American Historical Society of Germans From Russia

German Origins Project

Legend:   BV=a German village near the Black Sea.   FN= German family name.    FSL= First Settlers’ List.    GL= a locality in the Germanies.    GS= one of the German states.   ML= Marriage List.   RN= the name of a researcher who has verified one or more German origins.   UC= unconfirmed.    VV= a German Volga village.
Names in bold are an entry or a cross-reference to an entry.  Red text calls attention to information for which verification is completed or well underway.

 

 
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St. HilaireGL, Frankreich: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Chrepin family.  There are many such place-names in France.

St. PetersburgV, Russia: Gwen Pritzgau says that in 1765 a group of 110 German families settled near St. Petersburg, one of the four or five non-Volga colony areas in 1765-67.

StaabFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Orb, Mainz; one with a Siegel wife fromUC Bellingen and the other with a Martin wife fromUC Paderhorn.  Sean McGinnis has traced this Staab family in Orb back to the 1600’s in the Fulda archives.

StaabFN: also see Staf?.

StabFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

StabFN: according to the Schlitz ML a Stab woman from Russbach, Duengen married a Best man in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#748).  I have seen no evidence that either member of this couple survived the trip to Russia.

StablerFN: see Stebler.

StackenburgGL, Mainz: an unidentified place said by the Schuck FSL to be homeUC to a Freihaut family.

StadeGL, Wettraus(?):an unidentified place said by the Dinkel FSL to be homeUC to a Gerlach family.  This might be Staden some 8 miles WNW of Buedingen.

StadelmannFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Bamberg (no locality mentioned).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

StadelmannFN: said by the Schuck FSL to be fromUC Kunzhausen, Anspach.

StadenGL: an unidentified place said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be homeUC to a Nisk family.  This might be 9 miles WNW of Buedingen, Hessen.

StadenGL: also see Stade.

StadhausenGL, Kur Trier: an unidentified place said by the Preuss FSL to be home to a Zerfus family.

StadlerFN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be fromUC Aschaffenburg.

StadlerFN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be fromUC Burgau, Kurbayern.  1798 may be at Mai1798:Gk63??

StadlingGL: an unidentified place which according to a Woehrd ML this was homeUC to a Stoeszel woman who in 1766 married a Moehring man; by 1767 this couple was in Jost (Mai&Marquardt#765).  There was a Staetzling some 4 miles NE of Augsburg city in Kurbayern.

Stadt: an unidentified place said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be homeUC to a Knoll family.

StadtGL, Bremen/Breschen(?):, an unidentified place said by the Kratzke FSL to be homeUC to a Rubke family.  It probably is the Stadt that is some 26 miles S of Bremen in Lower Saxony.

Stadtbach?/Statzbach?, Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Dehler FSL to be homeUC to Martel/Martell/Mander families.

Stadt Eis(?)GL: this entry was of uncertain spelling in the Roethling FSL which said it was in or near Fulda: and home to a Schwab family.  There is an Eichenzell some 4.5 miles S of Fulda.

StadtfeldGL, Marienburg Amt: Cisy, Poland, and was 2.5 miles NW of Marienburg city. Said by the Rosenort FSL to be homeUC to a  Baerg family.  Also spelled Stadtfelde.

StadtfeldeGL: see Stadtfeld.

StadthagenGL, Luzembourg: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to Wilhelmi’s wife.  There is a Stadthagen some 22 miles W of Hannover city center in Lower Saxony.

StadtsmanFN: see Statsman.

StaedtFN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Orlovskaya FSL to be fromUC Mainz.

StaedtFN: see Beier of Boaro.

StaerkelFN: also see Starkel.

StaerzFN{Kaspar}: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Wallerode.  Spelled Stuertz? In 1798 (Mai1798:Nm38).

StaettelFN: see Steigel.

StaetzlingGL: see Stadling.

Staf?FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Wallroth?.  Spelled Staff, Straf, and Staab in 1798 (Mai1798:Bo25,Mv579).

