergentheim, and said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to a Werwein family.

KrainFN: listed by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#30) and KS:307 with no origin.  Using FHL#493,207, the GCRA proved their origin in Kellenbach, Simmern [Kreis], Preussen Rheinland.  See the GCRA book for more.  Also spelled Krein and Grein.

KrakauGL, Polen: Krakow is some 205 miles NE of Vienna city, and was said by the Enders FSL to be homeUC to frau Berkenstock.

Krakow, Polen: said by the Schwed FSL to be homeUC to a Rosinski family man.

Kral/KrahlFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Freiberg.

KralFN: according to the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL these were the children of frau Schleiber/Schreiber/Maibeer by her first marriage (p.29).  Pleve calls them Kroll.

KramFN: of Kassel, see Frasch.

KramFN: see Kramm.

KramerFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Hannover (no locality mentioned) and to have married in Oranienbaum, a Hermann man.

KramerFN: said by the Bergdorf 1858 census (KS:665, 341) to have been Althengstett, Calw [Amt], WuerttembergThis origin was verified by the GCRA using FHL(1,528,253).  See their book for more detail.  Also spelled Cramer.

KramerFN: two families said by the Simon family chart to be fromUC Darmstadt; the maiden name of one wife is Burbach.

KramerFN: said by KS:240 and 340 with no origin. Said by KS:341 to have come from Althengstett, Calw [Amt], Wuerttemberg. Using FHL#1,528,253, the GCRA proved this origin; they found that this family was in Neudorf as well as Bergdorf. Also spelled Kraemer and Cramer.   See the GCRA book for much more.

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

KrammFN: said by the Louis FSL to be fromUC Wuerzburg (no locality given). In 1798 the family name was spelled Kram (Mai1798:Ls3).

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

Krampf FN: said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be fromUC Schlut?, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate].  I could not find members of this family in Mai1798.

Krams?FN: said by the 1798 Anton census to be the maiden name of frau {Adam} Hahn (Mai1798:An11).

KranefeldFN: said by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Muenster.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

KranewitzFN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be fromUC Wiesbach.    Spelled Krannewitter in 1798 when the maiden name of the wife was given as Sattler (Mai1798:Om24); also see (Om17 and 23).

Kranichstein, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: is on the NE edge of Darmstadt city in Arheilgen parish.  Said by the Warenburg FSL to be homeUC to a Meier{Johannes}.

KrankFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality given).  I could not find this family in  Mai1798.

KrannewitterFN: see Kranewitz.

KransbergGL: see Kranzberg.

KransburgGL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to a Mingelbach widow.  This may have been 10 miles N of Bremerhaven in Bremen Duchy, Kurhannover.

KranstaedtGL, Bohemia: a possible homeUC of a Schmal family that went to WalterVV.  Now called Krzanowice, Poland, some 204 miles SW of Dresden..

KrantzFN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Dalheim, Luxembourg.

KrantzFN: said by the Straub FSL to be fromUC Lebenstedt.  Spelled Kranz in 1788 and 1798 (Mai1798:Mv2859,Lb15).

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

KrantzFN: also see Kratz.

KranzFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Freiberg.

KranzFN: also see Krantz.

KranzbergGL, [Bassenheim Barony]: nka Kransberg 3 miles ENE of Usingen town and 6.5 miles W of Friedberg city, and  said by the Boregard FSL to be homeUC to the Heinrich family.  There is a Kranzberg some 18 miles N of Munich city, and a Kransberg, some, Hessen.

KranzlerFN: see Kraenzler.

Krapf FN: see Krapp.

KrappFN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be fromUC Geiselbach, [Kurmainz].   Spelled Krapf in 1798 and the maiden name of frau Krapf was given as Walter (Mai1798:Om34).

KrasFN:  Bonner found indications that this was the maiden name of the Popp widow who settled in Balzeer.

KrasensahlGL: an unidentified place said by the Bettinger FSL to be homeUC to a Mann family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Mecklenburg.

KrasnadelienGL: aka Heinrichsdorf?

KrasnojarVV: an alternate spelling of KrasnoyarVV.

KrasnojarowkaVV: an alternate spelling of KrasnoyarVV.

KrasnoyarVV (aka Krasnojar, Krasnojarowka, Krasnoyarovka, Krasnyj Jar, Krasny Yar) is a Lutheran German village on the eastern side of the Volga.  Its  FSL is now published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.II, pp.413-448.  According to this, the first settlers were from the following places with the family names shown here in parens. The number with the name is their household number in the FSL:

from Alsfeld, Darmstadt: (Bath36, Hahn24, Keller38a, Pabst46, Rau25, Schneider46a, Spies97, Wahl91);

from Ansbach: (Markert13);

from Aue(?), Baden-Durlach: (Kreder60);

from Birstein, Isenburg: (Bauer23, Krausch27, Traut29);

from Bissersheim, Darmstadt: (Velde/Felde117;

from Braunfels(?): (Eller26);

from Buedingen, Isenburg: (Goetz72,73, Gross58, Reichert21, Weber3, and perhaps Schmidt58a);

from Darmstadt: (Habermehl118, Junker52, Knoll81, Lehr85, Leicht7, Nikolay10, Reier?49, Ritter54, Schmidt78, Steinbecher24a, Veller[Foeller of Seulberg, Hessen-Darmstadt]11, Werner51);

from Dienheim: (Aul106, Bopp55, Hessler50, Kraemer56, Mueller16, Neustaedt94, Schoenmeier108, Zeitler17,43);

from Erbach(?), Weilburg: (Schmidt28);

from Friedberg: (Groh112);

