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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Lebach?, [Kur-]Trier: an unidenified place said by the Hoelzel FSL to be homeUC to a Schaefer family.  This likely would have been 26 miles SE of Trier city.

LebbenGL: see Lebbin.

LebbinGL, [Kur-]Brandenburg: is some 27 miles SE of Berlin city center, and said by the Dinkel FSL to be homeUC to a Reinhard family.  Said by the Jost FSL to be homeUC to Jerke and Meisner families.  Luebben?GL, Brandenburg: said by the Jost FSL to be homeUC to an Eismann family; I am guessing this was Lebbin, since the only Luebben I can find was in Kursachsen.

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

LebenGL, Brandenburg: said by the Preuss FSL to be home to a Fanmispel? family.  This surely is Lebbin.

LeberFN: said by the Mariental FSL to be fromUC Mergelz?, Frankreich. 

Lebloine{Bonawentura}FN: said by the Franzosen FSL to be fromUC Alencon, Frankreich.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Lebloine{Joseph}FN: said by the Franzosen FSL to be fromUC Champagne, Frankreich with a Wesel wife.   I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Lebrand?GS: see Liege.

LebrechtFN: said by the Husaren FSL to be fromUC Boznowice, Oesterreich.  I could not find these people in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Lebront(?)GL, Wittenberg: an unidentified place said by the Dobrinka FSL to be homeUC to a Sauer family.

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

LechaiFN: see Lickie.

Lecher/Leher/LaeherFN: this woman is said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Wuerzburg (no locality mentioned) and to have married in Oranienbaum an Ungelbach man.

LechmannFN: said by the Rothammel FSL to be fromUC Ingstetten, Wuerttemberg.

LechnerFN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:670, 672, 354) with no origin.  The GCRA believes that the Lechner children may have been born in Forchtenberg, Oehringen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  See their book for more detail.

LechnerFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Bild(?).

LechnerFN: Herr Lechner was said by the Koehler FSL to be fromUC Wuerzburg, and his frau’s maiden name was given as Ganz (no origin given).

Ledener?GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Prefried? family. Kuhlberg said this was in Darmstadt. Stumpp said the Praefried man was from Leidhecken near Buedingen (Mai&Marquardt#184).

LedererFN: said by the Dietel FSL to be fromUC Frischbach, Dessenfelz.

LeeFN: said by the Hoelzel FSL to be fromUC Bamberg [Bishopric] (no locality mentioned).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

LeeortGL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Schmidt family.  There was a Leerort, East Frisia Principality, some 32 miles WNW of Oldenburg city.

LeerGL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be homeUC to a Leonhard family.  There was a Leer some 31 miles WNW of Oldenburg city, and one 17 miles NW of Muenster city.  There was a Laer near the second one.

LeerFN: said by the Buedingen ML to be homeUC to a Leer woman who in 1766 married a Schneider; by 1767 this couple was in Walter (Mai&Marquardt#514).

LeerFN: also see Lehr.

LeerortGL, East Frisia Principality: see Leeort.

LeeswigGL, Anhalt-Zerbst: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to Korn and Welz families.  The only Leeswig I can find is in Lower Saxony some 11 miles W of Hamburg city center.

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

Lefeld?FN: the 1798 Norka census gives this as the maiden name of the wife of an Isenburger Weigand (Mai1798:Nr72).

LeflerFN: said by the Grimm FSL to be fromUC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).  A Luebeck ML says this Loeffler man from Hillmershausen married in 1766 a Mueller woman (Mai&Marquardt#220).

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

LegaiFN: see Lickie.

Legen(?)GL: an unidentified place said by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to a Fink family.

Legind(?)GL:an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Mumert family.  The only Legind I can find is in Denmark some 45 miles WSW of Alborg.

LeglerFN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be from Wuerttemberg.  By reading church records and taking advantage of LDS research (see LDS film 1184767), Jerry Amen has proved that these families came from Weiler-an-der-Zaber, Brackenheim, Neckar, Wuerttemberg, that the family name was usually spelled Lagler in Weiler, and that the family had been in Schiltach, Neckar, Wuerttemberg as early as 1625 and in Weiler before 1661.  He has research by Gerhard Lang that shows the Leglers stopped in Havetoft and Flensburg, Schleswig Holstein in the early 1760s before going on to Russia.

