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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Libau, Kurland [Duchy]: (now Liepaja, Latvia) was 176 miles NE of Gdansk, and said by the Galka FSL to be homeUC to a Frank{Andreas} family. Said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Westmann family.  In 1795 Kurland was annexed to Russia … much later on Libau, as a deep-water port, became a major exit point for Germans leaving Russia.

LibhardtFN: see Liphart.

LibieFN: said by the Koehler FSL to be fromUC Ewo?, Frankreich. .  I could not find this family name in the 1798 censuses.

LichFN:  In 1798 the maiden name of frau Kessler was given as Lich (Mai1798:Ls52). She was said by the Louis FSL to be fromUC Saargemuend, Lothringen.

LichGL, Solms: is some 7 miles SE of Giessen, Hessen, and said by the Kraft FSL to be homeUC to a Schneider family.  Said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be homeUC to Bender and Roemer/Roehmer families.

Lichbach?GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to a Schmidt{Peter} family.  Kuhlberg said tdhis was in Hessen.

LichtFN: the Kutter FSL gives three Licht orphans living alternately in the Lohrey and Loos households, both of which are listed as coming fromUC Isenburg.  Bonner proved that all three Licht siblings were baptized in Leisenwald, Isenburg[-Waechtersbach County].

LichtenbergGL: is an unidentified place which until 1797 was a Kreis or district administrative center for the Pfalz-Zweibruechen Duchy.  

LichtenbergGS: this was an independent County until 1736 when it was absorbed by Hessen-Darmstadt.  Its seat probably was the town of Lichtenberg, Hessen, some 10 miles SE of Darmstadt city.  See Darmstadt-Lichtenberg.

LichtenbergerFN: said by the Walter FSL to be fromUC Krofrogheim, Hessen-Darmstadt County.  Fraenkisch Crumbach parish records say this man, the son of a Jaegersburg district official married in 1766 a Weber woman (Mai&Marquardt#750).

LichtenhausenGL, Franken: an unidentified place said by the Goebel FSL to be homeUC to a Getterich and possibly a Seifert family.

Lichtenstein?FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Ellbrunn?.  According to the 1798 Wittman census, frau Lichtenstein’s maiden name was Koenig (Mai1798:Wm27).

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

LichtenwaldFN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be fromUC Baden-Durlach (no locality mentioned).

LichtnerFN: see Leichner.

LickFN: according to a Rosslau ML the Schoenberger man who went to Louis married a Lick woman in 1765 (Mai&Marquardt:843).  By 1798 his wife’s maiden name is given as Herr (Mai1798:Hr28).

LickFN: said by the Louis FSL to be fromUC Saargemuend, Lothringen.

LickieFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Flanders.  Later spelled Lechai (Mai1798:Hk69, 35).

LickstadtGL, Brandenburg: an unidentified place said by the Warenburg FSL to be homeUC to an Arnst family.  This most likely is Lueckstedt.

LiebauGL, Sachsen: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Bartel family.  This probably is Liebau, Saxony some 17 miles SW of Zwickau city.

Liebau, Schlesien: probably nka Lubawka, Poland 53 miles SW of Breslau, and said by the Cheisol FSL to be homeUC to Kaspar and Berns/Bern/Behrens families.

Liebenzell, Calv [Amt], Wuerttemberg: nka Bad Liebenzell, was proven by the GCRA as home to the Stahl woman who was frau Kemmet of Glueckstal.

Lieber FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Rumstadt.  Spelled Liebert in 1798 (Mai1798:Mv189).

LiebertFN: see Lieber.

LiebichFN: see Liebig.

LiebigFN: listed in the 1816 Kassel census (#41) and in KS:357 without origin. Also spelled Liebich.  The GCRA believes that they may originateUC in Silesia.  See their book for more.

LieblingGL, Banat: is now in Romania 68 miles NE of Belgrade, and said by KS:477 to be homeUC to WeberFN{Christian} said to have marriedUC a Bauer woman in Glueckstal.