from Friedberg, Darmstadt: (Weiser75);

from Giessen(?), Darmstadt: (Felbusch113, Hoffmann111);

from Gruenberg, Darmstadt: (Appel61, Enders74, Hofmann115, Honburt?20, Lehr62);

from Hanau: (Diel101, Jaeger102);

from Homburg, Darmstadt: (Armbruester68,69, and possibly Laubach68a);

from Hungen, Braunfels: (Bus/Buss79);

from Isistadt(?), Brandenburg: (Keller30);

from Jahrstedt, Brandenburg: (Seignitz?57 and perhaps Schneider57a);

from Koethen, Stolberg: (Beller83);

from [Solms-]Laubach [County]: (Baecker87, Diel34, Eckart/Eckardt4,5, Eusel120, Felsinger109, Fischer35, Fritz31,98, Hessler14,119, Idt71, Jaeger9, Keller47,48, Kins?88, Kraus116, Kuenzler82, Lenz70, Meier41, Pfeifer6a, Pieh15, Schad67, Schaefer66, Schetz84, Schneider19, Schreiner104, Wieser?86, and perhaps Schneider119a, and Zimmer109a);

from Laubach, Buedingen: (Griessmann89);

from Laubach, Solms: (Eckhard37);

from Lauterbach: (Weithardt76);

from Lauterbach, Riedesel: (Schmidt80);

from Lengfeld(?): (Sostdorf?105, and perhaps Stein105a);

from Lich, Solms: (Bender22,33, Roemer/Roehmer96);

from Lohr, Mainz: (Steugerwald/Steigerwald40);

from Mannheim, Kurpfalz: (Horn12, Thomas2, Uhrig/Uhrich6);

from Marburg(?), Hessen: (Kaiser114, and possibly Mueller114a);

from Meerholz, Isenburg: (Reifschneider110);

from Neustadt, Pfalz: (Schwabauer63);

from Nidda, Darmstadt: (Eckhardt103, Haas42, Hoeppner32, Krieger100, Meier99);

from Nordheim: (Schormer?64);

from Nuernberg: (Reich59);

from Obersinn, Wuerzburg[Thuengen]: (Mueller107);

from Ostheim, Eisenach, Sachsen: (Markert93);

from Riedesel, Darmstadt: (Walther1);

from Rilburg(?)/Rirburg(?), Darmstadt: (Stieler18);

from Salmuenster, Fulda: (Baecker45);

from Schlitz: (Markus38);

from Stadt: (Knoll65);

from Steinau, Hanau: (Simon39);

from Stolberg: (Schorg8);

from Ulrichstein(?), Darmstadt: (Funk44);

from Waechtersbach(?), Isenburg: (Sterz95);

from Weissenfels, Sachsen: (Kopp/Kopf92);

from Wertheim: (Puhl?53);

from Wetgra(?), Isenburg: (Bauer77);

from Winden(?), Wittenberg: (Haar90).

KrasnopoljeVV, a varient of the Russian name for PreussVV.

KrasnopolyeVV, a varient of the Russian name for PreussVV.

KrasnorynovkaVV: a form of the Russian name for KellerVV.

KrasnorynowkaVV: a form of the Russian name for KellerVV.

KrasnoyarovkaVV: an alternate spelling of KrasnoyarVV.

Krasnyj JarVV: an alternate spelling of KrasnoyarVV.

Krasny YarVV: an alternate spelling of KrasnoyarVV.

Krastdorf?GL, Luxembourg: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to a Blei family

KrastelFN: said by the Herzog FSL to be fromUC Pilsheim-bei-Schmidmuehlen, [Kur-]Bayern.

Kratserber?: the 1798 Norka census says this was the maiden name of the wife in one of the Kildau households (Mai1798:Nr207).

KratzFN: said by the Bauer FSL to be fromUC Treto(?), Holstein.  In 1798 spelled both Kratz (Mai1798:Br34, 19 and 14) and Krantz  (Br59).

KratzFN{Johannes}: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Zelbig(?).  Spelled Kratz in 1798 (Mai1798: Mn23).

Kratz?FN: see Brozmann of Enders.

KratzFN: the Buedingen ML says this woman married in 1766 a Vogel man; by 1767 this couple was in Katharinenstadt (Mai&Marquardt#437).

KratzVV: another name for BaselVV.

KratzkaVV: is a variant of KratzkeVV.

KratzkeFN: said by the Kratzke FSL to be fromUC Ueckermuende/Ikormende, Preussisch Pommern.

KratzkeVV (aka Pochinnaya, Potschinnaja, Potschinnoje, Podchinnyy, Gracka, Gratzka, Kratzka, Krackaja) is a Lutheran German village on the western side of the Volga.    Its FSL has been published twice: first in Pleve, The German Colonies , pp.401-410, and second in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.II, pp.449-461.  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 Abo, Finnland: (Freiburg);

from Anhalt-Zerbst: (Frick);

from Auxerre(?)/Okser(?), Frankreich: (Moor);

from Berlin, Preussen: (Burgardt);

from Bern/Bren: (Steinkuhl);

from Darmstadt: (Gross);

from Duerkheim/Tirkim(?), Leiningen/Leining: (Gross);

from Elben/Elbin, Preussen: (Maljawski/Malyavski);

from Elsass: (Schunk);

from Ero(?), Sachsen: (Hauf);

from Hamburg: (Blum, Butler, Fischer, Fres?, Kislering?);

from Hesse-Darmstadt: (Kipper/Gipper?/Giper?);

from Hueffelsheim/Gifelsheim(?), Kurpfalz: (Buchsberger);

from Kaiserslautern, Kurpfalz: (Reiswig);

