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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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Ber Bid
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Tab(?)GL, Oesterreich: this may now be in Hungary some 71 miles SW of Budapest, and said by the Dobrinka FSL to be homeUC to a Rauch family.

TackFN: see Tak.

Taebingen, Sulz [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 10 miles SSE of Sulz-am-Neckar and was proven by the GCRA to be home to a Hering/Gering/Goehring family that settled in Neudorf. 

Taerkauf FN: said by the 1798 Schwed census to be the maiden name of the wife of the Burghardt who had originally settled in Kano (Mai1798:Sw06).  Her family name was spelled Tenerkauf and her origin given as Quellendorf in the Kano FSL.

Taerkauf FN: also see Tenerkauf.

TagFN: said by the Jost FSL to be a step-son living in the Krieger household.

TagFN: said by the Volmer FSL to be fromUC Zweibruechen.

TagFN: also see Tak.

TailfingenGL, Herrenberg Amt, Wuerttemberg: is 2.5 miles S of Herrenberg town, and proven by the GCRA to be home to a Reichert family that went to Bergdorf.

Tairnov?FN: said by the1798 Paulskaya census to be maiden name of frau Kopstin?.

TaisFN: see Daiss and Deitz.

TakFN: said by the Graf FSL to be fromUC Lauggen, Wuerttemberg.  Later spelled Tack (Mai1798:Gf14).

Tak/TagFN: said by the Schuck FSL to be fromUC Trier (no locality noted). 

Tallin: the capital of Estonia; see Reval.

TalovkaVV: a variation of the Russian name for BeideckVV.

TalowkaVV: a variation of the Russian name for BeideckVV.

TangermuendeGL: see Trugermuende.

Tanhalzen(?)GL, Braunfels: an unidentified place said by the Kukkus FSL to be homeUC to a Dittenbier family.

TannGL, Hessen: is some 18 miles E of Schlitz and was in the 1760’s the seat of the small Tann barony.  In 1972 the Flegels found mention of the following families in 1762-67 Tann church marriage records: Althof, Bachmann, Bernhard, Bokris, Bonn, Both, Braeuning, Braeutigam, Danner, Ettlinger, Ewald, Foerges, Freund, Fuss, Gerstung, Grentzer, Grob, Groening, Gross, Gueenther, Gundlach, Guthmann, Handschuh, Hartung, Henkel, Herchenhan, Hoffman, Huneck, Jacobi, Kalb, Kirchner, Klueeber, Knapp, Koch, Kramm, Krenzer, Laemmerhirt, Link, Marth, Michael, Mihm, Moritz, Mueller, Neuman, Ort, Pilger, Reichenbach, Reichert, Richter, Ritz, ahoth, Schmidt, Schubert, Schuhmann, Schwarz, Seiffert, Stahl, Stiehl, Stopfel, Stumpf, Thiel, Trott, Voegler, Wagner, Werner, Wiegand, Witzel, and Ziegler.

TannerheimGL: an unidentified place said by a Luebeck ML to be homeUC to a Reich woman who in 1766 married in 1766 a Weistheim man; by 1768 this couple was in Galka (Mai&Marquardt#138).  KS:163 said this was Tannheim.

TannheimGL: there are at least five Tannheims and Thanheims in Germany.  See Tannerheim.

TannhofGL, Pfahlbronn parish, Welzheim [Amt], Schwabisch Gmuend: is 3 miles NW of Pfahlbronn village, on the SE side of Welzheim town.

TardiveFN: said by the Franzosen FSL to be fromUC Paris, Frankreich.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

TarlykVV: is the Russian name for LaubVV.

TarlykovkaVV: a form of the Russian name for DinkelVV.

TarlykowkaVV: a form of the Russian name for DinkelVV.

Tarsilant(?)GL:an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Stecker family.

TartraycherFN: said by the Phillipsfeld 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Heldt{Herman} (Mai1798:Pp8).  See Dietrich.

TarttilaGL: an unidentified place said by the Galka FSL to be homeUC to a Gelwer family.  There is a Tarttila, Finland, 75 miles NNW of Helsinki.

TatingGL, Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Goebel FSL to be homeUC to Breidenstein, Haberkorn, Speler, and possibly Ziegler families.

Tats?FN: see Datz.

TaubFN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Willebadessen.  For 1798 maybe see Mai1798: Ur03?

Tauban(?)GL, Holstein: an unidentified place said by the Dinkel FSL to be homeUC to a Andersen and possibly a Rau family.

Taube: the 1798 Norka census givens this as the maiden name of Schilling (Mai1798:Nr27).

TauberbischofsheimGL, [Kurmainz]:  an unidentified place said by the Caesarsfeld FSL to be homeUC to a Mariental family.

TaugemuedungGL, Preussen: an unidentified place; see Stals.

TaurenheimGL: an unidentified place said by the Buedingen ML to be homeUC to a .Dreuth family.

TauscherFN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Rauschenberg, Hessen.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Tautfest FN: see Trutfest.

TautrichFN: said by the 1798 Paulskaya census to be the maiden name of frau Merkel. 

TebeleFN: see Tehele.

