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Weber{A.Catharina}^FN: Bonner proved she was (although not so named) the stepdaughter from Rohrbach of a Grasmueck in the Balzer FSL (#78).  In addition Bonner proved that Weber{J.Caspar} of Rohrbach died there having married there a Lepper woman who was the mother of this girl and the wife of Grasmueck.

Weber{A.Margaretha}^FN: Bonner proved that this  widow of Balzer (FSL #98) was baptized  a Volckers/Volkers in Leustadt, and that she married in, and her husband and children were born in Bueches, where two were buried.  The Stumpp version of the FSL evidently mistakenly said she was from Rohrbach, Isenburg[-Buedingen County].

Weber{A.Margaretha} ^FN: she was listed in the Balzer FSL as an unmarried daughter in the household of the widow Weber just mentioned.  In the1798 Balzer census she was listed as the [2^nd?] wife of Barthuly (Mai1798:Bz44).  Bonner proved she was baptised in Bueches.

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

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

Weber^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Frankfurt-am-Main with a Schuhmann stepson in the household.  Spelled Wever in 1798 (Mai1798:Bo31).

Weber^FN{Peter}: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Kestenhof?.

Weber^FN {Peter}: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Kunzdorf?, Luxembourg.

Weber^FN: said by the Dietel FSL to be from^UC Hasloch, Kurpfalz.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Dt10.

Weber^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Erstein(?), Birkenfeld(?).  In 1798 his wife is said to be a Rescher (Mai1798:Gb57).

Weber^FN{Leonhard}: said by the Doenhof FSL to be from^UC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).  This might be the man who left Fraenkisch-Crumbach in 1766, mentioned in Gieg1.

Weber^FN said by the Frank FSL to be from^UC Oberklinten(?), Kurpfalz.

Weber^FN{Christian}: said by KS:477 to be from^UC Liebling, Banat, and to have married^UC a Bauer woman in Glueckstal.  See the GRCA book for detail.

Weber^FN: said by the Graf FSL to be from^UC Homburg, Wuerzburg.

Weber^FN{Heinrich, Johannes}: not found in an FSL but was in the 1775 Grimm census #88 and 87.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Gm3 and 163).

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

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

Weber{Gottfried}^FN: listed by both the 1816 Kassel census (#45) and KS:477 without origin.  The GCRA found evidence that one daughter was born in Latschanow, Poland in 1807; they think this may have been Latoszkowa near Kepa, now absorbed within Warsaw itself.  See their book for more.

Weber^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Dresden, Sachsen.

Weber^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Koeln.

Weber^FN:  said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of frau Leinecker.

Weber^FN: according to the Buedingen ML a widow Weber nee Mueller of^UC Hoffstaedten, married a Schuettler man in 1766; by 1767 the couple was in Kraft (Mai&Marquardt#688).

Weber^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Buedingen, Isenburg.

Weber^FN: said by the Kukkus FSL to be from^UC Ulm(?), Braunfels.

Weber^FN: said by the Laub FSL to be from^UC Tennig?, Ansbach.

Weber^FN: said by the Mariental FSL to be from^UC Hessen-Kassel; at the same time it says his wife is from Koeln.

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

Weber^FN: said by the Messer FSL to be from^UC Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned), and the maiden name of the wife was given as Just.

Weber^FN: said by the Moor FSL to be from^UC Gelnhausen (no locality mentioned).

Weber^FN: said by the Moor FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).,

Weber^FN: the Buedingen ML says this woman from Wenings married an Eberling man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Norka (Mai&Marquardt#678).

Weber^FN: the Buedingen ML says this woman from^UC Wenings married a Mueller man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Norka (Mai&Marquardt#635).

Weber{Heinrich}^FN: mistakenly said by both the 1858 Neudorf census (#235) and KS:477 to have come from^UC Bruehl, Mannheim [Amt], Baden.  Using FHL#488,316, the GCRA proved their origin in Ottersheim, Germersheim [Amt], Rheinpfalz.  See the GCRA book for more.

Weber^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Nr88, 2 and 18.

Weber^FN: the 1798 Norka census gives this as the maiden name of the wife of an Isenburger Bauer (Mai1798:Nr55).

Weber^FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be from^UC Rabachan? with a Krueck step-daughter and a Stupart{Katharina} orphan living in the household.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bo21, Hr14 and possibly Om43.

Weber^FN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be a step-daughter living with the Schelhler? family which would indicate that frau Schehler was previously frau Weber.