LeglerFN: listed by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#18) and KS:354 without origin.  The GCRA found some evidence that the family was in Koenigsbach, S. Prussia in 1804, and may have been fromUC Niederroedern, Selz [Amt], Elsass, but checking FHL#775,392 and 775,394 yielded no proof.  See their book for more.

Le GrandFN, see Legrand.

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

Legrand/Le GrandFN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be fromUC Lauzes/Lausi(?), Frankreich.  According to the Buedingen ML this man married a Berlinger woman (origin not given) in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#452).

LeherFN: this Lecher.

LehlFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  This origin apparently is published incorrectly: Judy Curtis has checked the Russian translated text which has Mecklenburg for this origin!

LehlFN: also see Leth and Lill.

Lehm/LemFN said by the Kautz FSL to be fromUC Berlin, Preussen.

Lehman FN: filed with the Lehmanns.

LehmannFN: said by the Bettinger FSL to be fromUC Dessau.

LehmannFN: according to the Bettinger FSL a Lehmann orphan lived with a Hildebrant family fromUC Meilberg.

Lehmann: according to a Roslau ML, a Lehmann woman (no origin given) married in 1766 a Pille man; by 1767 this couple was in Bettinger (Mai&Marquardt#918).

LehmannFN: this mother-in-law of Herr Kraus was said by the Fischer FSL to be fromUC Polen (no locality mentioned); her daughter, frau Kraus, was said to have come fromUC Schnerbil?, Polen.

LehmannFN: said by the Mueller FSL to be fromUC Zell.  In 1798 this family name is rendered as Leimann (Mai1798: Ml30).

LehmannFN: listed by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#48) and KS:354 with no origin.  The GCRA found indications this widow was from Entringen, Tuebingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg and proved that incorrect.  See their book for more.

LehmannFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be fromUC Gschmacheberg? .  The wife’s maiden name was given as Hank in 1798 (Mai1798:Or76).

LehmannFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Blankenstein.

LehmannFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Zeitz with a Winterburger? young man in the household.

LehmanFN: said by the Simon family (Warenburg colony) chart to be fromUC Born.

LehnGL: an unidentified place said by the Bettinger FSL to be homeUC to a Erbs/Ehrt family.  There are at least 3 Lehn in the Germanies: one each in Tirol, Austria, in North Rhineland-Westphalia, and in Bavaria.

LehnhartFN: see Leonhardt.

Lehnheim(?)GL, Braunfels: an unidentified place said by the Kukkus FSL to be homeUC to a Schinckel family.  There is a Lehnheim some 26 miles ENE of Braunfels town.

LehningFN: said by the Brabander FSL to be fromUC Michelsrombach, Fulda [Bishopric].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bn07.

Lehr{A.Margaretha}FN: said by the1798 Ernestinendorf census to be the maiden name of frau Wassmuth {Mai1798:Er1).

LehrFN: listed by both the 1816 Kassel census (#96) and KS:355 without origin; said by KS:351 to be from Niederhochstadt, Landau [Amt], Pfalz.  Using FHL#247,646, the GCRA verified this origin.   Also spelled Laehr.  See the GCRA book for more.

LehrFN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).  The Buedingen ML said this Leer man from Nieder-Ohm married in 1766 a Becht woman from Gunterskirchen (Mai&Marquardt#596).

LehrFN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC Gruenberg, Darmstadt.  The Buedingen ML says this man married a Joss woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#441).

LehrFN: three families said by the Messer FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned), and a Laubach step-son is living in one of the three households and Arnbrecht is a step-son living in another.

LehrFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  The maiden name of the wife is later said to be Raibert? (Mai1798:Nr42).

LehrFN: also see Laehr and Lir.

LeiFN: see Ley.

LeiFN: see Lios.

LeibFN: see Zenker.

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

LeichladnerFN: see Leichleiter.

LeichleidnerFN: see Leichleiter.

LeichleiterFN: said by the Louis FSL to be fromUC Bitsch, Lothringen. In 1798 the family name was sometimes spelled Leichleidner or Leichladner (Mai1798:Ls12).

LeichnerFN: said by the Pleve version of the Balzer FSL to be be from Lindheim.  Bonner proved this origin both for Herr Leichner and his Bauer wife; he also proved that the father of Herr Leichner was from Hainchen, Isenburg-Buedingen County.