from Kemberg(?)/Kimber(?): (Sommer);

from Kergbolan(?), Nassau: (Gross);

from Kiel, Holstein: (Lange);

from Krelos(?), Wittenberg: (Knaus);

from Leipzig, Sachsen: (Hanschu);

from Luebeck: (Nigens?/Niedens);

from Machka(?), Preussen: (Frisch);

from Mecklenburg: (Becker);

from Mecklenburg-Schwerin,: (Burmeister);

from Munsam(?)/Munsyam(?) [Monsheim], Kurpfalz: (Michaelis);

from Nauleis(?)/Nailos(?), Wittenberg: (Bender);

from Neplasheim(?), Wittenberg: (Knaus);

from Nordhausen: (Rausendan?);

from Nortorf/Nortow(?), Holstein: (Rowetter);

from Oberappenfeld(?)/Oberhaltfeld, Hessen-Kassel: (Lisberg);

from Rabitsch(?)/Rabicz, Polen: (Risch);

from Rostock, Mecklenburg: (Schroeder/Schraeder);

from Rupen/Rieben, Brandenburg: (Westfal);

from Saarbruecken, Nassau: (Mueller/Miller);

from Sachsen: (Zuege/Zuge);

from Salzwedel, Brandenburg: (Schneider);

from Segeberg, Daenemark: (Naft);

from Stadt, Bremen/Breschen(?): (Rubke);

from Stendal/Stedal, Brandenburg: (Wolf);

from Sternberg, Mecklenburg: (Ankorholtz);

from Stockholm, Schweden: (Lungrin/Lingren?);

from Stralsund, Schwedisch Pommern: (Wittke);

from Tiren(?), Muelhausen: (Kistner);

from Tjunkoeping(?)/Tinkepin(?), Schweden: (Knopp/Knop/Knopf);

from Torgau, Sachsen: (Koenig);

from Ueckermuende/Ikormende, Preussisch Pommern: (Kratzke);

from Ulm: (Schakin?);

from Wibstrand(?)/Wiebstrant(?), Finnland; (Fabrizius);

from Wiesbaden, Nassau: (Mueller/Miller).

KrauFN, also see Grau.

KrauFN said by the Roethling FSL to possibly be from the state of Wuerttemberg?

KrausFN{Andreas}: said by the Enders FSL to be fromUC Bern, Schweiz. According to Lange this man and his Guethle wife settled for a while in Friedrichsau, Schleswig-Holstein, prior moving on to Russia.  I cannot find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

KrausFN: said by the Fischer FSL to be fromUC Ersterk?, Schlesien.

KrausFN: the other Kraus was said by the Fischer FSL to have no known place of origin; while his wife was said to have come from Schnerbil?, Polen.

KrausFN{Christian Wolfgang}: said by the Holstein FSL to be fromUC Hohn-am-Berg(?).  According to lange this man settled in Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, prior moving on to Russia. 

KrausFN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Gutenfuerst? with Hauptrock? step-children in the household. 

Kraus{Andreas}FN: listed by both the 1816 Kassel census (#38) and KS:342 without origin.  Using FHL#1,860,320 the GCRA proved origin in Satteldorf, Crailsheim [Amt], Wuerttemberg.

KrausFN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC [Solms-]Laubach [County]. According to the Buedingen ML this man from Freyensehen  married in 1766 a Volck woman (Mai&Marquardt#553); KS:140 uses Freienseen and Volk spellings.

KrausFN: said by the Messer 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Goebel (Mai1798:Ms26). According to the Buedingen ML a Gebel man fromUC Petersroth married a Kraus woman fromUC Spielberg; by 1767 this couple was in Messer (Mai&Marquardt:506).  [This family is listed in the Messer FSL immediately next door to the family listed next here – rak]

KrausFN: said by the Messer FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  [It seems likely he came from the same place as frau Goebel just mentioned – rak].

KrausFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be fromUC [Anhalt-]Zerbst [Principality] (no locality indicated).   The wife’s maiden name was given as Schreiter in 1798 (Mai1798:Or43).  According to a Rosslau ML this Krause man married in 1766 a Schroeter woman (Mai&Marquardt#940).

KrausFN: the Preuss Miller/Mueller family was said to have been from HalleGL, Brandenburg.  The 1798 census indicates that Miller’s wife’s maiden name was Kraus.

KrausFN:  said by the Reinhard FSL to be fromUC Anklam, [Preussisch Vor-]Pommern,   Spelled Krause in 1798 (Mai1798:Ur18).

KrausFN: said by the 1798 Reinwald census to be the maiden name of frau Holzwarth{Michael} (Mai1798:Rw21).

Kraus{Johannes}FN: said by the Reinwald FSL to be fromUC Stolberg, Sachsen.  For 1793 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2414, Ks5, and maybe Rw12?

Kraus{Johannes}FN: his wife was said by the Reinwald FSL to be fromUC Mannheim, Kurpfalz.

Kraus{Martin}FN: said by the Reinwald FSL to be fromUC Stolberg (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Rw16 and maybe 12?

KrausFN: said by the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL to be fromUC GeningDavid Schmidt has proven that a Kraus woman married a Schneider settler in the village of Weissenbach.

KrausFN: said by the Volmer FSL to be fromUC Rothenburg.  Later spelled Krauz.

KrausFN: see also Gauss, Krause and Krauss.

KrauschFN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC Birstein, Isenburg.

KrauseFN: frau Schaefer, nee Krause, said by the Louis FSL to be fromUC Saargemuend, Lothringen.

