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Ribling?^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Oeslau.  I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

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

Riche^GL, Eisenach: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Bach family.

Richel?, Kurpfalz: an unidentified place said by the Hoelzel FSL to be home^UC to a Holig family.

Richelhof^FN: said by the Keller FSL to be orphan boys in the Bracht household.  I could not find them in the 1798 Volga censuses.  See Riegelhof.

Richert^FN: see Rieger.

Richmeier^FN: said by the Herzog FSL to be from^UC Kelheim, Bayern.  Later spelled Riechmaier (Mai1798:Hr3, 23).

Richter^FN: according to the Bettinger FSL a Richter orphan was living with a Schlele family that was from^UC Ochsenfurt, Dessau.

Richter^FN: according to the Bettinger FSL a Richter step-son was living with a Danecker family that was be from^UC Wittendorf.

Richter^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Fulda with a Dietrich stepdaughter  in the household.

Richter^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Neuruppin, Brandenburg.

Richter^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Reiseweken(?).

Richter^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Wischef(?), Maehren with a Bosch wife from^UC Amsterdam.

Richter^FN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be from^UC Kemberg, Sachsen.  I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.  According to a Rosslau ML this man married in 1766 a Fansch woman (Mai&Marquardt#999).

Richter^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Later his wife’s maiden name was given as Reider (Mai1798:Nr106).  The Buedingen ML says this man from Neuhoff married an Oberritter woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#693).

Richter^FN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be from Mosigkau?, Dessau.  Dr. Waeschke verified in Anhalt-Dessau archival records that this family immigrated to Russia from Mosigkau (Mai&Marquardt#1139).

Richter^FN: this family name was found recorded in Tann marriage records 1762-1767 and in Winterhausen marriage records 1760-1769; see Flegel trip.

Richtmann^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Neuwied.

Rickel^FN: said by the Herzog FSL to be from^UC Amburg, Bayren.

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

Ricklen^FN: neither version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL gives a place of origin for this step-daughter in a Goetz household.

Rickling^GL, Frankfurt-am-Main: an unidentified place said by the Dietel FSL to be home^UC to a Jordan family.

Riddell^FN: see Rindel.

Ridelsch(?)^GS: this might be Riedesel?

Rieb^FN: see Riebe.

Riebe^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Ziegel.  Spelled Reib in 1798 (Mai1798:Nm8,9,13).

Riebel^FN: said by the Keller FSL to be from^UC Bettenhausen?, Kurmainz.  Spelled Ruppel in 1798 (Mai1798:Nk26).

Rieben^GL, Brandenburg: is some 26 miles SW of Berlin city center, and  said by the Dinkel FSL to be home^UC to a Lamp family.

Rieben^GL, Mittelmark, Brandenburg: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Buege family.  Later spelled Bige and possibly Buecher (Mai1798:Mv1168).  Same place as preceding entry.

Rieben^GL, Dessau: Said by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to Hede? and possibly a Stallbaum family.  The odds are very good that this really was Rieben, Brandenburg.

Rieben^GL: also see Rupen.

Riebensdorf^V, Voronezh, Russia: in 1765 a group of 34 families from Wuerttemberg settled on a Count’s estate in this isolated village, in the political district of Woronesch some 300 miles W of Saratov.  According to Gwen Pritzgau they were Lutherans from the Geman village of Sulzfeld near Heilbronn (Stump p.99 says these familes were from Saxony, Prussia and the Schwarzwald).  She says that after a number of years they went on to establish several daughter colonies, some as far south as the Sea of Azov. Wilhelm Dederer reports that his Dederer family left the Baden Duchy for Denmark in 1762, and left for Riebensdorf between June and October 1765.

Riebling^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Altenstein.  I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

Riechmaier^FN: see Richmeier.

Riecker^FN: see Rieker.

Riede^FN: see Rieht.

Riede^GL, Hessen: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be home^UC to a Weimar family.  May be some 12 miles SW of Kassel city.

Riedel^FN: said by the Herzog FSL to be from^UC Regensburg.  Later also spelled Rieder and his wife’s maiden name is given as Jesel (Mai1798:Hr24).

Riedel^FN: a Rosslau ML says this woman married a Habetits man in 1766; by 1767 they were in Hoelzel (Mai&Marquardt#1015).

Riedel^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Langheim, Ansbach.

Riedel^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Kleinlagingen?.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Ka59?.

Riedel^FN: also see Redel.

Riedelmann^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Danzig.

Rieden^GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Than family.  There are at least 14 Rieden in the Germanies.

Rieder^FN: see Riedel.

Riederich^GL, Urach [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 7 miles NW of Bad Urach city, and proven by the GCRA to be home to the Manhalter family that went to Bergdorf.  See their book for details.