Staff FN: see Staf and Stapf.

StahlFN{G.Michael}: said by the Brabander FSL to be fromUC Kortheim?, Wuerzburg.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

StahlFN{Margaretha}: a widow said by the Brabander FSL to be fromUC Niegerschweld?, Wuerzburg [Bishopric].  I could find neither her nor her son in the 1798 Volga censuses.

StahlFN: aka frau Kemmet of Glueckstal, using FHL#1,528,431, the GCRA proved her origin in Liebenzell, Calv [Amt], Wuerttemberg, and that her mother was a Weber.  See their book for a bit more.

StahlFN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be fromUC Neustadt-bei-Heide(?)/Neustadt-am-Heide.

StahlFN: said by the Kukkus FSL to be fromUC Allendorf, Braunfels.

StahlFN: these families are said by the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL to be fromUC Stuttgart.

StahlFN: this family name was found recorded in Haiger parish records during the years prior to 1767, and in Tann marriage records 1762-67; see Flegel trip.

StahlRN, Sherri has found the birth/marriage records of her Goethmann/Goettmann ancestors in Reichelsheim and Nieder-Kinzig, Erbach.

Stahl-am-KaramanVV (aka Zvonarevkut of Zwonarewkut) is a German village on the eastern side of the Volga.  The Stahl-am-Karaman FSL (translation printed in Vol.14, No.1 of the AHSGR Journal for Spring 1991) indicates the following origins (all unconfirmed unless otherwise noted) and families:

from Ansbach: (Gaurshtein);

from Buedingen, Idenburg: (Klaus);

from Darmstadt: (Veber);

from Dawtenburg, Wuerttemberg: (wife of Shifler);

from Eitenburg in Gessen: (Pek);

from Elbs, Dormstadt area: (Shifler);

from Feystadt, Prussia: (Shraider);

from Friedberg, Holy Roman Empire: (Eger);

from Friedburg, Rissenburg County: (Mueller);

from Gening: (Appel, Grau (Krau in FSL), Henneberg, Kraus, Krutch (sic Kraus in FSL), Loresch, Martin, Rot, Schmidt, Schnarr?, Schneider, Shipper, and Zeifel);

from Gern, Schleisien Empire: (Rose);

from Hamburg: (wife of Rein);

from Karlsruhe, Baden-Tuchan (Bossert and Resh, and the wife of Gaurshtein);

from Kriburg, Dormstadt area: (Rizon);

from Lauterbach: (Gauzen, Ripsa and Sheeberg);

from Lipany, Prussia (Baumgart);

from Mainz: (Rein);

from Pateno, Hanaustadt County: (Raush);

from Rosenberg, Prussia: (Gut);

from Saxony: (Vitsel);

from Schwechat, Holy Roman Empire: (Ott);

from Schwerin, Neiberg County: (Valter);

from Stockholm, Sweden: (Lenz);

from Stuttgart, Wuerttemberg Duchy: (Gutman, Mirin, Pets, Stahl, and Treger, as well as the wives of Bossert, Lenz, and Resh);

from Weimar, Saxony: (Migne).

StahlbaumFN: said by the Fischer FSL to be fromUC Marienwerder, Preussen.

StahlbaumFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Amsterdam, Holland with a wife fromUC London, England.

StahlbaumFN: also see Stallbaum.

StahlbergGL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to Lorey and Seibel families.  Kuhlberg said this was in Isenburg.  I wonder if “Stahlberg” is not Stollberg County, just N of Isenberg County.

StahlbergGL, Leiningen: an unidentified place said by the Bauer FSL to be homeUC to Jung, Lens? and Stetenger families. 

StahlbergGL, Pfalz-Zweibruecken: was some 32 miles WNW of Mannheim city.  I can find no Stahlberg that was in either Isenburg County or Leiningen County lands.

StahldeckerFN: see Stalldecker.

