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Raab^FN: said by one or both versions of the Balzer FSL to be from Duedelsheim^GL, Isenburg-Buedingen [County].  Bonner proved this origin and also that this was also the birthplace of Herr Fech’s Raab wife.  Same information on the Raab man at their 1766 marriage per the Buedingen ML, which also says his Reibert bride came from Mockstadt (Mai&Marquardt#532).

Raab^FN: said by the Dehler FSL to be from^UC Damerzhausen?, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Margraviate].  For 1798 see 1798Mai:Dl27.

Raab^FN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be from^UC Wolfsheim, Frankreich.

Raab^FN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be from^UC Ichsfels(?)/Iksfelts(?).

Raab^FN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be from^UC Kersbach?, Bamberg [Bishopric].

Raab^FN: also see Rabbe.

Rabbe/Raab/Raabe^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Lauterbach.

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

Raabe^FN: said by the Kano FSL to be from^UC Zell.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Raabe^FN: also see Rabbe.

Rabachan?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Holstein FSL to be home^UC to a Weber family and possibly to the Krueck step-daughter and the Stupart{Katharina}orphan living in their household.

Rabenau^GL, [Hessen-Darmstadt Landgraviate]: is some 9 miles NE of Giessen and said by the Fischer FSL to be home^UC to a Schoenmeyer family (frau Jung). According to the Buedingen ML a Jung man married a Schoenmeyer woman in 1766, both from the area of Rabenau; by 1767 this couple was in Fischer; Stumpp said Rabenau was near Giessen (Mai&Marquardt#581).  Rabenau: Said ( no locality mentioned) by the Fischer FSL to be home^UC [but not birthplace) to frau Lang.

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

Rabicz^GL: now is Rabiez some 30 miles NW of Warsaw; see Rabitsch.

Rabitsch(?)/Rabicz^GL, Polen: said by the Kratzke FSL to be home^UC to a Risch family.

Raboldshausen, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate]: is 8 miles WNW of Bad Hersfeld, and was said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to home^UC to a Kaiser family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Hessen.

Rach^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Oberstadt, Schwaben.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bn7,9,67).

Rack^FN: said by the Mueller FSL to be from^UC Zell.  

Rackith^GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to an Ensler family.  The only Rackith I can find was in Kursachsen, some 4 miles SSE of Wittenberg city.

Rad^FN: see Rath.

Radach^FN: see Radak.

Radak^FN: listed by the 1816 Neudorf census (#117) as being from^UC the Warsaw Duchy and by KS:397 with no origin.  The GCRA believes they lived in^UC the Netze River valley probably near Czarnikau, but could not prove origin.  Also spelled Radach.  See the GCRA book for more.

Radi^FN: see Rady.

Rady^FN: said by the Messer FSL to be from^UC Brandenburg (no locality mentioned) and his wife’s maiden name was given as Schmidt. In 1798 the family name was spelled Radi (Mai1798:Ms31).

Radziejowo Kreis, Posen Department, South Prussia: nka Radziejow, centered 70 miles ENE of Posen.

Radzivilov^GL, Russia: now Chervonoarmeysk, Ukraine, then at the Russian/Galician border, some 57 miles ENE of Lemberg.

Radziwillow, Galicia: the GCRA found it assoicated with an Aman family in 1809.  The same place as the previous entry.

Raeder^FN, see Roeder.

Rael^FN: said in 1798 to be the maiden name of wife of the Bindewald who settled in Boaro (Mai1798: Mn33).  Another source gives (unless he married a second time) her maiden name as Kenel.

Raesanowka^VV: a variation of the Russian name for Naeb^VV.

Raeuscher^FN: see Rauscher.

Rahm^FN: said by the1798 Ernestinendorf census to be the maiden name of frau Koenig {Mai1798:Sh32).  Also see Ron.

Rahn^FN: see Rohn.

Rahnefeld^FN: said by the Kano FSL to be from^UC Oranienbaum, [Anhalt-]Dessau [Principality].  Spelled Ranefeld in 1798 and  in Reinfeld 1785 (Mai1798:Mv1134, Sw22).  This Reinefeld man with a wife and 3 children is recorded as leaving Oranienbaum for Russia (Mai&Marquardt#1138).

Raibach^GL, Darmstadt: is some 14 miles E of Darmstadt city and some 6 miles SE of Dieburg town.  Said by the Holstein FSL to be home^UC to Borger, Deisner, Grenz, and Reichert families.Said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to a Schipp woman who married an Armbruester man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Krasnoyar (Mai&Marquardt#569).

Raibert?^FN: the 1798 Norka census gives this as the maiden name of the wife of an Isenburger Lehr; the editor thinks this may have bee Reiber (Mai1798:Nr42).