LeichnerFN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC [Anhalt-]Dessau [Principality] with Gaus step-daughters in the household.  Spelled Lichtner in 1798 with the wife’s maiden (sic married widowed name) was given as Gaus (Mai1798:Kn18,16,23).

LeichnerFN: said by the Keller FSL to be fromUC Neulussheim, Kurmainz.

LeichnerFN: also see Lauchner.

LeichtFN: said by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:659, 355) to have been from Rietheim, Muensingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  However, their origin in Sigmarswangen, Sulz [Amt], Wuerttemberg was verified by the GCRA using FHL(1,732,327).  See their book for more detail.  Also spelled Leucht.

LeichtFN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).  The Buedingen ML says this man married in 1766 an Endress woman for whom no origin was given (Mai&Marquardt#360).

LeichtlingFN: said by the Leichtling FSL to be fromUC Stuttgart (no locality mentioned).

LeichtlingVV (aka Ilavlya, Ilavla, Ilawla, Ilovlinka, Ilowla, Ilowlja, Jelowlja, and Rezowka) was a Catholic German village on the western side of the Volga.  Its FSL is published in Pleve, The German Colonies , pp.411-420.  According to that, the first settlers were from the following places with the family names shown here in parens:

from Alzey: (Hermann, Keil);

from Anspach: (Danner);

from Aschaffenburg: (Bauer, Bernhard, Daumreich, Ewald, Gan/Hahn, Pressmer, Sildenbach);

from Bamberg: (Krib?);

from Bilertann(?), Swabia: (Berger);

from Folkakh/Volkach?: (Bernhard);

from Fulda: (Kler?);

from Garmer, Kurmainz: (Sager);

from Gelnhausen: (Rakk?);

from Granov/Granau(?): (Schneider);

from Hammelburg: (Bem/Boehm);

from Hildesheim: (Adelmeyer);

from Mainz: (Miller);

from Miltenberg: (Beichert?);

from Monte de Marcon, France: (Faret/Farrette?);

from Neustadt: (Hoffmann, Rudolph, Singer);

from Orb/Bad Orb(?): (Fassnacht/Fastnacht);

from Regensburg: (Mertz);

from Reningen: (Gettikh/Hettig?);

from Saarbruecken: (Mulidar?);

from Seligenstadt: (Antonius, Drieser, Frei, Galler/Haller?, Hartenhof, Jonas, Keiter, Kemmerer, Lang, Miller, Muffert, Rottbrust, Shpeiter/Spaeter?, Valk/Falk?);

from Straubing: (Einschenk?);

from Stuttgart: (Leichtling);

from Vienna, Austria: (Eder?);

from Wartenberg: (Messler);

from Wasser Truedingen: (Alkofer).

LeideckerFN: see Leindecker and Windholz.

LeidemannFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Bamberg (no locality mentioned).

Leidendorf: is 6 miles SSE of Ansbach city, and was then either in Ansbach Margraviate or Eichstaett Bishopric. said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be homeUC to Bersa/Berzi&Bertz and Schneider{Georg} families.

LeidesdorfGL, Trier: is an unidentified locality said by the Rothammel FSL to be homeUC to a Frank family.  There are similar place names in Germany but none seem at all close to Trier.

LeidheckenGL, [Hessen-Darmstadt]: is some 6 miles ENE of Friedberg city; see Ledener.

Leidinsk?GS: an unidentified country; see Kuntersbleim.

LeidringenGL, Balingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 7 miles W of Balingen city, and and proven by the GCRA to be home to the Hollweger family which went to Bergdorf; see their book for more detail.

Leifried?FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Eichenbuehl.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Leik/LauckFN: said by the Schuck FSL to be fromUC Alzey, Kurpfalz.

LeikamFN: said by the Laub FSL to be fromUC Sommersdorf, Ansbach.  A Woehrd ML says this Leykam man of Sommersdorf near Ansbach married in 1766 a Hortmajer woman from Markt Ennersheim in Franconia (Mai&Marquardt#779).

LeikamFN: also see Lenkof.

LeimannFN: see Lehmann of Mueller.