TecherFN: see Tischler of Mueller.

Tede(?), Fulda, Hessen: an unidentified place said by the Roethling FSL to be home of a Rousch family.

Tefer?FN: said by the Galka FSL to be fromUC Menzingen [Barony].  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

TefingerFN: see Doeffinger.

TegeFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC Steinheim.

TegemanFN: see Tegemann.

TegemannFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Recklinghausen, Koeln.  Later spelled Tegeman (Mai1798:Mv1176).

Tehele/TebeleFN: said by theStumpp version of the Balzer FSL to be fromUC Oehringen, Hohenlohe, and by the Pleve version to be fromUC Oehringen, Wuerttemberg.

Teich?FN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be fromUC Magdeburg (no locality mentioned).  According to a Rosslau ML this Deich man married in 1766 a Zoellner woman (Mai&Marquardt#919).

TeigeFN: said by the Kolb FSL to be fromUC Strassburg, Frankkeich.

Teisel?FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Dachwig.  I could not find this woman in the 1798 censuses.  May be the same as Teusel?

TelausaVV: one spelling of the Russian name for FischerVV.

Telchmann?FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Rintein.

TelemannFN: see Dehlermann.

TelermanFN: see Dehlermann.

TelfFN: said by the Mariental FSL to be fromUC Saarburg, Kurtrier.  The family name was later spelled Teller (Mai1798:Mt06,23).

TeljausaVV: one spelling of the Russian name for FischerVV. 

TeljauzaVV: one spelling of the Russian name for FischerVV.

TellFN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be a stepdaughter in the Gaus household.

TellerFN: according to a Rosslau ML, this woman married in 1766 a Franke man, no origins given Mai&Marquardt#920).  They went to Paulskaya.

TellerFN: also see Telf.

TelyausaVV: one spelling of the Russian name for FischerVV.

TempelFN: said by the Kraft FSL to be fromUC Umstadt, Darmstadt.

TempelFN: said by the Kraft FSL to be fromUC Umstand, Pfalz.

Temppi(?)GL, Prussia: an unidentified place said by the Merkel FSL to be homeUC to a Krieger family.

Tenerkauf{Christian}FN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Quellendorf.  Spelled Taerkauf? in 1798 (Mai1798:Sw06).

Tenerkauf{J.Christian}FN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Quellendorf.

TenerkaufFN: see also Taerkauf.

Tenius?FN: said by the Moor FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned). ).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

TenneFN: said by the Bettinger FSL to be fromUC Segeberg.  Later spelled Denke.

Tennig?GL, Ansbach: said by the Laub FSL to be homeUC to a Weber family which hosted Braun orphans.  There is a Tennig some 6 miles SW of Bayreuth city, but this seems unlikely Ansbach territory.

TergawFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Sulzfeld.

Terrillon: see Derillion.

Terrillou: see Derillion.

Tersich?FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Elz.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

TesilGL: see Tessin.

TeskeFN:  listed in the Bergdorf 1858 census (KS:669, 462) without origin.  The GCRA has found that this was the son of a Neudorf settler. 

TeskeFN: The GCRA found reference to this immigrant to Neudorf as having been born in Erlenbach, and has proven using FHL(245,507) that he lived in Eichfelde and Zickwerder of Wirsitz parish, Posen Province, Prussia, before coming to Bergdorf.

Teske{Christian}FN: said by the 1816 Neudorf census (#94) and said by KS:462 to have come fromUC Poland. Using FHL#245,507, the GCRA proved their origin in Wirsitz, Posen Department, Prussia.  The GCRA found evidence that at least one of their children was born in nearby Zickwerder and maybe Eichfelde.  See the GCRA book for more.

Teske{J.Christoph/Johannes}FN: listed [incorrectly as a 9-year-old son in his step-father Bischke’s household) by the 1816 Neudorf census (#98) with no origin. Using FHL#1,189,762 and 1,194,743, the GCRA proved their origin in Samoszcin, Posen Department, Warsaw Duchy.  See the GCRA book for more.

Tessin(?)/TesilGL, Mecklenburg: an unidentified place said by the Urbach FSL to be homeUC to a Kuhfeld family.  There are at least 4 Tessins in present-day Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

TeterowGL, Mecklenburg[-Schwerin Duchy]: is some 28 miles SE of Rostock city, and said by the Enders FSL to be homeUC to a Kraus family.

Teubert?FN said by the Huck FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

Teuschnitz, Bamberg [Bishopric]: is 40 miles NE of Bamberg city, and was said by the Leitsinger FSL to be homeUC to a Schielein family.

Teusel?FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Dachwig.  I could not find this woman or her children in the 1798 censuses.  May be the same as Teisel?

Teutonic OrderGS: a German military/religious state was founded in 1190 in Acre after Chrusaders captured that city.  In the next centuries it acquired lands throughout Europe and the Middle East.  By the 1760’s it was much reduced from its former powerful position, seated in Mergentheim city, and was largely controled by the Hapsburg family.

Texter?FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Niel.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Thaeler FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be fromUC Denkendorf.  I could not find these men in the 1798 Volga censuses.

