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Pfaeffingen^GL, Herrenberg [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 6.5 miles SW of Herrenberg city, and was proven by GCRA to be home to the Welt/Velde girls and Hoechs family that went to Glueckstal.  See the GCRA book for more detail.  This is the same place as the next entry.

Pfaeffingen^GL, Tuebingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 4.5 miles W of Tuebingen city, and was proven by GCRA to be home to the Meier{Christian} family that went to Glueckstal as well as to the Lauer woman who was frau Richert in Glueckstal.  See the GCRA book for more details.  This is the same place as the previous entry.

Pfafenmoisbakh/Pfaffenwiesbach(?), Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Preuss FSL to be home to a Meibach family.  Pfaffenwiesbach, Hesse is some 27 miles NE of Mainz city.

Pfaff^FN: proven by Judy Remmick to have migrated from Imsbach, Rheinpfalz, Bavaria to Moersfeld, Kircheimbolanden Amt, Rheinfalz; then via Ulm (as transfer point) to Torschau, Batschka, Hungary of the Austro-Hungarian Empire; later they migrated to Worms, Odessa, S. Russia with Duc de Richelieu.  See her work at http://www.remmick.org/Pfaff.Genealogy/Page15.html#Johann.

Pfaffen-Beerfurth, [Erbach County]: is 1.7 miles SSE of Fraenkisch-Crumbach and is a possible early home of the Loret(t)hus family that settled in Neu-Saratowka (Gieg1).

Pfaffenheim^GL: is 26 miles due W of Frieburg city, and said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to a Sommer{Heinrich} family.

Pfaffenhofen^GL: an unidentified place said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be home^UC to a Boehm family.  In Germany and Austria there are at least 16 Pfaffenhofen!

Pfaffenhofen^GL, Wuerttemberg [Duchy]: is some 12 miles SW of Heilbronn city, and said by the Dreispitz FSL to be home^UC to a Meier family.

Pfaffenroht^FN: see Pfaffenroth.

Pfaffenroth^FN: said by the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be from^UC Nidda.  Kromm version says the man was from Berstadt, near Nidda (pp. 30, 34).  This Pfaffenroht man from the area of Darmstadt married in Luebeck in 1766 a Birl woman from the same area (Mai&Marquardt#275).

Pfaffenwiesbach^GL, [Waldbott Barony]: is 6 miles W of Friedberg city, and said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to an Anfang family.  Said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Schmidt{Johannes} family.  Said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be home^UC to a Lauer widower.

Pfaffenwiesbach^GL, Hesse: also see Pfafenmoisbakh.

Pfaffenzeller^GL, Bassenheim Barony: near Schmitten, Hesse.

Pfahlbronn parish, Welzheim [Amt], Schwabisch Gmuend, Wuerttemberg: was 3.5 miles SE of Welzheim town.

Pfalz^GS: usually in the 1760’s was short for Kurpfalz.

Pfalz^GS: said by the Stumpp version of the Balzer FSL to be home^UC of Karl and Robertus families; the Pleve version says Kurpfalz.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be home^UC to Berg, Buchmiller/Buchmueller, Markstaetter, Massold, Meiermann, Nordheimer, Schoellhorn, Ulrich, and Webert families.  Said (no locality indicated) by the Stumpp supplement to the Dietel FSL to be home^UC to Bengel, Detterer, Kern, Kindsvater, Michel, Mueller, Mueller, Ruff, Schlag, Seibel, Simon, and Stahlmann families.

Pfalzengrafenweiler^GL, Freudenstadt [Amt]. Wuerttemberg: is some 7.5 miles NE of Freudenstadt city, and proven by the GCRA to be home to the Rath family that went to Bergdorf; see their book for more details.

Pfalzgrafenweiler^GL, Freudenstadt Oberamt, Wuerttemberg: is some 7 miles ENE of Freudenstadt, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and was home to Schmidt/Schmid families that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa.

Pfalz-Neuburg Duchy^GS: this duchy held lands on both banks of the Danube almost as far W as Guenzburg and as far E as Reichertshofen just S of Ingolstadt city; it also held extensive lands on the Knaab river just N of Regensburg city, as well as farther N just W of Neustadt-an-der-Waldnaab.  Its seat was Neuburg some 49 miles SSE of Nuernberg city in present-day Bavaria. This duchy was independent during 1505-1742.  In 1742 it was folded into Kurpfalz making it the fathermost outlyer of that country.  From 1777-08 the duchy was under Bavarian control, and in 1808 it disappeared, completely submersed into the Kingdom of Bavaria.

Pfalz-Simmern Principality or Palatinate-Simmern Principality^GS: see Simmern.

Pfalz-Sulzbach [Duchy]: was an independent country 1614-1742, controlled by Kurpfalz 1742-1799 after which it was absorbed by Kurbayern.  Its lands were around Sulzbach and to the W and E of the town of Weiden, all roughly 25-50 miles NW and N of Regensburg city.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Reinwald FSL to be home^UC to frau Guenter{Georg} [nee Tege].

Pfalz-Sulzbach Duchy^GS: also see Sulzbach Duchy.

Pfalz-Zweibruechen Duchy^GS: see Zweibruechen and Herzogtum Zweibruecken.

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

Pfannenstiel^FN: said by the Mariental FSL to be from^UC Buedesheim, Kurtrier. 

Pfannenstiel^FN: said by the Mariental FSL to be from^UC Manderscheid, Kurtrier. 

Pfannenstiel^FN: see Fanmispel.

Pfannensteil^VV: an alternate name for Mariental^VV.

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

Pfedelbach?, [Hohenlohe County/Principality]: is 21 km ENE of Heilbronn city and was said by the Rosenheim FSL to be home^UC to a Walter{Adam} family.

Pfeffingen^GL, Balingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 5 miles ESE of Balingen city, and believed by the GCRA to be the birthplace of the Stauss colonist who went to Glueckstal.

Pfefter^FN: see Fefter.

Pfeif^FN said by the Frank FSL to be from^UC Bonbach(?), Sulz, Lobbach.

Pfeif^FN: said by the Grimm FSL to be from^UC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Pfeiff.

Pfeifer^FN:  listed in the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:661, 393) without origin.  Their origin in Neusatz, Neuenburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg was proven by the GCRA using FHL(1,056,826).  See the GCRA book for more details.

Pfeifer^FN: said by the Kolb FSL to be from^UC Bruchkoebel, Hanau.

Pfeifer^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Laubach.  Later spelled Pfeiff.

Pfeifer{Jakob}^FN: said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#15) and KS:393 to have come from^UC Besigheim, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg.   However, the GCRA proved that was not the origin.  Instead, the GCRA believes him to be from^UC Niedermohr, Kaiserslautern [Amt], Rheinpfalz.  See their book for more.

Pfeifer^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Sankt Goar.

Pfeifer^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Orb.  The 1798 Pfeiffer census says his wife's maiden name was Jaeger (Mai1798:Pf40).

Pfeifer^FN: said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to be from^UC Schellbach, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate].  A Luebeck ML says that in 1766 this Pfeiffer man married a Reiss woman; another source says Reisz (Mai&Marquardt#188).  In 1798 the maiden name of frau Pfeifer was given as Reis (Mai1798:Pp12, 02).

Pfeifer^FN: said by a family chart to be from^UC Lauterbach, Rietesel(?).  See the next entry.

Pfeifer^FN: said by the Schwed FSL to be from^UC Lauterbach, [Fulda Bishopric/Riedesel Barony].  For a possible1798 reference see Mai1798:Sw15?

Pfeifer^FN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be from^UC Wiersdorf?, Kurmainz[sic?].  I did not locate them or any descendants in Mai1798.

Pfeifer^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Harstein?, [Kur-]Pfalz.  For 1798 see Mai1798: Wr41.

Pfeifer^VV : a variant spelling of  Pfeiffer^VV.

Pfeiff^FN; see Pfeif or Pfeifer.

Pfeiffer{Bernhard}:  died in Glueckstal and was proven by the GCRA to be from Besigheim, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg using FHL 1,184,892; see their book for detail.