Riedesel^GS [Barony]: a small state seated in the town of Eisenbach, but the barons, known as Riedesel zu Eisenbach,  themselves usually lived some 2.5 miles N in Lauterbach.  Said by a Luebeck ML to be home^UC to a Hoffman man and Finck woman who married in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#280). By 1767 this couple may have been in the Belowescher Kolonien.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Doenhof FSL to be home^UC to Fischer, Henckel?, Kurtz and Mueller families. Said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Borgmenbus? family.  See also Rietesel.

Riedesel^GS, Darmstadt: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be home^UC to a Walther family.  This undoubtedly refers to the Riedesel Barony which shared borders with Hessen-Darmstadt but was not a part of that state.

Riedselz, Weissenburg [Amt], Elsass: is 2 miles S of Weissenburg city, and was mistakenly said by the the 1858 Neudorf census (#150) to be home^UC for the Julch family.

Riefer?^FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Braustein?.

Riefer^FN{Melchior}: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Wallerode; Steven and Michael Grau proved this to be Wallroth.  Spelled Rieffer and Rieffert in 1798 (Mai1798:Nm8,14 and Mv1820,1821,1822).

Rieffer^FN: see Riefer.

Rieffert^FN: see Riefer and Riffer.

Riege^FN: said by the Kraft FSL to be from^UC Harber(?), Hannover.

Riegelhof^FN: said by the Keller FSL to be orphans {Valentin and Elizabeth Margaretha} in the Fischer {Nicolaus} and Rau households, and step-children {Anton, Anna Katharina, and Antonette} in the Gorgie household.  Is Richelhof a different family?

Riegelmann^FN: said by the Volmer FSL to be from^UC Wuerzburg.  Later spelled Ringelmann.

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

Rieger^FN: said by the Enders FSL to be from^UC Malbrun?, Wuerttemberg.

Rieger^FN: listed in the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:670, 673) without origin, said by KS:406 to be from^UC Oldenwald?, Wuerttemberg and from Entringen, Herrenberg [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  Also spelled Richert.  Using FHL 1,475,173, the GCRA proved the latter origin and proved that frau Rieger was a Lauer from Pfaeffingen, Tuebingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.

Rieger^FN: Curt Renz has found the church records for this Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia, family in Entringen, Herrenberg Oberamt, Wuerttemberg. 

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

Rieger^FN: also see Riege, Rieker, and Riker.

Riegert^FN: see Regard.

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

Riehl/Ril/Riel^FN said by the Kautz FSL to be from^UC Biebesheim, Darmstadt.

Riehle^FN: see Ruehle.

Riehs^FN: according to Prof. Pleve, Kuhlberg said this orphan was from^UC Darmstadt; according to the Mueller FSL she was living with a Klein family from Zell.

Rieht^FN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:676, 406) with no origin.  See the GCRA book for a bit more information.  Also spelled Riede.

Rieker{Johannes}r^FN:  said by the Bergdorf 1858 census (#156) and by KS:406) to have been from Neckarwestheim, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  This origin was verified by TAS and GP using FHL(1,184,925).  See the GCRA book for more details.  Also spelled Riecker.

Rieker/Riecker^FN: Curt Renz has found the church records for this Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia, family in Neckarwestheim, Besigheim Oberamt, Wuerttemberg.  This is the same origin as the previous entry.

Rieker{Johann}^FN: listed by the 1816 Kassel census (#23), the 1816 Bergdorf census (#70), and KS:207 without origin.    Another source said this man who earlier had been in Bergdorf was from Rohrbonn, Waiblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg, but the GCRA did not find him in the records of that place.  Also spelled Riker and Rieger.  See the GCRA book for more.

Rieker^FN: also see Riker.

Riel^FN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be a step-son living with the Schneider family which would indicate that frau Schneider may earlier have been frau Riel.

Riel^FN: also see Hede, Lir, Riehl, Rihl, Ril, and Ruehl.

Riemer^FN: see Reimer.

Ries^FN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be from^UC Wesin(?), Baden-Durlach.

Ries?^FN: said by the Jost FSL to be a step-son living in theKoch household.  I could not find this man in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Ries^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be a step-son in the Derganz household.

Riesa^GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Reflink family.

Riesch^FN: said by the Enders 1798 census to be the maiden name (Mai1798:En12) of the woman who the Enders FSL had said was a Kolberg widow was from^UC Durlach who had married a Kifler.

Reisch^FN: Herr Reisch was said by the Koehler FSL to be from^UC Gemuenden-am-Main, and his frau’s maiden name was given as Kuemmel (no origin given).

Riesch^FN: also see Risch.