Liebloch, Menoholtz: Bonner found this given in their Huettengesas marriage record as the home of frau Rohrich (nee Schmick) of Balzer.  I think this was Lieblos, Isenburg-Meerholz County.

LieblosGL, [Isenburg-Meerholz County]: is 2 miles WNW of Gelnhausen city.  Bonner guessed that the Goetz woman who married the Schleuchert/Schlegel man in Luebeck and settled in Balzer (FSL #101) may have been born hereUC.  Said by the Buedingen ML to be homeUC to a Reuther family whose adopted daugther married in 1766 a Wagner man; by 1767 the couple was in Kutter; Stumpp says Lieblos is near Gelnhausen (Mai&Marquardt#534).

LieblosGL, Isenburg[-Meerholz County]: said by the Kraft FSL to be homeUC to a Betz family.  The same place as the previous entry.

LiebstedtGL, Preussen: said by the Koehler FSL to be homeUC to a Mueller family.  This may have been Liebstadt, now Milakowo in Poland some 29 miles SE of Elbang.

LiederFN: said by both the Pleve and the Kromm versions of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be fromUC Fulda (no locality mentioned).

LiederFN: see also Lieders.

LiedersFN: this stepson was said by the Boaro FSL to be living in an Arnst family that was fromUC Gonna, Mecklenburg.  Spelled Lieder in 1798 (Mai1798: Bx01, Bx12, Pl31, Mv334, Rm06).

Lieders?FN: said by the Dreispitz FSL to be fromUC Erfurt, Thueringen.

LiedleFN:  listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:357) to be from Brackenheim, Brackenheim [Amt], Wuerttemberg. This origin was proved by the GCRA using FHL 1,184,720-4; see their book for detail.   Also spelled Luithie (KS:361).

Lieg?GL, Hessen-Darmstadt County: an unidentified place, said by the Walter FSL to be homeUC to a Walter family.

LiegaGL: said by the Goebel FSL to be homeUC to a Berin family; no separate origin is given for frau Berin whose maiden name according to the 1798 census was Frei (Mai1798:Gb23). Said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Strauss family.  There was a Liega in Kursachsen some 18 miles N of Dresden city.

Liege [Bishopric]GS: aka Luettich; now in Belgium, this was an independent state, a Prince-Bishopric.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to Berlatz, Dellhopp, Grigorius, Jacqnet, and probably Varnotte, and possibly Vertott families.  Said by Richard McGregor to have been home to the Major family that ended up in Grimm before they fled the French army invasion about 1672. 

Liege, Lebrand?: said by the Franzosen FSL to be homeUC to a Roufosse family.  Liege itself was a country, a Bishopric; the “Lebrand” may refer to the martyred bishop Lambert who was like a patron saint of Liege.

Liege, Likaland?: said by the Franzosen FSL to be homeUC to a Frank family. Liege itself was a country, a Bishopric; the “Likaland” may have been a reference to the martyred bishop Lambert who was like a patron saint of Liege.

Liepe?GL, Preussen: said by the Enders FSL to be homeUC to frau Ming.  This might be one of two places of this name in present-day Mecklenburg-Vorpommern both near the current Polish border.

LiesFN: said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to be fromUC Hirschfeld.  The maiden name of frau Lies was given in 1798 as Heidt (Mai1798:Pp6).  That might have been Heldt??

LiesborgGL, Hesse-Darmstardt County: said by the Walter FSL to be homeUC to a Benzel family. This place has been identified by the Walter Research Group as Lissberg, Hessen.

LieserGL, Trier: is some 20 miles NW of Trier and said by the Rothammel FSL to be homeUC to a Maurer family.

Lieter?FN, see Lither.

Liewart(?)GL, Sachsen: an unidentified place said by the Dobrinka FSL to be homeUC to a Relke family.

LiezoFN: see Luft.

LiflandGL: is German for Latvia; sometimes spelled Livland.

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

Likaland?: see Liege.

LilienthalFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Hanstein.