Weber^FN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be from^UC Ersingen.

Weber^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Dalov(?), Champagne, France.

Weber^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Ris(?), Kur Trier.

Weber^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Schwellheim, Wuerzburg.

Weber ^FN:  this woman married a Rasch man in Luebeck in 1765 (Mai&Marquardt#17), before they moved to Reinhard. 

Weber^FN: said by the Reinwald FSL to be from^UC Stolberg-Gedern [County].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Rw47.

Weber{Georg}^FN: said by the Rohleder FSL to be from^UC Zuckau, Danzig [Free Imperial City].

Weber{Johannes}^FN: said by the Rohleder FSL to be from^UC [Kur-]Trier (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Mt4.

Weber{Tomas}^FN: said by the Rohleder FSL to be from^UC Zuckau, Danzig [Free Imperial City].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Rl47.

Weber{M.Eva}^FN: in 1765 this woman married an Appel man in Rosslau (Mai&Marquardt#857); by 1767 they were in Schaefer, the FSL of which said she was from^UC Oberrod, [Kur-]Mainz[sic?].

Weber{A.Maria}^FN: this widow was said by the Schulz FSL to be from^UC Stolberg.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sz10 and Pl22.

Weber{J.Jacob}^FN: said by the Schulz FSL to be from^UC Stettin, Preussen [Kingdom].  I could not find him in Mai1798.

Weber{Heinrich}^FN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be from^UC Koerich?, Luxemburg [Duchy].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sm10.

Weber{Johannes}^FN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be from^UC Koerich?, Luxemburg [Duchy].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sm9.

Weber{Ernst} ^FN: he was said by the Urbach FSL to have died on the way to Russia.

Weber{Ernst}^FN: his widow, later frau Spindler, was said by the Urbach FSL to be from^UC Erbstadt, [Hanau County,] Hessen[-Kassel Landgraviate]. 

Weber^FN: father-in-law and sister-in-law (of a Lichtenberger man) said by the Walter FSL to be from^UC Krumbach, Hessen-Darmstadt County.  They were said by Fraenkish Crumbach parish records to be from Erlach (Mai&Marquardt#750).

Weber^FN{J.Leonard}: left Fraenkisch-Crumbach in 1766, settled in Walter (Gieg1, Mai1798:Wt04).

Weber^FN: according to Fraenkisch-Crumbach parish records a Weber woman from Erbach , who already had an out-of-wedlock Doerr son, married in 1766 a Walter; by 1767 this couple was in Walter colony (Mai&Marquardt#752).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Wt04).

Weber{Georg}^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Bueches?, Isenburg[-Buedingen County].  He surely died before the 1798 Volga censuses.

Weber{Martin}^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Wech?, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate].  For 1788 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2979,Wr109 and Sr1.

Weber{Tobias}^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be a single man living in the Koehler{Adam} household.  Kuhlberg said (no locality indicated) that Weber was from [Kur-]Sachsen.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Wr69.

Weber^FN{Johann}: married a Rode woman in Luebeck in 1764; so far they have not been found settled in Russia (Mai&Marquardt#4).

Weber^FN: this family name was found recorded in Haiger parish records during the years prior to 1767, and both in Kroppach and in Schlitz as well as in Herborn marriage records 1762-67; see Flegel trip.

Weber^FN: also see Stahl and Veber.

Weber^GL: an unidentified place said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be home^UC to a Guenther/Guenter family.  There is a Webern some 9 miles SE of Darmstadt city center.

Weberling^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Furmal?, Hannover [i.e.Kurbraunschweig].   Also spelled Beberling in 1798 (Mai1798:Wr71).

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

Webler^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Weller (Mai1798:Nr206).

Wech?, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: an unidentified place said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to Weber{Martin}.

Wechel^FN: see Weichelt.

Wechlein^FN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be from^UC Willmandingen, Wuerttemberg.  I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

Wechter^FN: said by the Jost FSL to be from^UC Niesau?, Dessau.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Weckeser^FN: see Wasserer.

Wede^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from Frassdorf, Dessau.  According to Anhalt-Dessau archives as abstracted by Dr. Waeschke and annotated by Dr. Lippert, the Wede family left Fraszdorf, Dessau, for Russia (Mai&Marquardt#1170).

Wederspahn^FN: see Widerspahn.  Harvey Wederspahn provided origins information from his family chart.

Weener^GL: said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to Dick and Kremer families.  Said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a Hasselblatt? family.  This probably was in East Frasia Princiality some 6.5 miles SW of Leer city.