LeimenGL, Heidelberg Amt, Baden: is 3.5 miles S of Heidelberg city, and was proven by the GCRA as home to the Zisch family that spent some time in Bergdorf.  See the GCRA book for detail

LeimersheimGL, Germersheim [Amt], Pfalz: is some 6.5 miles S of Germersheim city, and was mistakenly said by KS:326 to be homeUC to the Keller{Jacob} family.

LeinFN: said by the Moor FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

LeinbergGL, Kurpfalz: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to a Jaudel family.

LeindeckerFN: said by the Cheisol FSL to be fromUC Zweibruecken [Duchy], no locality given.     Spelled Leidecker in 1798 (Mai1798:Ls32).

Leindecker FN: said by the Keller FSL to be the orphan daughters of Philipp{Peter}‘s married sister??

LeineckerFN: Herr Leinecker was said by the Koehler FSL to be fromUC Aschaffenburg, and his frau’s maiden name was given as Weber (no origin given).

LeinenFN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be fromUC Bellingen?.  I could not find this man in the 1798 Volga censuses.

LeinertFN: see Lenert.

Leinhardt?FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Beseke(?).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses either under this spelling or under Lenhard(t).

LeinhardtFN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Henneberg (no locality mentioned).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses under either this spelling or Lenhard(t).

LeiningGS , see Leiningen.

LeiningenGL: may refer either to Leiningen-Westerburg County or to Leiningen County.  Said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be homeUC to Neuheim/Nauheim and Neulist families.

Leiningen CountyGS: a small, narrow zig-zag state reaching W from the Rhine around Guntersblum.

Leiningen-Westerburg CountyGS: a small state with scattered lands mostly hopscotched through a corridor running from Wachenheim W of Worms to Hertlingshausen W of Mannheim.  Said ( no locality mentioned) by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Schmidt family.

Leinschmidt/LeneschmidtFN said by the Huck FSL to be fromUC Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned).

Leinsweiler, Landau [Amt], Rheinpfalz: is 4 miles W of Landau-in-der-Pfalz, and was proven by the GCRA to be the origin of the Hieb and Heid/Heil families that settled in Neudorf.

LeinweberFN: said by the Stumpp version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be fromUC Offenbach, Hessen, and by the Pleve version to be from Offenbach, Pfalz.  The Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL says they were from Kreuznach near Offenbach (p.134).

Leipa, Boehmen: an unidentified place said by the Hildmann FSL to be homeUC to a Kerner/Koerner family.

LeipzigGL: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to a Rauschenbach family.  Said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to Warth and Wendenhammer families, and possibly a Werner family.  This surely was in Kursachsen.

LeipzigGL: said by both the Lauwe FSL and a Woehrd ML to be homeUC to a Schindler family.   Kuhlberg says this was in Sachsen.

LeipzigGL, [Kur-]Sachsen: is some 183 miles NE of Frankfurt-am-Main.  Said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be homeUC to a Strauch family.  Said by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to a Koch family. Said by the Jost FSL to be homeUC to Hausmann, Klemm and Schuetz families.   Said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Pastern family and to Dellhopp’s wife.  Said by the Kratzke FSL to be homeUC to a Hanschu family.  Said by the Merkel FSL to be homeUC to a Just family.  Said by the Walter FSL to be homeUC to a Strauch family.

Leipzig: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to a Rauschenbach family.

LeirichFN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Ratzeburg?, Sachsen.  For 1798 see Mai1798: Nb22.

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

Leis/LaisFN said by the Huck FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

Leisel{Conrad}FN: said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be fromUC Atzenhain, [Hessen-Darmstadt Landgraviate].   Spelled Leiser in 1798 (Mai1798:Bb02).

Leisel{J.Heinrich}FN: said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be fromUC Atzenhain, [Hessen-Darmstadt Landgraviate].   Spelled Leiser in 1798 (Mai1798:Sh32) and in 1769 (Mv548).  The maiden name of frau Leiser was given as Rahm in 1798 (Sh32)

LeiselFN: said by the Graf FSL to be fromUC Burglengenfeld, Kurpfalz.  The Rosslau ML says this Leissel man married a Demel woman in 1765.

LeiselGL: an unidentified place said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be homeUC to a Fink family.  There was a Leisel in Sponheim County 25 miles E of Trier city.

Leisel(?)GL: Said by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to a Fank? family.  See the preceding entry.

LeiselGL, Darmstadt: an unidentified place said by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to a Eckel family.  This may have been Leusel?