Pfeiffer^FN: this family name was found recorded in Haiger parish records during the years prior to 1767, in Schotten parish records for many generations prior to 1767, and in Winterhausen marriage records 1760-1769; see Flegel trip.

Pfeiffer^VV (aka Fajfer, Feifer, Gnilushka, Gniluska, Gniluschka, Gvardeyskoye,or Pfeifer): a Russian German village of the Roman Catholic faith situated on the western side of the Volga, founded in 1767.  Its  FSL is now published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.III, pp. 377-402.  According to this, the first settlers were from the following places with the family names shown here in parens. A name within square brackets following a family name is an alternate spelling usually from a later source.  Origin information which Prof. Pleve derived from the Kuhlberg lists is italicized.  The number with the name is their household number in the FSL:

from Achern: (Deible[Deibek])49;

from Arnstein: (Dresser88);

from Arnstein, Wuerzburg: (Keberlein[Keberle]86,87, Konrad92, Lambrecht83, Ziegler100);

from Aschaffenburg: (Amrhein[Amrein]75, Arnhold28, Essler24a, Happel32a, Kuehn15, Mallad99, Phillip2a, Pietz[Pietsch]29a, Roth1a, Samer[Sommer]32, Schwind[Schwindt]2, Stegmann93, Stricker[Strecker]24, Stumpfnagel78, Weigel7);

from Beauchene, Frankreich: (Souffle84);

from Bonn: (Schwed81);

from Elters?: (Lohmann29);

from Florenberg?: (Stroemel63a);

from Freiburg: (Brueh[Bruhl]40, Gut[Guth]48, Kisner103);

from Freudenberg: (Kamm21,22);

from Fulda: (Heil97, Ifland[Iffland]42, Imert50, Koehler38, Lindner[Linder]44, Roeder73, Schmidt101, Schoenfeld76);

from Gemuenden?, Wuerzburg: (Heilmann82);

from Gross Steinum?, Mainz: (Weigan[Weigand]68);

from Hammelburg: (Nickling107);

from Hammelburg, Franken: (Klebeckspiss[Klebenpies]72, Koehler62);

from Hanau: (Dresser?[Dieser]35);

from Hannover: (Mehm[Mem?]64, Strang[Strack]67);

from Hilders, Wuerzburg: (Grentz[Gretz/Krentz]90, Mensing[Mensinger]89);

from Isenburg: (Brant43);

from Koblenz: (Wagner33);

from Koenigstein: (Eckermann3);

from Kuelz, Mainz: (Hoefner[Hoeffner]17);

from Lauterbach: (Suppes[Subers?]13);

from Lauterecken an der Glan, Pfalz: Eckler91);

from Lohr am Main: Thomaa[Domme]71);

from Mainz: (Heinrich41);

from Mannheim: (Kaufamnn26, Naumann94);

from Mergentheim: (Erlichhaeuser109);

from Michelstadt: (Breit77);

from Neuberg am Wald, Mainz: (Gulder1);

from Neuburg: (Jacob106);

from Neustadt, Pfalz: (Eberle96);

from Neustadt, Wuerzburg: (Dippel[Tippel]102);

from Nottingham, England: (Dar25);

from Orb: (Alles27, Arnhold[Arnold]16, Frank9, Heim18, Heiss98, Klauser14, Pfeifer6, Schetzel10, Thesch[Desch]12, Ulrich8);

from Orb, Mainz: (Herr23);

from Pfaffenhofen: (Boehm104);

from Posda?, Schweiz: (Dinkel19);

from Raron?, Schweiz: (Kelbermater54);

from Sachsen-Meiningen: (Wachtmeister[Wachmeister]74);

from Salmuenster, Fulda: (Koehler[Keller]65;

from Schoenborn?, Pfalz: (Spahn61);

from Schweinsberg, Fulda: (Burgardt59);

from Seligenstadt, Mainz: (Urschlauer31);

from Steinheim, Mainz: (Holzmeister[Holtzmeister]80, Tege70);

from Unnamed: (Baer[Bahrwirt?]45, Brenta79, Guldich25a, Heim61a, Herrmann67a, Rechaer?94a, Rubteschel?44a, Waler?51a);

from Villach, Oesterreich: (Schmal37);

from Weinsheim: (Wagner5);

from Werdenberg, Wuerzburg: (Zengraf[Zenkgraf]105);

from Wernborn bei Usingen:(Ikes[Ikers]60);

from Wertheim, Franken: (Etzel55);

from Woerth am Main, Mainz: (Degent?[Dechant]30);

from Wuerzburg: (Bechert39, Dittmaier52, Elheim[Ehlhein]52a, Fischer4, Kappes[Kippes]56, Keberlein[Keberle]66, Kesner46, Kirchner53, Konrad[Konradi]20, Leth[Lehl]108, Lutz47, Ramann36, Reser[Retter]69, Risch[Riesch]58,95, Schaefer34,85, Schiemer[Schirmer]57, Schubert51, Ulrich11, Ziegler63). 

Pfeifle^FN: in 1819 two families settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa; family records found by Curt Renz in Gottelfingen, Freudenstadt parish, Wuerttemberg.

Pfeifner^FN: said by the Mueller FSL to be from^UC Hannover.  In 1798 this family name is rendered variously as Fraigefer and Greifert, and the wife's maiden name is given as Brahm (Mai1798: Ml21).

Pfeiler^FN: said by the Holstein FSL to be from^UC Meinzing(?).

Pfeiner ^FN: this widower was listed in the Straub FSL with no origin given.  I did not find him or any descendants in Mai1798.

Pfenning^FN:  this was the maiden name of frau Sommer{Conrad}, according to the 1798 Brabander census (Mai1798:Bn34).

Pferdsbach^GL, Isenburg: said by the  the Norka FSL to be home^UC to the Albrecht{Martin} family.  I have been unable to find any such place either in former Isenburg lands or anywhere in Germany!

Pferdsbach^GL bei Buedingen, Isenburg[-Buedingen]: according to the Frank FSL, it was home^UC to Lapp families.  Said by Stumpp to be home^UC to the Gutmann man who in 1766 in Buedingen married a Geyer woman; by 1767 the couple was in Kutter (Mai&Marquardt#498).  Pferdsbach evidently is no longer a separate village but is a subdivision within Buedingen city.

Pferdsfeld^GL, Kreuznach [Amt], Pfalz: is 11.5 miles W of Bad Kreuznach, and the GCRA proved the Schwind couple married here before going on to Hungary and Glueckstal.  See the GCRA book for more detail.

Pfister?^FN: see Fischer of Rohleder.

Pfitzer^FN: was in Glueckstal for a time and said by KS:394 to be from Duerrmenz, Vaihingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  This origin was proven by the GCRA using FHL 1,184,962; see their book for detail.  Also spelled Pfuetzer.

Pfitzer^FN: Curt Renz has found the church records for this Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia, family in Duerrmenz, Maulbronn Oberamt, Wuerttemberg.  Stumpp, p.524, says they arrived in Russia in 1805.

Pflag ^FN: see Flag.

Pflaum{Andreas}: said by the Urbach FSL to be deceased and the father of  Pflaum{Georg} a step-son in the Weinert household.

Pflaum{Andreas}:  his widow, later frau Weinert, was said by the Urbach FSL to be from^UC Baerstadt. 

Pflaum{Georg}:  said by the Urbach FSL to be the son of Pflaum{Andreas}, deceased, and a step-son in the Weinert household.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sk35.

Pflug^FN: said by the Kano FSL to be from^UC Wiesbaden with a Zimmermann step-son in the household and the wife’s maiden name [surely her previous married name] was given as Zimmermann.  I could not find neither these Pflugs in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Pflug^FN: the GCRA proved this the maiden name of Frau Springer (1816 Kassel #16), and using FHL#770,206 proved her origin in Oberseebach, Weissenburg [Amt], Elsass.  See their book for more.

Pflug^FN: said by the Rosenheim FSL to be from^UC Stangenrod, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Rm33 and 51.

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

Pforzheim^GL, Baden: is some 16 miles SE of Karlsruhe, Baden-Wuerttemberg.