Stahlecker/StohlackerFN: arrived in South Russia in 1819; later settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa; family records found by Curt Renz in Honau, Reutlingen Oberamt, Wuerttemberg.

StahlmannFN: said by the Stumpp supplement to the Dietel FSL to be fromUC Pfalz (no locality indicated).

StahlmannFN: said by the Laub FSL to be fromUC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).  In 1798 the wife’s maiden name was given as Glose? (Mai1798:Lb44).

StahlmannFN: see Stallman.

StaigerFN: said by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:660, 451) to have been from Bodelshausen, Tuebingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  This origin was verified by the GCRA using FHL(1,457,442).  See their book for more detail.  Also spelled Steiger.

StallbaumFN: this orphan girl was said by the Boaro FSL to be living in a Boch family that was fromUC Gohren, Dessau.  Spelled Stahlbaum in 1798 (Mai1798: Mv288).

StallbaumFN: this orphan was said by the Boaro FSL to be living in a Hede family that was fromUC Rieben, Dessau.  Spelled Stahlbaum in 1798 (Mai1798: Bx07, 21).

StalldeckerFN: said by the Brabander FSL to be fromUC Sigmarigen?, Oberesterhof? (sic.).  Spelled Stahldecker in 1798 (Mai1798:Bn35).

StallmannFN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be fromUC Glueckstadt, Holstein.  Also spelled Stahlmann.

StalsGL-bei-Taugemuedung, Preussen: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Fleischer family.

StambachGLis 4 miles E of Zweibruechen and said by the Seewald FSL to be homeUC to the Artzer and Brungard families.

StammFN: two probable brothers said by the Goebel FSL to be fromUC Kellenbach, Kurmainz, one married to a Gabel, and one Hammel (also see Mai1798:Gb35, Hn4).

StammFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Obermundstadt, Isenburg.

StammFN: also see Stan and Stanow.

StammheimGL, Isenburg: is some 8 miles W of Buedingen city, and said by the Kraft FSL to be homeUC to a Schuldeis family.

Stamor?FN: said by the Holstein FSL to be fromUC Wendtorf(?), Holstein.

StanFN: said by the Walter FSL to be fromUC Lofert, Hesse-Darmstadt.  Evidently family name was later spelled Stamm.

StanFN: also see Stanow.

Stando?FN: said by the Messer FSL to be fromUC Brandenburg (no locality mentioned).

Stanewo(?)GL, Vierstammstadt(?):an unidentified place said by the Dobrinka FSL to be homeUC to a Wenzel family.

Stang FN: said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be fromUC Wallernhausen, [Isenburg-]Budedingen.

StangFN said, by theStumpp version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL, to be fromUC Wallernhausen/Wallershausen, Buedingen, Hesse, and by the Pleve version to be fromUC Wallernhausen, Nidda, Darmstadt.  According to the Buedingen ML, this man was from Wallernhausen and married in 1766 a Siebert woman fromUC Unter Lays (Mai&Marquardt#718).

StangFN: said by the Volmer FSL to be fromUC Gernsheim, Kurmainz.

StangendorfGL: Said by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to a Lotz family.  There is a Stangedorf some 4 miles NE of Zwickau city in Saxony.  Others were in what is now Poland and the Czech Republic.

Stangenrod, [Hessen-Darmstadt Landgraviate]: is 12 miles ENE of Giessen city and said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be homeUC to a Kutscher{J.Georg}/Kutchera (Kutscher?{Johann}/Kutscher39, Ron?/Rohn families.  Kuhlberg said, in regards to {J.Georg}, that this was in Darmstadt, and in regards to the others that it was in Hessen.

StanglRN, Thomas A: is the editor of origins research and an origin verifier for the GCRA book on the Glueckstal colonies.

StanovFN: see Stanow.

StanowFN: said by the Husaren FSL to be fromUC Konstantinopol, Tuerkei.  In 1798 spelled Stanov and Stan (Mai1798:Hn31) and Stamm (Sd19).