Weg^FN: see Wiegener.

Wegau^FN: see Faller.

Wegeleben, [Kur-]Brandenburg: is 8 km E of Halberstadt city and was said by the Urbach FSL to be home^UC  to a Makroth family.

Wegelin^FN: said by the Merkel FSL to be from^UC Berlin, Prussia.

Wegelin^FN: said by the Merkel FSL to be from^UC Wenger, Prussia. 

Wegener^FN{Andreas}: according to the Boaro FSL this orphan was living in a Jaeger household which was from^UC Brundorf. I could not find him in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Wegener^FN: also see Wagner and  Wiegener.

Weginer?^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Koethen.  Later spelled Weigandt (Mai1798:Mv1194).

Wegner^FN: said by the Galka FSL to be from^UC Helenhof, Kurpfalz.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Wegner^FN: also see Wagner.

Wehr^GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Bernhardt family.    Kuhlberg said this was in Hessen.  There were at least 5 Wehrs in the Germanies … none that I can find in former Hessen lands.

Wehrda^GL: now in Hessen some 12 miles WNW of Fulda city.  Said by the Grimm FSL to be home^UC to a Braun family.  Also see Verg and Werda.

Wehrshausen ^GL: said by the Schwab FSL to be home^UC to Herber familes: {A.Katharina} and {Johann}.  There are at least two Wehrshausen: one was in Hassel-Kassell 3 km W of Marburg-an-der- Lahn, the other 15 km SW of Bad Hersfeld, then probably in Mansbach, a Knight’s holding.

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

Weichel^FN: see Weichelt.

Weichelt^FN: said by the Bettinger FSL to be from^UC Braun.  Spelled Weichelt (Mai1798:Or8 and 14), and Weichel (Hr29), and Wechel (Bt16).

Weichersbach^GL, [Hanau County]:   Betty Schmoll says research done for her in Germany says her Alt and Vogel ancestors who went to Norka came from here and from Oberzell.

Weickersheim^GL: said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to a Volck woman who married a Kraus man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Krasnoyar; Stummp said this was Waigandshain in the Westerwald (Mai&Marquardt#553).

Weidach^GL, Ulm [Imperial City]: is some 4 miles NW of Ulm city, and said by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to an Ott family, and possibly a Berer family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Schwaben.

Weideman(n)^FN said by the Frank FSL to be from^UC Ilbeshausen, Hessen-Darmstadt.  Doris Evans says his origin is confirmed in research done by Anneliese Micheiwski for Edward F. Wagner: he was born in 1734 in Ileshausen.  His lineage has been traced to a Weydemann born about 1640 in Audra, Eichsfeld.

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

Weiden?^GL: said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a Windemuth family and possibly to their Schaefer{J.Valentin} step-children.  Kuhlberg said this place was in Hessen.  This probably was in Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate some 22 miles ESE of Kassel city.

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

Weidenkeller ^FN: see Wietenkeller.

Weiderspahn^FN: see Wiederspahn.

Weidhardt^FN: see Weithardt.

Weidener^FN: the GCRA using FHL1,346,109 proved their origin in Scheppach, Walbach parish, Weinsberg [Amt], Wuerttemberg, and found records of them leaving for South  Russia, but could not find record of them in a Glueckstal colony; see their book for detail.

Weidner^FN: KS:478 said he came to^UC Neudorf from^UC Ohringen [Amt], Wuerttemberg; no locality mentioned.  No other information available at this time.

Weidnitz, Schlesien: said by the Schaefer FSL to be home^UC to the Kammer family.  This place was important but I have been unable to find its new Polish name: it was in the district covered by Frankenstein.

Weid-Runkel County^GS: see Runkel.

Weier^GL: an unidentified place said by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to a Lohr family, and possibly to a Heilmann family.

Weier^GL: also see Weiher.

Weigan, Weigand, and Weigandt:

Weigand^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Schleusingen, Gekenburg(?).  I did not identifiy this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Weigand^FN: the maiden name of the wife of a Boehmer couple from Mettenheim, Wartenberg, who settled in Dietel^VV(Mai&Marquardt#1236).

Weigand^FN:  the 1798 Galka census said this was the maiden name of frau Wunsch (Mai1798:Gk34).

