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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NicholasFN: said by the Cheisol FSL to be fromUC Saarburg, [Kur-]Trier.    Spelled Nikolai in 1798 (Mai1798:Ls29, 35).

NickelFN: said by the Bangert FSL to be fromUC Rod an der Weil, Nassau-Usingen.

Nickel{A.Barbara}FN: said by the 1798 Galka census to be the maiden name of frau Fuchs{J.Kaspar} (Mai1798:Gk11).

Nickel{J.Adam}FN: said by the Galka FSL to be fromUC Glauburg, Gelnhausen.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Gk21.

NickelFN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be fromUC Danzig.

NickelFN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be fromUC Burglengenfeld, Kurpfalz.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bn36.

NickelsonFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be fromUC Wittenberg.

NicklingFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC Hammelburg.

NickolaiFN: see Nickolay.

NicksFN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Hennersdorf.    Spelled Nix in 1798 and his wife’s maiden name was given as Stuetz (Mai1798:Kn17).

NiclasFN: see Nikolaus.

NicodemusFN: a Nicodemus woman is said by a Friedberg ML to be fromUC Mehlbach and to have married in 1766 a Wetter man; by 1767 the couple was in Kukkus (Mai&Marquardt#348).

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

NicolausenFN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be fromUC Holstein (no locality mentioned).

NiddaGL, throughout the 18th century it was a city and an amt [i.e. district] in the Duchy of Hessen-Darmstadt, located some 9 miles NW of Buedingen, Isenburg, but apparently never a part of Isenburg County.  Said by the Frank FSL was homeUC to Frick and Irk(?) families.  Said by the Pleve version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be homeUC to Gorr, Weitz, and Wuertz, families.  Said by both Pleve and Stumpp versions of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be homeUC to Baer, Becher/Becker, Beutel, Bloch, Daubert, Feller, Fischer, Goersitz/Goerlitz, Goetz, Kaiser, Koch, Langlitz, Ludwig, Mueller, Pfaffenroth, Rahn, Reich, Ruhl, Schaefer, Scheuerman, Schuckart/Schuckardt, Wirth/Wert, and Zimmer families.  Said by the Stumpp version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be homeUC to Barth, Bolaender, Luft, Riklen families.  Said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be homeUC to Baer, Becher/Boecher, Luft, and Weitz families (pp.28-34).  Said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be homeUC to a Nix man who came here later than the first settlers, and perhaps homeUC to a Schreiner man who came here later than the first settlers (p.35).  Said by the Koehler FSL to be homeUC to a Rosenbach family, and possibly to an Schiebler family.   Said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be homeUC to Eckhardt, Haas, Hoeppner, Krieger and Meier families.

Niderzensgein/Niederzeuzheim(?)GL, Nassau: an unidentified place said by the Preuss FSL to be homeUC to a Hartmann family.  There is a Niederzeuzheim, Hesse some 5.5 miles N of Limburg-an-der-Lahn.

NidlingenGL, Wuerzburg [Bishopric]: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to a Neubert family.  This probably is Nuedlingen 12 miles NNW of Schweinfurt city.

Niebel/NuebelFN: arrived in South Russia in 1810; later settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa; family records found by Curt Renz in Fluorn, Oberdorf Oberamt, Wuerttemberg.  Stumpp, p.599, mistakenly gives this family name as Kuebel.

NiedeckerFN{Jacob}: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Steinfurt, [Friedberg Imperial City]. For 1798 see Mai1798: Fs26. 

NiedeckerFN{Nicolaus}: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Steinfurt, [Friedberg Imperial City]. May have been spelled Niedeler in 1798 (Mai1798:Nm07)?

NiedelerFN: see Niedecker.

NiedenbachGL, Hanau: an unidentified place said by the Warenburg FSL to be homeUC to a Brott family.

NiedensFN: see Nigens.

NiedenthalFN: said by the Kutter FSL to be from Isenburg.  According to the Buedingen ML this man from Eckertshausen married in 1766 an Ickes woman from Alstadt (Mai&Marquardt#629).  Bonner proved that the man was baptized in Ekartshausen, Isenburg[-Buedingen County].