StapenGL, Preussen: an unidentified place said by the Anton FSL to be homeUC to a Hardt family.  There is a Stapen, Sachsen-Anhalt some 32 miles SW of Wittenberge.

StapfFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be fromUC Coburg (no locality mentioned).  The family name was spelled Staff in 1798 (Mai1798:Or11).  According to a Rosslau ML this Staff man married a Hanke woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#900).

StapperFN: said by the Pleve version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be fromUC Hannover;  said by the Kromm version to be fromUC Hollbach near Hanau (pp.31, 34).  Also spelled Stopper.

StarckFN: see Stark.

Starenkburg(?)GL, Heppenheim: an unidentified place said by the Volmer FSL to be homeUC to a Weikauf family.

StarfritzGL, Hesse County: said by the Walter FSL to be homeUC to a Brethauer family, and identified by the Walter Research Group as Sterbfritz.

StargardGL: now Stargard Szczecinski, Poland, was some 20 miles ESE of Stettin city..

StargardtGL, Pommern: is now the previous entry or Stargard Gubinski, Poland, some 73 miles SE of Berlin center, and said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Bohn family.

StaritsaVV: a version of the Russian name for Reinwald.

StarizaVV: a version of the Russian name for Reinwald.

StarkFN: said (no locality indicated) by the Brabander FSL to be fromUC Bamberg.  Starck should be checked in 1798.

StarkFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Hamburg (no locality mentioned).  In 1798 the family name was spelled Starck (Mai1798:Ss08).

StarkelFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Sterkel in 1775.  Later spelled Staerkel (Mai1798:Nr64).  This Stoerckel man was said by the Buedingen ML to be fromUC Boehnstadt and to have married a Juenger woman in 1766; by 1767 they were in Norka (Mai&Marquardt#663).

StarkloffFN: see Stekloff.

Starkstadt?, [Kur-]Mainz: an unidentified place said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be homeUC to an Aumueller family.

Stary MuensterburgGL: see Muensterburg.

StassfurtGL, [Magdeburg Duchy]: is some 18 miles S of Magdeburg city, and said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Vogt family.

StatsmanFN: listed by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#56) and KS:452 with no origin.  Using FHL#1,190,269, the GCRA proved their origin in Rietheim, Urach [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  Also spelled Stadtsman.  See the GCRA book for more

StatzbachGL: see Stadtbach.

StaubFN: he is said by the Mariental FSL to be fromUC Saargemuend, Lothringen while it says Frau Staub is fromUC Zweibruecken.  The 1798 Mariental census says her maiden name was Luetzig (Mai1798:Mt55).

StaubFN: also see Straub.

StaubingGL, Bayern: is some 15 miles SW of Regensburg and said by the Herzog FSL to be homeUC to a Billinger family.

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

StaudFN:  said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of frau Bauer.

StaudFN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Mittelholz, Kurtrier.  This was later spelled Staudt.

StaudtFN: this family name was found recorded in Winterhausen marriage records 1760-1769; see Flegel trip.

StaudtFN: also see Staud.

StaufGL, Ansbach: said by the Herzog FSL to be homeUC to a Rurenschop family.  The most likely place is in Bavaria some 31 miles SE of Ansbach city.

StaufenbergGL: an unidentified place said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be homeUC to a Becker{J.Heinrich}family and possibly to a Falk? family.  Said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Volk family.  This probably was in Hessen-Darmstadt some 6 miles NNE of Giessen city, but there was another Staufenberg in Baden-Baden Duchy, or this may have referred to the Barony below.

Staufenberg GL: an unidentified place said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be homeUC to a Jung(J.Heinrich family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Hessen, if he was correct, this surely was the one 6 miles NNE of Giessen.  Otherwise this may have referred to the Barony below.

Stauffenberg BaronyGL: was a small barony just W of Ebingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg.

Stauhusen?GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to a Schaefer{Balthasar} family.