Raich ^FN: aka frau Ehresmann of Neudorf. Using FHL#247,589, 1,457,536 and 247,591, the GCRA her origin in Billigheim, Bergzabern [Amt], Rheinpfalz, then under Elsass jurisdiction.  See the GCRA book for more.

Raile^FN: said by both the 1858 Neudorf census (#240) and KS:397 to have been from Plochingen, Wuerttemberg. Using FHL#1,056,648 and 1,056,642, the GCRA proved that origin Plochingen in Esslingen Amt.  See their book for much more.

Rainer^FN: listed by the 1858 Kassel census (#234) with no origin, but KS:402 said they came from Brackenheim, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  Using FHL#1,184,720-1, the GCRA confirmed that origin the Amt now being Brackenheim,

Rainrod^GL: is some 5 miles NE of Nidda, Hessen, and said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be home^UC to a Baer/Ber family (p.131).

Rainrod^GL, Darmstadt^GL: said by the Mueller FSL to be home^UC to Buchhammer and Schaefer families. 

Raitersaich^GL: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Wagner? family.  This probably is 10 miles SW of Nuernberg, Bavaria.

Rakk?^FN: said by the Leichtling FSL to be from^UC Gelnhausen (no locality mentioned).  This may be the Rock family.

Rakuszewski^FN: said by the Husaren FSL to be from^UC Marienburg, Polen. In 1798 spelled Rockowshew (Mai1798:Hn23).

Rall^FN: said by the Bergdorf 1858 census (KS:667, 398) to have been Kaltental, Stuttgart [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  This origin was verified by the GCRA using FHL(1,055,609).  See their book for more detail.

Raltfort(?)^GL, Sachsen: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a .Stekloff? family

Ramann^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Wuerzburg no locality indicated. 

Rambach^GL, is an unidentified locality which, according to the Frank FSL, was in the state of Nassau and was home^UC to a Bender family.  This might be the north suburban area of Weisbaden.

Rambe^FN: see Ranburger.

Rambeau^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Paris, Frankreich.

Ramche/Range^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Erbach (no locality mentioned).

Rameis?^FN said by the Frank FSL to be from^UC Hirschfeld, Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter(?).

Ramburger^FN, see Ranburger.

Rammel^FN: said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#96) and KS:398 to have come from Zaisenhausen, Sinsheim (Amt), Baden.   Using FHL#1,256,770, the GCRA proved this origin.  See their book for a bit more.  Also spelled Rumbel.

Rampetzreith^GL: see Romebschreit.

Ramsin?^GL, Anhalt-Dessau: is some 14 miles S of Dessau city, and said by the Jost FSL to be home^UC to a Dauer family.  If this was in fact Anhalt-Dessau, it was a tiny island of such in a great sea of Kursachsen.

Ramstadt(?)^GL, [Hessen-]Darmstadt: said by the Pleve version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be home to a Kraft family.  This likely is the town of Ober-Ramstadt, Hesse, is some 5 miles SE of Darmstadt city.  Kromm apparently called this Ristedt.

Ranburger/Rambe^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Andertso/Andershof(?), Kurmainz.  Later may have been spelled Ramburger.

Ranert^FN: said by the Bauer FSL to be from^UC Meisenheim, Kurpfalz.  Actually Rhanert from Mettenheim, Wartenberg (Mai&Marquardt#1247).

Ranefeld^FN: see Rahnefeld.

Range^FN: see Ramche.

Ransbach^GL, Kur Trier: an unidentified place said by the Preuss FSL to be home^UC to a Becker family.  There are at least 4 Ransbach in Germany; none appear to be near Trier.

Ranstadt ^GL, [Stollberg County]: is some 7 miles NW of Buedingen city.  Gary Martens says that according to Igor Pleve the original Schilling Sinner was born in^UC Ranstadt, but was living in^UC Rinderbuergen when he left for Russia.

Ranstadt^GL, Stollberg: is some 7 miles NW of Buedingen city, and said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be home^UC to a Schaat man who came here later than the first settlers (p.35).

Ranstadt^GL -bei-Buedingen: said by Stumpp to be home^UC to the Schwab who was the first headman of Schwab^VV.  Surely the same place as the preceding entry.

Ranzen^GL, near Riga, Latvia: this might be Rencini some 73 miles NE of Riga city, and some 6 miles ENE of Burtnieki.

Rapoldshofen^GL: see Rappoldshofen.

Rapp^FN:  listed in the Bergdorf 1858 census (KS:666, 398) without origin.  Origin in Muehlhausen-an-der-Enz, Vaihingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg was proven by the GCRA using FHL(1,184,985).  See the GCRA book for more details.

Rapp^FN: the GCRA found that this family lived in Kassel although it was not in any Kassel census, and, using FHL#1,184,502, proved its origin in Struempfelbach, Waiblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  See their book for more.