Leisenwald/LeisewaldGL, Isenburg[-Waechtersbach County: is some 8 miles NNE of Gelnhausen and some 5.5 miles ENE of Buedingen, Hesse, and said by the Kutter FSL to be homeUC to a Alvater family. Bonner proved that all three Licht siblings (Kutter FSL #2a) were baptized in Leisenwald, Isenburg[-Waechtersbach County.   Said by the Buedingen ML to be homeUC to a Loos woman who married a Frick man in 1766; the family later went to Huck (Mai&Marquardt#614).  The Buedingen ML says Leisewald was homeUC to the Reiffschneider man and the Loos woman who married in 1766; the couple was in Kutter by 1767; Stumpp says Leisewald is near Gelnhausen (Mai&Marquardt#613).  According to the Buedingen ML a Loos man married in 1766 a Loos woman, both fromUC Leisenwald; by 1767 the couple was in Kutter (Mai&Marquardt#615).

LeiserFN: see Leisel.

Leising?GL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be homeUC to a Bittor family.  This place probably was in the Eichstaett Bishopric, some 17 miles ENE of Ingolstadt city.

LeisleFN: said by Leisle family research to be fromUC Wuerttemberg (no locality mentioned), with a wife whose maiden name wasUC Heib, and to have settled in Warenburg colony.

LeisselFN: see Leisel.

Leissnitz, [Kur-]Sachsen: ia 20 miles SW of Frankfurt-an-der-Oder, and said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to a Kaesner family.

Leist?FN: this step-daughter of Herr Forschmann? was said by the Fischer FSL to be fromUC Sernow, Preussen like her mother.

LeistadtGL,  Leiningen [County]: is 51 miles SE of Leiningen and is said by the Seewald FSL to be home to a Driess family. Darrell Brungardt found the birth and marriage records in Pfeffingen (Ungstein), Pfalz, proving this man was from Leistadt which was then ruled by the Leiningen Counts from their castle in Neuleiningen which was N of Leistadt.

LeisterFN: said by the Koehler FSL to be fromUC Herbstein, and his frau’s maiden name was given as Werz (no origin given). 

LeitenbergerFN: see Laitenberger.

Leiterhausen(?)GL, Kurpfalz: an unidentified place said by the Dietel FSL to be homeUC to a Vogt family.

LeitnerFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Flingi(?), Solms-Braunfels.

LeitsingerFN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be fromUC Aschaffenburg, Kurmainz.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

LeitsingerVV: (aka Kustareva and Kustarewo) was a Catholic German village founded in 1767 on the eastern side of the Volga.  It was completely destroyed by the Kirghiz in 1774.  Its FSL is now published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol. III, pp. 63-78.  According to this, the first settlers were from the following places, italics indicate information from the Kuhlberg list, with the family names shown here in parens.  I have indicated in the individual entries where I found surviving members in 1798.  Other spellings of family names, usually from later sources are in square brackets. Verified origin information is in red.  The number after the family name is their FSL household number:

from Amlingstadt, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Dietz45);

from Aschaffenburg, Kurmainz: (Leitsinger1, Lorenz21);

from Aschalwitz?, Boehmen: (Meolder42);

from Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Dehler4, Faust20, Sener74);

from Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Schuster84a);

from Berschbach, [Luxembourg Duchy]: (Goetschel13);

from Bessenbach, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Dehlermann/Telemann/Telerman50);

from Bruessel, [Austrian Netherlands]: (Hasselbauer77);

from Burgau, [Hapsburgian Lands]: (Stadler56);

from Burgkunstadt, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Friederik/Friedrich52);

from Burglengenfeld, Kurpfalz: (Nickel53);

from Demmelsdorf, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Welt69, Zimmermann65);

from Dens, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate]: (Klug16);

from Dormitz, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Strohbett66 and possibly Amon66a);

from Echenbrunn, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Sommer80);

from Elschiburg?, Kurtrier: (Spaetter19);

from Etzenheim?, Kurtrier: (Ungeheuer12);

from Fladungen?, Wuerzburg [Bishopric]:  (Mainz44 and possibly Kunzelmann44a);

from Fraunseck?, Pfalz-Neuburg[Duchy]: (Schwarz23);

from Frensdorf, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Kret37);

