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Obelies(?)^GL, Ridelsch(?): an unidentified place said by the Dobrinka FSL to be home^UC to a Kaltenschnee family.  This might be Ober Lais?  which is some 8 miles WNW of Mauswinkel.

Obenauer^FN:  listed by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:661, 388, 664) without origin and with a Fischer pseudonym. Origin in Nieder-Floersheim, Worms [Amt], Hesse was proven by the GCRA using FHL(1,475,714).  See their book for more details.

Obenauer^FN: Curt Renz has found the church records for this Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia, family in Niederfloersheim, Worms Kreis, Hesse.

Obendoerfer^FN: said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be from^UC Eltersdorf, Erlangen, Nuernberg [Imperial City].  The maiden name of his wife was given as Frei in 1798 (Mai1798:St33).  This Oberndoerfer man of Eltersorf married in Woehrd in 1766 a Frey woman of Amberg (Mai&Marquardt#799).

Oberaltenbernheim, Kaestel?: is 8.5 km SE of Bad-Windsheim and said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to a Stroemer family.

Oberaltertheim^GL, [Castell County]: is some 9 miles SW of Wuerzburg city, and said by the Lauwe FSL to be home^UC to Schatz and possibly Kerner families.

Oberamt: was an administrative unit in a duchy or Kingdom.  Today it would be called a district.  An Oberamt consisted of the city where it was located and for which it was named, as well as the surrounding villages, all of which were called Oberamt places.

Oberappenfeld(?)/Oberhaltfeld^GL, Hessen-Kassel: is some 26 miles S of Kassel, and said by the Kratzke FSL to be home^UC to a Lisberg family.

Oberau^GL: is some 9 miles ESE of Friedberg, Hessen, and said by the Buedingen ML to be near Fri[ed]berg, Hessen and to be home^UC to a Schmitt woman who married in 1766 a Daubert man from^UC Huette in 1766; later the couple went to Jagodnaja Poljana (Mai&Marquardt#716).

Oberaula, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate]: is 10 miles W of Bad Hersfeld, and was said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to home^UC to a Kreutzmueller family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Hessen.

Oberbaldingen, Oefingen parish,  Donaueschingen [Amt], Baden: is 5 miles NE of Donaueschingen city, and was proven by the GCRA to be home to a Hingster/Hengstler family that settled in Neudorf.

Oberberg^GL, Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Goebel FSL to be home^UC to a Kaiser and possibly a Happel family.

Oberberger^FN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be from^UC Warendorf.

Ober Bessingen^GL: is some 10 miles ESE of Giessen and said by the Mueller FSL to be home^UC to a Karf? family.

Ober Bessingen^GL: also see Oberpesin.

Oberbrennbach?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Martin family.

Oberbrueden^GL, Backnang [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 2.5 miles E of Backnang city, and proven by the GCRA to be home to the Trefz family that went to Bergdorf and to the Brozel family some of whose members were in Glueckstal for a time. See the GCRA book for details.

Oberdarmstadt^GL, Hessen-Darmstadt: said by the Kolb FSL to be home^UC to a Wuerttemberger family.  This may be Ober Ramstadt, Hessen some 5 miles SE of Darmstadt city.

Oberdiebach?^GL, Kurmainz: is 21 miles WNW of Mainz city, and said by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to a Schmidt{Christoph} family.

Oberdorf^GL: an unidentified place said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be home^UC to a Damm40  There were many Oberdorfs in Germany but it seems likely that this one was 6 miles NE of Hanau city, and was then in Isenburg-Buedingen County.

Oberdorf(?)^GL, Elsass: said by the Bauer FSL to be home^UC to a Wolf family.  This probably is the Oberdorf some 12 miles due S of Mulhous in Alsace.

Oberdorf^GL, Wuerttemberg: I think he meant Oberndorf which is some 32 miles SW of Reutlingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg.

Oberdorf^VV: according to Teri Helzer, about 1828 a German colonist from Kamenka colony named Becher/Baecker founded a hamlet, which was called Becker/Baeker/Bekker’s Khutor.  It was also known as Kuptsov/Kupzovo named for a Russian peasant who lived there.  In 1852, after the arrival of other colonists, the name was changed to Oberdorf.

Oberdorfelden^GL, Hanau County: some 6 miles NW of Hanau city.  See Grosendorfel.

Obereisesheim?^GL, [Wuerttemberg Duchy]: said by the Shcherbakovka FSL to be home^UC to Bauer and Speldecker families.

Oberelz?^GS: an unidentified country; see Schmierlach.

Oberentrecht?^GS: an unidentified country.

Oberesterhof?^GS: a spelling used by the Brabander FSL for the Hohenzollern Principality; see Sigmarigen.

Ober-florstadt^GL:  about 8 km E of Friedburg city and may have belonged to either Solms-Roedelheim, Hanau County, Hessen-Darmstadt or Friedburg Imperial City all of whose lands bordered on Florstadt.

Obergard ^FN: see Eberhard.

Obergart ^FN: see Eberhard.

Obergruppenbach, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg: proved by the GCRA as home to the Daiss and Martin{J.Martin} families that went to Glueckstal.

Oberhaltfeld^GL: see Oberappenfeld.

Oberhard^FN: see Eberhard.

Oberhardt^FN: see Eberhard.

Oberhart^FN: see Eberhard.

Oberhausen^GL, Hessen: said by the Kraft FSL to be home^UC to a Hopp family.  This probably is the Oberhausen which is some 11 miles NE of Giessen city.

Oberhausen, Kirn [Amt], Rheinpfalz: probably was Oberhausen-bei-Kirn 1mile NNW of Kirn town and 40 miles SSW of Koblenz city, and the GCRA found sources to indicate that it was home^UC  to the Helm family that settled in Neudorf.

Oberhausen, Koblenz [Oberamt], Rheinpfalz: probably was 17 miles ENE of Koblenz city, and was said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#43) and KS:301 to have been home^UC  to the Helm family that settled in Neudorf.

Oberhausen, Kreuznach [Kreis], Rheinpfalz: probably was 5.5miles SW of Bad Kreuznach, 12.5 miles E of Kirn town and 40 miles SSE of Koblenz city.

Oberhausen^GL, Kurtrier: an unidentified place said by the Preuss FSL to be home to Geker/Hecker/Heckert?, Kraemer, Niklus?, and Walkenbach families.  This might be the same place as the next entry, but some 40 years earlier.

Oberhausen-bei-Kirn, Kirn [Amt], Rheinpfalz: is 1mile NNW of Kirn town.  The GCRA found some indication that the origin of the Helm family was here prior to their going to South Prussia before settling in Kassel and Neudorf.

Oberheim ^FN: said by the Reinwald FSL to be from^UC Stolberg-Gedern [County] with Mueller step-children in the household.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Rw29 and 1.

Oberheim^GL, Darmstadt: an unidentified place said by the Dietel FSL to be home^UC to a Kleemann family.

Oberhoechstadt, Kurmainz: is 17 miles NE of Mainz city, and was said by the Leitsinger FSL to be home^UC to Glock, Russ, and Seibolin families. Said by the Preuss FSL to be home^UC to Hiltmann and Kempf families.

Oberhof^GL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a Hoppermann family.  There are at least 19 Oberhofs in the Germanies.

Oberhofen^GL: an unidentified place said by the Keller FSL to be home^UC to a Fletschinger family.  Kuhlblerg said this was in Mainz.

Oberholstein^VV: was an alternative name for Dinkel^VV.

Oberjettingen^GL, Boeblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 13 miles SW of Boeblingen town, and proven by the GCRA to be home to the Roll family that went to Bergdorf; see their book for more details.  Evidently the Amt jurisdiction switched from Boeblingen to Herrenberg after the family emigrated.

Oberkalbach^GL, Brandenstein: is in Hesse, 6 miles NE of Elm.

Ober-Kinzig, Breubach Condominium: 3 miles SW of Hoechst-im-Odenwald, and where a child of the Bauer who went to Frank was born (Gieg1). 

Oberkirch/Oberkirche^GL:an unidentified place said by the Kamenka FSL to be home^UC to a Gerling family.  This may well have been the Oberkirch, Baden-Wuerttemberg, some 3.4 miles SW of Trier.

Oberkirche^GL, see Oberkirch.

Oberkleen, [Hessen-Darmstadt Landgraviate]: is 8 miles SSW of Giessen city, and was said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be home^UC to Becker{J.Jacob} and Stumper?/Stumpf families.

Ober Klinga^GL: an unidentifed place said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to a Scharmann man; he later went to Huck.  Another source says he was from Oberklingen near Dieburg (Mai & Marquart #522).  This is very likely the same as the next entry, some 5.6 miles SSE of Dieburg.