Krause{Adam}FN:  who married Ibe{Sophia}.  I could not find him as a Krause in any FSL, but this is probably Kraus{Adam} of Stahl-am-Karaman, who may have married the Ibe girl about 1774 in either Urbach or Stahl-am-Karaman (Mai1798:Sk10).

KrauseFN: said by the Rosenheim FSL to be fromUC Seddin, [Kur-]Brandenburg, with a Zuender/Zander step-daughter in the household.  I could not identify him or any descendant in Mai1798.

KrauseFN: the wife was said (no locality mentioned) by the Rosenheim FSL to be fromUC Danzig [Free City].

KrauseFN: see also Kraus.

KraussFN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be fromUC Gelnhausen (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Kraus.

KrausewaldFN: said by the Jost FSL to be fromUC Dresden, Sachsen. According to a Rosslau ML this Krauswald(t) man married in 1766 an Herbst woman (Mai&Marquardt#989).

KrausewaldtFN: see Krausewald.

KrautFN: said by the Anton FSL to be fromUC DetmoldGL, Lippe.  In 1798 the wife’s maiden name was given as Maier (Mai1798:An19).

KrautFN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be fromUC Ambap(?), Wittenberg.

KrauterFN: see Kraeuter.

KrautheimGL, Kurmainz:an unidentified place said by the Kamenka FSL to be homeUC to a Vogt family.

KrauzFN: see Kraus.

Kraz?FN{Conrad}: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Obernau.  This couple probably had died before the 1798 Volga censuses.

KrazFN: also see Kratz.

KrebFN: said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be the maiden name of frau Koch (Mai1798:Pb28).

Kreb FN: also see Greb.

KrebeFN: said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be fromUC Burg Gemuenden, [Hessen-Darmstadt Landgraviate].  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Krebs/Kret(?)FN: said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Grossenhausen, Hannover.

KrebsFN: said by the Galka FSL to be fromUC Klitten, Wittenberg[?].  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Krebst FN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Krina with Friehof step-sons in the household.  I could find neither family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Krecker?FN: said by the Messer FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

KrederFN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC Aue(?), Baden-Durlach.

KrefeldFN: frau Ubre said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Kirchhalt, Hanau.  Also spelled Crefeld.

KregeFN{Christoph}: said by the Bettinger FSL to be fromUC Klingen.  Spelled Kreh in 1798 (Mai1798:Bt4).

KregeFN{J.Ernst}: said by the Bettinger FSL to be fromUC Lingenau.  Spelled Kreh in 1798 (Mai1798:Bt43).

KrehFN: see Krege.

KrehfeldingerFN: see Kreweldinger.

KreibelFN: said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be have come fromUC Schwetzingen, Baden, near Mannheim later than the first settlers (p.137).

KreickFN: see Kreiek.

KreiekFN said by the Huck FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Kreick.

KreigerFN: listed by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#120) and KS:343 with no origin. See the GCRA book for a bit more.

KreilFN: not found in an FSL but was in the 1775 Grimm census #25.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Gm68 and Kt44.

KreilichFN: according to the Buedingen ML, a Kreilich woman married in 1766 a Scheurer man; by 1767 this couple was in Grimm (Mai&Marquardt#544).

KreinFN: see Krain.

Kreiner FN: said by the Urbach FSL to be fromUC Sinsheim, Kurpfalz.   Spelled Kreinert in 1775 (Mai1798:Mv2894).

KreinerFN: see Kreinert.

KreinertFN: said by the Schaefer FSL to be fromUC Bei-der-kirch?, Wuerttemberg[sic].  Spelled Kreinert (Mai1798:Sf23),  Kreiner (Sf20) and Greiner (Ka94) in 1798.

KreinertFN: his wife, likely the widow of Markus, was said by the Schaefer FSL to be fromUC Kiel, Holstein[-Gorttorp Duchy].  

KreinertFN: also see Kreiner.

Kreis: a large administrative district; “circle” in English.

Kreis{A.Regina}FN: in 1798 she is was said to have come from  Rosenheim  (Pl30) but I cannot find her in any FSL.

Kreis FN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be fromUC Reuth, Bamberg [Bishopric].  For possible 1798 see Mai1798:Ps67.

Kreis{Friedrich,Heinrich,Jacob}: I could not find them in any published FSL but they are in the 1798 Schulz census (Mai1798:Sz11,4,1).

Kreiter/KreuterFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Gelhausen.  That surely is Gelnhausen.

KreitleinFN: see Kretlein.

Kreler?FN:  said by the Ober-Monjou 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Biehl (Mai1798:Om70).

Krell/KroellFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Dingen.

Krelos(?)GL, Wittenberg: an unidentified place said by the Kratzke FSL to be homeUC to a Knaus family.

Krem…, Hesse-Darmstadt: said by the Walter FSL to be homeUC to a Kippert family.  The Walter Research Group has identified this as a Klippert family fromUC Crainfield(?), Hessen.

KremelFN: said (no locality mentioned)  by the Rosenheim FSL to be fromUC Danzig [Free City].  I could not identify any member or descendant of this family in Mai1798.

KremelFN: the wife was said by the Rosenheim FSL to be fromUC Seelow, Preussen.

Kremell FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be fromUC Eichstedt.  I could not find this man in Mai1798.

KremerFN: said by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Weener. Spelled Kraemer in 1798 and the wife’s maiden name is given as Becker (Mai1798:Zr93?).

KremerFN: also see Kraemer and Krimer.

Kremerew?, [Kur-]Trier: an unidenified place said by the Hoelzel FSL to be homeUC to a Pusterin/Bustert family.

Kremmeldorf GL: see Kremsdorf.