LillFN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Bamberg.  This may have been Lehl.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Lill?FN: said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be fromUC Elberrod?. I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

LilleGL, Flanders: is now in the French state of Nord-pas-de-calais, some 56 miles WSW of Brussels, and said by Buedingen church records to be homeUC to a Legai family; by 1767 this family was in Norka (Mai&Marquardt#1210a).

LimbachFN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be fromUC Schesslitz, Bamberg [Bishopric] with a Schwerlup step-son in the household.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

LimburgGL/GS: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Mueller family. Said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be homeUC to a Weimar/Weimer family.  There are 6 Limburgs in Germany and the Low Countries.

Limburg-am-der-LahnGL, Hessen is some 32 miles NW of Frankfurt-am-Main, and some 23 miles NNW of Wiesbaden, Hesse.

LimmerFN: see Lammer.

LimpertFN: said by the Walter FSL to be fromUC Kerschvelt[Gersfeld]GL, Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter.  Also spelled Lembert.

Limpurg CountyGS: see Eschach.

LinckFN: see Linz.

LindFN: according to the Doenhof FSL he was a step-son in a Strauch household from Darmstadt.

LindFN: said by the Kraft FSL to be fromUC Lierbart?.  Also spelled Lindt.

Lind, Oesterreich: an unidentified place said by the Galka FSL to be homeUC to a Bauer family.  There are at least 8 Linds in Austria.

LindachGL, Gmund Oberamt, Wuerttemberg: is some 2 miles NNE of Swabisch Gmuend, and was home to a Wahl family that settled in Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia.

LindauGL, Anhalt-Zerbst: is some 4 miles N of Zerbst city, said by the Jost FSL to be homeUC to a Gine family.

LindeFN: said by the Holstein FSL to be fromUC Gi?pro (?).  This FSL entry lists the given names but not the family names of his Geinitz step-children, and does not mention that they are step-children.  Their family names are revealed in the 1798 Holstein census, households 5 and 46.

LindemanFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be an orphan boy living in the Schneider household.

Linden, Isenburg [?]: Bonner proved this was Linheim, [Friedberg Imperial City?]

LindenfelsGL, Kurpfalz: this probably is Lindenfels, Hesse, some 14 miles SE of Darmstadt city.

Lindenfels OberamtGL, Kurpfalz: was the district which included the town of Lindenfels and the surrounding villages, and said by the Anton FSL to be homeUC to Johann, Kraemer, Oxt, Reth, and Rotharmel/Rothermel families.

LinderFN: see Lindner.

LindheimGL, [Friedberg Imperial City?]: said by the Pleve version of the Balzer FSL to be home to a Leichner family; this origin for both Herr and Fau Leichner was proven by Bonner; he also found that the  May couple who settled in Balzer married in Lindheim, [Friedburg Imperial City?] in 1766, the bride being a Krimp? woman.  Bonner also proved that the two Weisheim brothers, {Christian} and {Peter}, who settled in Galka (FSL #53 and 54) were baptized here.  Said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to a Schmidt{J.Peter} family.  This place probably was owned by Friedberg Imperial City and was some 6 miles WSW of Buedingen and 10 miles ESE of Friedberg city, on the border with Isenburg-Buedingen County.

LindheimGL, Hessenburg(?):and is said by the Kolb FSL to be homeUC to a Adam family.  This may have been some 6 miles WSW of Buedingen In which case it is the same as the previous entry.

LindnerFN:  said by the Hoelzel FSL to be fromUC Seinsheim?, Bamberg [Bishopric]. Spelled Lintner in 1798 (Mai1798:Nk22, 19).

LindnerFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC Fulda.  Later spelled Linder (Mai1798:Pf26).

LindtFN: see Lind.

LindtnerFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be the maiden name of frau Alberg (Mai1798:Mv2187).

LinenbachFN: see Lingelbach.

LinenbergFN: said by the Mariental FSL to be fromUC Willebadessen.  The family name was later spelled Lueneberg (Mai1798:Mt18).