Pfirschbach, Breubach Condominium: is 1.5 miles SW of Hoechst-im-Odenwald and was proven as home to the Bauer family that went to Frank, including the wife of Schork.  (Gieg1).

Pfrischbach^GL, Hessen: see Frischbach.

Pfrondorf ^GL, Tuebingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 3 miles NE of Tuebingen city, and was said by the 1816 Bergdorf census to be home^UC to a Redenbach family.  The GCRA found in FHL(probably 1,457,432) the mention of a Roethenbach family but did not look for the birth records of the Bergdorf settlers.  The name was also spelled Reidenbach.

Pfuetzer^FN: see Pfitzer.

Pful?^FN: said by the Seewald FSL to be from^UC Bernkastel, Trier.  A later spelling was Puhl.

Pfullingen^GL, Reutlingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 2 miles SE of Reutlingen city, Pfullingen^GL, Reutlingen Oberamt, Wuerttemberg: is some 2 miles SSE of Reutlingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and was home to Beck, Haring/Hering and Rothmann families that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa.  It was incorrectly said by the 1816 Bergdorf census to be home^UC to the Goetz family. And mistakenly said by the 1816 Glueckstal census to be home^UC to the Ruehle family.  The GCRA has proven this origin to be incorrect in both cases.  See their book for more detail.

Pfundner^FN: said by the Herzog FSL to be from^UC Cham, [Kur-]Bayern.

Pfundner ^FN: the Herzog FSL says his wife from^UC Pilsheim-bei-Schmidmuehlen, [Kur-]Bayern.  Apparently she had been an Arnst widow.

Philipp^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Roth, Maltes?^GL, Wuerzburg [Bishopric]:.

Philipp{Carl}^FN: said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be from^UC Fauerbach. For 1798 see Mai1798:Bb5, 38.

Philipp{Christian}^FN: said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be from^UC Naugen?.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Er14.

Philipp^FN{Peter}: said by the Keller FSL to be from^UC Hattersheim, Kurmainz, with Leindecker orphan girls of his married sister??

Philipp^FN{Adam}: said by the Keller FSL to be from^UC Laubenheim, Kurmainz.  For 1798 see (Mai1798:Nk49).

Philipp^FN: said by the Rosenheim FSL to be from^UC Berlin, [Kur-]Brandenburg, and the wife’s maiden name was given as Tralbaum.   For 1798 see Mai1798:Rm34 and Ps63.

Philippe^FN: said by the Franzosen FSL to be from^UC Bessan, Frankreich.

Philipper^FN said by the Frank FSL to be from^UC Amereli(?), Dauphin(?), Frankreich.

Philippsburg, Holstein?: an unidentified place said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to a Feil family and perhaps to their Sohn stepson.

Philippsen^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Albek, Daenmark.

Philippsen^FN:  said by the Reinhard FSL to be from^UC Nurman?, Dening.  I could not find them in Mai1798.

Philipp^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Aschaffenburg. 

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

Philippsfeld^VV: was a German Lutheran village on the eastern side of the Volga founded in 1767. The  FSL is published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.III, pp. 403-412.  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 Altenmoor, [Holstein Duchy?]:  (Grebe14);

from Amberg: (Hinsch/Gansch44);

from Ansbach [Margraviate]: (Widemann46);

from Bernburg, Hessen: (Reis12, and possibly Bock12a);

from Berod, Hessen: (Kaufmann37, Metzger38);

from Bischausen-bei-Waldkappel, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate]:  (Wilhelm9 and possibly Ludwig9a);

from Friedewald: (Beier(J.Heinrich}20, {Maria}19/Beyer, Damm/Dan22);

from Friedewald, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate]: (Eschenbrenner/Aschenbrenner3, Merhardt/Marquardt2, Mueller21);

from Frielingen, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate]: (Keil30);

from Gesau, [Schoenburg County, Kursachsen?]:  (Tischer15 and possibly Koch15a);

from Grossmannsrode, [Hersfeld Principality, Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate?]: (Voelker40);

from Heringen, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate]: (Knatz18, Sommer10, Wagner24);

from Hessen-Kassel [Landgraviate]: (Schroeder/Schraeder1);

from Hetzbach, Hessen: (Haar43);

from Hirschfeld[/Hersfeld Principality^GS, Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate?]: (Held/Heldt{Michael}25, {Herman}42, Lies11);

from Hofgeismar, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate]: (Hose/Gose4, and possibly Erchardt4a);

from Iba, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate]: (Thomas7, and possibly Schneider{Kaspar,etc}7a);

from Ketzeman?: (Goebel27);

from Ketzeman?, Hessen: (Klotzbach28);

from Koenigsheim: (Trautwein14);

from Kuechen-bei-Waldkappel, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate]: Berge8, Jung26);

from Lingelbach, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate]: (Schaefer32, Schmidt33);

from Machtlos, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate]:  (Wiederholt/Wiederhold35);

from Mehlis, [Kursachsen]: Anshuetz36);

from Mellinghausen, [Hoya County, Kurbraunsweig?]: (Hilgenberg/Hildenberg5);

from Nenterode-bei-Wernswig?, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate?]: (Behm17);

from Niederscheld, [Nassau Dillenburg Principality]: (Ringel13);

from Oberaula, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate]: (Kreutzmueller23);

from Raboldshausen, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate]: (Kaiser6);

from Schellbach, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate]: (Freund16, Pfeifer29, Toepfer45;

from Weissenhasel, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate]: (Hopp/Kopp41, Windemuth39);

from Woelkershain-bei-Remsfeld, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate]:   (Schneider{Michael}34).

Philippstein^GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Kunz family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Nassau, so this is likely the same place as the next two entries.

Philippstein, [Nassai-Weilburg Principality]: is 7 km E of Weilburg city and was said by the Susannental FSL to be home^UC to a Petry family.

Philippstein^GL, Nassau-Weilburg: is some 4.6 miles E of Weilburg city, and said by the Bangert FSL to home^UC to a Gath? family.

Philips Eich^GL: is now within Dreieich, Hessen.

Picard^FN: see Bickert.

Picardie: that part of France that includes the Somme river valley (and neighboring areas) down to the shores of the English Channel.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Koehler FSL to be home^UC to a Lossel family.

Picardi?, Frankreich: said by the Franzosen FSL to be home^UC to a Pagnon family.  This apparently refers to the same part of France as mentioned in the previous entry.

Pichel ^FN:  said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of frau Kilian.

Pieh^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Laubach.

Piek^FN: said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be have come from^UC Allerbach, Zweibruecken at Birkenfeld later than the first settlers (p.137).  Scheuerman spelled it Piek.

Piel^FN: see Pril.

Piermasens^GL, Pfalz: is some 27 miles E of Saarbruecken, Saarland, and was said by KS:487 to be home^UC to the Will  family that went to Glueckstal.   Was home to an Eider family that settled in Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia;  KS:523, says Piermasens was in the County of Thalsueden.

Piermasens^GL, Piermasens [Amt], Pfalz: Proved by the GCRA to be home to the Hahn family in the Kassel 1816 census (#10).

Piesen?^GL: see Pilsen. The first editor of the Rohleder FSL believed this was Pischen now in Saxony, Germany – no source was given.

Piester^FN: also see Pister.

Pietsch^FN: see Bitsch, Pietz and Pitsch.

Pietz^FN: the GCRA’s prefered spelling for Pitz{Friedrich} of Kassel.

Pietz^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Aschaffenburg.  Later spelled Pietsch (Mai1798:Pf30).

Pietz^FN: also see Bitsch and Pitz.

Pihl^FN: see Bisl.

Pikburg?, Daenemark: an unidentified place said by the Franzosen FSL to be home^UC to a Maimre family.

Pikert^FN: said by the Stumpp supplement to the Dietel FSL to be from^UC Wuerttemberg (no locality indicated).  I could not find this family in  Mai1798es.

Pikotn?, Bamberg [Bishopric]: an unidentified place said by the Leitsinger FSL to be home^UC to a Mehfelder family.

Pikus^FN: said by the Grimm FSL to be from^UC Pommern (no locality mentioned).