Kremrer?FN: said by the Stumpp supplement to the Dietel FSL to be fromUC Wuerttemberg (no locality indicated).  I could not find them in the 1798 Volga censuses.

KremsdorfGL, Bamberg [Bishopric]: an unidentified place said by a Woehrd ML to be homeUC to a Rohr woman who in 1766 married a Niclas man; by 1767 this couple was in Kano  (Mai&Marquardt#324).  The place probably is Kremmeldorf some 6.5 miles NE of Bamberg city.

Krenreaus?GL, Polen: an unidentified place said by the Enders FSL to be homeUC to a Brozmann orphan although it says his family name may have been Kratz?.

KrenterFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Gellhausen who married a Weinrich woman in Oranienbaum.  That surely is Gelnhausen.

KrentzFN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be fromUC Steeden, [Wied-]Runkel [County].  I could not find them in Mai1798.

KrentzFN: also see Grentz and Grenz.

KrentzerFN: said by the Seewald FSL to be fromUC Holzkirchen, Wuerzburg.

KrentzerFN: also see Grenzer.

KrentznachGL, Kurpfalz: an unidentified place said by the Volmer FSL to be home to a Beilmann family.  This surely is Bad Kreutznach some 20 miles SW of Mainz city.

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

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

KrenzingerFN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be fromUC Reuthlingen, Schwaben[sic?].  I did not locate them or any descendants in Mai1798.

Krep?FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Unterhens(?).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Krepien, South Prussia: a corrupted form of Krzepice??

KreppFN: said by the Kraft FSL to be fromUC Engelrod, Riedesel.

Kres?FN: said by the Rothammel FSL to be fromUC Dirkheim, Kurpfalz.

KrescheleFN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be fromUC Ettlingen.

Krestovoi-BuyerakVV: one form of the Russian name for MuellerVV.

Krestovyj-BuerakVV: one form of the Russian name for MuellerVV.

Krestowoi BujerakVV: one form of the Russian name for MuellerVV.

Krestwin?GL, Schweden: an unidentified place said by the Enders FSL to be homeUC to a Rosenquist family.

KretFN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be fromUC Frensdorf, Bamberg [Bishopric].   I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Kret(?)FN : also see Krebs.

KreteFN: see Crety.

Kretlein?FN: said by the Straub FSL to be fromUC Lorsbach, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]. Spelled Kreitlein in 1798 (Mai1798:Sr39).

Kreter FN: said by the Rosenheim FSL to be a mother-in-law in the Schaffler  household.

KretschmannFN: see Ehresmann.

KretzFN: said by the Schaefer FSL to be fromUC Nieste?, Darmstadt[sic].  They surely had died prior to the 1798 Volga censuses.

KretzFN: see also Graetz.

KretzGL,  Pfalz: an unidentified place said by the Leitsinger FSL to be homeUC to a Hernthaller/Herrenstahler family.  The only Kretz I could find is 10 miles WNW of Koblenz and would then have been in Kurtrier, not in Kurpfalz.

KretzGL, Sachsen: an unidentified place said by the Holstein FSL to be homeUC to a Melzer family.  It might be Kretzschau some 24 miles SW of Leipzig.

KretzerFN: said by the Urbach FSL to be fromUC Neuem?, Anhalt[?] with Tress step-children in the household.  Frau Kretzer must earlier have been frau Tress.  The Kretzers surely died prior to the 1798 Volga censuses.

KretzerFN: his wife, who had been the widow Tress?, was said by the Urbach FSL to be fromUC Alzey, Kurpfalz

KretzingerFN: said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be fromUC Regensburg.  I could not find members of this family in Mai1798.

KreuterFN: see Kreiter.

KreutzenGS: an unidentified country mentioned by Kuhlberg in association with Mangren and the Filinger family.

KreutzerFN: this woman is said by the Buedingen ML to have married in 1766 a Seipels man (Mai&Marquardt#574). By 1767 this couple may have been in the Belowescher Kolonien.

KreutzerFN: said by the Laub FSL to be fromUC Eberstadt, Darmstadt.

Kreutzmacher{Peter}FN: he was listed in Rosenheim in 1798 (Rm57) but I cannot find him in any FSL

Kreuzberg, Bassenheim, Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Dehler FSL to be homeUC to a Rudolf  family.  I suspect that this was near Schmitten in the Taunus mountains but I cannot find it.  The entry is confusing because at the time Bassenheim and Kurmainz were different countries which bordered each other S of Schmitten.

KreuznachGL: 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 is now called Bad Kreuznach and is some 20 miles SW of Mainz city.

KreuznachGL: said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL possibly to be homeUC to a Leinweber family (pp.27, 34). Also see Waldlaubersheim Kreuznach may refer either to the town or the district.

Kreuznach?, Kurpfalz: nka Bad Kreuznach 20 miles SW of Mainz city and was said by the Schuck FSL to be homeUC to frau Faust.

Kreutzmueller FN: said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to be fromUC Oberaula, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate].  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

KreutznachGL: also see Krentznach.

KreweldingerFN: said by the Cheisol FSL to be fromUC Saarlouis, Lothringen, Frankreich.    Spelled Krehfeldinger in 1798 (Mai1798:Ls33).

Krib?FN: said by the Leichtling FSL to be fromUC Bamberg (no locality mentioned).  There is some later indication that this might be a Groh family.

KriburgGL an unidentifed locality said by the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL to be in the Dormstadt area and to be homeUC to the Rizon family.

KrickauFN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be fromUC Wolfenhausen, [Wied-]Runkel [County] two Gilau step-children in the household. Spelled Krikau in 1798  with the wife’s maiden name given as Klosoniya (Mai1796:Wr46).