Rietelspach^GL, Gerbach County: said by the Walter FSL to be home^UC to a Schaefer family.  The Walter Research Group suggests that this place might be Rittersbach, Erbach, but I doubt that there was such a place then under the control of Erbach.

Rietesel(?)^GL, Lauterbach: said by the Schwed FSL to be home^UC to a Pfeifer family.  This undoubtedly refers to the Riedesel barony which shared borders with the Lauterbach barony.

Rietheim^GL, Muensingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 2.5 miles NW of Muensingen city, and was said by the 1816 Bergdorf census to be home^UC to a Leicht family.

Rietheim, Seeburg [parish], Urach [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 4 miles SE of Bad-Urach, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and was home to a Beck family that settled in Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia and the GCRA proved this family lived in Neudorf prior to moving on to Hoffnungstal.  Was also proven by the GCRA to be home to the Har/Harr/Gaar family that settled in Neudorf.

Rietheim, Urach [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 4.5 miles SE of Bad Urach, and was proven by the GCRA to be home to the Statsman family that settled in Neudorf.

Riffer^FN{J.Heinrich}:said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Rheinbach.    Spelled Rieffert in 1798 (Main1798:Nm59).

Riffling^FN: see Reflink.

Riga^GL, Lifland: is some 278 miles NE of Danzig, and said by the Merkel FSL to be home^UC to a Miller family.  The GCRA found it associated with a Merkel (surname!) family in 1817.

Riga, Livland: said by the Galka FSL to be home^UC to a Hahn family.  The same place as the previous entry.

Rigelsen(?)^GL, Erbach: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be home^UC to a Geist family.  This surely is now Reichelsheim, Hessen.

Rihl^FN: listed by the Boregard FSL with no origin.  Spelled Riel in 1798 (Mai1798:Bo36).

Rihl^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be step-children in the Wahl household.  Spelled Riel in 1798 (Mai1798:Nm47).

Rik?^FN: said by the Merkel FSL to be from^UC Hamburg.

Riker^FN:  listed in the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:662, 407) without origin.   The GCRA says the Kassel 1816 census (KS:686, 406) as Rieker from Rohrbronn, Waiblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg, but that the family never appears in Rohrbronn records.  Also spelled Rieger.

Riker^FN, also see Rieger, Rieker, and Rikert.

Rikert?^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Algesheim(?), Mainz.  Later may have been spelled Riker.

Rikert^FN:  also see Rueckert.

Rikon(?)^GL, Worms, Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Dietel FSL to be home^UC to a Tomann family.

Ril/Riel/Roehl?^FN: said by the Volmer FSL to be from^UC Aschaffenburg, Kurmainz.  Later spelled Ruhl.

Ril^FN: also see Riehl.

Rilburg(?)/Rirburg(?)^GL, Darmstadt: an unidentified place said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be home^UC to a Stieler family.

Rilik^GL, Daenemark: an unidentified place said by the Enders FSL to be home^UC to frau Lionier?.

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

Rimelshein?^GL, Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to a Rehaeser family.  This might be Ruemmelshein some 2 miles SW of Bingen town.

Rimer^FN: said by the Kano FSL to be from^UC Braunscheig [Duchy] (no locality mentioned).    Spelled Reimer in 1798 (Mai1798:Kn34).

Rimhardt(?)^GL, is an unidentified locality which, according to the Frank FSL, was in the state of Erbach and was home^UC to a Karg family.  This might be Rimhorn.

Rimhorn^GL, Erbach: is some 8.6 miles NNE of Erbach city and some 8 miles NNE of Darmstadt city, and said by the Frank FSL to be in the state of Erbach and home^UC to a Bruecher family.  Also see Rimmern.

Rimmel^FN: in the Huck FSL a Rimmel orphan was living the Schlotthauers who are said to have come from Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).

Rimmern^GL, Erbach: said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to a Hock woman who married a Schaefer; the couple then went to Frank; Stumpp says this is Rimhorn, Erbach (Mai&Marquardt#602).

Rimwlin?^FN: in the Huck FSL a Rimwlin? orphan was living the Rendenreichs who are said to have come from Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

Rindel^FN:  listed in the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:661, 407) without origin.  The GCRA using FHL(778,441) proved that this man really was a Riddell from Oberseebach, Weissenburg [Amt], Elsass; see their book for more detail.  Also spelled Rittel.

Rindel?^FN: also see Riddell, Rindgel, and Rittel

Rinderbuegen, Isenburg[-Birstein? County]: is 3 miles NE of Buedingen city.  Bonner proved that one of the eldest Roeder daughter who settled in Messer was baptised here in 1749.  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.

Rindflesch?^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Anhalt-Koethen [Principality].  I could not find this man in the 1798 censuses.

Rindgel/Rindel?^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Pommern (no locality mentioned).