Oberklingen^GL, [Kurpfalz]:  is 8 km W of Hoechst-im-Odenwald and was said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to the Walther woman who married in 1766 Schmidt{Johannes} (Mai&Marquardt#619); by 1767 they were in Doenhof.

Ober Klingen^GL: also see Ober Klinga.

Oberklinten(?)^GL, is an unidentified locality which according to the Frank FSL was in the state of Kurpfalz and was home^UC to a Weber family.

Oberlahnkreis^GL, Hesse: was an administrative District that centered on Weilburg town on the Lahn river.

Ober Lais^GL, [Nidda Amt, Hessen-Darmstadt]: is 4 miles E of Nidda, and 8 miles N of Buedingen.  Said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL possibly to be home^UC to Daubert, Fischer, Kaiser, and Wert/Wuertz/Werth/Wirth families (pp.29, 30, 33, 34).  Said by both Pleve and Kromm versions of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be home^UC to Luft, Schaefer, and Scheuermann families, plus 3 Appel and three Ruhl families;  Stumpp concurred regarding the Appel, Fischer, Ruhl, Schaefer, and Scheuermann families; Kromm says it may be that the Fuchs family came from^UC here as well.

Oberleinach^GL, Wuerzburg: is some 7 miles NW of Wuerzburg city, and said by the Goebel FSL to be home^UC to a Kaes family.

Oberlieser^FN: said by the Mariental FSL to be from^UC Medebach.

Oberlind(?)^GL: an unidentified place said by the Holstein FSL to be home^UC to a Heider? family.  There at least 3 Oberlinds in Germany.

Obermeilingen, [Katzenelnbogen County], Hessen[-Kassel Landgr.]: is 25 km NW of Weisbaden city centre and was said by the Susannental FSL to be home^UC to a  Zimmermann family.

Obermoersbach?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Holstein FSL to be home^UC to a Feuerstein family.  Kuhlberg said this was in [Kur-]Mainz.  The only Obermoersbach I can find was 15 miles SW of Siegen city, then in Sayn-Hachenburg County.

Obermohr, [Pfalz-Lautern Principality]: is 11 miles WNW of Kaiserslautern city, and was said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be home^UC to a Bepler/Pepel family.

Ober-Monjou^VV: aka Kriwowskoje, Obermonjou, and Obermunjour, was a German Catholic village on the eastern side of the Volga founded in 1767. The  FSL is published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.III, pp. 289-310.  According to this, the first settlers were from the following places with the family names shown here in parens. If a name is in italics it comes from the Kuhlberg lists.  If a family name occurs more than once among the first settlers, given names in {} brackets follow the family name.  The number after a name is its FSL household number: 

from Adelsberg:  (Neubauer{Christoph}11, {Michael}86);

from Albstadt?, Schwaben: (Schuetz54);

from Allendorf: (Brehm{Johannes}20);

from Alzey, Wuerzburg[sic]: (Geist23);

from Aremind?: (Schmidt{Joseph}56 and possibly Stupart/Stuppert{Johannes}56a);

from Arfurt, [Kurrier]: (Kuntz58);

from Auma, [Kur-]Sachsen: (Ludwig6);

from Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Brehm{Peter}33, Strecklein/Stecklein8, Wenger88);

from Beckum?: (Wenimherr79);

from Bellingen?, Luxembourg: Leinen69);

from Benschelent?, Dessau: (Hauptmann93);

from Bermel, [Kur-]Mainz: (Wendemann/Wiedemann49 and possibly Dreher/Trerin49a);

from Besers?/Besseringen?, Mainz: (Bartis/Bertus73);

from Bietigheim: (Goering74);

from Birgel: (Siekart30);

from Breitenguessbach, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Leribel61 and possibly Sack61a);

from [Isenburg-]Buedingen [County?]: (Doerfler22);

from Busendorf: (Unrein24);

from Camberg?,[Kurtrier]: (Giebler62);

from Denkendorf: (Thaeler19);

from Denklingen: (Hemann?82);

from Dorheim: (Bisl/Biehl/Pihl44);

from Drien?, [Kur-]Trier: (Thueringer28 and possibly Wendler/Wendeler28a);

from Einbach: (Lammer/Limmer36);

from Elfershausen: (Sell87);

from Gatscha?, [Oesterreich?]: (Fuchs/Funk50 and possibly Duchscherer/Tuchscherer50a);

from Geiselbach, [Kurmainz]: (Krapp/Krapf34);

from Gerolzhofen?, [Wuerzburg Bishopric]: (Waldheuser/Waldgener?/Waltgeiser38 and possibly Seifert38a);

from Gerstheim?, Wuerzburg[sic?]: (Rumbach52);

from Gohr: (Silberhorn/Silberngon7);

from Graben: (Koch25);

from Graefenroda, [Sondershausen-Ruolstadt County?]: (Kohl27);

from Hoechst, [Friedberg Imperial City?]: Dechaut/Dechant64);

from Kammerforst: (Boese31, Brull{J.Adam}84, {Johannes}47;

from Kanth, Schlesien: (Konrad/Konradi?76);

from Karling: (Esperein/Oesterlein4 and possibly Blumberger4a);

from Klasid?: (Abt67);

from Konstanz, [Imperial City and Bishopric]: (Schenk92);

from Kosswig, [Kurbrandenburg]:  (Walter{Charlotta}94);

from Langendorf: (Fleischmann18);

from Laubach: (Metzer/Metzler10);

from Lauben: (Gruendler16 and possibly Hesslich16b and Wahll6a);

from Leidendorf: (Bersa/Berzi&Bertz37, Schneider{Georg}39);

from Leiningen [County]: (Neuheim/Nauheim53, Neulist51);

from Limburg: (Weimar/Weimer12);

from Malsbach?, [Regensburg Imperial Abbey?]: (Spaar42);

from Meisendorf?, Bamberg[sic?]: (Spister/Speister2 and possibly Spindt2a);

from Merdershein?, Bayreuth[sic?]: Wulf57);

from Nadlinger? Wuerzburg[sic?]: (Nuernberger17);

from Nassau: (Wilhelm68 and possibly Esslauer68a);

from Nervgenstal?, Mergenthal[?]: (Model59);

from Netlangen?, Wuerzburg: (Brant3);

from Neudorf: (Roth46);

from Neukirchen, [Nassau-Weilburg Principality]: (Kessler55);

from Niederbrechen, [Kurtrier]: (Schuj/Schuvie66);

from Nordheim: (Arnemann89);

from Obermoersbach?, Mainz[sic?]: (Feuerstein60);

from Obermohr, [Pfalz-Lautern Principality]: (Bepler/Pepel65);

from Obernzenn?, [Seckendorff Barony?]:  (Mueller45);

from Oberwaldstedt?, [Kurmainz?]: (Fischer77 and possibly Rupp77a);

from Ockstadt: (Mathis/Mattias75, Schuhmann78, Sennt/Selbeck?43, and possibly Diehl{Friedrich}43a);

from Oppertshofen: (Sollbach5 and possibly Kirchturm5a);

from Orlich?, Trier: Hertling/Gertling29);

from Paris, Frankreich: (Koenig81);

from Pfaffenwiesbach, [Wallbott Barony]:  (Lauer95);

from Rabachan?: (Weber48 and possibly Krueck48a and Stupart/Stupert{Katharina}48b);

from Rastatt, [Baden-Baden Margraviate]: (Himmel/Huemmel13);

from Reischenschlerch?: (Vogel35 and possibly Lenkof/Leikam35a);

from Resfenberg?, Bassenheim: (Waldschmidt80);

from Riol: (Schaller41 and possibly Hessemar/Gesmer?41a);

from Roedern?: (Diehl{Katharina}15);

from Ronneburg: (Arzt85);

from Schoeneberg: (Marqua/Marquardt90);

from Sondersfeld, [Kurbayern]: (Doeringer/Doehring/Doering71);

from Starkstadt?, Mainz: (Aumueller26);

from Tiefenthal: (Fuschsner32);

from [Kur-]Trier: (Zimmermann91);

from Umkirchen?: (Ditrich70);

from Wien, Oestrerreich: (Sommer83 and possibly Pauly83a);

from Wiesbach: (Kranewitz/Krannewitter63);

from Wiesbaden, Mainz: (Boos/Boes{Michael}9);

from Wiesthal, Franken: (Matheas/Matasch&Mattias72);

from Windheim?: (Heppner/Huebner/Hoepfner40);

from Wuerzburg [Bishopric]: (Grenzer/Krentzer1, Muench/Mink14,  and possibly Burger1a);

from Zeisdorf, [Kursachsen?]: (Betz21).