Pilen^FN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be from^UC Bamberg [Bishopric] (no locality mentioned) with a Friedritz orphan in the household.   I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

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

Pille^FN: included in the Bettinger FSL but no place of origin was given.  According to a Rosslau ML this man married a Lehmann woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#918).  I could not find them in the 1798 census indexes.

Pilner^FN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be from^UC Silkerode. I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

Pilow?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Wolter family and possibly to a Gonohorn? family. Kuhlberg said this was in Halle.  There was no Halle country that I can find but there was a Hall Imperial City (23 miles E of Heilbronn city), now known as Swabaeishch Hall, which controlled considerable lands to the SW, N and E of Hall city itself.  There was a Tullau some 1 mile SW of Hall city.

Pilseranstof?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a Schon family.

Pilsen^GL, Boehmen: nnk Plzen, Chech Republic, is 83 km SW of Prague, and was said by the the Rohleder FSL to be home^UC to a Sovald man. 

Pilsheim-bei-Schmidmuehlen, [Kur-]Bayern: is some 17 miles NW of Regensburg, and said by the Herzog FSL to be home^UC to a Krastel and probably an Arnst family.

Pilz^FN: said by the Rosenheim FSL to be from^UC Regen, [Kur-]Sachsen with a Schulz mother-in-law in the household.  I could not identify them or any descendants in Mai1798.

Pilz^FN: the wife was said by the Rosenheim FSL to be from^UC Trebanz, Brandenburg[sic?].

Pimmel^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Nassau (no locality mentioned).

Pin^FN: see Bien.

Pinecker^FN: said by the Moor FSL to be from Isenburg. The family name was spelled both  Pinneker and Pinnecker in 1798 (Mai1798:Mo55/45). Bonner he was baptized, married his Lutz wife, and their elder children were baptized in Buedingen, Isenburg[-Buedingen County].

Pingensheim?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Wanter?/Winter family.  This probably was Bingensheim, Hessen-Darmstadt, some 4 miles ENE of Friedberg city.

Pink^FN: said by the Louis FSL to be from^UC Saargemuend, Lothringen.  In 1798 his wife’s maiden name was given as Freschmann (Mai1798:Mt1).

Pinnecker^FN: see Pinecker.

Pinneker^FN: see Pinecker.

Pinnstadt^GL: said by a Luebeck ML to be the home of a Mueller man who in 1766 married a Keyser woman; later this couple went to Stahl-am-Karman (Mai&Marquardt#221).  There is a Pannstedt, Lower Saxony some 19 miles SSW of Bremen.

Pirbichin^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  I cannot find them in the index to the 1798 censuses.

Pirmasens^GL, Pirmasens Amt^GL, Rhinepfalz: is some 11 miles SE of Zweibruecken city. Proved by Curt Renz to be home to the Eider family that settled in Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia.  Said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#36) and KS:487 to have been be home^UC  to the Will{Kaspar} family.

Pirmasens Amt^GL, Pfalz: seated in Pirmasens city, this was a District administrative center. 

Pirn^FN: said by the Rohleder FSL to be a step-son in the Trautmann household.   I could not find him in the Mai1798.

Pirrlein^FN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be from^UC Poppenwind, Bamberg [Bishopric].  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

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

Pischeldorf^GL, Pfalz is an unidentified locality said by the Seewald FSL to be home^UC of Hartmann and Wolfgang families.

Pischki ^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Carcassonne, Languedoc, Frankreich.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Pischki^FN: also see Bischke.

Pister^FN: said by the Urbach FSL to be from^UC Kana?, Wuerzenburg?.  For 1790 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2904 and Ur17;also spelled Piester in 1798 (Nm24).

Pister^FN: his wife was said by the Urbach FSL to be from^UC Saarbruecken. 

Pisterfeld^FN: see Bisterfeld.

Pisterling ^FN: said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be from^UC Zechow, [Kur-]Brandenburg.  I could not find members of this family in Mai1798.

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

Pitsch^FN: said by the Schulz FSL to be from^UC Recklingen, Hannover [Electorate aka Kurbraunschweig] with a Fries orphan in the household.  Spelled Pietsch in 1798 (Mai1798:Sz25).

Pitsch^FN: also see Bitsch.

Pitz{Friedrich}^FN: listed in the 1858 Kassel census (#211) with no origin, but KS: 395 said this family came from^UC Hungary (no locality indicated).   Also spelled Bitsch, Buetz and preferably Pietz.  See the GCRA book for more.

Pitz^FN: also see Bitsch.

Pivir?^FN: the 1798 Norka census gives this as the maiden name of the wife of an Isenburger Derr (Mai1798:Nr43).

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

Planz^FN: said (no localaity mentioned) by the Rosenheim FSL to be from^UC Herzogtum Zweibruecken.  I could not identify them or any descendants in Mai1798.

Planz^FN: the wife was said by the Rosenheim FSL to be from^UC Schwarzburg, Hessen.

Planz^FN: also see Glanz.

Platten^GL is some 20 miles NE of Trier, and is said by the Seewald FSL to be home^UC of aTikhin? family.

Plattner/Blattner?^FN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be from^UC Reez(?)/Retz.

Platz^FN: said by the Volmer FSL to be from^UC Bril/Bruehl(?).  Later spelled Blatz.

Plauen, Kursachsen: 22 miles SW of Zwickau city.

Pleidelsheim^GL, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 4 miles N of Ludwigsburg city, and has been verified by the GCRA as the origin of the Grill and Hafner families that went to Bergdorf.  KS:349 gave this place as an alternative origin for the Kurrle family that went to Bergdorf.  It was also proven by the GCRA to be home to Abel{Regina} who immigrated to Kassel.

Pleim^FN: see Pleisch.

Pleiningen^GL, Stuttgart parish, Wuerttemberg: is a southeastern suburban area of Stuttgart.

Pleinis^FN: see Pleisch.

Pleisch^FN: listed by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#68) and KS:395 with no origin.  Using FHL#493,207, the GCRA proved their origin in Kellenbach, Simmern [Kreis], Preussen Rheinland.  See the GCRA book for more.     Also spelled Pleiss, Pleim, and, correctly, Pleinis.

Pleiss^FN: see Pleisch.

Plekenberg County^GS: this could be Blankenburg County which existed somewhere in the Saxon area.

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

Pless/Bless?^FN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be from^UC Heilbronn am Neckar.

Pless^GS, Silesia, Prussia: is now Pszczyna, Poland, 57 miles S of Czestochowa city; origin was proven here for the widow Zenker who died in Glueckstal.

Pletner?^FN: said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be from^UC Kiel, [Holstein-Gottorp Duchy].  I could not find members of this family in  Mai1798.  A Luebeck ML said he married a Stelting woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#48). KS:148 spelled it Stelging.

Plettenberg^GL, [Mark County]: is 24 miles NNW of Siegen city, and said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to a Schoeneberg family and possibly to the Hirschs.

Pletzendorff^GL, Tiegenhoff Amt: now Ploynik, Poland, and was 1.5 miles NE of Tiegenhoff city.  Said by the Orloff FSL to be home^UC to an Epp family.  Also spelled Pletzendork.

Pletzendork^GL: see Pletzendorff.

Pligner/Wigner?^FN: the Stumpp supplement to the Dietel FSL fails to give a place of origin for this family.  I could not find them in  Mai1798es.

Plochingen, Esslingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 4 miles ESE of Esslingen-am-Neckar, and was proven by the GCRA to be home to the Raile family that settled in Neudorf.

Plock^FN:  said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of frau Gerstrung.

Plokwet^FN: see Plucket.

Plonquet^FN: the Buedingen ML said this woman from^UC Wolfferborn married a Bill man in 1766 [by 1767 they were in Schwab] (Mai&Marquardt#462).

Plopdorf(?)^GS,said by the Dinkel FSL to be home^UC to a Rebensdorf family.

Plucket^FN: see Pluket.

Pluemerdorf^FN: said by the Kolb FSL to be from^UC Regensburg.

Pluket^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Plokwet in the 1775 census.  Later spelled Pluket (Mai1798:Nr223).