ThaiFN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Ukkel?.    Spelled Thiel in 1798 (Mai1798:Mv1925).

ThalhausenGL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be homeUC to a Wels family.  There were at least 6 Thalhausens in the Germanies.

ThalheimerFN: said by the Mariental FSL to be fromUC Ansbach.  Later spelled Dahlheimer (Mai1798:Mt48).  A Luebeck ML says this Dollheimer man married a Kaelber woman in 1765 (Mai&Marquardt:19).

Thalsueden CountyGS: see Piermasens, Pfalz.

ThanFN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Rieden. Pleve thought this might be Dahn. I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

ThanheimGL: see Tannheim.

Thaumann?FN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Berlin.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

ThautFN: said by the Seewald FSL to be fromUC Frankenthal, Pfalz.

ThautFN: also see Daut.

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

TheissFN: this family name was found recorded in Kroppach marriage records 1762-1767, and in Schotten parish records for many generations prior to 1767; see Flegel trip.

TheobaldFN:  was the maiden name of frau Din of Neudorf.

TheschFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC Orb.  Later spelled Desch (Mai1798:Pf72).  The 1798 Pfeiffer census says his wife's maiden name was Schloessler (Mai1798:Pf72).

ThielFN: according to the Buedingen ML this woman fromUC Hoechst in the Wetterau married a Schaeffer man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Frank (Mai&Marquardt#352).  Doris Evans says that research done by Jean Roth confirms this origin of this woman and that she has traced the lineage back several generations to a Diehl of Duedelsheim near Nidda.

ThielFN: said by the Kolb FSL to be fromUC Langensalzberg, Isenburg.

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

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

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

ThielFN: see also Diel, Thai, or Tihl.

Thiergarten(Tielmannshoff)GL, Suedpreussen: an unidentified place where the Weisert family that went to Berdorf is reported to have stayed for a time.  See the GCRA book for details.

ThierleinFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Erland(?).

TheisauGL, [Kur-]Bayern: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to a Sendelbeck{Maria} widow.  I can only find one Theisau, which today is in Bavaria, but then was in either Bamberg Bishopric or a small barony.

ThiessenFN: see Tiessen.

Thiriam/DirlammenGL: is some 12 miles SW of Schlitz city and was in Riedesel Barony.  See Schlitz.

ThirrlammFN: said by the Schlitz ML to be homeUC to the Kayser woman who married in 1766 an Unkefug man; by 1767 this couple was in Boaro; Dirlammen is said to be the modern spelling (Mai&Marquardt#739).

ThoermerFN: said by the Jost FSL to be fromUC Moenau, Sachsen. In 1798 the name was spelled Toermer (Mai1798:Jo05). According to a Rosslau ML this Toermer man married in 1766 a Fuchs woman (Mai&Marquardt#964).

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

Thoma/TomaFN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be fromUC Schwarzburg/Schwartzburg.

ThomaaFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC Lohr-am-Main.  Later spelled Domme (Mai1798:Pf75).

ThomaeFN: said by the Koehler FSL to be fromUC Aschaffenburg.

ThomasFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Amersfoort with a Kohl wife fromUC Utrecht.

ThomasFN{Heinrich}: said by the Keller FSL to be fromUC Gauersheim, Kurpfalz.  For 1798 see (Mai1798:Mv1870).

ThomasFN{Konrad}: said by the Keller FSL to be the step-son in the Muehlhaus family.

ThomasFN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC Mannheim, Kurpfalz.

ThomasFN: said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to be fromUC Iba, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate], with Schneider{Kaspar,etc} orphans in the household.  For 1786 and 1798 see respectively Mai1798:Mv2303 and Fs06.

ThomeFN: said by the Cheisol FSL to be fromUC Saarburg, [Kur-]Trier.   

ThornFN: see Dirn.

ThornGL, [South Prussia]: nka Torun, some 21 miles NE of Inowroclaw, Poland.  The GCRA says it was associated with a Bohnet family in 1818.

ThuengenGS: a small, three-part Barony which in 1766 was in what is now northern Bavaria east of Frankfurt-am-Main.  Proven by David Schmidt to be the Gening or Dening of the Russian records; in some contemporary German records it is spelled Duengen.   The seat of the northern part was Zeitlos, Bavaria which is 25 miles ESE of Frankfurt-am-Main.  A Luebeck ML says that the 1766 bride in a Mueller family that moved to Frank was a Hahn from Duengen [Thuengen] in Franconia (Mai&Marquardt#228).

ThueringenGL: said (no locality indicated ) by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Schumann family.  In the 1760’s this was not a state but a historical, geographical area east of northern Hessen-Darmstadt.

ThueringenGS is a state in eastern Germany.

ThueringerFN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be fromUC Drien?, [Kur-]Trier, with Wendler/Wendeler step-children in the household.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

ThurnFN: listed by both the 1858 Kassel census (#197), the 1858 Neudorf census (#246), and KS:463 without origin. Using FHL#247,655 the GCRA proved their origin in Eusserthal, Godramstein [parish], Landau [Amt], Rheinpfalz.  Also spelled Turn.

 

 

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