NiederansbachGL, Hanau: an unidentified place said by the Simon family chart to be homeUC to a Schuetz family that settled in Straub.  There was a Niederrosbach in Hanau County some 3 miles SW of Friedberg city, but I can find no Niederansbach in Hanau County lands.

NiederanspachGL, Hanau: said by the Simon family (Warenburg colony) chart to be homeUC to a Schutz family.  As best I can tell there was no such place in Hanau County.  There was an Anspach some 2 miles S of Usingen town – there were Hanau County lands 2 to 3 miles to the E of Anspach.

Niederanzeig(?), Erbach: said by the Frank FSL to be home to a Rausch family.  This is likely to be Nieder-Kinzig.

Nieder BeerbachGL: is some 5 miles S of Darmstadt city and said by the Mueller FSL to be homeUC to a Steinagel family.  Kulhberg gives the state as Darmstadt.

NiederbielGL, Braunfels: is some 2 miles N of Braunfels city, and said by the Kukkus FSL to be homeUC to a Mittelhof family.

Niederbrechen, [Kurtrier]: is 5 miles E of Limburg-an-der-Lahn and was said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be homeUC to a Schuj/Schuvie family.

Niederbronn-les-BainsGL: is 15 miles SW of Bad Bergzabern and was an Amt center.

NiederburgGL, Kurkoeln: see Niederburg Meyitz.

Niederburg MeyitzGL: this was likely intended to be Niederburg, Kurmainz.  Said by the 1777 Katharinenstadt census to be the birthplace of an Ubre son in 1761.  The closest place of that name seems to have been Niederburg, Kurkoeln, some 26 miles NW of Mainz city.

NiedererFN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Hanau [County].  I could not find this man in the 1798 censuses.

Nieder-ErbachGL, Kur Trier: an unidentified place said by the Preuss FSL to be homeUC to a Becker family.

Nieder EschbachGL, Hanau: is some 4 miles N of Frankfurt-am-Main city center, and said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Trippel family.

Nieder-FloersheimGL, Worms Oberamt, [Rhein]Hessen: is 6 miles W of Worms city, and proven by the GCRA to be home to the Obenauer which went to Bergdorf; see their book for more details. Proved by Curt Renz as home to the Obenauer family that settled in Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia.

NiedergruendauGL, [Isenburg-Meerholz County?]:  is some 3 miles WNW of Gelnhausen city and according to the Buedingen ML it was homeUC to a Wiederholt man who married in 1766 a Heil woman fromUC Unternaubel; by 1767 they were in Messer; Stumpp says Niedergruendau was near Gelnhausen (Mai&Maarquardt#707).

NiederhochstadtGL, Landau [Amt], Rheinpfalz: is 5 miles NE of Landau-in-der-Pfalz, and was proven by the GCRA to be home to the Bressler/Pressler{Michael}, Eli/Ely, Heinz{Simon}, and Lehr/Laehr families that went to Kassel, as well as to the Job/Jopp family of Ottersheim moved here prior to going on to  Neudorf.

Niederhoechstadt GL, Hessen: see Neiderheimstadt.

NiederhofFN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be fromUC Vien, Oesterrich.

NiederhofGL, Darmstadt: said by the Laub FSL to be homeUC to a Laub family.  A Friedberg ML says this man fromUC Niederohm married in 1766 a Schmidt woman fromUC Mehrenberg (Mai&Marquardt#313).  See Niederohm(en).

NiederhorbachGL, Bergzabern [Amt], Rheinpfalz: is 1.5 miles NE of Bad Bergzabern, and using FHL#either 1,442,080 or 1,457,537 was proved by the GCRA to be home to the Jutzy family was in Kassel at least for 1821-1833.  They also proved this home to the Springer/Sprenger family that went to Kassel and they proved it was where the first Reuter/Reuther/Reiter settler in Neudorf married and his first children were born.