Linert FN: this woman ofUC Hauddorf near Christian Erlang was said  in April 1766 by a Woehrd ML ti have married a Greiffenstein man (Mai&Marquardt#771). 

Linge(?)GL/GS:an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a DeFage family.

LingelbachFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be fromUC Gruenberg. The family name was spelled Linenbach in 1798 (Mai1798:Om33).

Lingelbach, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate]: is 5 miles E of Alsfeld town, and was said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to homeUC to Schaefer and Schmidt families.  Kuhlberg said this was in Hessen.

LingenauGL: an unidentified place said by the Bettinger FSL to be homeUC to a Krege family.  There was at least one Lingenau each in Poland, Baden-Wuerttemburg, and Sachsen-Anahlt.

LingerFN: both the 1816 Kassel census (#83) and KS:358 said this family came fromUC Hessen-Kassel..  The GCRA believes the family likely came fromUC somewhere not too far from Hunspach, Sulz [Amt], Elsass.  See their book for more.   Also spelled Lingert.

LingertFN: see Linger.

Lingren?)FN: see Lungrin.

Linis?GL, Preussen: an unidentified place said by the Fischer FSL to be homeUC to a Knoll family.

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

Linkargauzen(?)GL, Kurpfalz: an unidentified locality said by the Rothammel FSL to be homeUC to a Frank family.

LinkeFN: said by the Jost FSL to be fromUC Goerlitz, Sachsen.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

LinkeFN: listed by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#17) and KS:358 without origin. See the GCRA book for a bit more.

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

LinkenheimGL, Baden-Durlach County: is some 7 miles N of Karlsruhe, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and said by the Walter FSL to be homeUC to a Kister family.

LinkerFN: said by the Walter FSL to be fromUC Broenkhelaim, Hesse-Darmstadt County.

LinneGL: an unidentified place said by the Mariental FSL to be homeUC to a Schumacher family. There are at least 5 Linne in Germany, Poland and the Netherlands.

Lintenhausen?, Kurtrier: an unidentified place said by the Leitsinger FSL to be homeUC to a Jung{Wilhelm} family.

LintnerFN:  see Lindner.

LintzeFN: said by the Dehler FSL to be fromUC Kessenhausen?, [Kur-]Trier.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

LinzFN: the Walter Research Group has confirmed in local parish records that this Linck family, listed in the Walter FSL as Linz, came from Gelnhaar, Isenburg (now Hessen).

LinzGL: an unidentified place [there are at least 3 Linz in Germany and Austria] said by the Graf FSL to be homeUC to Zahn’s wife.  Said by the Louis FSL to be homeUC to a Debaptiste family.

Linz(?)GL, Darmstadt: an unidentified place said by the Dietel FSL to be homeUC to Hoffmann and Strohmann families.

Linz, Oesterreich: is 96 miles W of Vienna and was said by the Leitsinger FSL to be homeUC to a Hammerschmidt family and possibly to a Schuster{Georg} orphan.

LiofinFN: see Lohfink.

Lion, Frankreich: an unidentified place said by the Franzosen FSL to be homeUC to a Marchand family.  There were at least 5 Lions in France, however, Pleve suggested this reference might be to Lyon.

Lionier?FN: said by the Enders FSL to be fromUC Mitau, Kurland. I cannot find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Lionier?FN: frau Lionier? was said by the Enders FSL to be fromUC Rilik, Daenemark.

Lios?FN: said by the Schuck FSL to be fromUC Neustadt, Kurpfalz.  This might be Lei, but is more likely Loos.

LipanyGL (there are places of this name today in the Czech Republic, or it might be Lippehne in present-day Poland?) an unidentified locality said by the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL to be in Prussia and to be the homeUC of a Baumgart family.

LiphartFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Libhardt in 1775.  Later spelled Lipphardt (Mai1798:Nr40, Wt40).

Lippe [Principality]GS: in the 1760’s Detmold was its capital and home of its Prince.  It’s lands extended some 8-15 miles in all directions from Detmold city.

LipphardtFN: see Liphart.