Obermonjou^VV: an alternate name for Ober-Monjou^VV.

Obermunjour^VV: an alternate name for Ober-Monjou^VV.

Obermundstadt^GL, (might be Ober-Mockstadt which is 7 miles NW of Buedingen), according to the Frank FSL, was in the state of Isenburg and was home^UC to a Stamm family.

Obermusbach, Freudenstadt [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 3 miles NE of Freudenstadt city, and was proven by the GCRA to be home to the Bohnet/Bonnet family that settled in Neudorf.

Obernau^GL: said by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to a Kraz? family.  There is one Obernau 15 miles WSW of Reutlingen, one 3 miles SSW of Aschaffenburg, and one 18 miles WSW and one 24 miles SW of  Siegen.

Obern Breidenbach^GL: is some 6 miles SSW of Alsfeld, Hessen.  Said by the Buedingen Births and Deaths record to be in the district of Romrodt and to be home^UC to a Helwig man; he and his wife later went to Kraft (Mai&Marquardt#1218).

Oberndoerfer ^FN: see Obendoerfer. 

Oberndorf^GL: see Oberdorf, Wuerttemberg.

Oberndorf^GL, Oberentrecht?: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to a Brandecker family.  There are an even one billion Oberndorfs in the Germanies!

Obernhausen^GL, Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter: is some 2 miles N of Gersfeld, Hessen and was the birthplace of some of the children of the Zitzmann colonist who went to Frank.

Obernhausen, Kurtrier: an unidentified place said by the Leitsinger FSL to be home^UC to a Keller/Keiler family.  I can find 5 Obernhausen in Germany, none of the five on lands that were then Kurtrier.

Obern-Ohm^GL, [Lauterbach?]: is some 11 miles W of Lauterbach town, and said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to a Weidhardt man who in 1766 married a Schwing woman; by 1767 this couple was in Karasnoyar; Stumpp said this place was near Alsfeld, Hessen (Mai&Marquardt#597).

Obernubel?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Wernerhold family.  Said by Kuhlberg to be in Hessen..

Obernzenn?, [Seckendorff Barony?]: is 11 miles NNW of Ansbach city, and was said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be home^UC to a Mueller family.

Oberolm^GL: is some 5 miles SW of Mainz city center, and said by Stumpp to be near Mainz as well as home^UC to the Kaemmerer man who married in 1766 a Voelcker/Voelker woman in Buedingen; by 1767 this couple was in Goebel (Mai&Marquardt#357).  Oberolm was a possession of Mainz, but I do not believe it was considered part of Kurmainz.  Also see Grosserlach.

Oberpesin(?)^GL, Zorn(?): an unidentified place said by the Dobrinka FSL to be home^UC to Vogel families.  This might have been Ober Bessingen, Solms-Braunfels, some 3 miles E of Lich town.

Oberpfalz: is the Upper Palatinate, which today is the part of Bavaria NE, E and SE of Nuremberg.

Oberramstadt^GL: said by the Kamenka FSL to be home^UC to a Schaefer family.  There is an Oberramstadt in Bavaria 6 miles WNW of Ansbach but more likely the following entry:

Ober-Ramstadt^GL, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]:  is some 5 miles SE of Darmstadt city, and said by the Laub FSL to be home^UC to Bichner, Hinkel, Kuhlmann, and Rothgang families.  Said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to a Fischer family.

Ober-Ramstadt^GL, Hessen: is the preceding entry, but also see Oberdarmstadt and Ramstadt.

Oberrau^GL: see Friedberg.

Oberritter^FN: the Buedingen ML says this woman from Schlirbach married a Richter man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Norka (Mai&Marquardt#693).

Oberrod, [Kur-]Mainz[sic?]: said by the Schaefer FSL to be home^UC to the Weber wife of Appel.  I found 4 Oberrods, none of them in lands that had been Kurmainz.  See Oberroth/Oberroden.

Ober Roden^GL, Hessen: see Oberroth, Kurmainz.

Oberrohn^GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to an Aitrich family.   Kuhlberg said this was in Riedesel.  The only Oberrohn I can find is some 9 miles SW of Eisenach city, and was then apparently in either Eisenach Duchy or Eisenach County … The Riedesel evidently had married into the ruling family in Eisenach.

Ober-Rosbach^GL, Darmstadt: see Rosbach.

Oberroth^GL, Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Goebel FSL to be home^UC to Nadler, Winter, and perhaps Leonhard families.  V. Kirchmier of Cologne, Germany says this is the old name for Ober-Roden which in 1478-1803 belonged to Kurmainz and is today in the district of Roedermark, some 10 miles SE of Frankfurt-am-Main.

Oberotterbach^GL, Doerrenbach [Amt], Bergzabern [Oberamt], Rheinpfalz: is 1 miles SSE of Doerrenbach town.   Using FHL#193,120 and 193,818 it was proven by the GCRA to be home to the Ketterling family that settled in Kassel.

Obersabelrot?^GL, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: an unidentified place said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to a Doering family.  There is an Ober Seibertenrod.

Oberschlettenbach^GL, Bergzabern [Amt], Rheinpfalz: is 7 miles NW of Bad Bergzabern.  The GCRA found indications that the Miller{G.Peter, J.Philip} family was there before going to Kassel. Both the 1816 Kassel census (#24) and KS:310 incorrectly stated this was home^UC to the Hof family that settled in Kassel.

Oberschgogen?, Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Dehler FSL to be home^UC to a Scheierling widow.

Obersdorf^GL, Kurpfalz: an unidentified place said by the Kolb FSL to be home^UC to a Minch family.  Later spelled Mink.

Ober-Seemen^GL, Gedern Amt, Stollberg County: is 9 miles NE of Buedingen, 6 miles E of Nidda, and said by the Kromm and Stumpp version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to possibly be home^UC to a Langlitz family.

Oberseebach^GL, Weissenburg [Amt], Elsass: is some 3.5 miles SE of Wissembourg city and proven by the GCRA to have been one of the homes of the Bender family that went to the Glueckstal colonies, and to be home to the Rindel/Riddell family that went to Bergdorf. Also proved by the GCRA as the home of Frau Springer (1816 Kassel #16), née Pflug, and to be where of the last children were born of the first Reuter/Reuther/Reiter settler in Neudorf prior to leaving for Russia. The GCRA also proved this to be the home of a Hofwald woman who became frau Peter Hofer, and proved it the birthplace of some of her Hofer children who settled with their parents in Neudorf.  See the GCRA book for more details on each of these families.

Ober Seibertenrod, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]:  is 33 km E of Giessen city.  See Obersabelrot.

Obersinn^GL, Wuerzburg: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be home^UC to a Mueller family.  Wuerzburg here apparently is a mistake: in the 1760’s Obersinn was a part of the Thuengen Barony, not of the Wuerzburg Duchy.

Oberst^FN said by the Roethling FSL to be from^UC Koponwuen(?),Wuerzburg, Bavaria.

Oberstadt^GL, Schwaben: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to a Rach family.

Oberstein^GL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to a Hahn{Georg} family.  There were at least 4 Obersteins in the Germanies.

Oberstenfeld^GL, Ludwigsburg parish, Wuerttemberg: is some 9 miles NE of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and was home to a Hepperle family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa.

Oberstenfeld^GL, Marbach [Amt], [Ludwigsburg Overamt], Wuerttemberg: is some 5.5 miles NNE of Marbach town, and was proven by the GCRA, using FHL#1,187,126 to be home of Doering/ Deuring, and of his Nafzger wife, that went to Bergdorf and Kassel.  Proved as origin to the Hamann family that went to Glueckstal by the GCRA.  See the GCRA book for more detail.

Obert^FN{Renard} and {Georg}: said (no locality indicated) by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Languedoc.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bn05 {Renard} and Sm59 {Georg}.

Obert^FN: also see Hober.

Obertaunus: the Taunus Mountains run ENE from Bingen on the Rhine to just north of Frankfurt-am-Main.

Obertiedfenbach^GL: said by the Susannental FSL to be home^UC to a Billeau family.  There were at least 3 places with this name in the German-speaking lands.  I rthink the one in Nassau-Dillenburg Principality 9 km NNE of Limburg-an-der-Lahn is the best bet here.

Ober-Ulm^GL, Mainz: some 5 miles W of Mainz city and said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be home^UC to a Kaemmerer man who was sent here as an 1812 prisoner of war (p.137).

Oberunstadt?, [Kur-]Bayern: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to a Retenmeier family.

Oberursel^GL, Kurmainz: is 6 miles NW of Frankfurt-am-Main centre, and said by the Keller FSL to be home^UC to Birsack{Johannes}, {Philipp} families. Said by the Preuss FSL to be home to a Schmidt family.