NiederhustadtGL, Gemersheim [Amt], Pfalz: an unidentified place mistakenly said by the 1816 Kassel census (#20) to be homeUC to the Heinz{Simon} family

Nieder-KinzigGL, Hessen: is some 6 miles N of Erbach city and said by the Frank FSL to be in the state of Erbach and homeUC to a Goethmann family – possibly also homeUC to a Rausch family (see Niederanzig).  Sherri Stahl has found for this Frank first settler couple, the Goettmann marriage record here as well as the birth record of the Hoffmeister bride.

NiederkirchenGL, Zweibruecken: is some 15 miles NNW of Zweibruecken city in what is now Saarland.  Said by the Laub FSL to be homeUC to a Jung family.

Niederkirchen parishGL, Rheinpfalz: was 2 miles S of Hefersweiler and held its church records.  This is the same place as the previous entry, some 40 years later.

NiederlaukenGL, Nassau-Usingen: is some 6 miles W of Usingen city, and said by the Bangert FSL to homeUC to Bangert, Huber, Sahl, and Schnorr families.

Niederlustadt, Gemersheim [Amt], Pfalz: an unidentified place mistakenly said KS:300 to be homeUC to the Heinz{Simon} family

NiedermeierFN: said by the Herzog FSL to be fromUC Muenchen, Bayern.

NiedermerleGL: see Niedermoerlen.,

Nieder MidlauGL: said by the Buedingen ML to be homeUC to the Scheibel woman who married an Isenburger Ruppel man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Norka: Stumpp said this was Niedermittlau (Mai&Marquardt#476).

NiedermittlauGL: is some 3 miles SW of Gelnhausen; see Nieder Midlau.

NiederMockstadtGL, [Isenburg County]: 7 miles NW of Buedingen city.  See Untermockstadt.  Also see Mockstadt.

NiedermoerlauGL: said by the Buedingen ML to be homeUC to the Zimmer woman married a Diehl man; Stumpp says Niedermoerlen was near Friedberg, Hessen in one place and on another page says it was near Bad Nauheim, Hessen (Mai&Marquardt#709). Niedermoerlen is some 3 miles NNW of Friedberg city, in a small outpost of Kurmainz.    On a 1746 map this place was spelled Niedermerle.  Also see Diel of Koehler.

NiedermoerlenGL: see Niedermoerlau.

Nieder Modau?GL: said by the Kano FSL to be homeUC to a Baecker family, and possibly to their Leschorn step-daughter.  This probably was in Hesse-Darmstadt Landgraviate some 6.5 miles SE of Darmstadt city.

Niedermohr, Kaiserslautern [Amt], Rheinpfalz: is 13 miles WNW of Kaiserslautern city, and is believed by the GCRA to be home to the Pfeifer{Jakob} family that settled in Neudorf.

Nieder-MonjouVV:  (aka Bobrovka, Bobrowka) is a Lutheran German village founded in 1767 on the eastern side of the Volga.  Its  two FSL (the first list and a supplemental one done later) are now published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.III, pp. 185-226.  According to these, the first settlers were from the following places {italics indicate information from the Kuhlberg list} with the family names shown here in parens.   Other spellings of family names, usually from later sources are in square brackets.  {Given names} are used only when there is more than one family for a family name. Verified origin information is in red.  The number with the family name is their FSL household number, except that those in the supplemental list have 100 added to their original number:

from _burg?: (Meier{Eva Elisabeth}235);

from Altenfeld: (Triller77);

from Altenstein: (Riebling192);

from Alzbach: (Geisern152);

from Anhalt-Koethen [Principality]: (Rindflesch?186);

from Ansbach [Margraviate]: (Soltner167);

from Asbach: (Martz[Markus/Marx]14);

from Asfeld: (Brahm113);

from Bassenheim [Barony]: (Baecker{Johannes}219);

from Bayreuth [Margraviate]: (Seibolt41);

from Berlin, [Kurbrandenburg]: (Beitniz[Beitnitz]7, Bert?33, Bortdorf?180, Ulitz?154);

from Bern?, Hanau: (Merz132);

from Berstadt, Hessen: (Wenzel{Peter}116);

from Biskirchen, [Solms-]Braunfels [County]: (Anchuetz[Anshuetz/Anshutz]67, Scharf73, Schmidt{Just}45);