KriegFN: said by the Bauer FSL to be fromUC Flieth, Etling.  Spelled Krieger in 1798 (Mai1798:Br65 and 66).

Krieg/KruegFN: arrived in South Russia in 1817; later settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa; family records found by Curt Renz in Steinsfurt, Sinsheim Amt, Baden.

Krieger/KruegerFN: the Belowescher Kolonien FSL said this Krieger woman (origin not given) married Oldenberger in Oranienbaum).  However, a Luebeck ML says this Krueger woman married Oldenberger there in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#163).

Krieger/KruegerFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Nassau (no locality mentioned).

Krieger FN{G.Jakob}:  listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:674) without origin; KS:343 said they came, via Tscherwenka, Hungary, from Enzweiler, Birkenfeld [Amt], Pfalz; the GCRA proved this origin using FHL 2,152,415.  Also spelled Krueger.  See the GCRA book for detail.

Krieger FN: said mistakenly by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:675,343) to be fromUC Kaltental, Stuttgart [Amt], Wuerttemberg. Using FHL(193,771), the GCRA proved origin in from Annweiler, Bergzabern, [Amt], Pfalz.  See the GCRA book for more details.  Also spelled Krueger.

KriegerFN: said by the Jost FSL to be fromUC Jarmen, Brandenburg. According to a Rosslau ML this Krieger man married in 1766 a Rueckemeister woman (Mai&Marquardt#937).

KriegerFN: said by the Jost FSL to be fromUC Oranienbaum, Dessau, and there was Tag?step-son living in their household.

KriegerFN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC Nidda, Darmstadt.  The Buedingen ML says this Krueger man married in 1766 an Asmus woman (Mai&Marquardt#540).

KriegerFN: said by the Merkel FSL to be fromUC Temppi(?), Prussia.

KriegerFN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC [Anhalt-]Dessau [Principality].

KriegerFN: said by the Norka 1798 census to be the maiden name of one of the Miller/Mueller wives (Mai1798:Nr27).

KriegerFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be fromUC Kochstedt, Dessau.

KriegerFN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Utzenhofen, Swabia.

KriegerFN: said by the Rosenheim FSL to be fromUC Krizing?, Markgrafschaft Baden-Durlach.  For 1798 see Rm36 and Sk37.

KriegerFN: said by the Schuck FSL to be fromUC Dieburg, [Kur-]Mainz.  For 1796 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2647,Su2(where the wife’s maiden name is given as Maier) and Fz4.

KriegerFN: said by the Shcherbakovka FSL to be fromUC Suelzfeld.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sv2.

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

KriegerFN: also see Krieg and Krueger.

KriegsfeldGL, Kirchheimbolanden [Amt], Pfalz: is some 5 miles NW of Kirchheimbolanden city, and was erroneously said by the 1816 Glueckstal census to be homeUC to Schneider{J.Friedrich}. Proven by GCRA to be home to Schneider{Philipp}who went to GlueckstalSee the GCRA book for more details.

KrigelFN: said by the Jost FSL to be fromUC Bayreuth (no locality mentioned). In 1798 the name was spelled Kraegel (Mai1798:Jo24).

KrikauFN: said by the 1798 Balzer census to be the maiden name of frau Spaeth.

KrikauFN: said by the 1798 Warenburg census to be the maiden name of frau Gilau{Johannes}.

KrikauFN:  also see Krickau.

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

KrimmelFN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC [Anhalt-]Dessau [Principality].  Spelled Kruemmel in 1798 (Mai1798:Kn28,30).

Krimp?FN: Bonner found that this woman married in 1766 in Lindheim, [Staden Ganerbschaft] to a May man and immigrated with him to Balzer.

KrinaGL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be homeUC to a Krebst family, and possibly to their Friehof step-sons.  This place probably was 17 miles SE of Dessau city, in Kursachsen.

KrinkelFN: said by the Straub FSL to be fromUC Dietlingen, Baden-Durlach [Margraviate].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sr44.

KrisnelFN: said by the Schaefer FSL to be fromUC Dresden, [Kur-]Sachsen.  Spelled Kristenzel in 1798 (Mai1798:Sf34).

Krisnits?FN: see also Krisnitz.

KrisnitzFN: said by the Schaefer FSL to be a step-son in the Schulz household.   Spelled Krisnits? in 1798 (Mai1798:Sf15).  His apparent mother was said by the said (no locality mentioned) by the Schaefer FSL to be fromUC Mecklenburg-Schwerin [Duchy]. 

KrispinsFN: see Chrispens.

KrisselFN: said by the Degott FSL to be fromUC Steinen, Hannover.  Spelled Griessel in 1798 (Mai1798:Dg09).

KrisselbachGL: see Kaisersbach.

Krist{Joseph}FN: he was listed in the 1798 Schwed census (Sw12), but I could not find the family in any FSL.

KristenzelFN: see also Krisnel.

Kritt?FN: according to the Bauer FSL a Kritt? step daughter was living in a Schmidt household said to be fromUC Hamburg.  I could not find her in  Mai1798.

Kritz?GL, Dadriof?: an unidentified place said by the Dreispitz FSL to be homeUC to a Heit? family.

KrivtsovkaVV: one form of the Russian name for MuellerVV.

KriwowskojeVV: an alternate name for Ober-MonjouVV.

Krizing?, Markgrafschaft Baden-Durlach: an unidentified place said by the Rosenheim FSL to be homeUC to a Krieger family. 

Kroecker FN{Gerhard}: said by the Tiege FSL to be fromUC Aschbohden, Elbing Amt.