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

Ring^FN: said by the Dietel FSL to be from^UC Kork, Darmstadt.  Later spelled Rink.

Ring^FN: said by the Dietel FSL to be from^UC Albshausen, Darmstadt.  Later spelled Rink.

Ringel^FN: the Buedingen ML says this woman married a Reiber man in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#371); however he shows up in Kolb in 1767 with a Roth wife.

Ringel^FN: said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to be from^UC Niederscheld, [Nassau Dillenburg Principality].  For 1771 see Mai1798:Mv2295 and for 1798 see Nm16, Ka2, and Pp16.

Ringelmann: see Riegelmann.

Rink^FN: see Ring.

Rintein^GL: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Telchmann? family.

Rinteln^GL, is some 30 miles SW of Hannover, and said by the Frank FSL to be in the state of Frieberg(?) and home^UC to Binginer? and Wagner families.

Riol^GL: an unidentified place said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be home^UC to a Schaller family and possibly to a Hessemar/Gesmer? man.  Riol probably is 7 miles NE of Trier city in what was then Kurtrier.

Riomkin?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to a single Christiansen woman.  Kuhlberg said this was in Danzig.

Ripsa^FN: said by the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL to be from^UC Lauterbach.

Rirburg^GL: see Rilburg.

Ris(?)^GL, Kur Trier: an unidentified place said by the Preuss FSL to be home to a Weber family.

Risch^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Sachsen-Gotha, with a Wolf stepson living in the household.  I could not find the Risch family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Risch^FN: said by the Kratzke FSL to be from^UC Rabitsch(?)/Rabicz, Polen.

Risch^FN: said by the Mariental FSL to be from^UC Busendorf, Frankreich.  The name was later spelled Riesch and Rische (Mai1798:Mt28,72).

Risch^FN: said by the Mariental FSL to have been the first husband of the widow who was now the wife of a Mueller.

Risch^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Wuerzburg no locality indicated.  Later spelled Riesch (Mai1798:Pf13).

Rische^FN: see Risch.

Rissenburg^GS: a German County (probably a mis-transliteration of Isenburg?); said by the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL to be home^UC of a Mueller family.

Ristedt^GL: see Ramstadt.

Ritenbach?^GL, Hessen-Kassel: an unidentified place said by the Jost FSL to be home^UC to a Ritzmann family.

Ritt ^FN said by the Roethling FSL to be from^UC Bart(?), Grafschaaft Hanau, Hessen.

Rittel^FN: see Rindel.

Ritter^FN: said by the Pleve version of the Balzer FSL to be from^UC Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned).Kladibali?^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Mainz.  Later spelled Klaudiabel.

Ritter^FN: said by the Dehler FSL to be from^UC Unteralba, Fulda [Bishopric]. In 1798 the maiden name of his wife was given as Stegel (1798Mai:Bn24).

Ritter^FN: said by the Enders FSL to be from^UC Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg.

Ritter^FN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:676, 407) to be from Ehrstaedt, Sinsheim [Amt], Baden.  Using FHL(1,336,611), the GCRA verified this origin. See the GCRA book for more details.

Ritter^FN said by the Huck FSL to be from^UC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).

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

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

Ritter^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Schaslau?, Boehmen.

Ritterkreis: see Fraenkischen Ritterkreis.

Rittershausen^GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Funk family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Friedberg.

Rittershofen, Sulz [Amt], Elsass: was 6.5 miles WNW of Sulz town, and was mistakenly said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#72, 92) and KS:473 (2 entries) to have been home^UC  to the Wahl family.

Rittmann^FN: said by the Mariental FSL to be from^UC Ochsenhausen.  The 1798 Mariental census gives his wife's maiden name as Herzog (Mai1798:Mt26).

Ritz^FN: said by the Laub FSL to be from^UC Loch, Kurpfalz.

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

Ritzel^FN: said by the Buedingen ML to be from^UC Gelnhaar and to have married a Beckel man in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#696).  By 1767 this couple was in the Belowescher Kolonien.

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

Ritzler^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Preussen.  Spelled Retzler in 1798 (Mai1798:Mv182).

Ritzman^FN: see Ritzmann.

Ritzmann ^FN: said by the Jost FSL to be from^UC Ritenbach?, Hessen-Kassel.  In 1798 the name was spelled Ritzman (Mai1798:Jo47). According to a Rosslau ML this Ritzmann man married in 1766 a Schack woman (Mai&Marquardt#1000).

Rixingen^GL, Lothringen: an unidentified place said by the Mariental FSL to be home^UC to a Klein family.

Rizler^FN: said by the Mariental FSL to be from^UC Wuerzburg (no locality indicated). 

Rizon^FN said by the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL to be from^UC Kriburg in Dormstadt.

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