from [Kur]-Brandenburg: (Barth236, Enster10, Guenter224, Krone22, Otto217);

from [Solms-]Braunfels [Principality]: (Wasmar?57);

from Breitenbach: (Lotz{Peter}72, Mueller{Martin}12,{Johannes}69, Wirth70);

from Breslau, Preussen: (Rohleder1);

from Coburg? [Duchy], Sachsen: (Wenzel{Georg}146);

from Dachwig: (Teisel?168, Teusel?136);

from [Hessen-]Darmstadt: (Albach205, Both210, Derganz?29, Eimer204, Emich{J.Nicolaus}228, Forscht?25, Markolf?[Markloff/Markaler]30, Merkel{Anna Katarina}, 202, Reck211, Rutzhausen222, Schaefer?{Johann}31, Scharman?42, Schmidt{Kaspar}198, Schmidt{Peter}46a, Scholl?197, Stuertz{Michael}209, Wahl85, Weiss{Kaspar}199, Wolf15, vonNordig214, and possibly Reis29a and Rihl[Riel]85a);

from Den Brand: (Karl{Franz}123);

from [Anhalt-]Dessau [Principality]: (Henne?196, Krieger188, Leopold155);

from Deutsch-Boehmen: (Hausner?13);

from Dresden, [Kursachsen]: (Doering34);

from Ehringshausen, [Hessen-]Darmstadt: (Timer?166);

from Eich, Nassau: (Kelberdinger?26);

from Eichel, [Wertheim Principality and County]:  (Becher89);

from Eklavstein?: (Burghardt170);

from Elbenrod, [Hessen-Darmstadt]: (Karl{Adam}5);

from Elberkirchen?: (Jung{Sebastian}177);

from Endorf: (Gebauer75);

from Erbach [County]: (Bischoff171);

from Fenn: (Lambert143);

from Filun?: (Sonnenblatt121);

from Frankreich: (Opfermann215);

from Friedberg: (Eckhardt53, Weigand[Wiegand]48);

from Friedersdorf: (Arnhold182);

from Gaben: (Michelsack[Milchsack]66);

from Ganter?: (Genzel?47);

from Gebersdorf, Hessen: (Schmidt{Kaspar}49);

from Geichel?: (Blum58);

from Geislitz?, Hanau: (Krop?141);

from Gladbach?, Mainz: (Mai94);

from Grohnde?, [Kurbraunschweig]: (Geisel?159);

from Grossenhain?, [Kursachsen?]: (Bote144);

from Hamburg [Imperial City State]: (Grenlich?{Christoph}159, Henning{Peter}221, Merkel{Katarina}231);

from Hanau [County]: (Jung{J.Georg}220, Niederer208, Ostwald216, Spahn{Heinrich}86);

from Hannover [aka Kurbraunschweig]: (Dewald6, Lotz{Johann}11, Maus38, Schmidt{Johann}39, Spahn{Nicolaus}37, Stoffel[Stoppel]9, and possibly Borti37b, Gen?38a, and Letz?37a);

from Hasborn?, Hessen: (Nebe?101 and possibly Renz?[Rente]101a);

from Heina, [Hessen-Kassel]: (Elscheidt225);

from Hellburg?, [Kurbrandenburg?]: (Zinock?183);

from Herzfeld: Gerber74);

from Hessen: (Blass?218, Burg212, Schroeder{Johann}19, Trube230, Walter52, and possibly Backmann?19a and Keile?19b);

from Hessen-Darmstadt: (Elsasser172, Heuse193, Jackel[Jaekel]173, Koch194, Strauss189);

from Hogen?, Pommern: (Grenlich?{J.Wilhelm}187);

from Holland: (van der Manen128);

from Iber: (Schulz64);

from Insterburg?: (Keskel81);

from Isenburg [County]: Eckart[Eckhardt]{J.Heinrich}18, Neurath93, Werth{Magdalena}92;

from Italien: (Millozzi179);

from Kersdorf, [Kurbrandenburg?] (Sittig117);

from Kessemich?: (Klotzbach104);