KroeckerFN {Peter}: said by the Tiege FSL to be fromUC Ellerwald, Elbing Amt.

Kroecker FN{Abraham}: said by the Tiege FSL to be fromUC Uschnitz/Usnitz, Stuhm Amt.

Kroeffelbach, [Solms-Braunfels Principality?]: is 5 miles SE of Braunfels city. Hans Busick of Goslar, Germany and Joan Knizek, the research done primarily in the Braunfels Archive, proved the origins of the Busick/Busek family here back to 1665. From here they moved to to Biskirchen, [Solms-]Braunfels [Principality] after 1716 where a son married a Klepper woman and where the Busick children who settled in Kukkus were born.  This origin information was first given the GO Project by Linda Freeling. Kroeffelbach was right on the dividing line between Solms-Braunfels and Nassau-Weilburg … the next entry is the same place.

Kroeffelbach, Nassau[-Weilburg Principality]: is 14 km ESE of Weilburg city and was said by the Straub FSL to be homeUC to a Will family.

KroellFN: see Krell.

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

KroettenbachGL, was an unidentified locality which according to the Frank FSL was in the state of Loewenstein and was homeUC to a Beck familyThis may well have been the current Krettenbach which lies some 44 miles ESE of Heilbronn.

KrofrogheimGL, Hesse-Darmstadt: an unidentified place, said by the Walter FSL to be homeUC to a Lichtenberger family.  The Walter Research Group suggest that this might be Klein Rohrheim which is some 12 miles SE of Darmstadt city.

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

Krohl FN: said by the 1798 Norka census to be the maiden name of frau  Bauer{Georg} (Mai1798:Nr70).

KrohlFN: also see Kroll.

KrollFN: said by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:660, 344) to have been fromUC Spoeck, Karlsruhe [Amt], Baden.  See the GCRA book for more detail.

KrollFN: said by the Dehler FSL to be fromUC Neustadt, Kurmainz.  Spelled Krohl in 1798 (Mai1798:Dl12,Ps30).

KrollFN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Kutter FSL to be fromUC Wuerzburg.  Later spelled Krohl.

KrollFN: also see Kral and Krohl.

KrombergFN: see Cromberg.

KromburgGL: an unidentified place said by the Volmer FSL to be homeUC to a Schwartz family.  Might be Kronburg?  There is a Kronburg, Hesse, some 16 miles NE of Mainz city in what may, in the 1760s, have been Kur-Mainz.

KrommFN: said by the 1798 Balzer census to be the maiden name of frau Idt.

KrommFN: said by the Pleve version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be fromUC Schotten, [Hessen-]Darmstadt, and by the Kromm and Stumpp versions to be fromUC Schotten.

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

KrommFN: also see Kron.

KronFN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be fromUC Luebeck (no locality mentioned).  May later be spelled Kromm.

KronFN: said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#15) and KS:344 to have come from Bonlanden, Esslingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.   Using FHL#1,055,909, the GCRA proved this origin.  They also found evidence that the family was in Kisker, Batschka, Ungarn on their way to Neudorf.  See their book for much more.

Kronach, Bamberg [Bishopric]: is in Bavaria some 30 miles NE of Bamberg city, and was said by the Herzog FSL to be homeUC to a Welscherketz? family.  Said by the Seelmann FSL to be homeUC to a Schmidt{Lorenz} family.

KronauGL: an unidentified place said by the Herzog FSL to be homeUC to a Herzog family.  There are several such places in Germany and in former German lands.  One is some 18 miles NE of Karlsruhe, Baden-Wuerttemberg.

KronbergGL, Kurmainz: is some 8 miles NW of Frankfurt-am-Main city center and 15 miles NE of Mainz city; see Kronebor.

KronbergGL, Zweibruecken: an unidentified place said by the Kolb FSL to be homeUC to Wenz families.

KronburgGL, Hesse: see Kromburg.

Kronburg, Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Leitsinger FSL to be homeUC to a Rueckenher family.  However, Kronberg, Kurmainz is 15 miles NE of Mainz

KroneFN: said  (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC [Kur]-Brandenburg. I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

KronebergerFN: said by the Dehler FSL to be fromUC Kerpche?, Gockelm?.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

KroneborGL, Kur-Mainz: an unidentified place, said by the Walter FSL to be homeUC to a Wagner family.  The Walter Research Group has identified this place as Kronenburg-am-Main(??), now known as Kronberg, Hessen.

KronentalBV, North Caucasus: aka Nemetzki Chaginskoe.

KronewaldFN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Hessen (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Gruenwald in 1798 (Mai1798:Mn13).

KrongantFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Gelhausen.  That surely is Gelnhausen.

Kronshausen?GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Traeger family.   Kuhlberg said this was in Darmstadt.  The only Kronshausen I can find was in Oldenburg Duchy some 28 miles WSW of Bremerhaven.

KronstadtGL, Bohemia: likely homeUC of a Schmal family that went to WalterVV.  Now called Brasov, Romania, and is some 465 miles ESE of Vienna, Austria.

Kronstan?FN: a family and a widow (then frau Kiwet?) said by the Enders FSL to be fromUC Strausberg, Sachsen.  I cannot find the Kronstan family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

KronstatGL: said by the Walter FSL to be homeUC to a Schmal family.  Identified by the Walter Research Group as Kronstadt, Bohemia, now Brasov, Romania.  But possibly it was Kranstaedt, Bohemia.

Krop?FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Geislitz?.  I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

KropstaedtGL, Sachsen: is in Sachsen-Anhalt some 7 miles NE of Wittenberg city, and said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Rothfeld family.

Krossau?, Hohenzell?: an unidentified place said by the Dehler FSL to be homeUC to a Christ family.