from Gitting?, Pfalz-Neuburg[Duchy]: (Hensel71);

from Hallerndorf, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Haas48, Hansmann78);

from Hargesheim, Kurmainz: (Schoener6);

from Hemhofen, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Frank70);

from Himmelhofen?, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Kamm79);

from Katellaun: (Castello5);

from Kersbach?, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Dedzor41, Raab39);

from Kilmeis?, Schwaben: (Wiedemann54);

from Kotzgrimm?, Kurmainz: (Jung{Adam Friederich}2);

from Kretz, Pfalz: (Hernthaller/Herrenstahler25);

from Kronburg, Kurmainz: (Rueckenher3);

from Kuebelstein, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Hoffmann61);

from Kuelsheim, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Zaper/Sapper72);

from Kurpfalz: (Fritzmann84);

from Kurtrier: (Pilen26 and possibly Friedritz26a);

from Lachen, Kurbayern: (Greich?58 and possibly Schmidt58a);

from Laibaroes, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Herbst75);

from Lange?, Kurtrier: (Dink81);

from Laubuseschbach, [Wied-]Runkel [County]: (Neuhof27);

from Lauterburg, Elsass: (Schaber7);

from Lintenhausen?, Kurtrier: (Jung{Wilhelm}11);

from Linz, Oesterreich: (Hammerschmidt17 and possibly Schuster{Georg}17a);

from Ludwag, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Rudel/Ruddel62);

from Marinman?, Falkenstein Grafschaft: (Lemermeier?/Lemmermeier24);

from Michelbach-bei-Heilbronn, Ansbach [sic]: (Hiller49 and possibly Metzger49a);

from Michelfeld-bei-Auerbach?, [Kurbayern?]: (Korn55);

from Oberhoechstadt, Kurmainz: (Glock10, Russ9, Seibolin8);

from Obernhausen, Kurtrier: (Keller/Keiler29);

from Pikotn?, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Mehfelder63);

from Poppenwind, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Pirrlein64);

from Rabenstein?, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Sennlein43);

from Reuth, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Merlein?/Mehrlein73, Schuster{Adam}73);

from Sankt Jacob: (Baumtrog57);

from Sassanfahrt?, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Rauch38, 40);

from Schesslitz, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Limbach47 and possibly Schwerlup47a);

from Schwaben: (Blumentahl83);

from Seigendorf, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Baer60, Frank{Kaspar}67);

from Stickersrusen?, Kurtrier: (Weiz76);

from Teuschnitz, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Schielein51);

from Vielbach, Kurmainz: (Holz15);

from Vilseck?, [Bamberg Bishopric?]: (Moser82);

from Vorweichloch?, Wuerzburg [Bishopric]: (Graf18);

from Wien, Oesterreich: (Pachtrech28);

from Wilsberg?, Lothringen: (Trun14);

from Wuerzburg [Bishopric]: (Fuchs46, Heilmann59);

from [Pfalz-]Zweibruecken [Duchy]: (Schapert22 and possibly Hammel22a).

LeitzFN: said by the Walter FSL to be fromUC Lizborkh, Hesse-Darmstardt County.

LeksFN, see Lex.

LemFN: see Lehm.

Lemaire{Brian}FN: said by the Franzosen FSL to be fromUC Bettant?, Frankreich.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Lemaire{Peter}FN: said by the Franzosen FSL to be fromUC Paris, Frankreich.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

LemanFN: see _eman.

LembachGL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Vollert? family. Kuhlberg said this was in Darmstadt.  There was a Lembach in Hessen-Kassel some 20 miles SSW of Kassel city.

LembachGL, Darmstadt: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Holgart family.  There were many Lembachs in the Germanies, but I cannot find one that was in Hessen-Darmstadt.

LembachGL, near Wingen, Elsass: is some 2 miles SW of Wingen town, and proven by the GCRA to have been one of the homes of the Bender family that went to the Glueckstal colonies.

Lembach, Sulz [Amt], Elsass: was proven by the GCRA to be origin to the Bender{Philipp} family that settled in Neudorf.  This is the same as the previous place.

LembergGL, Pirmasens [Amt], Rheinpfalz: is 3 miles SE of Pirmasens city, and said by the 1816 Bergdorf census to be homeUC to the Stein family.  The GCRA proved the Knapp/Knopp{Valentin} family had been here before going on to Russia.  And it may have been homeUC to the Knapp children who settled in Neudorf.