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

Lippstadt: is some 17 miles W of Paderborn city in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Lipov-KutVV: a version of the Russian name for UrbachVV.

LipovkaVV: a version of the Russian name for SchaeferVV.

LipovkutVV: a version of the Russian name for UrbachVV.

Lipow-KutVV: a version of the Russian name for UrbachVV.

LipowkaVV: a version of the Russian name for SchaeferVV.

LipowkuttVV: a version of the Russian name for UrbachVV.

LippFN: said by the Grimm FSL to be fromUC Marburg (no locality mentioned).

LippehneGL: see Lipany.

LippertFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Dohna, Polen.

LippertFN: listed by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#70) and KS:358 with no origin. The GCRA found several hints as to their origin (in West Prussia, South Prussia, Hungary, etc.)  but has not found proof of any; see their book for a complete discussion and perhaps later research results.  He had married with widow Meir, nee Eva Walter.

LippmannFN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be fromUC Loumburg, Brandenburg.

LipsFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be fromUC Hannover (no locality mentioned); a Gondorf orphan boy was living with them.  I could not find the Lips family in the 1798 censuses.

LirFN: said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be fromUC Berod, Kurpfalz.  Spelled Lehr (Mai1798:Fs11,Er6,Bo1)and Riel (Bo25 [did someone reverse the letters?!]) in 1798.

Lirbart?GL: an unidentified place said by the Kraft FSL to be homeUC to a Lind family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Darmstadt.  Don Loose said that Prof. Pleve spelled it Hierbart? in his Lind family chart

LisbergFN: said by the Kratzke FSL to be fromUC Oberappenfeld(?)/Oberhaltfeld, Hessen-Kassel.

Lisberg BaronyGL: a small and scattered barony NW of Bamberg city.  See Bischberg.

LissauFN: said by the Bauer FSL to be fromUC Etingen, Magdeburg.

LissbergGL Amt, Hessen-Darmstadt, near Nidda: is some 6 miles NNE of Buedingen and said by the Pleve and Stumpp versions of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be homeUC to Benner and Schneider families; said by Kromm to be home to a Gorr family (pp.31, 33).  Also see Lizborkh.

Lissenburg?GL, Frankreich: an unidentified place said by the Enders FSL to be homeUC to frau Dotz.

LissmanFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

Litauer?FN: said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be fromUC Preetz?.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

LitauerFN: also see Litzauer.

LiterFN, see Lither.

Lither/Liter/Lieter?FN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be fromUC Hanau.

Litikh/Littig/Littich?FN: said by the Volmer FSL to be fromUC KirchheimbolandenGL, Kurpfalz.

Litikh/Littich(?)GL, Saxony: an unidentified place said by the Merkel FSL to be homeUC to a Bese/Boese? family.  This might be Luettichau, some 19 miles NNE of Dresden, Saxony.

LitkeFN: said by the Jost FSL to be fromUC Muehlhausen, Preussen.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

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

LitschenGL, [Kur-]Sachsen: is some 13 miles N of Bautzen city and said by the Jost FSL to be homeUC to a Wetzel family.

Litschen, Wittenberg[?]:an unidentified place, said by the Galka FSL to be homeUC to a Fischer family.  The only Litschen I can find was in Kursachsen 28 miles NW of Goerlitz city which is the same place as the previous entry.

Litseu?FN: said by the Merkel FSL to be fromUC Hannover.

LittichGL: see Litikh.

LittigFN: see Litikh.

LitzFN: said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of frau Baumann.

LitzauerFN: said by the Goebel FSL to be fromUC Zellingen, Wuerzburg.  Later spelled Litauer (Mai1798:Gb26).

LitzenbergerFN: 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.

LivlandGL/GS?: aka Lifland, said (no locality mentioned) by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Roessner family.

LizborkhGL, Hesse-Darmstardt County: said by the Walter FSL to be homeUC to a Leitz family. This place has been identified by the Walter Research Group as Lissberg, Hessen.

LobFN: see Loob.

LobachGS: an unidentified country mentioned by the Kano FSL as the location of  Robesburg and in relation to a Marx family.

LobauerFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Bernbaum.

LobbachGS, an unidentified state mentioned by the Frank FSL in connection with the Pfeif family.

LobbeseGL: an unidentified place said by the Bettinger FSL to be homeUC to a Benecke family.  This may be Lobbese, Brandenburg, some 9 miles NNE of Wittenberg.

Lobes FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be a stepson in a Schulz household. In 1798 the family name was spelled Lopes (Mai1798:Pl32).

LobuseFN:  according to a Luebeck ML a Schultz man married in 1766 this woman (Mai&Marquardt#66). They then went to Paulskaya.  In 1798 the family name was spelled Lopes (Mai1798:Pl32).

LopesFN: see Lobes and Lobuse.

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

Lobinger?FN: said (no locality indicated) by the Brabander FSL to be fromUC Regensburg with a Scheitwahl stepson in the household. I could not find either family name in the 1798 censuses.

LobsensGL, Wirsitz Kreis, Posen Department, South Prussia: now Lobzenica, Poland, some 7 miles N of Wirsitz, now Wyrzysk, and proven by GCRA to be home to the Eichelberg family that went to Glueckstal.  See the GCRA book for more details.

LobuseFN:  according to a Luebeck ML a Schultz man married in 1766 this woman (Mai&Marquardt#66). They then went to Paulskaya.  In 1798 the family name was spelled Lopes (Mai1798:Pl32).

Loch FN: listed by the Hoelzel FSL without origin as an orphan boy living in the Niesslein household, and said by Kuhlberg to be fromUC Bamberg [Bishopric] (no locality mentioned). I could not find him in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Loch/LachFN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Kutter FSL to be fromUC Isenburg.

LochFN: the 1798 Norka census gives this as the maiden name of the wife of an Isenburger Feurstein (Mai1798:Nr109).  So does the Buedingen ML which says she was fromUC Boehnstadt (Mai&Marquardt#691).

LochFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be fromUC Elbor?.

LochGL, Kurpfalz: an unidentified place said by the Laub FSL to be homeUC to a Ritz family.

LochmannFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Bach and to have a Schwarz orphan boy in the household.  A Luebeck ML says this man married in 1766 a Schiefferstein woman (Mai&Marquardt#67).

Lochowittig?GL, Pfalz: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Reger family.  There was a Lochowitz in Bohemia, now Lochovice some 25 miles SE of Prague but that is an awfully long ways from the Pfalz!

LockmannFN: see Lakmann.

LodzGL, Suedpreussen: was a large administrative center 73 miles SW of Warsaw city , and 68 miles NNE of Czestochowa city.  Found by the GCRA to have been associated with Doeffinger and Dollinger families.

LoebFN: see Loob.

LoebeFN: said by the Caesarsfeld FSL to be fromUC Kirchheim.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

LoebenGL: an unidentified place said by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to a Schuhmann family.  There is a Loeben in Sachsen-Anhalt some 19 miles SE of Wittenberg, and one in Saxony some 11 miles SW of Leipzig.

LoebertFN: see Luebert.

LoebsFN: this family was in Glueckstal for a time and was said by KS:357 to be from Kleeburg, Weissenburg [Amt], Elsass.  The GCRA verified this origin, using FHL 745,907 and 745,908; see their book for detail.  Also spelled Leps.

LoebsackFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Steinheim, Hessen-Darmstadt.

LoefflerFN: see Lefler and Loefler.

LoefinkFN: see Lofink.

LoeflerFN: this woman married Were of Gluckstal; the GCRA proved her origin in Scheppach, Walbach parish, Winsberg [Amt], Wuerttemberg, using FHL 1,346,109; see their book for detail.  Also spelled Loeffler.

Loehnfeld(?)GL, Kurpfalz: may be the town which is some 30 miles NE of Koblenz city.  It is said by the Kukkus FSL to be homeUC to Hoefner, Maser, Schaefer, and maybe Houg? families.  Alton Sissell (2005) says this is Lengfeld, that its records are available from LDS, and that he has visited the village.