Oberviechtach^GL: is some 61 miles E of Nuernberg, Bavaria.

Oberwaldach, Freudenstadt [Amt], Wuerttemberg: said by KS:298 to have been home^UC to a Heier family.  The GCRA says there was no church in Oberwaldach, it was in Tumlingen.

Oberwaldstedt?: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be home^UC to a Fischerfamily and possibly to their Rupp brother-in-law.  Kuhlberg said this was in [Kur-]Mainz.  This probably is Oberwoellstadt then in Kurmainz, 2 miles S of Friedberg city center.

Oberwidermus, Isenburg[-Meerholz County]: Bonner proved this the origin of Kraeuter/Krauter listed in the Balzer FSL (#81).  Now known as Alt-Wiedermus, Hessen, 4 miles SW of Buedingen city.

Oberweier^GL, Rastatt [Amt], Baden: is some 4 miles E of Rastatt city, and said by the 1816 Glueckstal census to be a possible home^UC to the Schaible family. See the GCRA book for more detail.

Oberweld?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to a Graf family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Sachsen.

Oberwetz^GL, Braunfels: is some 5.4 miles SE of Braunfels city, and said by the Bangert FSL to home^UC to an Otto family.

Ober Wintersheim^GL, Darmstadt: said by the Kraft FSL to be home^UC to a Sauerwein family.  This may be Oberwiddersheim some 10 miles NE of Friedberg, Hessen.

Oberwittighausen^GL: is in Baden-Wuerttemberg some 11 miles SE of Wuerzburg, Bavaria, and said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Friedrichsen and possibly a Weinberg family.

Oberwoellstadt, Kurmainz: is 2 miles S of Friedberg city center.

Oberzell^GL, [Hanau County?]:  Betty Schmoll says research done for her in Germany says her Alt and Vogel ancestors who went to Norka came from here and from Weichersbach.

Obetz^FN: said (no locality mentioned)  by the Jost FSL to be from^UC Dessau.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Obholz^FN: said by the Louis FSL to be from^UC Bitsch, Lothringen.  In 1798 the family name was sometimes spelled Abholz or Opholz (Mai1798:Ls9,Mt5,13).

Obisker^FN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be from^UC Branik?, (Boehmen?).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sm48.

Oblaender^FN: said by the Shcherbakovka FSL to be from^UC Kleingarten.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sv7(the wife’s maiden name is given as Maier) and 42.

Oblinger^FN: said by the Mariental FSL to be from^UC Zweibruecken (no locality mentioned).

Obraurangel^GL, Luxembourg [Duchy]: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to a Dossier family.

Obrecht^FN: see Albrecht.

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

Obrigheim^GL bei Gruenstadt: is 13 miles NW of Mannheim city, and according to a contemporary pastor was home to the Schlund man who married a Matteas woman in 1768 and lived in Bauer (Mai&Marquardt#1243).

Ochs^FN: said by the Keller FSL to be from^UC Tunbahc?, Kurtrier.

Ochs{Wilhelm}: he is mentioned in Seelmann in 1797 (Mai1798:Mv2723, Ps6) but I could not find him in any FSL.

Ochs^FN: also see Aks, Oehs, or Oxt.

Ochsenbach^GL, is an unidentified locality which, according to the Frank FSL, was in the state of Wuerttemberg and was home^UC to a Betz family.  This might be the same place as the following entry.

Ochsenbach^GL, Brackenheim [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 6 miles SW of Brackenheim city, and  the GCRA proved this home to the Lang{Andreas) family that settled in Kassel.

Ochsenburg^GL: an unidentified place said by the Shcherbakovka FSL to be home^UC to the  Steinert family.  There are at least 5 Ochsenburgs in the Germanies.

Ochsenfurt^GL, Dessau: an unidentified place said by the Bettinger FSL to be home^UC to a Schlehe and possibly a Richter family.  There is an Ochsenfurt, Bavaria, some 10 miles SE of Wuerzburg.

Ochsenfurt, Wuerzburg [Bishopric]: is 10 miles SE of Wuerzburg city, and said by the Hoelzel FSL to be home^UC to a Metz family.

Ochsenhausen^GL: said by the Mariental FSL to be home^UC to a Rittmann family.  There is a place of this name some 22 miles S of Ulm city in Baden-Wuerttemberg.

Ochsenhirt^FN: said by the Messer FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

Ochsenthal, [Wuerzburg Bishopric]: is 5 km W of Hammelburg and said by the Schoenchen FSL to be home^UC to a Leichner family.

Ochsner^FN:  according to Steven Hahn this family from Edenkoben settled in Worms, Odessa.

Ockel^FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Kornbach. The 1798 Boregard census gives the wife’s maiden name as Meingott (Mai1798:Bo09).

Ockel^FN: also see Ogel.

Ockstadt^GL: seems to have been in a tiny barony, possibly of the same name, just W of Friedberg Imperial City.  Said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be home^UC to Mathis/Mattias, Sennt/Selbeck?, and Schuhmann families, and possibly to Diehl{Friedrich}.

Odenheim, Bruchsal [Amt], Baden: is 7.5 miles NE of Bruchsal city, and was proven by the GCRA to be home to the Unger family that settled in Neudorf.

Odenwald^GL is a famous old forest in southeastern Hesse.  Said by the Messer FSL to be home^UC to an Brunner family.

Odessa: a city around which were many Russian German villages on the Black Sea and to the north of it.

Oechsle^FN: see Oexle.

Oefingen parish,  Donaueschingen [Amt], Baden: is 1.3 miles E of Oberbaldingen village.

Oehlmann^FN:  this woman of Rimhorn, Breuberg Condominium, married and lived there with an Olt man from Wuerzberg prior to their immigrating to Frank (Gieg1).

Oehningen Amt^GL, Wuerttemberg: this place is on Lake Constance some 7 miles SSE of the city of Singen and was a District administrative center.

Oehringen^GL, [Hohenlohe County/Principality]: is some 13 miles ENE of Heilbronn city and 73 miles SE of Frankfurt-am-Main.  said by KS:160 to be the home^UC to a Tehele/Tebele family, and by KS:162 to be home to a Volz/Voltz man; Bonner proved that Voltz was born and baptized here.

Oehringen^GL, Oehringen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: proven by GCRA to be home to the Breloas family that went to Glueckstal.  See the GCRA book for more details.  This is the same place as the previous entry, but is 40 some years later.

Oehringen [Amt]^GL, Wuerttemberg: is 13 miles ENE of Heilbronn city, and was a District administrative center. KS:478 said a Weidner man came to^UC Neudorf from^UC Ohringen [Amt], Wuerttemberg; no locality mentioned; no other information available at this time.  The same place as the previous entry.

Oehs^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Hessen (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Ochs (Mai1798:Pb38),

Oelsberg?^GL, [Kur-]Trier: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to a Dornhof family.

Oelschlaeger{Peter}^FN: listed in the 1798 Straub census (Sr52) but I did not find the family name in any FSL.    Also spelled Eischleger? in 1798 (Mai1798:Dn18).

Oeslau^GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Ribling? family.  This may have been in the Coburg Duchy, 3 miles NE of Coburg city.

Oesterlein^FN: see Esperein.

Oestereich^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Alsfeld, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate], with Bastian and Schwengel orphans  in the household.  Spelled Oestreich in 1798 (Mai1798:Wr117 and 43).

Oesterreich^GS is Austria.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to a Schon family.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Franzosen FSL to be home^UC to Braun and Lefebvre families.

Oestreich^FN: see Oestereich and Osterreich.

Oestringen^GL, Bruchsal [Amt], Baden: is 8 miles NE of Bruchsal city, and the GCRA proved origin here for the Foerderer family that spent time in Glueckstal.

Oetisheim^GL, Vaihingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is about 5 miles NE of Pforzheim.  The GCRA indicates that Rudolf{Christian} received a pass from here to Taurien Province in 1831.  Both the 1816 Kassel census (#51), and KS:411 mistakenly said this was home^UC to the Rudolph{Daniel} family.

Oetting, Oesterreich: is 26 km SW of Berchtesgarden and was said by the Rosenheim FSL to be home^UC to a Funk family.

Oettingen County^GS: this sizeable county by held lands surrounding but not including the Imperial Cities of Noerdlingen and Bopfingen.

Oettling^GL, Baden-Durlach: said by the Louis FSL to be home^UC to a Ziegelmeier family.  This might be Ettlingen?

Oexle^FN: listed by both the 1858 Kassel census (#237) and KS:388 without origin.   More often spelled Oechsle.  See the GCRA book for more.