Rappoldshofen^GL-bei-Neustadt-an-der-Aisch, Bayreuth: is some 3 miles NE of Neustadt and said both by the Laub FSL and by a Woehrd ML (Rapoldshofen) to be home^UC to a Kolb family.

Rari(?)^GL, Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Roethling FSL to be home^UC to a Matleheim family.

Raron?^GL, Schweiz: is some 47 miles SSE of Bern, and said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be home^UC to a Kelbermater family. 

Raschau^GL, Polen: said by the Jost FSL to be home^UC to a Waljatski family.  There were two Raschau in Kursachsen, but I could not discover one in then Polish lands.

Raschez ^FN: listed in this spelling in the 1816 Kassel census (#6) and in KS:398 with no origin; listed in the 1858 Kassel census (#120 no origin) and in KS:409 as Rometsch and as (evidently mistakenly) having come from^UC Gerlingen, Leonberg [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  The GCRA thinks Langenbrand, Bieselberg [parish], Calw [Amt], Wuerttemberg is their more likely origin, probably having come to Russia via Koenigsbach, South Prussia; see their book for more.  Also spelled Rumetz.

Raschler^FN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be a step-son living in the Fischer household.  This would imply that frau Fischer was formerly frau Raschler.

Rassler^FN: said by the Hoelzel FSL to be a stepson in the Rossner household.  I could not find either family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Rassnitz^GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Wiesner family.  This probably was Rassnitz, Magdeburg Duchy, some 8 miles SE of Halle city.

Rastatt, [Baden-Baden Margraviate]: said by the Galka FSL to be home^UC to a Frank{J.Wilhelm} family. Said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be home^UC to a Himmel/Huemmel family.  This is the same place as the next entry, but 40-50 years earlier.

Rastatt Amt^GL, Baden: a district administrative center (1809) some 12 miles SW of Karlsruhe city.

Rath^FN: said by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:660, 398) to have been Pfalzengrafenweiler, Freudenstadt [Amt]. Wuerttemberg.  This origin was verified using FHL(1,884,557) by the GCRA, which also demonstrated that the family went first to Suedpreussen.  See their book for more detail.  Also spelled Rad.

Rath^FN: this family name was found recorded in 1700s Berstadt parish records; see Flegel trip.

Rathenow^GL, Brandenburg: is some 44 miles WNW of Berlin centre, and said by the Jost FSL to be home^UC to a Benz family.

Rattel^FN: said by the Kano FSL to be from^UC Bayreuth [Margraviate] (no locality mentioned). 

Ratzeburg?^GL, Sachsen: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Leirich family.  There was a Ratzeburg Principality, but I do not find any name like that in lands that were Kursachsen.

Ratzeburg^GL: also see Ratzenburg.

Ratzeburg Principality^GS: this state belonged to the Mecklenburg-Schwerin Duchy.  It lay E of Luebeck city and extended N and NE from its seat in Ratzeburg city.  The seat is listed below as Ratzenburg, Mecklenburg.

Ratzenburg^GL: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Burmeister family.  There are several such place-names in Germany, however, this might be the next entry.

Ratzenburg^GL, Mecklenburg: is Ratzeburg, now in Schleswig-Holstein, some 13 miles SSE of Luebeck city, and said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Schuetz family.  This may have referred to the Principality not just the city.

Rau^FN{J.Friedrich}: said by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:660, 399) to have been from Neubulach, Calw [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  However the GCRA says that origin belongs to a different Rau family, while this one is said to have come from^UC Kaltenbach.  See their book for more detail.

Rau^FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Stitzenhein?.

Rau^FN: the Dinkel FSL says these orphans were living in a Andersen household from Tauban(?), Holstein.

Rau^FN: said by the 1798 Dobrinka census to be Bishof’s wife’s maiden name (Mai1798:Db22).

Rau^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Freiwalde, Brandenburg.

Rau^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Schackzalt(?), Schafftanau(?).

Rau^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Spitzenalten(?), Schatanu(?).  Later spelled Raum as well (Mai1798:Db46, Db77).

Rau{Friedrich}: he was in Glueckstal for a time and the GCRA says he probably was from^UC Neubulach, Calw [Amt], Wuettemberg, like the man of the same name who went to Bergdorf.  See the GCRA book for detail.

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

Rau^FN: said by the Huck FSL to be from^UC Fulda (no locality mentioned).  Said by the Buedingen ML to be from^UC Salmuenster, marrying on 9 April 1766 an Eckert woman from Spielberg (Mai&Marquardt#504).  This Rauh couple was baptized in St. Jacob’s Lutheran, Luebeck on 4 June 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#1318).