Pobinger^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Bobingen, Augsburg [Bishopric], in the Schwaben area.  Spelled Bobinger in 1798 (Mai1798:Bn33).

Pobochnaya^VV (aka Pobochnya, or Pobotschnaja): a Russian German village of the Lutheran and Reformed faiths situated on the western side of the Volga.  It was founded in 1772.  All the information below has been provided by Laurin P. Wilhelm, the AHSGR village coordinator.  According to Prof. Pleve the settlers came from  Darmstadt.  Whether they had lived in this city or state, or whether they had gathered here from distant points to begin their journey is so far unknown.  Unfortunately the first settlers list provides no information as to origins, so in the following I will simply list (for now) the families names (which often include maiden names of wives or unmarried female heads of household) as given in the 1772 List, a translation of which Laurin has provided.  As usual the households are numbered; I have placed an f indicating a maiden name before household numbers where that is appropriate:

Appel21; Brach5; Dillmanf30; Emrichf26; Evgel[?]f17, Falk29; Gelmut[Helmut]f21; Gerhartf7, Gerkhered[Hergert]f4; Gerlachf8, Keller26,f15; Kalkopff3, Knak13; Krum23; Lalb[?]f16, Lamm18; Miller32; Neldlingf5; Niesper28; Oshewald[Oswald]f2; Otto25; Popp24,f10; Rutti[Rudi]11; Schaefer1; Schlegel15,16; Schmidt12; Schneiderf18,3,6,6f,7,8,17; Schukartf9; Schumacher9; Seltzf13; Simmelf12; Stein27; Straub20; Thiel10; Wagner14,22; Weingaertnerf19; Wellef11; Wilhelm31; Winself20,19; Wittig2; Zavina[?]f31.

Pobochnya^VV : an alternate spelling for Pobochnaya.

Pobotchino: a daughter colony of Pobochnaya located in western Siberia.

Pobotschnaja^VV : an alternate spelling for Pobochnaya.

Pochinnaya^VV: is a Russian name of Kratzke^VV.

Podchinnyy^VV: is a Russian name of Kratzke^VV.

Podolia: a region mostly that was mostly in present-day Ukraine, roughly bounded by a line from Balta W to the Dniester, NW along the Dniester to the Zbruch river due S of Tarnopol, an irregular line from Tarnopol ENE to just S of Berdychiv, from there SE along the N border of Vinnytsaya province, through Cherkaska province to the northern boundary of Kirovohadska province at the Dnieper river, briefly S following the Dnieper, then W generally following the southern boundary (but often a bit S) of Kirovohadska province back to Balta.  Thus it was S of Volhynia and of the Kiev Region, and E of Galicia.

Podosin(?)^GL, Hohensolms: an unidentified place said by the Kraft FSL to be home^UC to a Schinf family.

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

Poduch?^GL, Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Mariental FSL to be home^UC to a Wenzele family.

Poenitz^GL, Anhalt-Dessau: is some 2 miles SE of Dessau city and is now spelled Poetnitz, and according to Anhalt-Dessau archives the home of  a Pahn-Karst woman who married in 1766 in Rosslau a Hanke (Mai&Marquardt#1097,902).   See Hancke of Orlovskaya.

Poetnitz^GL: see Poenitz.

Poghausen^GL: see Pokhausen.

Pohl^GL: these sisters, who married men of Glueckstal and Kassel, were proven by the CGRA, using FHL 247,6328, to be from Klingenmuenster, Bergzabern [Amt], Pfalz.  Also spelled Bohl.  See the GCRA book for detail.

Pohl^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from Hanau with a Bakler wife from^UC Maastrict.  A Luebeck ML says this man married in 1765 a Berckler woman (Mai&Marquardt#43).

Pohl^FN: also see Boell.

Pohl-Goens^GL, Hesse: is the place in whose 1726 church records (LDS microfilm) Jack Morkel found the baptismal record of the first Morkel settler in Huck.

Pohlman^FN: said by the Walter FSL to be from^UC Malkhin, Mecklenburg.  The Walter Research Group has confirmed in parish records that this was a Pohlman family from Malehin, Mecklenburg.

Poiland?: an unidentified place said by the Rosenheim FSL to be home^UC to a Dietzel family.

Poitiers, Frankreich: is 183 miles SW of Paris and said by the Franzosen FSL to be home^UC to a Ribos? family.

Pokhausen^GL: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be home^UC to a Geier family.  This may be Poghausen in Lower Saxony, some 46 miles NW of Bremen city center.

Poland^GS: see Polen.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Merkel FSL to be home^UC to a Hoffmann family.  Said by the 1816 Glueckstal census to be home^UC to the Torno family; the GRCA believes they, like many others who came south towards the Black Sea, were from the Netze River valley in Posen province. Said by both the 1816 Kassel census (#87) and KS:226 and 395 to be home^UC (no locality indicated) to the Bitsch/Pietz/Pitsch/Pitz/{Johann} family that settled in Kassel.  Said by KS:397 to be home^UC (no locality indicated) to the Quiram family that settled in Kassel.  Both the 1816 Kassel census (#11) and KS:261 said this (no locality indicated) was home^UC to the Ziegenhagel family.  See the GCRA book for more detail.

Polen^GS: German for Poland which then was a kingdom until it was obliterated in 1793-95 [for later years see Polish Successor States.   Said (no locality mentioned) by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be home^UC to a Melchior family. Said (no locality indicated) by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to a Drewalski family.  Said ( no locality mentioned) by the Fischer FSL to be home^UC to a Lehmann family; a daughter of this family was said to have come from^UC Schnerbil?, Polen.

Poleng^GL, Durlach principality: said by the Walter FSL to be home^UC to a Mehling family.  The Walter Research Group has identified this place as Bohlingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg.

Polet?^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Hattersheim, Kurmainz.  Later spelled Bolet.

Polian? ^GS: an unknown state; might this be Polen?

Poligne, Frankreich: an unidentified place said by the Franzosen FSL to be home^UC to a Panier family.  There is a Poligne 45 miles W of Chateau-Gontier; on the other hand this may be a misspelling of Poligny.

Poligny, Frankreich: an unidentified place said by the Franzosen FSL to be home^UC to a Giraud family.  There are at least 4 Polignys in France.

Polish Successor States: the Kingdom of Poland eliminated as a sovereign state in 1793-95, when much of it was absorbed into Prussia which divided it into three provinces: South Prussia (Suedpreussen), New East Prussia (Neu-Ostpreussen), and Neuschlesien.  In 1807 most of this territory was taken from Prussia and became a Saxon-French client state called the Grand Duchy of Warsaw, which lasted 1807-1815.  From 1815-1848 most of the territory that had been Suedpreussen and Neuschlesien was administered as a Duchy or (unofficially) a province, i.e. Posen, again under Prussian control. The rest to the east came under Russian control.

Polkniz?, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: an unidentified place said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to a Klaum widow. 

Pollet^FN: said by the Caesarsfeld FSL to be from^UC Wackelderbusch?.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Polozk, Polen: nka Polatsk, Belarus, 120 miles NNE of Minsk city, and said by the Husaren FSL to be home^UC to a Sokolow family.

Poltnitz^GL, Mecklenburg: is some 27 miles SE of Schwerin city, and said by the Bauer FSL to be home^UC to a Schroeder family.

Pomar(?)^GL, Preussen: an unidentified place said by the Holstein FSL to be home^UC to a Hoefner family.

Pomerania^GS: see Prussian Pomerania and Swedish Pomerania.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Kutter FSL to be home^UC to a Beki? family.

Pomerinke^FN: said by the Holstein FSL to be from^UC Treptow.  Later spelled Pomrenke.

Pomersheim^FN: said by the  Moor 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Helwig (Mai1798:Mo71). Bonner proved that they married in Vonhausen where she had been baptized a Bomersheim.

Pommer ^FN: said by KS:395 to have come from^UC Roetha bei Leipzig, Sachsen to go to^UC Glueckstal; but the GCRA found no records for them in the Glueckstal colonies; see their book for detail.

Pommer?^FN: said by the Rohleder FSL to be from^UC Deutsch Boehmen.   For 1798 see Mai1798:Rl24(the wife’s maiden name was given as Dietrick.  This Pommer man married a Dietrick woman in 1766 in Rosslau (Mai&Marquardt#1020). 