Ofelsin^FN: said by the 1798 Pfeiffer census to be the maiden name of frau Schmidt{J.Peter} (Mai1798: Pf4).

Off/Aff^FN: said by the Kraft FSL to be from^UC Ruppertsburg(?)^GL, Laubach.

Offenbach^GL: an unidentified place said by both versions of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be home^UC to Leinweber and Litzenberger families.  Said by the Pleve version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be home^UC to two Baer families.  Said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to frau Felsing.

Offenbach^GL, Dillkreis, [Nassau-Dillenburg Principality]: is a small municipality some 42 miles NW of Buedingen and 6 miles SE of Dillenburg. Said by KS:123 to be home^UC to a Buchner family, while the Stumpp version of the Balzer FSL says they were Isenburgers.   Isenburg-Offenbach was a whole different place.

Offenbach^GL, Isenburg[-Birstein Principality]: city some 4.4 miles ESE of Frankfurt-am-Main, Hesse, and some 20 miles SW of Buedingen.  Said by the Stumpp version of the Balzer FSL to be home^UC to Blitz, Kaiser, Kalbin, Kleinfelder, Koehler, Mesinger/Messinger, Neugard/Neuhard, Rutt, Schlegel, Schleuger, Sinner, Tirol, and, possibly, Scheidt families.  Said by the Stumpp version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL it may have been home^UC to Leinweber and Litzenberger families; according to the Kromm version it may have been home^UC to Lahnert and Lautenschlaeger families. Said by the Keller FSL to be home^UC to a Mathius family.  Said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC both to the Herdt man and to the Zipp woman whom he married in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#473); by 1767 this couple was in Moor; Bonner proved Herdt was baptized here.  Said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to Dittenbier and, Kiegler? families.

Offenbach^GL, [Isenburg-Birstein Principality]: said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a Zindel family;  Kuhlberg said this place was in Isenburg. 

Offenbach, Isenburg[-Birstein Principality]: said by the Straub FSL to be home^UC to a Baecker{Daniel} family.  Same place as the preceding entry.

Offenbach^GL, Kurpfalz: Said by the Volmer FSL to be home to a Huss family.  This is the same place as the next entry.

Offenbach^GL, [Kur-]Pfalz: this is Offenbach-an-der-Queich, some 13 miles SW of Speyer city.  Said by the Stumpp version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be home^UC to Leinweber and Litzenberger families; Kromm agreed as regards Litzenberger, but thougtht Leinweber just might have been from Kreuznach.

Offenbach-an-der-Queich^GL: see Offenbach, Kurpfalz.

Offenbach^GL, Landau [Amt], Rheinpfalz: is 3 miles E of Landau-in-der-Pfalz.  The GCRA confirmed this origin for the Doerr family that settled in Kassel.  This is the same place as the previous three entries some four decades later.

Offenburg [Amt], Baden: the city is 11 miles SE of Strasbourg city.

Offendorf, Bischweiler [Amt], Elsass: s 4 miles SE of Bischwiller town, and was proven by the GCRA to be home to the Walz{Daniel family that settled in Neudorf.

Offenhaus^FN: see Aveliuss.

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

Ofman^FN: said by the Walter FSL to be from^UC Kerschveld[Gersfeld]^GL, Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter.  Shown by the Walter Research Project to be Hoffmann.

Ofterdingen, Tuebingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 7.5 miles S of Tuebingen city, and mistakenly said by KS:385 to be home^UC to the Neuschler woman who went to Glueckstal; see the GCRA book for detail.

Oftersheim?^GL, Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Keller FSL to be home^UC to a Gebhard family.  The only Oftersheim I can find was in Kurpfalz, 5 miles SW of Heidelberg city.

Ogel^FN: said by the Bauer FSL to be from^UC Neiderheimstadt(?), Darmstadt.  In 1791 and 1798 spelled Ockel (Mai1798:Mv152 and Br60.

Ohl^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Schlangenbad, Kurmainz.  Pleve thought this might be Uhl.

Ohl^FN: said by the Kukkus FSL to be from^UC Hanau (no locality mentioned).

Ohl^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be a stepson in the Kanzel household.  I could not find him in Mai1798.

Ohlschmidt^FN: wife of Roesner, said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Neuwirt(?), Grabschaft(?).  See Schmidt.

Ohmden^GL, Nuertingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 8.5 miles ENE of Nuertingen city, and evidently erroneously said by the 1816 Glueckstal census to be a possible home^UC to the Veil family.

Ohrdruf, Sachsen[-Gotha Duchy]: is 12 km S of Gotha city and was said by the Straub FSL to be home^UC to the Straub{J.Heinrich} family and possibly  Schmidt and Weller families as well.

Ohringen^GL: correctly spelled Oehringen.

Ohrloff^GL, Tiegenhoff Amt: said by the Orloff FSL to be home^UC to the Klaas, Penner{Davit}, and Reimer{Gerhard} families.  Also spelled Orloff.  This today is probably Orlowo, Poland, which was some 1.5 miles W of Tiegenhoff city.

Ohrloff: also see Orloff.

Okser(?)^GL,  see Auxerre(?).

Oldenberger^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Nassau (no locality mentioned) and he married a Krieger woman (origin not given) in Oranienbaum.  However, a Luebeck ML says he married a Krueger woman in 1766 there (Mai&Marquardt#163).

Oldenburg: said by the Rosenheim FSL to be home^UC to frau Fiedler.  This probably is the same place as the next entry.

Oldenburg, Grafschaft Oldenburg: is 40 km WNW of Bremen city center and was said by the Rosenheim FSL to be home^UC to a Gogorscht family.

Oldenburg^GL, Daenemark[sic for Holstein-Gottorp Duchy]: is 49 km W of Kiel city and was said by the the Rohleder FSL to be home^UC to Koch(Friedrich). 

Oldenburg, Holstein[-Gottorp Duchy]: said by the Schaefer FSL to be home^UC to frau Schmidt.  Same place as the preceding entry.

Oldenburg [County]^GS: seated in the city of the same name, the territory of this country was W and NW of Bremen city, S almost to Wildeshausen and N up into the North Sea. This County was promoted to a Duchy in 1777.

Olderdorf ^GL: see Olderdorf.

Oldorf(?)^GL, Mecklenburg: an unidentified place said by the Dobrinka FSL to be home^UC to a Langhofer family.  This might be Olderdorf in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, some 28 miles NE of Rostock.

Olenburg?^GS: an unidentified state.  See Eschach.

Oleschna^VV: is a Russian name for Dietel^VV.

Oleshna^VV: is a Russian name for Dietel^VV.

Oleshnya^VV: is a Russian name for Dietel^VV.

Olf ^FN: said by the Galka FSL to be from^UC Grosshausen, [Hessen-]Darmstadt (no locality mentioned) .  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Olgaten?^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Wittenberg.

Olingen^GL, Nassau: an unidentified place said by the Preuss FSL to be home to a Meilinger family.

Olmuetz?^GL, Oesterreich: is now Olomouc, Czech Republic, some 131 miles ESE of Prague, and said by the Koehler FSL to be home^UC to a Lang family, and possibly to an Egner family.

Olofsen ^FN: said by the Merkel FSL to be from^UC Finland (no locality mentioned).

Olsted^GL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a Mir? family.  There are at least 5 Olsteds in Denmark.

Olt^FN said by the Frank FSL (fk93) to be from^UC Witzbarch(?), Erbach.  Sometimes spelled Alt.  Gieg1 proved he was born in Wuerzberg, Erbach County, married in Rimhorn, Breuberg Condominium, and moved into his Oehlmann in-law’s properties in Rimhorn before immigrating to Frank.

Olzfeld?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Gaus and possibly to a Tell family.  This might be Alsfeld?

Ondenbrun?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to a Heidemann family.

Op^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be an orphan boy the Muellecker {Johannes} household.  Spelled Apts in 1798 (Mai1798:Bn45).  Also spelled Abt.

Oper?^FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Lydershausen with a Windemann orphan boy in the household. ?.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Opfer^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Belterstein(?), Darmstadt.  The Buedingen ML says this Opper man married a Weitzel woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#430).

Opfermann^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Frankreich.  I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

Opholz^FN: see Obholz.

Opitsc^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Halle.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Opp^FN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:675, 389) to be from Birlenbach, Sulz [Amt], Wissenburg [Oberamt], Elsass.  However, using FHL(193,128), the GCRA proved origin in Rockenhausen, Kirchheim-Bolanden [Amt], Pfalz, and found that they were in Tscherwenka, Hungary on their way to Russia.   See the GCRA book for more details.