StausFN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:673, 452) to be from Markgroeningen, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  Using FHL(1,056,750-1), the GCRA verified this origin; although they also believe that the colonist was born in Pfeffingen, Balingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.   See the GCRA book for more details.   Also spelled Stauss.

StaussFN: see Staus.

Stawashin, Prussia: aka Rubin?

Stawiszyn, Poland: aka Rubin?

Stawiszyn-bei-Kalisch, Prussia: is some 10 miles N of Kalisch, Poland; aka Rubin?

StebbachGL, Sinsheim [Amt], Baden: is 8 miles SE of Sinsheim city, and said by the 1816 Glueckstal census to be homeUC to frau Beck.

SteblerFN:  listed in the Bergdorf 1858 census (KS:665, 453) without origin.  Origin in Musberg, Boeblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg was proven by the GCRA using FHL(1,055,878).  See the GCRA book for more details.  Also spelled Stabler.

StebnerFN: see Tschitibner.

SteckenmeisterFN: according to a Friedberg ML the Becker31 man married in 1766 a Steckenmeister woman fromUC Allendorff, Graefenstein area; by 1767 the couple was in Kukkus (Mai&Marquardt#344).

Stecker?FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Heneswart? with a Bachman stepdaughter in the household.   I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

SteckerFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Tarsilant(?).

Stecklein \FN: see Strecklein.

StedalGL, see Stendal.

StefanFN: listed by the 1816 Kassel census (#89) without origin.  Not listed in the GCRA book.

StefferFN: see Stieber.

StegelFN: said by the 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Ritter originally of Dehler (Mai1798:Bn24).

StegemanFN:  according to a Rosslau ML this woman (no origin given) married in 1766 an Arendholtz man; by 1767 the couple was in Jost (Mai&Marquardt#961).

StegerFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Solms (no locality mentioned) and to have married a Wilhelm woman in Oranienbaum.

StegmannFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC Aschaffenburg. 

StegmeierFN: arrived in South Russia in 1819, later settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa; family records found by Curt Renz in Weiler, Brackenheim Oberamt, Wuerttemberg.

StehleFN said by the Kautz FSL to be fromUC Waldangelloch/Waldenloch, Wuerttemberg.

StehlfeldFN: said by the Holstein FSL to be fromUC Braunschweig, no locality mentioned.

Stehm?FN: said by the Bangert FSL to be fromUC Frauenstein, Sachsen.

SteibFN: the maiden name of the widow Fischer listed in the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:659, 264) with no origin, whereas KS:263 says she was fromUC Baiersbronn, Freudenstadt [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  She was proven by the GCRA to be from Goeppingen, Goeppengin [Amt], Wuerttemberg; see their book for detail.

SteigelFN: said by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Weil.  Pleve thought this might be a misspelling of Staettel.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

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

SteigerFN: also see Staiger.

Steigerwald: see Steugerwald.

SteigmannFN: said by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:666, 453) to have been from Scheppach, Oehringen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  This origin was verified as Scheppach, in Waldbeck parish by the GCRA using FHL(1,346,109); they believe this family was in Klostersulzbach before Walbeck.  See the GCRA book for more detail.

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

Steimle/SteinleFN: left Nagold, Wuerttemberg for Russia in the 1811.

SteinFN: said by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:660, 207) to have been from Lemberg, Pirmasens [Amt], Pfalz.  However, the GCRA believes the emigrant was bornUC in Duerrenmettstetten, Sulz [Amt], Wuerttemberg, and that the family lived for a time in Groembach, Suedpreussen where two children were born before coming to Bergdorf.   See their book for more detail.

SteinFN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Dresden, Sachsen.  He married a Baumann woman in Luebeck in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#87).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

SteinFN: see Funk of Boaro.

SteinFN: said by the Husaren FSL to be fromUC Dorfern?, Oesterreich.

SteinFN: said by the Kraft FSL to be fromUC Vaitshain(?), Riedesel.