Rau^FN: said by the Keller FSL to be from^UC Kottenheim, Bassenheim [Barony], with Riegelhof orphan children in the household.  For 1798 see (Mai1798:Nk4).

Rau^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Alsfeld, Darmstadt.

Rau^FN: according to a Luebeck ML a Rau woman from Darmstadt married in 1766 Hoepner man; by 1767 this couple was in Krasnoyar (Mai&Marquardt#234).

Rau ^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Romrod?.

Rau^FN: this family name was found recorded in 1700s Berstadt parish records, and in Schotten parish records for many years prior to 1767; see Flegel trip.

Rau^FN: also see von Rau.

Raubach^GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Schult? family.  I can only find two Raubachs: one in Kurpfalz some 13 miles NE of Heidelberg city, and one in Wied-Runkel County some 13 miles NNE of Koblenz city.

Raubach^GL, Isenburg: an unidentified place said by the Kukkus FSL to be home^UC to a Hergenroeder family.

Rauber^FN: the Buedingen ML says Rauber woman from^UC Crainfield married in 1766 a Geis man; by 1767 this couple was in Walter (Mai&Marquardt#687).

Rauch^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Tab(?), Oesterreich.  Later spelled Rausch (Mai1798:Db80).

Rauch^FN: said by the Keller FSL to be orphan boys in the Ebers household.

Rauch^FN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be from^UC Sassanfahrt?, Bamberg [Bishopric].

Rauch^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Grentu(?), Bamberg.

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

Rauental^GL, Rastatt [Amt], Baden: is some 1.5 miles ESE of Rastatt city, and said by the 1816 Bergdorf census to be home^UC to a Merkel family.

Rauh^FN:  a Friedberg ML said that this woman from Altenkirchen (state illegible) in 1766 married a Bruech man from Koenigsberg, Darmstadt  (Mai&Marquardt#304).

Rauh^FN: also see Rau.

Raum^FN: see Rau.

Raumbach^GL, Zweibruechen: is some 34.5 miles NNE of Zweibruechen and is said by the Rothammel FSL to be home^UC to a Matz family.

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

Rausch^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Westhausen with a Wendebach stepdaughter living in the household. 

Rausch^FN: said by the Goebel FSL to be from^UC Koster(?), Kurmainz and to be married to a Heisling woman.  It is possible that he had an earlier wife who quickly died: the Buedingen ML has a man with his name but from^UC Gelnhausen marrying an Eirich woman from^UC the same place in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#351).

Rausch^FN said by the Frank FSL to be from^UC Niederanzeig(?), Erbach.

Rausch^FN said by the Pleve and Stumpp versions of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be from^UC Ulrichstein in the region of Lauterbach in the state of Hessen or from Helpershain, Alsfold, Hessen.  This man is said by the Buedingen ML to be from^UC Helpershain, Ulrichstein and to have married in 1766 a Huenergart woman also from^UC Helpershain (Mai&Marquardt#701).  The Kromm version of the FSL also says Helpershain, Ulrichstein, but Ulrichstein surely is an error since maps of that day show Helpershain to be in Felda Gericht, Hessen-Darmstadt.

Rausch^FN: said by the Louis FSL to be from^UC Bitsch, Lothringen.

Rausch^FN: also see Rauch.

Rauschenbach^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Leipzig.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Ka33.

Rauschenberg^GL, Hessen[-Kassel Landgraviate]: is some 8 miles NE of Marburg city, and 17 miles NW of Alsfeld city, and said by the Stumpp to be home^UC to a Trimber woman who in 1766 married the Reich man who went to Grimm (Mai&Marquardt#531). Said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a Tauscher family.  Said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Katzenbach family, and possibly a Schmidt family; Kuhlberg said this was in Hessen.

Rauscher^FN: said by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:659, 399) to have been from Buttenhausen, Muensingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  This origin was verified by the GCRA using Boettingen parish records in FHL(1,190,239); they also proved the family sojourned in Suedpreussen prior to arrival in Bergdorf.  See the GCRA book for more detail.

Rauscher^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Gratz, Steiermark.  A Luebeck ML says this Raeuscher man married a Kuff woman in 1765 (Mai&Marquardt#20).

Rausendan?^FN: said by the Kratzke FSL to be from^UC Nordhausen.

Raush^FN: said by the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL to be from^UC Pateno in the County of Hanaustadt.

Ravensburg?^GS, Schwaben: was an independent imperial city and is some 45miles SSW of Ulm, Bavaria.  Said by the Lauwe FSL to be home^UC to Baude and Dipolt? families.

Rawa Kreis, Warschau Dept, South Prussia: nka Rawa Mazowiecka, Poland, 45 miles SW of Warsaw.  Said by the GCRA to be SE of Lodz near Birkenfelde, and to be associated with a Dollinger family in 1806.