Krossen: an unidentified place said by the Susannental FSL to be homeUC to a Lehmann family.  This might be the Krossen in Kursachsen 92 km SSE of Berlin citycentre.

Krossigbusig?GL: an unidentified place said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be homeUC to a Faber/Faubus family.

Krotoschin KreisGL, Posen Province, Suedpreussen: nka Krotoszyn, some 53 miles SSE of Poznan city.  The GCRA found it assoicated with Benz, Maihoefer, and Wetzler familes.

KrotterFN: said by the Dehler FSL to be fromUC Kotikam Perschie?, Flandern.  For 1798 see 1798Mai:Dl04, 08, 34, 40.

KrotzFN: said by the Straub FSL to be fromUC Alsheim, Nassau-Usingen [Principality], with a Schunck step-son in the household.  The Krotz surely had died prior to the 1798 Volga censuses.

KrueckFN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be a step-daughter in the Weber household.  I could not find her in the 1798 Volga censuses.

KrueckerFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Boksweiler(?), Hessen with a Hackl wife fromUC Korbach.

KruegFN: see Krieg.

KruegerFN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Kochstedt, Dessau.  Spelled Krieger in 1786 and 1798 (Mai1798: Mv310, Or58) when the wife’s maiden name was given as Graf.

KruegerFN: this father and son are said by the Goebel FSL to be fromUC Beselich, Braunfels.  According to the Buedingen ML, the son married a Schmidt woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#515).  Later spelled Krieger (Mai1798:Gb27).

KruegerFN: according to a Luebeck ML this woman married a Heydecker man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Katharinenstadt (Mai&Marquardt#125).

KruegerFN: mistakenly said by KS:344 to have gone to Neudorf, per the GCRA.

KruegerFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Fulda [Bishopric] (no locality mentioned).   Spelled Krieger in 1798 (Mai1798:Nr153, 165).

KruegerFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be fromUC Dessau (no locality mentioned).

KruegerFN: also see Krieger.

KruemelFN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Kochstedt, Dessau.  Spelled Kruemmel in 1798 (Mai1798: Bx27) .  The Rosslau ML says this man married a Dittmann woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#936; the 1798 census confirms the wife's maiden name as Dittmann (Bx27).

KruemmelFN: said by the 1798 Kano census to be the maiden name for frau Hartmann (Mai1798:Kn27).

KruemmelFN: also see Krimmel and Kruemel.

KrugFN: perhaps not found in an FSL but was in the 1775 Grimm census #49.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Gk4.

KrugFN: he is listed in the 1798 Rosenheim census (Rm11) with no earlier colony mentioned.  There is some small chance that he was from Seelmann (FSL sm10).

KrugFN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Lyubets(?), Kurmainz.

KrugFN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be fromUC Zell with Schmidt stepsons in the household.  For a possible 1798 see Mai1798:Rm11.

KrugFN: said by the Shcherbakovka FSL to be fromUC Stierstadt [Kurmainz].    I could not find any member of this family in Mai1798.

KrumFN: According to a Luebeck ML a Krum woman married in 1766 a Diesing man, both noted as being from the area of Darmstadt; later the couple moved to Jagodnaja Poljana (Mai&Marquardt#284).

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

KrumFN: also see Krumm.

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

KrumbachGL: an unidentified place said by the Pleve and the Kromm versions of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be homeUC to a Schaefer family.  There are three known Krumbach in Hessen, but none that I can find very close to Ober Lais or to Nidda: one is some 24 miles NW of Nidda, and the other two are Fraenkisch Crumbach and another some 5 miles SSW of it.

KrumbachGL: an unidentified place said by the Schwab FSL to be homeUC to the Schneider{J.Michael} family.  Probably is not Fraenkisch-Crumbach, since Schneider does not appear on the lists drawn up by the local priests of families that left there for Russia.

KrumbachGL, Franken: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be homeUC to a Philippsen family.  Contemporary church records say this Schmunck family left Fraenkisch-Crumbach for Russia in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#1262).  Same place as the following entry.

KrumbachGL, Hessen-Darmstadt: said by the Laub FSL to be homeUC to a Hermann family.  Said by the Walter FSL to be homeUC to Becker and Weber families.  This is Fraenkisch Crumbach.

KrumbachGL: also see Crumbach and Fraenkish-Crumbach.

Krumm/KrumFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).

KrummFN: said by the Kukkus FSL to be from Wenings, Isenburg Eleanor Sissell has proven this report  She has the Krumm family, prior to their coming to Wenings, back into Switzerland. 

KrummhardtGL, Esslingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 3.5 miles NE of Esslingen city, and proven by GCRA to be home to the Heidle family that went to GlueckstalSee the GCRA book for more details.

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

KruseFN: said by the Laub FSL to be fromUC Grebenhain, Alsfeld.

Krusenfeld?GL, Mecklenburg: is some 53 miles ESE of Rostock city, and said by the Laub FSL to be homeUC to a Vorrath family.

KrutojarovkaVV: a version of the Russian name for GrafVV.

KrutoyarovkaVV: a version of the Russian name for GrafVV.

KrutschFN: said by the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL to be fromUC Gening.

Krzepien Intendantur, [Suedpreussen]: same as the next entry.

Krzepice [Amt], Sudpruessen: is 20 miles NW of Czestochowa.  It was the Amt center for Friedrichshuld and Hilsbach.  The GCRA said it was just N of Czestochowa and found it associated with a Bollinger family in 1805

KSRN: Karl Stumpp, The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763-1862, 1973, AHSGR.  A number following KS: is a page number.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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