Oppeln?, [Kur-]Sachsen: is 19 km ESE of Bautzen city and was said by the Schaefer FSL to be home^UC to the Meier{Christoph} family.

Oppelsbohm^GL, Waiblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 7 miles NE of Waiblingen city, and was proven by GCRA to be home to the Nies family that went to Glueckstal.  See the GCRA book for more details.

Oppelshausen^GL: see Friedberg.

Oppenheim^GL: in the 1760s and until 1778 this was a Kreis i.e. district administrative center for the country of Kurpfalz.  After 1778 it was part of Bavarian-owned Rheinpfalz.  The town is some 11 miles SE of Mainz city.  A reference could be either to the town or to the district.

Oppenrod^GL, Darmstadt: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Hahn family and possibly to a Fink family.

Oppenweiler^GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Sohn family.  This probably was the same place as the following entry.

Oppenweiler, Backnang [Amt], Wuerttemberg: was proven by the GCRA to be home to the Stradinger family that went to Glueckstal.

Opper^FN: see Opfer.

Oppertshofen: is 24 miles NNW of Augsburg city, either in the lands of Kaisheim Imperial Abbey or of Oettingen County.   It was said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be home^UC to a Sollbach family and possibly to the Kirchturm orphan girl living in their household.

Oranienbaum^GL: said by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to an Otto family.  Said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Koch family.  This might be in Sachsen-Anhalt some 7 miles ESE of Dessau city, or in Brandenburg some 16 miles NNW of Berlin center.

Oranienbaum^GL, [Anhalt-]Dessau [Principality]: is some 7 miles ESE of Dessau city, and said by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to Glueck, Luebert, Mueller and Roenke? families.  Said by the Jost FSL to be home^UC to Krieger and possibly a Tag family.  Said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to Mai, Matinus, Rahnefeld, and possibly Schapp families.

Oranienbaum^GL, Sachsen: said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a Hartmann{Maria} widow.  Sachsen would be Kursachsen and has to be a mistake for Anhalt-Dessau Principality which is where Oranienbaum was.

Oranienbaum, Russia: this was Katharine the Great’s summer palace west of St. Petersburg, at which many settlers in the 1760’s took their oath of allegiance to Russia, and near which most of them were temporarily (sometimes for months) housed prior to transshipment on to the Volga or elsewhere.

Orb^GL: said by the Leichtling FSL to be home^UC to a Fassnacht/Fastnacht family.  Said by the Koehler FSL to be home^UC to Bishammer, Imhof, and possibly Rupp and Seibel families.  Said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Kesselring man.  Said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be home^UC to Alles, Arnhold, Frank, Heim, Heiss, Klauser, Pfeifer, Schetzel, Thesch, and Ulrich families.  Probably Orb, Kurmainz.

Orb/Orba(?)^GL: said by the Kamenka FSL to be home^UC to a Roeder/Raeder family.  Probably Orb, Kurmainz some 12 miles SE of Buedingen.

Orb^GL, [Kur]mainz: today is Bad Orb, Hessen, is some 7 miles E of Gelnhausen, Hessen.  Said by the Goebel FSL to be home^UC to a Trinak family.Said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to Martin, Pracht, Staab, and Ulrich families.  Said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be home^UC to a Herr family; the 1798 Pfeiffer census says his wife's maiden name was Boehm (Mai1798:Pf51).

Orba(?)^GL, see Orb.

Orbach ^GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Meier{Kaspar} family.  Might be Arbach??

Orberach^FN: an unidentified place that the Buedingen ML says was home^UC to the Voelcker woman who married a Kaemmereer man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Goebel; Stumpp spells it Urberach saying it was near Langen (Mai&Marquardt#357).  Urberach is some 9 miles NE of Darmstadt city center.

Orden^FN: said by the Rosenheim FSL to be the maiden name of frau Janson.

Ordner^FN: said by the Anton FSL to be from^UC Neustadt Oberamt, Kurpfalz.  Spelled Orner in 1798 (Mai1798:An5).

Ordner^FN: said by the Dietel FSL to be from^UC Petersberg, Kurpfalz.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Dt69, 1 and Kz10.

Ordnung^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Lage.

Orgus?^GL, Danzig: an unidentified place within the lands of the Danzig city-state said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to a Mueller{Georg} family.

Orleans^GL; this probably refers to an area around or near the city of Orleans some 75 miles S of Paris.

Orleans, Frankreich: said by the Franzosen FSL to be home^UC to a Lestran family.  Same place as the previous entry.

Orlen? Isenburg[?]:an unidentified place said by the Galka FSL to be home^UC to Bickart/Buechert families.  The only Orlen I can find was in the Nassau-Usingen Principality 7 miles NNW of Wiesbaden city, not in Isenburg County.

Orleshausen^GL, [Isenburg]: said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to a Nagel man; by 1767 he and his wife were in Norka (Mai&Marquardt#1206a).

Orlich?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be home^UC to a Hertling/Gertling family.  Kuhlberg said this was in [Kur-]Trier.

Orloff^BV, Halbstad District, Molotschna: a German Mennonite village established in 1805 (see KS:97).  Hildegard Wasnick village coordinator has begun to assemble information on the origins of settlers of this village and others, and to make that information available to this index.  So far her FSL source is mainly the Unruh book, but for almost every family listed here, she has assembled additional information from the records of the Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society (MMHS).  The numbers in parentheses are the household numbers in the village FSL as given in Unruh:

from Berwald/Berwalde/Baerwalde, Tiegenhoff Amt: (Dueck13, 14, Reimer{Jacob}20);

from Elbing: (Warckentin3);

from Fogelsang, Marienburg Amt: (Wiensz/Wiens{Wilhelm}2);

from Heubuden, Marienburg Amt: (Sowatsky/Sawatsky3);

from Kalteherberg/Kalte Herberge, Danzig: (Friesen10, 11);

from Margenau/Marienau, Tiegenhoff Amt: (Ensz/Enz18);

from Milhausen/Muehlhausen, East Prussia: (Cories/Coris7);

from Muensterburg, Tiegenhoff Amt: (Neufelt/Neufeld12, Wiensz/Wiens{Duerck}5);

from Ohrlofff/Orloff, Tiegenhoff Amt: (Klaas16, Penner{Davit}17, Reimer{Gerhard}17);

from Pletzendorff/Pletzendork, Tiegenhoff Amt: (Epp19);

from Rosenort, Elbing: (Loewen1);

from Siemensdorff/Siemensdorf, Marienburg Amt: (Wiensz/Wiens{Johann}9);

from Waldorff/Waldorf, Elbing Amt: (Wiebe8);

from Wieckerau, Elbing: (Froese6, Penner{Johann}4);

Orloff ^GL: also see Ohrloff.

Orlovskaja^VV: an alternative spelling for Orlovskaya^VV.

Orlovskaya^VV: (aka Orlovskaja, Orlowskoje, and Orlowskaja) is a Lutheran German village founded in 1767 on the eastern side of the Volga.  Its  FSL is now published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.III, pp. 311-330.  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.   Other spellings of family names, usually from later sources are in square brackets.  Verified origin information is in red.  The number with the family name is their FSL household number:

from Allendorf: (Goetz24);

from Altenrode: (Karl4,5);

from Altenstein: (Knecht53);

from Anhalt: (Erfurth[Ehrfurt]1;

from Anhalt-Koethen: (Erfurth[Erfurth]8;

from Ansbach: (Eckslein22, Schelhler?[Schiller]79, and possibly Weber79a;

from Arnsten: (Kahn[Kuehn]40);

from Auerbach, Pfalz: (Hertel72);

from Bamberg: (Frankuechen57, Zimmermann38);

from Bayreuth: (Bauer44);

from Bellersdorf: (Vogel28);

from Berlin: (Burmeister87);

from Bernartice, Boehmen: (Frachtel[Frichel]35);

from Bitterfeld: (Schuster29);

from Braunschweig: (Bornemann[Borneman/Bornomar?]48;

from Bretthausen: (Albrecht92);

from Brieg, Schlesien: (Neumann70, and possibly Dirn?[Thorn]70a);

from Coburg: (Stapf[Staff]82);

from Danzig: (Tomson85);

from Deihofen?, Zerbst: (Milling23);

from Dessau: (Alberg58, Albrecht43, Fischer65, Krueger73, Reimer[Riemer]42, and possibly Knoll58a, and Lampe[Lempe]65a);

from Dueben, Sachsen: Kraemer6 and possibly Merier6a);

from Elbor?, Darmstadt: (Loch15);

from Erfurt: (Wendehahn7);

from Ersingen: (Weber3);

from Fauerbach: (Mueller83);

from Fuerth: (Bauer74);