Pommern^GS: German for Pomerania.  It was created as a Polish duchy in 1170.  In 1648 West Pommern, included Stettin, Ruegen Island, the Bremen Archbishopric, the Verden Archbishopric, Wismar and Poel Island became a Swedish possession, but in 1720 it, except for Wismar, Ruegen Island, and the Stralsmund area was divided between Prussia, Hanover, and Denmark.  In 1815 that remainder went to Denmark, and all the rest to Prussia. Now almost the whole of Pommern was made a Prussian province. Said (no locality mentioned) by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be home^UC to a Rindgel/Rindel? family.  Said by the Grimm FSL to be home^UC (no locality mentioned) to Heilm, Pikus, and Rusch families.

Pomrenke^FN: see Pomerinke.

Pona?^FN: said by the Rohleder FSL to be from^UC [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate] (no locality mentioned).    Spelled Boni in 1798 (Mai1798:Rl11, 09.

Popovkina^VV: one form of the Russian name for Jost^VV.

Popowka^VV: one form of the Russian name for Jost^VV.

Popowkina^VV: one form of the Russian name for Jost^VV.

Popp^FN: said by the Balzer FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality indicated). Rohrbach parish records say this Popp family left their home in Rohrbach, Isenburg for Russia in 1766 (Mai&Marquart#1255).  Bonner found indications that the maiden name of the widow Bopp was Kras.  In 1798 the name was spelled Bopp (Mai1798:Bz83, 101) and Bott (Sr7).

Popp^FN: said by the Goebel FSL to be from^UC Kervenheim, Wuerzburg.  Later spelled Bopp (Mai1798:Gb13, 21, 22);

Popp^FN: said by the Hoelzel FSL to be from^UC Rossdorf, Bamberg [Bishopric].

Popp^FN: said by the Messer FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  A Luebeck ML says this man married a Willmann woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#1188).

Popp^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Nr61, 10, Kz27 and Pb25.  The Buedingen ML says this Bopp man from Rohrbach, [Isenburg-Buedingen County] married in 1766 a Stickel woman (Mai&Marquardt#712).  Bonner proved he was baptized in Rohrbach.

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

Popp^FN: also see Bopp.

Poppenhausen^GL, Hanau: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be home^UC to a Gerlach family.  This might be Bobenhausen Eins in Hessen, some 16 miles NNE of Hanau city.

Poppenwind, Bamberg [Bishopric]: is 16 miles SSW of Bamberg city, and was said by the Leitsinger FSL to be home^UC to a Pirrlein family.

Porell^FN: see Borell.

Porst^GL, near Coethen: which is just over 1 mile NE of Koethen city is said to have been home^UC to the Walt family that went to Boaro (Mai&Marquardt#1166).

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

Portljaes?, Bamberg [Bishopric]: an unidentified place said by the Hoelzel FSL to be home^UC to a Niesslein family.

Posda?^GL, Schweiz: an unidentified place said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be home^UC to a Dinkel family.

Posen^GL, Polen: was Polish until 1793, now called Poznan.  Said by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to a Schmidt{Simon} family.  Said by the Koehler FSL to be home^UC to a Weimann family.

Posen^GL, also see Poznan.

Posen Department^GL, Preussen: seated in the city of Posen [now Poznan] this was (1793-1807) one of the three huge Departments into which all Suedpreussen was divided, the other two being Kalisch and Warsaw.  In 1807 its territory was subsumed by the French-Saxon client-state, the Grand Duchy of Warsaw.  Then in 1815 it was again incorporated into Prussia as the Posen Grand Duchy and was treated as a Prussian province.

Posen [Department]^GL, Prussia: The GCRA found evidence that this was the home^UC of the Brand{Gottfried and Johann}brothers (1795-1814) who went to Kassel.  The GCRA believes a Goehring widow married a Lang here in 1811.

Posen [Duchy or Province]^GL, Prussia: during 1815-1848 this entity governed much of the territory that in 1795-1807 had been the province of South Prussia.

Post{Johannes}: although refered to as a Just in Stephan 1790 (Mai1798:Mv2837) he appears in fact to have been a Post (Ml2) and (T89 and/or T562), nevertheless, I could not locate him in any FSL.

Postel? ^FN: see Bostel.

Potonsk?^GS: an unidentified country: see Denkbeim.

Potschinnaja^VV: is a Russian name of Kratzke^VV.

Potschinnoje^VV: is a Russian name of Kratzke^VV.

Potsdam^GL, [Kurbrandenburg]: said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to a Koenig{Christian} family.  Said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to a Dubach family.  Same as next entry.

Potsdam^GL, [Kur-]Brandenburg: is some 15 miles SW of Berlin city centre, and said by the Dreispitz FSL to be home^UC to a Ebermann? family.

Pott/Bott?^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Goettingen/Keddinggen, Hesse-Kassel.

Pottert^GL: see Peddert.

Pottof?^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Buena with Sahlman stepchildren living in the household.   I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Poullet ^FN: see Ubre.

Pourquenoit?^FN: said by the Louis FSL to be from^UC Bitsch, Lothringen.  In 1798 the family name was sometimes spelled Burgno (Mai1798:Ls43).

Pout-aux-Moines(?), Frankreich: is some 6 miles E of Orleans, and said by the Goebel FSL to be home to Person and perhaps Kraemer and Schiel families.

Poznan/Posen^GL, Polen: is some 152 miles SW of Gdansk and said by the Kamenka FSL to be home^UC to a Rekowski/Rekowsky family.

Pracht^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Gruenberg, Darmstadt.  Later spelled Prasch (Mai1798:Ka16).

Pracht^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Orb, Mainz. Sean McGinnis has traced this Prasch family in Orb back to the 1600’s in the Fulda archives.

Praefried^FN: see Prefried.

Praeger^FN: see Preger?.

Praizio(?)^GL, Preussen: an unidentified place said by the Kraft FSL to be home^UC to a Kohlberg family.

Prag, [Boehmen]: Said by the the Rohleder FSL to be home^UC to Herr Lechleiter.  Same place as the next entry.

Prag^GL, Boehmen: Said by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to a Hansel family.  Said by the Mariental FSL to be home^UC to a Janus family.  Nka Prague currently capital of the Czech Republic is some 95 miles SE of Zwickau.

Prague: see Prag.

Praller^FN:  see Preler.

Prandenstein^FN: see Breitenstein.

Prapsi ^GL: see Prati.

Prasch^FN: see Pracht.

Prati?/Prapsi?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to an Aut family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Hanau.  Could this have been Probstei?

Prediger^FN: said by the Hildmann FSL to be from^UC Homburg-an-der-Ohm, [Hessen-Darmstadt Landgraviate].  For 1798 see {J.Jakob} (Mai1798:Hd3) and {J.Adam} (Bn9, Hd6) the latter of which gives the maiden name of the wife as Groening (Hd6).

Preetz?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be home^UC to a Litauer? family.  There at least 3 Preetzs in Germany, all in the north.

Preetz, Holstein [Condo]: is 13 km SE of Kiel city and was said by the Schuck FSL to be home^UC to a Faust family.  In his first translation Pleve spelled this Breitz.

Prefried?^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Ledener?.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.  According to a Luebeck ML this Praefried man married in 1766 a Kalck woman (no origin given for either); Stumpp said the man was from Leidhecken near Buedingen (Mai&Marquardt#184).

Preger?^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Urbach FSL to be from^UC Anhalt-Zerbst [Principality].    In 1775 and 1798 spelled Praeger (Mai1798:Mv2896, Sk1(where the wife’s maiden name was given as Liebrecht).  In 1766 this Berger man married a Liebrecht woman in Rosslau (Mai&Marquardt#913).

Preir?^GL: an unidentified locality said by the Mueller FSL to be home^UC to a Schroeder family.  Kuhlberg gives the state as  Hannover.

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

Preis^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Hessen (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Preuss and the wife’s maiden name was give as Hohnstein (Mai1798:Nr137).

Preis/Preuss?^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Arnstein, Wuerzburg.