SteinFN: according to the Krasnoyar FSL there was a Stein stepson living with a Sostdorf? family fromUC Lengfeld(?).

SteinFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Hessen (no locality mentioned).

SteinFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be stepsons in the Wittig household.

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

SteinFN: the Buedingen ML says a Stein woman from Ulrichstein married in 1766 a Eberlein man; by 1767 this couple was in Walter (Mai&Marquardt#637).

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

SteinFN: see also Sein.

SteinGL: an unidentified place said by the Hildmann FSL to be homeUC to a Schmidt{Martin} family.

SteinGL, Baden-Durlach: may be some 11 miles ESE of Karlsruhe, Baden Wuerttemberg, and said by the Dobrinka FSL to be homeUC to a Fuertig family.  Also see Sten.

SteinGL: an unidentified country; see Ingelheim.

SteinachGL, Tyrol: is some 13 miles SSE of Innsbruck, Tirol, and said by the Preuss FSL to be home to a Fuchs family.

SteinagelFN: said by the Mueller FSL to be fromUC Nieder Beerbach. 

SteinauGL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to Schnarr and Schnitzer families.

SteinauGL, Fulda: is some 3 miles NE of Fulda city, and said by the Herzog FSL to be homeUC to a Schell family.

SteinauGL, Hanau: is some 27 miles NE of Hanau city, and said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be homeUC to a Simon family.  Same as the next entry.

Steinau-an-der-Strasse(?)GL, Hanau: said by the Kraft FSL to be homeUC to a Bott family.  Same as the preceding entry.

SteinauerFN: according to the Goebel FSL this was the maiden name of Litzauer (fromUC Zellingen, Wuerzburg)’s wife.

SteinbachFN: said by the Buedingen ML to be the woman fromUC Bobenhuasen who in 1766 married a Gambach man (Mai&Marquardt#502). By 1767 they were in Moor.

SteinbachFN: said by the Seewald FSL to be fromUC Dannstadt, Pfalz.

SteinbachFN:  also see Steinbock.

SteinbachGL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Schmidt family.  There were about 80 Steinbachs in the Germanies!

SteinbachGL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to Horn and Schneider families.  Kuhlberg said this was in Darmstadt.  This probably was about 4 miles SE of Giessen city.

SteinbachGL, [Hessen-]Darmstadt: said by the Bangert FSL to homeUC to a Gossmann? family.  This surely was 4 miles SEof Giessen city.

Steinbach, Hangenloch?: an unidentified place said by the Galka FSL to be homeUC to a Schanzenbach family.  There are dozens of Steinbachs in Germany.

SteinbachGL, Zweibruecken: said by the Mariental FSL to be homeUC to a Schwemmling family.  This place is prbably some 13 miles N of Zweibruecken city.

SteinbarthFN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be fromUC Freiberg, Sachsen.  I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

SteinbecherFN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).

SteinbeinFN:  see Steinbock.

SteinbeissFN: see Steinbis.

SteinbergGL/S: an unidentified place said by the Galka FSL to be homeUC to a Fuchs{Katharine} widow.

SteinbergGL, Nidda,  Darmstadt: this might refer to the Steinberg which is some 6 miles E of Nidda in Hessen.  Said by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to a Martin family. 

SteinbisFN: said by the Jost FSL to be fromUC Kakau?, Dessau.  In 1798 the name was spelled Steinbeiss (Mai1798:Jo24,37).

SteinbockFN: said by the Koehler FSL to be fromUC Fulda (no locality given), and his frau’s maiden name was given as Walter (no origin given). The family name was spelled Steinbein (Mai1798:Kl04) and Steinbach (Kl62), as well as Steinbock  (Mv1341) in 1798.

SteinbrecherFN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be fromUC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).  A Luebeck ML says that one of these men married a Schneyder woman in 1765 (Mai&Marquardt#12).

SteinburgGL: an unidentified place said by the Mueller FSL to be homeUC to a Gross family.