LembergGL, Galicia: capital of Galizien province, Austrio-Hungarian Empire, and now known as L’vov, Ukraine, 181 miles E of Krakow.  Found by the GCRA to have been associated with Knoedler and Dollinger families.

LembertFN: see Limpert.

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

LemmermannFN: see Lemmernmann.

Lemmernmann?FN: said by the Jost FSL to be fromUC Weiler, Nuernberg.  In 1798 the name was spelled Lemmermann (Mai1798:Nk41).

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

LempeFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Friedberg with a Stelz orphan girl living in the household.

LempeFN: also see Lampe.

LemrichFN: said by the Keller FSL to be fromUC Sponsheim?, Kurfalz, with an orphan Kastell boy in the household.   I could not find either family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Len?, Frankreich: an unidentified place said by the Franzosen FSL to be homeUC to a Kasanski family.

Lenden(?)GL, Kurland: an unidentified place said by the Dobrinka FSL to be homeUC to a Schemberg family.

Lenert?FN: stepsons listed by the Boregard FSL in the Hoffmann household.  Spelled Leinert in 1798 (Mai1798:Bo05,06).

LeneschmidtFN see Leinschmidt.

Lengfeld(?)GL: an unidentified place said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be homeUC to a Sostdorf? and probably a Stein family.  This might be Lengfeld, Hessen, some 11 miles ESE of Darmstadt city.

LengfeldGL, Kurpalz: is some 11 miles ESE of Darmstadt city.  Eleanor Sissell has proven her Maser ancestors, who settled in Kukkus, lived here.  She has found them in the Evangelic/Calvanist church records on microfilm and she has visited the village.  She says 80-90% of the population in this area was killed in the 30-years war and were to a large extent replaced by settlers from Switzerland; LDS has microfilmed the church records; also see Loehnfeld.

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

Lenhard(t): see also Leinhardt.

Leningen [County]: see Leiningen.

Leniter?GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Kwimbach family.

LenkFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Illenau?, and to have had a Sonnengruen stepson in the household.

LenkofFN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be step-sons in the Vogel household.  Spelled Leikam in 1798 (Mai1798:Om32, 45, Ka16).

Lenrot(?)GL, is an unidentified locality which according to the Frank FSL was in Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter(?) and was homeUC to a Schmidt family.  This might possibly be Rainrod some 17 miles NE of Friedberg.

Lens?FN: said by the Bauer FSL to be fromUC Stahlberg, Leiningen.  Later spelled Lenz.

LensznerFN: according to a Woehrd ML this woman of Schluesselfeld in 1766 married a Trap man of Duenkelsbuehl (Mai&Marquardt#792).  They first settled in Laub.

Lentach(?)GL, Fribourg(?):an unidentified place said by the Dobrinka FSL to be homeUC to a Chrispens family.

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

LenzFN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

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

LenzFN: said by the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL to be fromUC Stockholm, Sweden.

LenzFN: said by the Walter FSL to be fromUC Ekeborn, Ints County.  The Walter Research Group has confirmed in parish records that this family was from Eckartsborn, Hessen.

LenzFN: also see Lens.

LeoFN: a Rosslau ML says this woman married a Wels man in 1765; by 1766 this couple was in Katharinenstadt (Mai&Marquardt#878).

Leon, Frankreich: an unidentified place said by the Franzosen FSL to be homeUC to a Benoit family.  Might this be Lyon?

LeonbergGL, Stuttgart [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 8 miles W of Stuttgart city, and proven by the GCRA to be home to the Sifferman family that went to Bergdorf; see their book for more details.

LeonbronnGL, Brackenheim [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 7 miles W of Brackenheim city, and verified by the GRCA as the home of the Fischer{Karl F} family that went to Bergdorf; see their book for details.  This is the same town as the next entry.

LeonbronnGL, Brackenheim OberAmt, Wuerttemberg: Is some 8 miles W of Brackenheim which is some 7 miles SW of Heilbronn.  Dona Reeves-Marquardt found the baptismal record of  Herr Dumbler in these Lutheran Church records.  Later he settled his family for a time in Denmark on their way to Grimm where they arrived before 1775 and were included in the 1775 census (household 51) there with the family name spelled