LoewFN: the GCRA found that this was the maiden name of the first frau Schauer{Friedrich} of Neudorf and proved that she was from Birkenau, Weinheim [Amt], Hesse.  See their book for more.

LoewenFN:  said by the Orloff FSL to be fromUC Rosenort, Elbing.

LoewenbrueckFN: said by the Louis FSL to be fromUC Trier (no locality listed).

Loewenstein(?)GL: is some 7 miles SE of Heilbronn city.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Doenhof FSL to be homeUC to Huwa and Sorg families.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Mainz family.  The town was the seat of a small duchy -- Loewentsein-Wertheim Duchy -- and the reference could as easily refer to the ducy as to the town.

LoewensteinGL, Schwaben: said by the Jost FSL to be homeUC to a Heiling? family.  Both the town and the duchy were in the Swabian area.

Loewenstein[-Wertheim Duchy]GS, a small duchy with scattered lands to the SE of Heilbronn city and which are now in the District of Heilbronn, per Remmick. 

Loewenstein: see also Lowenstein.

LofertGL, Hesse-Darmstadt: said by the Walter FSL to be homeUC to a Stan family.  This place has been identified by the Walter Research Group as Laufach, Bavaria.

LofinkFN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Fulda (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Loefink in 1798 (Mai1798: Bt40).

LofinkFN: see also Lohfink.

Lohbach(?)GS is an unidentified state associated with Rutenburg in the Frank FSL.  It might be Laubach of the Soms-Laubach duchy.

LohfinkFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Lofink in the 1775 census. Later spelled Liofin (Mai1798:Nr80).

LohkirchenGL: see Lohrkirchen.

LohmannFN: said by the Laub FSL to be fromUC Griesheim, Frankfurt-am-Main.  In 1798 the wife’s maiden name was given as Viliriginta (Mai1798:Lb49).

LohmannFN: said by the Merkel FSL to be fromUC Brandenburg.

LohmannFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC Elters?. 

LohnsfeldGL, Kaiserslautern [Amt], Rheinpfalz: is some 8.5 miles NE of Kaiserslautern city, and was proven by GCRA to be home to the Kessler family that went to Glueckstal.  See the GCRA book for more details.

LohrFN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Weier.

LohrGL: said by the Koehler FSL to be homeUC to an Ulrich, and possibly to a Hoffmann family. Said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Krach family.  There were several Lohr in the Germanies, but this probably is Lohr, Kurmainz.

LohrGL, [Kur-]Mainz: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be homeUC to a Steugerwald/Steigerwald family.  This may well be Lohr-am-Main.

Lohr, Kurmainz: is 18 miles E of Aschaffenburg city, and said by the Dehler FSL to be homeUC to a Schulz/Schuld family.

Lohr-am-MainGL: in Bavaria is 42 miles ESE of Frankfurt-am-Main, and said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be homeUC to a Thomaa family.  This is Lohr, Kurmainz.

LohreiFN: see Lohrey.

Lohrengel/LorengelFN: said by the Balzer FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality indicated).  Bonner proved this man was born in Lorbach, Isenburg[-Buedingen County] and was married in Vonhausen, same County.

LohrengelFN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be fromUC Stollberg (no locality mentioned).  The Buedingen ML says one of these Lorringel men of Nieder-Seemen married a Westerwaller woman; Stumpp says his name was Lorringen (Mai&Marquardt#526).

LohrentzFN: a Lohrentz woman of unknown origin married a Becher man in Rosslau prior to their moving on to Frank (Mai&Marquardt#872).

LohreyFN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Kutter FSL to be fromUC Isenburg.  Later spelled Lohrei.

Lohrkirchen?GL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be homeUC to a Schuch? family.  There are two Lohkirchens in Bavaria: one is 23 miles NE of Munich city, and the other one is 41 miles ENE of Munich.

LokasFN: said by the Walter FSL to be fromUC Iningeim, Kurpfalz.  Identified by the Walter Research Group as a Lukas family.