from Kleinlagingen?: (Riedel133);

from [Anhalt-]Koethen [Principality]: (Reuter{F.Wilhelm}44);

from Koffeld: (Werner137);

from Kopenhagen: (Wettermann178);

from Krailshausen?, [Hohenlohe Principality and County]: (Werwein126);

from Kransburg: (Mingelbach165);

from Kurpfalz: (Harer36);

from Leipzig: (Rauschenbach20);

from Lichbach?, Hessen: Schmidt{Peter}134);

from Lindheim?: (Schmidt{J.Peter}127);

from Luebeck: (Kessel110);

from Magdeburg: (Glueck63);

from [Kur-]Mainz: (Goebel200, Neff[Naef]81, Sack201);

from Malchin, Mecklenburg: (Herter112);

from Mednsch?, Siebenbuergen?: (Engler184);

from Mekmal?: (Ephardt?184);

from Menualt?: (Karera?164);

from Merzhausen: (Salorkube?[Sartorius]46);

from Metten?: (Brumbien?203);

from Nassau: (Sibelius16 and possibly Sprecht[Specht]16a);

from Nassau-Siegen? [Principality]: (Pauly234, Schreng232);

from Nassau-Usingen [Principality]: (Boehm188, Stuertz{Elisabeth}191);

from Neukirchen: (Mun?71);

from Nieder Weisel: (Reuter{Gottfried}157, Wilde156);

from Niederrissigheim?, [Hanau County?]: (Hohmut60);

from Niederzell: (Rosenberg[Rosenberger]68, and possibly Ehrentraudt68a);

from Nuernberg [Imperial City]: (Hubert40, Meier{Michael}23);

from Oberbrennbach?: (Martin160);

from Obernubel?, Hessen: (Wernerhold176);

from Oeslau: (Ribling?8);

from Olzfeld?: (Gaus106 and possibly Tell106a);

from Oppenweiler: (Sohn62);

from Orb, [Kurmainz?]: (Kesselring169);

from Orbach: (Meier{Kaspar}105);

from Pfaffenwiesbach, [Waldbott Barony]: (Schmidt{Johannes}135);

from Philippstein, Nassau: Kunz56);

from Pingensheim?: (Wanter?[Winter]102);

from Prati?/Prapsi?, Hanau: (Aut3);

from Quellendorf, [Anhalt-]Dessau [Principality]: (Passel120);

from Ratzeburg?, Sachsen: (Leirich111);

from Reinberg: (Betz35);

from Reiskirchen?, Darmstadt: (Koehler[Keller]115);

from Rheinbach, [Kurkoeln]: (Riffer[Rieffert]{J.Heinrich}95);

from Rieden: (Than28);

from Riedesel: (Borgmenbus?24);

from Rittershausen, Friedberg: (Funk43);

from Rommersberg?: (Schroeder{J.Heinrich}114);

from Romrod, Darmstadt: (Schmidt{Weigand}83, Strock[Strack]147);

from Rothein?: (Emmerich[Emich/Emerich]{Friedrich}153);

from [Wied-]Runkel [County]: (Bisterfeld59, Kuhn140, Voeller142, and perhaps Schaefer59a);

from Saalburg, Nassau?: (Jung109, and perhaps Miemer109a);

from [Kur-]Sachsen: (Linke223, Lorenz229, Meier{Gottfried}21);

from Schaslau?, Boehmen: (Ritter121);

from Schmakilwin?, Hessen: (Usbeck32);

from [Mecklenburg-]Schwerin [Duchy]: (Stor162);

from Sechshelden, [Nassau-Dillenburg Principality]:  (Klein161);

from Seedorf: (Blum{J.Georg}80);

from Seisfelden?: (Haase138);

from Sollnitz?: (Otto185);

from Spielberg, [Isenburg County?]: (Ulrich[Urlich]2, Werth{Jacob}17);

from Stahlberg, Isenburg: Lorey[Lorei]91, Seibel87);

from Stauhusen?: (Schaefer{Balthasar}124);

from Steinau: (Schnarr27, Schnitzer149);