from Georgensgmuend: (Schnurr[Schnorr]66);

from Graefenhainichen, Dessau: (Zorn19 and possibly Hank19a);

from Grossbothen?: (Wagner62);

from Gruenberg: (Lingelbach[Linenbach]46);

from Gschmacheberg?: (Lehmann76);

from Halberstadt: (Darius81);

from Halle: (Bonegardt[Bonagardt/Bernhard]32);

from Hannover: (Lips20 and possibly Gondorf[Hohndorf]20a);

from Harmuthsachsen?: (Saner26);

from Hellborn: Hergert[Herget]21);

from Holzhausen: (Remp[Rempe]69);

from Immenrode: (Weiss34);

from Ing?: (Mueller27);

from Kochstedt, Dessau: (Krieger45);

from Koenigsberg: (Schwarz[Schwartz]89);

from Koethen: (Erfurth[Ehrfurt]86, Belger[Berger/Belyer?]9);

from Koethen, Neustadt: (Reisch2 and perhaps Deringer2a);

from Leuth?: (Datz?[Tats?]30);

from Liega: (Strauss56);

from Magdeburg: (Baer[Baehr]33, Hartke[Hardt]90, Helwig91, Teich?49);

from Mainz: (Staedt54);

from Marklibisch?, Sachsen: (Heilmann[Heilman]63);

from Mindelheim: (Blum78);

from Mosigkau?, Dessau: (Richter51);

from Nassau: (Geidereich75 and possibly Kegler75a);

from Neustadt: (Denk50, Gerlinger[Gehrling/Herrlinger]77, Lonz80 and possibly Schulz77a];

from Neustadt, Bayreuth: (Schwegert[Schweichert]67);

from Querfurt: (Weise[Weiss]59);

from Reibertenrod, Hessen: (Altenhof[Altenhoff]39);

from Ronneburg, Sachsen: (Weise[Weiss]59);

from Rostock: (Egers47);

from Schmiedeberg: (Golde13);

from Seebach?, Holstein: (Goldorf[Holdorf]11 and possibly Zoellner11a);

from Silkerode: (Brot93, Pilner64);

from Silkerode, Schwarzburg: (Senne[Senn]60);

from Spalt, Nuernberg: (Ludwig71);

from Stassfurt: (Vogt41);

from Stemag?, Sachsen: (Schneider10, and possibly Riel10a and Schwarzkopf10b);

from Vollmerz: (Zinnkann[Zink]52);

from Wallendorf?, Dessau: (Bazel[Patzel]55);

from Wetterburg or Wettaburg?: (Keskel?36);

from Wittenberg: (Nickelson61);

from Woelferlingen, Runkel: (Kraemer25);

from Woerlitz, Dessau: (Konrad37);

from Wolfhagen, Kassel: (Rothermel18);

from Zerbst: (Doeptor[Deptar?]12, Hancke[Hank]14, Hemrisch[Ermisch]16, Kraus31, and possibly Balzer16a, and Goetz14a);

from Zoellnitz, Dessau: (Kessler[Kissler]17).

Orlowskoje^VV: an alternative spelling for Orlovskaya^VV.

Orlowskaja^VV: an alternative spelling for Orlovskaya^VV.  

Orner^FN: see Ordner.

Ornshausen^GL: an unidentified place which the Buedingen ML says this was home^UC to a Ziegler man and a Voll woman who married in 1766; by 1767 they were in Pfeiffer (Mai&Marquardt:#594).  The Pfeiffer FSL said he was from^UC Wuerzburg (no locality given).

Oroningen(?)^GS: an unidentified country.

Orpiszewo [Amt, Krotschin Kreis, Posen Department],South Prussia: nka Orpiszew 8 miles E of Krotschin.

Orscheid ^FN: said by the Straub FSL to be from^UC Marienfels, Kurpfalz. The wife’s maiden name was given as Riegel in 1798 (Mai1798:Sr36).

Orselet^FN: see Orsulet.

Orstadt^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Frisborn.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Orsulet^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Kutter FSL to be from^UC Isenburg.  Later spelled Orselet.

Ort^FN: said by the Cheisol FSL to be from^UC Saarburg, [Kur-]Trier.  Spelled Orth in 1798 (Mai1798:Ls19, 20, 14, 31, 39).

Ort^FN: the Doenhof FSL says he was a step-son in the Hans family from^UC Heilbronn (no locality mentioned).

Ort^FN said by the Frank FSL to be from Breitenbrunn.  Gieg1 proved that he was born in Luezelbach[, Hessen-Darmstadt Landgraviate], and was living in Breitenbrunn, [Breuberg Condominium] when he and his wife left for Russia.  Later spelled Orth.

Ort^FN: the Buedingen ML said this woman from Eschen married a Voelker man also from Eshen in 1766 [by 1767 they were in Schhwab] (Mai&Marquardt#600).  KS:147 and 161 says her name was Orth and that she was from Eschern? near Erbach.

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

Ortenberg^GL, Stollberg County: the town lies some 4.5 miles NW of Buedingen, 2.5 miles NNE of Stockheim, and 16 miles NE of Hanau city.  Long ago had been part of Isenburg but by the 1760’s seems to have been a part of Stollberg County, although the Pleve version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL has it variously as part of Hanau or Buedingen [i.e. Isenburg] and says it was home^UC to Konschuh and Schneider families.  Said by the Stumpp version the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be in the region of Stockheim, Hessen, and to be home^UC to the Konschuh, Schneider, and Schneidmueller families.

Orth^FN: see Ort.

Ortman^FN: see Ortmann.

Ortmann^FN: said by the Herzog FSL to be from^UC Kelheim, [Kur-]Bayern.  Later spelled Ortman (Mai1798:Mv817, Se57).

Ortstadt^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Frischborn.  The Schlitz ML said this man married an Eiffert woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#740).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Ortwein^FN: said by the 1798 Katharinenstadt census to be the maiden name (Mai1798:Ka126) of one of the Naumann wives who first settled in Caesarsfeld.

Oschatz^GL: is a town some 30 miles E of Leipzig, and said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be home^UC to a Keil family.

Oschbauch(?)^GS: an unidentified country.

Oschorburg?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to an Edel family.

Osen^GL, Daenmark: an unidentified place said by the Dinkel FSL to be home^UC to a Friedrichsen family.  The nearest Osen I can find is now in Norway, some 154 miles NW of Alborg, Deanmark.

Oshewald[Oswald]^FN: listed in the Pobochnaya FSL so may have been from Darmstadt state.        

Osinovka^VV: a version of the Russian name for Reinhard^VV.  

Osinowka^VV: a version of the Russian name for Reinhard^VV.  

Oslog(?)^GL, Kurpfalz: an unidentified placesaid by the Dietel FSL to be home^UC to a Brauchbacher family.

Osswald^FN: arrived in South Russia in 1819; later settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa; family records found by Curt Renz in Ossweil, Ludwigsburg Oberamt, Wuerttemberg.

Ossweil^GL, Ludwigsburg Oberamt, Wuerttemberg: is some 1.5 miles E of Ludwigsburg town, and said by the 1816 Glueckstal census to be home^UC to the Rost family.  Said by KS:296 to be home^UC to a Heber family it mistakenly said went to Glueckstal.  It was home to a Kast family and an Osswald family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa.

Ost^FN: he was said by the Urbach FSL to have died on the way to Russia.

Ost^FN: his widow, later frau Roeder, was said by the Urbach FSL to be from^UC Frankenberg, Hessen[-Kassel Landgraviate]. 

Ostenau?, [Schleswig-Holstein Royal Duchy] Daenemark: is 25 km NW of Schleswig town, and was said by the Reinhard FSL to be home^UC to the Eckardt family.

Ostendorf, Bamberg [Bishopric]: an unidentified place said by the Hoelzel FSL to be home^UC to a Geringer family.  There was an Ostendorf probably in Fugger County, now Bavaria, 14 miles N of Augsburg city.

Osterby, [Schleswig-]Holstein [Royal Duchy]: said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be home^UC to the Schoenberg family.  There were two Osterbys in this Duchy: one was 13 km W of Flensburg city and the other was 27 km NE of Kiel city.

Ostermeyer^FN: the Rosslau ML says this woman (no origin given) married a Graff man in 1765; by 1766 this couple was in Graf (Mai&Marquardt#859).

Osterode, [Magdeburg Duchy], Preussen [Kingdom]: is 21 km NE of Goslar city and was said by the Schulz FSL to be home^UC to a Woewot? family.

Osterreich^FN: said by the Messer FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned). In 1798 the family name was spelled Oestreich (Mai1798:Ms30).