Preisach^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Stierstadt, Mainz.

Preiss^VV, an alternative spelling for Preuss^VV.

Preister^FN: see Prester.

Preler^FN:  said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of frau Dietrich.  The Budeingen ML gave her name as Breler and said she was from Salzschlirff (Mai&Marquardt#588).

Prensach?^GL, Oesterreich: an unidentified place said by the Mariental FSL to be home^UC to a Haury family.

Prentsel^FN: see Brenzel.

Prenzbahn^GS: an unidentified state; see Demmin.

Prenzel^FN: see Brenzel.

Prenzig^FN: said by the Straub FSL to be from^UC Wunsiedel, Bayreuth [Margraviate], with a step-daughter (family name not given) in the household.  I did not find them or any descendants in Mai1798.

Prenzlau^GL, [Kur-]Brandenburg: said by the Enders FSL to be home^UC to a Dietz family.  Said by the Reinhard FSL to be home^UC to the Korn family.  Said by the Urbach FSL to be home^UC  to a Wodischal family.  I could not find them in Mai1798.

Prepot^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Werden, Frankreich.  Pleve thought this might be Prevost.

Prerow, Oesterreich: said by the Husaren FSL to be home^UC to a Wangar/Weingard family.  This likely is Prerov, Czech Republic, and was 13 miles SE of Olmuetz, Austria.

Preschenelau?^GL, Polen: an unidentified place said by the Fischer FSL to be home^UC to frau Couchis?.

Pressburg^GL (aka Bratislava, Slovakia) said by the Kamenka FSL to be home^UC to a Bauer family.

Pressburg^GL, Ungarn: said by the Goebel FSL to be home^UC to a Bahlt family.  Said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Holtzer family.  Same as the preceding entry.

Pressler{Friedericke}^FN: said by KS:396 to be in the 1858 Kassel census (#122 sic) having come from^UC Tannhof, Pfahlbronn parish, Schwaben Gmuend, but the GCRA found that he was not in that census and says he never came to Kassel.  See their book for more.

Pressler{J.Georg}^FN: said by KS:396 to be in the Kassel from^UC Unterschlechtbach, Waiblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  The GCRA found that he never went to Kassel.  See their book for more.

Pressler{Michael}^FN: see Bressler of Kassel.

Pressmer^FN: said by the Leichtling FSL to be from^UC Alzey (no locality mentioned).

Prester^FN{Nicolaus}: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Hessen (no locality mentioned).  For 1792 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv1975 and Sh41.

Prester^FN{Valentin}:  said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  In 1798 spelled both Prester (Gm122) and  Proestel (Nr114) and his wife’s maiden name was given as Leonhardt (Mai1798:Nr114).  The Buedingen ML says this Proester man from Neuhoff married in 1766 a Lehnhart woman (Mai&Marquardt#686).

Prester^FN: said by the Shcherbakovka FSL to be from^UC Beerbaum.    For 1798 see Mai1798:Kf13, but apparently was spelled, perhaps by mistake (?), Beschel in 1788 (Mai1798:Mv2773).

Prester^FN:also see Preister.

Pretz^FN: Herr Pretz was said by the Koehler FSL to be from^UC Mannheim, and his frau’s maiden name was given as Roemer (no origin given).    The family name was spelled Bretz in 1798 (Mai1798:Kl35).  The Buedingen ML says this Bretz man from^UC Heimersheim in the Mid-Pfalz married in 1766 a Rohner woman from^UC Vogtstadt near Hamelburg; Hoffman said Hammelburg (Mai&Marquardt#632).

Pretzel^FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Run…nsstein?.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Preuser^FN: Bonner proved that this woman married in Duedelsheim Weisheim{J.Adam} who was buried there.  She was the widow Weissheim{M.Sophia} of the Balzer FSL (#88}.

Preuss^FN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be from^UC Moemlingen, Kurmainz.

Preuss^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Kamberg, Nassau.

Preuss?^FN: also see Preis.

Preuss^VV (aka Choise la Roy, Chasselois, Krasnopolye, Krasnopolje, and Preiss) is a Catholic village on the eastern side of the Volga River.  Its FSL was first published in Pleve, The German Colonies …, pp.431-454.  According to that, the first settlers were from the following places with the family names shown here in parens:

from Affeln, Kelheim: (Geisterscheid, Greder?);

from Algesheim(?), Mainz: (Getter/Hetter?, Rikert?);

from Amorbach/Bauerbach, Kurmainz: (Sauerwald);

from Andertso/Andershof(?), Kurmainz: (Ranburger/Rambe);

from Arlon(?), Luxembourg: (Siebert);

from Arnstein, Wuerzburg: (Preis/Preuss?);

from Ateleng(?), Kur Trier: (Wolf);

from Attendorn, Kelheim: (Schwartz);

from Ausbach: (Schwemmler);

from Baerenbach, Kurmainz: (Uhlmann);

from Bassenheim, Kur Trier: (Bessinger/Boessinger);

from Birkheim, Kur Trier: (Gaal?);

from Bommersheim, Mainz: (Becker, Dulson);

from Braband: (Greder?);

from Burglengenfeld, Kurpfalz: (Kelber);

from Cambre, France: (Becker);

from Dalheim, Luxembourg: (Hess, Krantz);

from Dalsheim, France: (Diehl);

from Dalov(?), Champagne, France: (Weber);

from Dernbach, Kurmainz: (Uhlmann);

from Dreschendorf, Bamberg: (Dietrich);

from Eitingein(?), Baden Durlach: (Jung);

from Endingen: (Zweigat?);

from Epperbrum, Kurpfalz: (Dink?);

from Eppstein, Kurmainz: (Fritz);

from Ersrach(?), Kur Trier: (Gammerikh/Hammerich?);

from Figlein(?), Orleans, France: (Budgor?);

from Firnsberg, Wuerzburg: (Resch);

from Flerzheim, Kurmainz: (Dienst);

from Florstadt: (Besinger/Boesinger);

from Freimersheim, Bavaria: (Klein);

from Geddernheim, Kurmainz: (Dipener?);

from Gernsheim, Darmstadt: (Naust);

from Gorderig(?)-am-Mindelheim, Bavaria: (Gertrikh?);

from Goettingen/Keddinggen, Hesse-Kassel: (Kohlenberg, Pott/Bott?);

from Grentu(?), Bamberg: (Knopf, Rauch);

from Gundelfingen, Kurpfalz: (Weinmeier);

from Guntershausen, Kurpfalz: (Snip?);

from Hammerstein, Kurpfalz: (Wittmann);

from Hattersheim, Kurmainz: (Polet?);

from Halle, Brandenburg: (Miller);

from Hintzeldorf, Kurmainz: (Schmidt);

from Holtzhausen, Kur Trier: (Matz);

from Huffelsheim, Kurmainz: (Braun);

from Kamberg, Kur Trier: (Heiland, Heinrich, Schneider);

from Kamberg, Nassau: (Preuss);

from Kelheim: (Jungblut);

from Koblenz: (Fuchs);

from Kur Trier: (Kelner/Koelner/Kellner?);

from Laudenbach, Bergstrassen: (Bengler);

from Leben, Brandenburg: (Fanmispel?);

from Lyubets(?), Kurmainz: (Krug);

from Mainz: (Kladibali?, Kuntz);

from Meinetschlag(?): (Turis?);

from Melem(?), Kelheim: (Engelbert);

from Mersfeld, Kurpfalz: (Dekhel?);

from Messelgruebe, Kurmainz: (Becker, Gupert/Hupert/Hubert?, Weitz);

from Mittelholz, Kur Trier: (Staud);

from Montabeier(?), Kur Trier: (Resch);

from Nassau: (Becker);

from Nieder-Erbach, Kur Trier: (Becker);

from Niederstetten, Kurmainz: (Kaler?);

from Niederstzingen(?), Wuerzburg: (Schweigart);

from Niderzensgein/Niederzeuzheim(?), Nassau: (Hartmann);

from Oberhausen, Kur Trier: (Geker/Hecker/Heckert?, Kraemer, Niklus?, Walkenbach);