from Steinfurt, [Friedberg Imperial City]: (Binedel?[Binatel]79, Niedecker{Jacob}78, Niedecker[Niedeler??]{Nicolaus}76);

from Sterzhausen?: (Mehner?122 and possibly Heinrich122a);

from Stralsund: (Schroeder{J.Kaspar}195);

from Tordorf?, Runkel: (Baecker[Becker]108);

from Ukkel?, [Brabant Duchy]: (Thai[Thiel]54);

from Vadenrod, [Alsfeld Amt, Hessen-]Darmstadt: (Roth207);

from Vadenrod, Alsfeld Amt, [Hessen-]Darmstadt: (Fiedler226, 227);

from Voellinghausen?: (Weiss{Johann}88);

from Wabern?: (Volmer174);

from Waechtersbach, [Isenburg County]:  (Hahn150);

from Wallerode, Riedesel: (Riefer[Rieffer/Rieffert]{Melchior}4, Staerz[Stuertz?]{Kaspar}61);

from Waschenbach, Darmstadt: (Elf107);

from Wehr, Hessen: Bernhardt125);

from Wellstein?, Hessen: (Schultheis129);

from Wenzenburg: (Fei213);

from Werznitz: (Schneider{Leonhard}204);

from Willebadessen: (Muehl84, Taub65);

from Winner?: (Hening?82);

from Winterbach: (Haas55);

from Wittenberg: (Hartmann151, Lutz{J.Georg}145, Olgaten?175);

from Winterborn: (Wagner51);

from Wittgenborn?, Isenburg: (Koehler[Keller]{Ludwig}90);

from Wolf, Hessen: (Soring139);

from Wuerttemberg [Duchy]: (Tochtermann190);

from Zersardel?: (Ferner130);

from Ziegel, Hanau: (Riebe[Reib]50);

from Ziegenbach, Hessen: (Schaefer{Christian}119);

from Zittau?, Sachsen: (Bubekin?148);

from Zoren?: (Keserlank[Kesslering/Kessler]158).

Nieder-MoosGL: 1 mile S of Bannerod.

NiederOhm(en)GL, [Hessen-Darmstadt]: is some 12 miles SW of Alsfeld, Hessen.  said by the Buedingen ML to be homeUC to the Reich man who went to Grimm (Mai&Marquardt#531).  Said by the Buedingen ML to be homeUC to a Leer man who married a Becht woman; by 1767 this couple was in Krasnoyar (Mai&Marquardt#596).  The respective MLs said these men were fromUC Darmstadt.

NiederohmGL: also see Niederhof.

NiederradenGL: said by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to a Mankein? family.  There is aNiederraden 11 miles NNW of Koblenz city, and one 21 miles NW of Trier city.  There is a Niederroden,  and one 23 miles SW ( near the home of some other Boaro folk) of Ansbach city, and one 13 miles NE of Darmstadt city.  There is a Niederrode 3 miles WSW of Fulda.

Nieder-RamstadtGL, Darmstadt: is 4 miles SE of Darmstadt city center, and said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Lange family.

Niederrissigheim?GL, [Hanau County?] is 4 miles N of Hanau city, and said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to a Hohmut family.

NiederrodeGL: see Niederraden.

NiederrodenGL: see Niederraden.

Niederroedern, Selz [Amt], Elsass: is 2.5 miles NW of Selz/Seltz town: the GCRA checked here for the origins of the Legler family that settled in Neudorf, but found no proof.  The GCRA found a Neudorf record which gave this as the birthplaceUC of Frey{Elisabetha}, the mother of Johannes Pleinis’ wife. It was proven by the GCRA to be home to a Haidt/Haid/Heyd family that settled in Neudorf.

Niederroedern, Seltz [Amt], Elsass:

NiederrosbachGL, Hanau County: see Niederansbach, Hanau.

Niederscheld, [Nassau Dillenburg Principality]: is 1 miles S of Dilllenburg city and was said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to homeUC to a Ringel family.

NiederseebachGL, Weissenburg Kreis Elasss: is 6 miles SSE of Weissenberg city, and  proved by Curt Renz as hoem to the Hofer family that settled in Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia. It was also proven by the GCRA to be home to the Hofer{Peter} family that settled in Neudorf.