Oster ^FN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:674, 390) to be from Hermersberg, Pirmasens [Amt], Pfalz.  Using FHL(193,931), the GCRA verified this origin; they also found that this family was in Tscherwenka, Hungary on their way to Russia.  See the GCRA book for more details.

Oster-Nienburg^GL, [Anhalt-Dessau]: is 8 miles WSW of Dessau city, and according to Anhalt-Dessau records abstracted by Dr. Waeshke and annotated by Dr. Lippert, a Wartmann family moved^UC from^UC Oster-Nienburg in 1754 to Quellendorf (Mai&Marquardt#1169).  From there they moved to Paulskaya.

Ostertag^FN: said by the Seewald FSL to be from^UC Mannheim, Pfalz.

Ostheim^GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Strauss family.  There were at least 9 Ostheims in the Germanies.

Ostheim^GL, [Saxe-]Eisenach [County]: is some 36 miles SSW of Eisenach city, and said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be home^UC to a Markert family.  Ostheim, nka Ostheim-von-der-Rhoen in what is now Bavaria, was an isolated outpost or exclave of Eisenach County and Duchy and, hence, of the Sachsen-Weimar Duchy.

Osthofen^GL, Worms Kreis, Hessen: is 4.5 miles NNW of Worms city centre, and was home to a Schott family that settled in Hoffnungstal.  And it was proven by the GCRA to be home to the Schott family that settled in Neudorf.

Ostpreussen^GL: aka East Prussia, 1758-62 was a Russian Province; 1794-96 was occupied by Prussia; in 1796 was incorportated into the Prussian Kingdom; 1807, 1812-13 was occupied by France; 1807 on was incorported into Poland.

Ostritz^GL, Sachsen: is some 9 miles SSW of Goerlitz city, and said by the Graf FSL to be home^UC to a Tonat family.

Ostrowiec^GL, Galicia: was some 10 miles WSW of Reichau.  The GCRA found it associated with a Merkel family in 1784-1796.

Oststernberg, Kreis Prussia: was a large district to the E of Frankfurt-an-der-Oder.  I have not been able to identify its capital city or town.

Ostwald^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Hanau [County].

Oswald^FN: said by the Kautz FSL to be from^UC Eich, Kurpfalz.

Oswald^FN: said by the1798 Norka census to the maiden name of frau Reichert (Mai1798:Nr30.

Oswald^FN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be from^UC Waldenhausen, Wuerzburg [Bishopric].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sm41(where the wife’s maiden name is given as Meckel) and 42.

Oswald^FN: also see Oshewald.

Otrogovka^VV: a version of the Russian name for Louis^VV.

Otrogowka^VV: a version of the Russian name for Louis^VV.

Ott^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Weidach, Ulm with a Berer stepson in the household  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bn61(Ott) and Bn77(Baehr). A Rosslau ML said this Otte man married in 1766 a Munar woman (Mai&Maarquardt#1009).

Ott ^FN: said by the Galka FSL to be from^UC Zeilsheim, [Kurmainz].  In 1788 spelled Otto (Mai1798:Mv663) and in 1798 Ott (Sp10).

Ott ^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Hessen (no locality mentioned).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses index.

Ott^FN: said by the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL to be from^UC Schwechat in the Holy Roman Empire. 

Otte^FN: see Ott.

Ottenberg^GL, Stolberg County: said by the Walter FSL to be home^UC to a Engel family.  Stolberg County was in the foothills of the Harz Mountains, there is a Questenberg there, but I do not find an Ottenberg.

Ottendorf, Boehmen: nka Otovice, Czech Republic, is 149 km ENE of Prague city and was said by the Seelmann FSL to be home^UC to a Tretler family.

Ottenheim^GL, Kurpfalz: an unidentified place said by the Kautz FSL to be the home^UC of Frickel/Frikkel, and Gradwohl families.  It might be Ottersheim some 23 miles SW of Mannheim or Oppenheim some 11 miles SE of Mainz.

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

Otterbein^FN:  also see Otterpein.

Otterpein^FN:  said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of one frau Koenig. ).    The family name was spelled Otterbein in 1798 (Mai1798:Kl22).

Ottersheim, Germersheim [Amt], Rheinpfalz: is 6.5 miles WSW of Germersheim city, and was proven by the GCRA to be home to the Deschler, Frei/Frey{Johannes, Michael, Henrich} and Job/Jopp families that settled in Neudorf.

Ottmer^FN: maiden name of one of the frau Kinderknecht of Louis as given in 1798 (Mai1798:Ls7).

Otto^FN{Conrad}: said by the Bangert FSL to be from^UC Mittelhausen, Nassau-Usingen.  For possible 1798 see Mai1798:Bg23? and 22?.

Otto^FN{Georg}: said by the Bangert FSL to be from^UC Oberwetz, Braunfels.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bg3 and possibly 23 and 22.

Otto^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Oranienbaum.  Spelled Otto in 1785 and 1798 (Mai1798: Mv309, Ka70).

Otto^FN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be from^UC Rosswein, Sachsen.

Otto^FN: said by the Dreispitz FSL to be from^UC Franzburg, Schwedisch Pommern.

Otto^FN: said by the Kano FSL to be from^UC [Anhalt-]Dessau [Principality].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Kn01).

Otto^FN{J.Friedrich}: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Altenfeld.  For 1798 see Mai1798: Or27.

Otto^FN{Peter}: said  (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC [Kur-] Brandenburg.

Otto^FN: listed in the Pobochnaya FSL so may have been from Darmstadt state.         

Otto^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be a stepson in the Reier household.  I oculd not find him in Mai1798.

Otto^FN: also see Ott.

Otzberg Oberamt^GL, Kurpfalz: is some 10 miles ESE of Darmstadt city, just S of Lengfeld, an isolated Kurpfalz district just E of Reinheim covering Otzberg hamlet and some nearby villages.  See Utzberg.

Otzberg, Wittenberg[?]:an unidentified place, said by the Galka FSL to be home^UC to Schmidt{Kaspar}, {Michael}32,  and {Nikolaus} families.  The only Otzberg I can find was in Kurpfalz 11 miles ESE of Darmstadt city.  This is the same place as the previous entry.

Otzen?^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC England. ?.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Otzweiler, Kirn [Amt], Rheinpfalz: is 6 miles SE of Kirn town, and thought by the GCRA to be the likely home^UC of the Weinz{Johannes} family and the likely birthplace of the children of the Weinz{Martin} family both of which settled in Neudorf.

Oucart^FN: said by the Franzosen FSL to be from^UC Avignon, Papstprovinz, Frankreich.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Oudiu^FN: said by the Franzosen FSL to be from^UC Chateau-Gontier,  Frankreich.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Oudot^FN: said by the Franzosen FSL to be from^UC Bessan, Frankreich.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Ouerwinken^GL, Batschka, Hungary: an unidentified place which the GCRA believes to have been home^UC to the Lud/Lutz/Luth/Ludt bothers who first settled in Glueckstal and then moved to Neudorf.

Oulu^GL, Finland: see Ulo.

Overflow Colonists^FN:  some colonists were recruited by private contractor-recruiters.  The largest of them was Baron Caneau de Beauregard.  According to Igor Pleve in The German Colonies on the Volga: The Second Half of the Eighteenth Century p. 135: The basic group of colonists recruited by Beauregard actually arrived on the Volga in 1767.  Many of them had to temporarily settle in … previously founded colonies … because living quarters had not yet been completed. … [even some housing then constructed was not adequate …. Finally] …. Recruiter Beauregard’s colonists were completely reestablished on September 12, 1771.”  Pleve has made available a First-Settlers’-List like list covering some portion of these colonists in his Einwanderung … pp. 349-380:

from Bamberg: (Schmidt{Johann}38);

from Fonnershain?, Hessen: (Schmidt{Nicolaus}146;

from Orb: (Schmidt{Heinrich}125);

from Saalendorf: (Schmidt{Jacob}27):

from Suhl: (Eckhardt1, and possibly Reichmann1a);

from Volkerslheim, Neukirch: (Schmidt{Johannes}33);

from Waldhurn?, [Kur-]Bayern: (Schmidt{Johannes}97);

Ovikar?: listed in the 1798 Seelmann census (Sm34) but I could find this family name in no FSL.

Oxt^FN: said by the Anton FSL to be from^UC Hanau (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Ochs in 1798 (Mai1798:An35, Mo17, 43, and 53).

Oxt^FN{Adam}: said by the Anton FSL to be from^UC Lindenfels Oberamt, Kurpfalz and his wife’s maiden name was given as Rothermel.  Spelled Jest in 1798 (Mai1798:An59, Mo71).