SteinenGL, Hannover [aka Kurbraunschweig]: an unidentified place said by the Degott FSL to be homeUC to a Krissel family.  The closest Steinen I could find to former Kurbraunschweig lands was 7 miles S of Hamm city which formerly would have been in Mark County.

Steinepreis/SteinpreisFN: said by the Balzer FSL to be fromUC Kurpfalz.

SteinerFN: according to the Buedingen ML this woman in 1766 married a Weigandt man; their marriage is also mentoned in KS:159 and 163 (Mai&Marquardt#412).  This couple settled in Husaren.

SteinerFN: the Katharinenstadt FSL says this orphan was living with a Schaumburg family from Berlin.

SteinertFN: said by the Galka FSL to be fromUC Bork.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Gk43, Ho16.

SteinfurtGL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to Binedel?, Niedecker{Jacob}, and Niedecker{Nicolaus} families. This could have been any of the next three entries.  This origin was proven as Steinfurt, Friedberg Imperial City (see below) by Steven Grau, co-VC for Neidermonjou village.

SteinfurtGL, Baden: see Steinsfurt.

SteinfurtGL, Friedberg [Imperial City]: Said by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to a Funk family.  A Luebeck ML says he was fromUC  Darmstadt (Mai&Marquardt#285).  This is most likely present-day Steinfurth that is some 3 miles N of Friedberg city and is present-day located in Kreis Friedberg, Povinz Oberhessen, Hessen.

Steinfurt [County]GS: Steinfurt city, the seat of the County, was 18 miles NW of the city of Muenster.  This small County held lands just a few miles in each direction from its seat.

SteinfurthGL: see Steinfurt and Steinsfurt.

SteinhauerFN: both the 1816 Kassel census (#20) and KS:454 said this family came fromUC Hessen-Kassel.  Using FHL#193,019, the GCRA believes they may have been fromUC Lauterecken, Kusel [Oberamt], Rheinpfalz.  The GCRA has proven that the Jordan woman who may have been frau Steinhauer and who later was the widow of Abel{Andreas} was from Erlenbach, Germersheim [Amt], Rheinpfalz.

SteinheimGL: is an unidentified locality which, according to the Frank FSL, was in the state of Hessen-Darmstadt and was homeUC to a Loebsack family.  Said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be homeUC to Holzmeister and Tege families;  Kuhlberg says the state was Mainz.  I think Kuhlberg more likely correct.

SteinheimGL: an unidentified place said by the Hildmann FSL to be homeUC to a Kehl/Kiel family.  There are at least 8 Steinheims in Germany.

SteinheimGL, Heidenheim [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 4 miles WNW of Heidenheim-an-der-Brenz, and said, evidently mistakenly, by the 1816 Glueckstal census to be homeUC to the Hagstolz family.

SteinheimGL, Kurmainz: said by the Mariental FSL to be homeUC to a Jaeger family.  This is now Steinheim-am-Main.

SteinheimGL, [Kur-]Mainz: is just across the Main river SW from Hanau city, and said by the Koehler FSL to be homeUC to Froschhauser, Schilling, and possibly Trab families.  This is now Steinheim-am-Main.

Steinheim-am-Main: is 10 miles ESE of Frankfurt-am-Main and 17 miles NW of Aschaffenburg.  The Roethling FSL as presented by Stumpp says the Schalitz family was fromUC Dietesheim near Steinheim-am-Main.  This is Steinheim, Kurmainz.

SteinheimGL, Murr-Marbach parish, Wuerttemberg:  is some 1.5 miles NE of Marbach-am-Neckar, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and was home to a Erkert family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa.

SteinhilberFN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:671, 454) to be from Moessingen, Rottenburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  Using FHL(1,457,467), the GCRA verified this origin.  See the GCRA book for more details.

Steinig?GL, Fulda: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be homeUC to Gottbegat? and Meis families.

SteinigerFN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Goettersdorf.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

SteiningerFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Berg (no locality inidcated) with a Mueller stepson in the household.