NiederSeemenGL, [Gedern Amt, Stollberg County]: is now in Hessen some 10 miles SE of Nidda and some 8 miles NE of Buedingen.  The Buedingen ML says this was homeUC to at least one of the Lohrengel men who went to Doenhof ; Stumpp says it was near Buedingen (Mai&Marquardt#526).  Said by both versions of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be homeUC to a Hergert family.  According to the Buedingen ML  this was homeUC to the  Scheller woman who married a Schott man in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#505); by 1767 this couple was in Moor.

Niedershausen(?)GL, Braunfels: said by the Kukkus FSL to be homeUC to a Mueller family.  There is a Niedershausen is some 6 miles WNW of Braunfels town.

NiedershausenGL, Oberlahnkreis [Amt], Hesse: is 3 miles N of Weilburg town.  The GCRA found a source which says that the Wittich family that went to Bergdorf was here sometime after 1780 and before 1797; see their book for detail.  This is the same place, a few years later, as the previous entry.

Niederspahn FN: see Wiederspahn.

Niedersteinbach, Weissenburg [Amt], Elsass: was 20 miles W of Wissenburg town, and the GCRA proved this the birthplace for the Eckmann children and their Trautmann mother who migrated to Kassel. 

NiederstettenGL, Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Preuss FSL to be home to a Kaler? family.  There is a Niederstetten, Baden-Wuerttemberg, some 26.5 miles S of WuerzburgAas Kurmainz so far-flung?  See Niederstzingen.

Niederstzingen(?)GL, Wuerzburg: an unidentified place said by the Preuss FSL to be home to a Schweigart family.  This must be Niederstetten, Baden-Wuerttemberg, some 26.5 miles S of Wuerzburg.

NiederweilerGL, Baden-Durlach: an unidentified place said by the Kukkus FSL to be homeUC to a Weigand family.  There are at least 3 Niederweiler in Baden-Wuerttemberg.

Nieder WeiselGL: is some 6 miles NW of Friedberg and said by a Friedberg ML to be homeUC to a Noll woman who in 1766 married a Becker man; by 1767 the couple was in Kukkus (Mai&Marquardt#350).  Said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to a Reuter{Gottfried} family and a Wilde man.

Nieder Wiesen?GL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be homeUC to a Leibel family.  This place probably was in the Hunolstein Barony?, some 5.5 miles W of Alzey town.  Or it could have been just outside Hunolstein, in Kurpfalz.

NiederwiesenGL, Pfaltz: is some 22 miles SE of Mainz city, and said by the Friedburg ML to be homeUC to a a Mohr woman who married in 1766 a Weigand man; by 1767 the couple was in Kukkus (Mai&Marquardt#341).  This is the same place as the previous entry.

Niederwoellstadt/NiederwoelstadtGL, Solms: is some 4 miles SSE of Friedberg and some 11 miles NNE of Frankfurt-am-Main and said by the Frank FSL to be homeUC to Kleim families.  The Buedingen ML says these are Klein families;  Stumpp says Niederwoelstadt is near Friedberg, Hessen (Mai&Marquardt#684, 685).  It is confirmed that at least one of these Klein men came from Niederwoellstadt, see Kleim.

NiederzellGL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to a Rosenberg family, and possibly to an Ehrentraudt family.  This probably was Neiderzell, Hanau County, some 1.5 miles SW of Schluechtern city.

NiederzeuzheimGL, Nassau: see Niderzensgein.

NiefFN: see Neuf.

Niegerschweld?, Wuerzburg [Bishopric]: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to a Stahl{Margaretha} widow.

NieheimGL: is some 16 miles ENE of Paderborn city, and said by the Boregard FSL to be homeUC to a Baumann{Friedrich} family and possibly to a Zizel? family as well. The 1798 Boregard census gives the wife’s maiden name as Kupe? (Mai1798:Bo37).

NielGL:  said by the Boregard FSL to be homeUC to a Texter? family.  This probably is either the Niel that is 7 miles SE of Antwerp city or the one 12 miles SSE of Arnheim city.