LombachGL, Wuerttemberg: is some 39 miles SSE of Karlsruhe, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to possibly be homeUC to a Baum family (p.27).

LombarFN: said by the Brabander FSL to be fromUC Paris, Frankreich.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Londerin?FN: said by the Dreispitz FSL to be fromUC Sarmi?, Schweden.  In 1798 the family name was spelled Lungerin (Mai1798:Dr23).

LondonGL, England: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to Stahlbaum’s wife.

LondorfGL: is some 10 miles NE of Giessen city, and said by the Kraft FSL to be homeUC to a Baler? family.

LondorfGL, Hessen-Darmstadt: see Lorndern.

Long?FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Eltman?.   This might have been Lang?

LonzFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be fromUC Neustadt.  I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

LoobFN: said by the Bangert FSL to be fromUC Dorfweil, Nassau-Usingen.  Paul Koehler reports that the most common spelling of this name was Lob and is now Loeb.

LoosFN: according to the Buedingen ML a Loos woman from Leisewald married a Frick man in 1766; the family later went to Huck (Mai&Marquardt#614).

LoosFN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Stockhausen.

LoosFN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Kutter FSL to be fromUC Isenburg.  According to the Buedingen ML this Loos man married in 1766 a Loos woman, both fromUC Leisenwald (Mai&Marquardt#615).

LoosFN: according to the Buedingen ML a Loos woman, fromUC Leisewald, in 1766 married a Reiffschneider man; the couple was in Kutter by 1767 (Mai&Marquardt#613).

LoosFN: the 1798 Norka census gives this as the maiden name of the wife of an Isenburger Kleiber (Mai1798:Nr94).

LoosFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

LoosFN: also see Lios and Looss.

LoossFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Springe Reinfeld, Hessen with a Nulhass wife fromUC Weisel.  Later spelled Loos (Mai1798:Ka103).

LorangFN: see Laurent.

LorbachGL: said by the Buedingen ML to be homeUC to a Knoblock woman who in 1766 married a Gottfried man who according to the Goebel FSL arrived in 1767 with a different wife (Mai&Marquardt#431).  Said by the Buedingen ML to be home to a Koch woman who married in 1766 a Windecker man; by 1767 this couple was in Walter (Mai&Marquardt#458).

Lorbach, Isenburg-Buedingen [County]: is some 2 miles SSW of Buedingen city, and was said by the Stumpp version of the Balzer FSL to be homeUC to a Reuss/Reis family; Bonner found that their Vonhausen marriage record also said he was fromUC Lorbach. ).  Bonner proved the Lohrengel/Lorengel man who settled in Balzer was born here and was married in Vonhausen, same County, to a woman whose family name is unclear in the record.  Said by the Kutter FSL (#67) to be homeUC to a Nazarenus family; and by the Buedingen ML to be homeUC to both Nazarenus and his Koch bride (Mai&Marquardt#577).   Said by the Walter FSL to be home to a Nazarenus family; confirmed in parish records by the Walter Research Project.

LorchGL, might beUC Lorsch, Hesse some 27 miles SE of Mainz.  Said by the Seewald FSL to be homeUC to Reser/Roesser and Wendel families.

LorchGL: also see Larsh.

LoreiFN: see Loren and Lorey.

LorenzFN: said by the Galka FSL to be fromUC Kochstedt?, Wittenberg[?].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sb32.

LoreyFN: said by the Messer FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned). In 1798 the family name was spelled Emmert (Mai1798:Ms73).

LoreyFN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Stahlberg, [Isenburg County?].  Pleve thought this might also be spelled Lorei.

LorenFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Lorei in the 1775 census. Same in 1798 (Mai1798:Nr93).

LorengelFN: see Lohrengel.

LorenzFN: said by the Jost FSL to be fromUC Meisenburg?, Sachsen.

LorenzFN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Kutter FSL to be fromUC Isenburg.

LorenzFN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be fromUC Aschaffenburg, Kurmainz.

LorenzFN: said by th