SteinkohlFN: see Steinkuhl.

SteinkuhlFN: said by the Kratzke FSL to be fromUC Bern/Bren.  According to a Luebeck ML this Steinkohl man married in 1765 a Buerckbuerkel woman, no origin given for either (Mai&Marquardt#18).

SteinleFN: see Stengle and Steimle.

SteinleinFN: see Stengle.

SteinmarkFN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be fromUC Stollberg (no locality mentioned).

SteinmetzFN: said by the Dietel FSL to have come from Heimkehr(?), Kurpfalz.  Dona Reeves-Marquardt has found the birth records of this family in Heimkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, confirmed by Brent Mai.

SteinmetzFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Westge(?), Klosterbesitz(?), Isenburg(?).

SteinmetzFN: said by the Walter FSL to be fromUC Hekeberkhental/Heckenbergheim/Ekebergen, Hanau County.

SteinmuellerFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Ilzich(?), Sachsen.

SteinpreisFN: see Steinepreis.

Steinpress{Catharina}FN: said by the Franzosen FSL to be the maiden name of frau Herr Dene

Steinpress{Friedrich}FN: said by the Franzosen FSL to be the father-in-law of Herr Dene and to be fromUC Wuerttemberg (no locality mentioned).  I could not find him in the 1798 Volga censuses.

SteinsbergGL: said by the Mariental FSL to be homeUC to a Peter family.  This might be the place that is some 6 miles NNW of Regensburg city.

Steinseltz, Weissenburg [Amt], Elsass: was .5 miles SE of Weissenburg city, and was proven by the GCRA to be home to Haussauer/Hausauer aka frau Martzalff who settled in Neudorf.

Steinsfurt, Sinsheim Amt, Baden: is some 1.5 miles SE of Sinsheim city, and was proven by GCRA to be home to the Schilling family that went to Glueckstal.  Said by the Glueckstal 1816 census to be homeUC to the Schumacher family.  See the GCRA book for more details.  It also was home to a Kreig/Krueg family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa.  Also the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL says that a Steinfurt may have been home to the Fuchs family (p.34).

Steinsheim, Bamberg [Bishopric]: an unidentified place said by the Hoelzel FSL to be homeUC to a Rossner family and possibly to a Rassler family.

SteinwandFN: listed by both the 1858 Neudorf census (#234) and KS:455 with no origin.  Also spelled Steinwandt. See the GCRA book for more.

SteinwandtFN: see Steinwand.

SteinwasserFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Hohensiedel.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Steinwehrshausen(?)GL, is an unidentified locality which, according to the Frank FSL, was in the state of Sachsen and was homeUC to a Lesher family.

Stekloff?FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Raltfort(?), Sachsen.  Later also spelled Starkloff (Mai1798:Ka21, Mv1193, Sw08).

StellmannFN: said by the Huck FSL to be fromUC Brandenburg (no locality mentioned).

StellwagFN: according to the Kolb FSL this stepson was living with a Mueller family fromUC Spredlingen.

SteltzFN: see Seltz and Sterzar.

StelzFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be an orphan girl living in the Lempe household. .  In 1798 her maiden name was spelled Steltz (Mai1798:Pl53).

Stelwa?FN: said by the Moor FSL to be a stepson living in the Bickert household.

Stemag?GL: an unidentified place said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Schneider family and possibly to Riel and Schwarzkopf families as well.  Kuhlberg said this was in the state of Sachsen.

Stempfner FN: said by the Jost FSL to be fromUC Reutlingen, Schwaben. I was unable to find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Sten(?), Durlach: an unidentified place said by the Dobrinka FSL to be homeUC to a Glas family.  This may well be Stein, Baden-Durlach.

Stenaben?FN: said by the Enders FSL to be fromUC Dahlenberg, Preussen.  I cannot find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Stenaben?FN: frau Stenaben? was said by the Enders FSL to be fromUC Schleswig-Holstein (no locality mentioned). 

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