Nienbrock(?)GL, Daenmark: an unidentified place said by the Dinkel FSL to be homeUC to a Kleber family.  This might be Neu Buecken some 35 miles NW of, or Neuenbrook some 28 miles NW of Hamburg city center, or Nienbruegge some 2 miles NW of Kiel.

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

NiesFN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:670, 386) to be from Oppelsbohm, Waiblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  Using FHL(550,794 and 550,798), the GCRA verified this origin. See the GCRA book for more details.

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

Niesau?GL, [Anhalt-]Dessau [Principality]: is some 6 miles SSE of Dessau city and said by the Jost FSL to be homeUC to a Wechter family.

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

NiessFN: this family name was found recorded in marriage records 1762-1767 in Herborn , in Kirburg, and in Kroppach; see Flegel trip.

NiessleinFN: said by the Hoelzel FSL to be fromUC Portljaes?,  Bamberg [Bishopric]. For 1798 see Mai1798:Hz18).

Nietheim?, Schwaben: an unidentified place said by the Hoelzel FSL to be homeUC to a Hartmann family.  There was a Nietheim, probably in Wuerttemberg Duchy 6 miles SE of Aalen city.

Nigausdorf?, Bamberg [Bishopric]: an unidentified place said by the Hoelzel FSL to be homeUC to a Leonhard family.

Nigens?/NiedensFN: said by the Kratzke FSL to be fromUC Luebeck.

Niklus?FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Oberhausen, Kur Trier.  Later spelled Nikolaus.

NikolaiFN: see Nicholas.

NikolausFN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Bayreuth [Margraviate] (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 possibly see Mai1798:Nb37.  A Woehrd ML says Niclas of Bayreuth married in 1766 a Rohr woman from Kremsdorf, Bamberg [Bishopric] (Mai&Marquardt#324).

NikolausFN: also see Niklus.

NikolayFN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned). Also spelled Nickolai.

NildFN: a Friedberg ML says this woman fromUC HohenSolms married in 1766 a Bauer man Mai&Marquardt#338).  By 1767 this couple was in the Belowescher Kolonien.

NilisFN: said by the Mariental FSL to be fromUC Trier (no locality mentioned).  The family name was later spelled Nilizin? (Mai1798:Mt32).

Nilizin?FN: see Nilis.

Nimes, Frankreich: is 62 miles NW of Marseille and said by the Franzosen FSL to be homeUC to a Desarne/Dieser family.

Nimkner?FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Hannover (no locality mentioned).

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

NirsteinGL, Pfalz is on the Rhine River some 10 miles SE of Mainz and is said by the Seewald FSL to be homeUC to a Seib family.

Nischnaja DobrinkaVV: one form of the Russian name for DobrinkaVV.

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

Nishnaya DobrinkaVV: one form of the Russian name for DobrinkaVV.

Nitzel?FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Halberstadt.

NixFN: said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be have come fromUC Nidda later than the first settlers (p.137).

NixFN: also see Nicks.

Niznjaja DobrinkaVV: one form of the Russian name for DobrinkaVV.

nka: “now known as”.

Noak?FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Zerbst (no locality mentioned).   Spelled Nowak in 1798 (Mai1798: Bx29).

NohfeldenGL: until 1797 this was a Kreis or district administrative center for the Pfalz-Zweibruechen Duchy. The town was some 25 miles SE of Trier city. 

NoldeFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Hessen (no locality mentioned).  The 1798 Norka census says the maiden name of his wife was Sebolt? (Mai1798:Nr85).

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

NollFN: according to a Friedberg ML the Becker5 man married in 1766 a Noll woman fromUC Nieder Weisel; by 1767 the couple was in Kukkus (Mai&Marquardt#350).

Norberg FN: said by the Galka FSL to be fromUC Luvis?, Schweiz?.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

NordeckGL: is some 9 miles NE of Giessen and said by the Mueller FSL to be homeUC to  a Salzmann family.  Kuhlberg gives the state as Hessen.

Nordhausen [Imperial City]GS: in the Thueringe