from Oberhoechstadt, Mainz: (Hiltmann, Kempf);

from Oberursel, Mainz: (Schmidt);

from Olingen, Nassau: (Meilinger);

from Oppenheim, Kurpfalz: (Moor);

from Pfafenmoisbakh/Pfaffenwiesbach(?), Kurmainz: (Meibach);

from Ransbach, Kur Trier: (Becker);

from Reinberg: (Werner);

from Reinbreitbach, Kelheim: (Asemakher?);

from Remich, Luxembourg: (Manus, Nesel, Renoard?, Scharf, Schroepfer, Wagner);

from Ris(?), Kur Trier: (Weber);

from Rohrbach, Wuerzburg: (Henkel);

from Rosdorf, Kurmainz: (Nau);

from Saalfelden, Salzburg: (Arnhold);

from Salgen, Bavaria: (Winkler);

from Salzburg: (Sartor);

from Schwabach, Wuerzburg: (Wacker);

from Schwellheim, Wuerzburg: (Weber);

from Stadhausen, Kur Trier: (Zerfus);

from Steinach, Tyrol: (Fuchs);

from Stierstadt, Mainz: (Eberlin/Eberling?, Glock, Preisach);

from Sumort(?), Champagne, France: (Rotler?);

from Trier: (Nachbar);

from Unterumbach, Bavaria: (Kaspar);

from Utzenhofen, Swabia: (Krieger);

from Weilmuenster, Hesse: (Schmidt);

from Weinheim, Kurpfalz: (Bender, Wimmer);

from Wenden: (Fischer);

from Wengerot(?), Darmstadt: (Hartmann);

from Werchau, Kur Trier: (Patt/Batt/Bott?);

from Wergheim/Werkheim(?), Kur Trier: (Gaal?);

from Winzenheim, Alsace: (Meier);

from Wirges, Kur Trier: (Becker);

from Wuerzburg: (Sinsler);

from Zegendorf, Bamberg: (Lugarn?);

from Ziegenberg, Darmstadt: (Klamm).

Preussen^GS is German for Prussia which I believe in the 1760’s was not one contiguous area but had holdings scattered around the northern, central and eastern Germanies.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be home^UC to a Winkelmann family. Said (no locality mentioned) by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to a Ritzler family.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Fischer FSL to be home^UC to frau Lang. Said by KS:207 to have been home^UC to the Alvinn who married in Glueckstal; see the GCRA book for details.  The GCRA found reason to believe the Weil family that settled in Kassel came from^UC somewhere in Prussia. 44);

Preussen: from 1829 on was an official province within Prussia, created by the joining of Ostpreussen and Westpreussen.

Preussisch Holland(?)^GL, Preussen: was some 12 miles SE of Elbing, is now called Pastek, Poland, and issaid by the Holstein FSL to be home^UC to a Simon family.

Preussisch Pommern^GS: German for Prussian Pomerania, most likely a Duchy in the 1760’s lying along the Baltic Sea between the Oder and Vistula rivers.  See Pommern.

Preussisch Schlesien^GL: said by the 1816 Bergdorf census to be home^UC to a Roessler/Ressler family.  Silesia which earlier had been a part of Poland, was part of Prussia from 1795 on.

Prevost^FN: see Prepot.

Pril^FN: said by the Enders FSL to be from^UC Isenburg-Buedingen. The family name in 1798 was spelled Piel and the frau’s maiden name was given as Kaiser (Mai1798:En18,25).

Prill^FN: also see Brill.

Prinz^FN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be from^UC Forth, Nuernburg.

Prinz^FN: also see Brenz.

Prister^FN: the Rosslau ML says this woman (no origin given) married a Killmeyer man in 1765; by 1766 this couple was in Graf (Mai&Marquardt#855).

Pritzkau^RN, Gwen: former village coordinator for the Glueckstal colonies of the Odessa region and co-leader of the origins research for the GCRA book on the Glueckstal colonies; also helped verify origins data for settlers of Hoffungstal, Bessarabia.

Privalnoye^VV: a version of the Russian name for Straub^VV.

Priwalnoje^VV: a version of the Russian name for Straub^VV.

Probate(?)^GL, Holstein: an unidentified place said by the Dinkel FSL to be home^UC to a Muss family.

Probst^FN:  said by the Reinhard FSL to be from^UC Hanstedt.  For 1783 see Mai1793:Mv2377.  He married a Seybold woman in Rosslau in 1765 (Mai&Marquardt#835).

Probstei Amt: was a district E of Kiel city, seated in what is now Schoenberger Strand.

Proellochs^FN: see Breloas.

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

Proescher^FN:  also see Brescher.

Proesin^FN:  according to a Rosslau ML this woman (no origin given) married in 1766 a Koch man; by 1767 the couple was in Jost (Mai&Marquardt#970).

Proestel^FN: see Preister.

Proester^FN: see Preister.

Prol^FN:  see Bruhl.

Proslius^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Zinling?, Kurmainz.   Spelled Brozius in 1790 and 1798 (Mai1798:Mv356, Dl36).

Protsmann^FN: see Protzmann

Protzmann/Protsmann^FN: said by the Balzer FSL to be from Isenburg with Jacob orphan boys in the household.  Bonner proved this man was baptized in Huettengesas, Isenburg[-Meerholz County].  Spelled Brotsmann in 1798 (Mai1798:Bz33, Kt29, 54, and 27).

Provinz Utrecht^GS: see Utrecht.

Proziminski^FN: Herr Proziminski was said by the Fischer FSL to be from^UC Warschau, Polen; his frau, born a Meier, was said to come from Rohrbach, Kurpfalz.   I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

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

Pruesselbueren^GL: see Prussenbrun.

Prunck^FN: the Buedingen ML says she was from^UC Peddert and married a Siebenlist man in 1766; later that year this couple was in Doenhof (Mai&Marquardt#518).

Prussenbrun(?)^GL, Pfalz: an unidentified place said by the Dobrinka FSL to be home^UC to a Breiner family.  There is a Pruesselbueren in North Rhine-Westpahlia some 24 miles N of Muenster city, but that seems far removed from any lands that were Pfalz.

Prussia^GS, see Preussen.

Prussian Pomerania^GS, see Preussisch Pommern.

Prussian Provinces: see Brandenburg(1818-1947), Pommern(1815on), Posen(1815 on), Rhein(1822 on), Sachsen(1816 on), Schlesian(1742-1919), Westfalen(1816-1946), Westpreussen(1772-1829 when absorbed by the Prussian Kingdom).

Przedecz, Posen: is 52 miles NE of Kalisch, Poland and was an Amt or Kreis or parish which covered Sompolno according to the GCRA.

Puettligen^GL: is 9 km NW of Saarbruecken city.

Pufald?^FN: said by the Fischer FSL to be from^UC Schidatlie?, Polen.  The family name was spelled Bufald in 1798 (Mai1798:Fs5).

Puhl?^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Wertheim.

Puhl ^FN: also see Pful.

Pulheim(?)^GL, Darmstadt: an unidentified place said by the Bangert FSL to home^UC to a Bonecker family.

Punscht(?)^GL, Darmstadt: an unidentified place said by the Bauer FSL to be home^UC to a Kordelje? family.

Pussker^FN: she was said by Anhalt-Dessau records to have been from Rehsen and, abandoned by her Mattheus/Matheus husband, she departed for Russia with two children (Mai&Marquardt#1120).

Pusterin^FN: said by the Hoelzel FSL to be from^UC Kremerew?, [Kur-]Trier.    Spelled Bustert in 1798 and the maiden name of his wife was given as Mueller{A.Maria} (Mai1798:Hz15).

Pustertal, Tirol, Oesterreich: an unidentified place said by the Hoelzel FSL to be home^UC to a Stetter family. This probably is nka Rio-di-Pusteria, Italy, some 34 miles SSE of Innsbruck.  The whole valley from Rio- on E was known as the Purstertal.

Putler^FN: see Buttler.

Putzig, Prussia: nka Puck, Poland, was 26 miles NNW of Danzig, and the GCRA found it associated with Bischke (1772 or 1787) and Wirt (frau Teske, (1787) families.