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

Weigand^FN: said by the Husaren FSL to be from^UC Hammelburg.    Spelled Weigand in 1798 (Mai1798:Rt34) as well as Weingard (Km67), and Weingandt (Mv1038 in 1792).  This Weigandt man married in 1766 in Buedingen a Steiner woman (Mai&Marquardt#412).

Weigand^FN: said by the Kano FSL to be from^UC [Anhalt-]Dessau [Principality].

Weigand^FN: said by the Koehler FSL to be from^UC Fulda (no locality given), and his frau’s maiden name was given as Straubach (no origin given).

Weigand^FN: said by the Kukkus FSL to be from^UC Niederweiler, Baden-Durlach.  The Friedburg ML says this man was from Niederweiler, Baden and that he married in 1766 a Mohr woman from Niederwiesen, Pfaltz (Mai&Marquardt#341).

Weigand^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Kutter FSL to be from^UC Isenburg.  Later spelled Weigandt.

Weigandt^FN: is a single man living in the household of a family from Nordeck in the Mueller FSL but no origin is given for him.

Weigand^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Friedberg.    Spelled Wiegand in 1798 (Mai1798:Nm54).

Weigandt^FN{Daniel}:  said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Dr. Ruth Schultz proved he was baptized as a Wigand in Boenstadt, [Solms-Braunfels Principality].  Spelled Weigand in 1798 (Mai1798:Nr72). The Buedingen ML says this Weygand man in 1766 married a Hildebrand woman (Mai&Marquardt#576).  In 1798 his son’s wife’s maiden name was given as Lefe_d? which might be Lefeld (Mai1798:Nr72). 

Weigandt^FN{Konrad}:  said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Weigand in 1798 (Mai1798:Nr24,39,93). 

Weigand^FN{Kaspar}:  said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Weigandt in 1775.  His widow is recorded at Mai1798:Pb18 under an earlier married name Haas. 

Weigand?^FN{Katharina}: in the1798 Norka census the maiden name of frau Pan was given as Waidain which may have been a misstransliteration of Weigand (Mai1798:Nr120).

Weigan^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Gross Steinum?.  Later spelled Weigand (Mai1798:Pf14).

Weigand^FN said by the Rothammel FSL to be from^UC Dirmstein, Worms.

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

Weigand^FN: also see Waidain, Weigan, and Weisheim.

Weigand^VV: an alternate name for Norka^VV.

Weigandt^FN: also see Weginer and Weigand.

Weingard^FN: see Weigand.

Weigel^FN: said by the Herzog FSL to be from^UC Passau, Ansbach.  A Luebeck ML says he married a Bergel woman in 1765 (Mai&Marquardt#29).

Weigel^FN: his wife is said by the Herzog FSL to be from^UC Erlangen, Bayreuth.  A Luebeck ML says her maiden name was Bergel, marrying Weigel in 1765 (Mai&Marquardt#29).

Weigel^FN: said by the Jost FSL to be from^UC Dinkelsbuehl?, Schwaben (no locality mentioned).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Vogel censuses.

Weigel^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Leipzig with a Pastern wife from^UC Gruenberg.

Weigel^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Aschaffenburg.  Malyavski^FN: see Maljawski.

Weigel^FN: see Feidel and Gitte.

Weihenzell?, [Ansbach Margraviate]: is 7 km NE of Ansbach city, and said said by the Schwab FSL to be home^UC to the Feil family.

Weiher/Weier^GL: an unidentified place said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be home^UC to a Grapowsky family.  There are many places with these names in Germany.

Weiher^GL: also see Weier or Weyher.

Weikauf^FN: said by the Volmer FSL to be from^UC Starenkburg(?), Heppenheim.

Weikersheim^GL, Nassau(?): Said by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to a Strifler? family.  There was a Weikersheim some 21 miles S of Wuerzburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg.

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

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

Weil^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Springen?, [Katzenelnbogen County], Hessen-Kassel [Landgraviate].  He surely died prior to the 1798 Volga censuses.

Weil^GL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to a Steigel family. There were at least at least six Weils in Germany, one of which, Weil-der-Stadt, 14 miles WSW of Stuttgart city, was an Imperial City with a relatively small territory.

Weil^FN: listed by both the 1816 Kassel census (#44) and KS:479 without origin.  The GCRA found reason to believe the family came from^UC somewhere in Prussia.  See their book for more.

Weiland^FN: see Weilander.

Weilander^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Serschsdorf?, Nassau.   Spelled Weiland in 1791 and 1798 (Mai1798:Mv2989,Wr121 and Dn45).

Weilbach^GL, Hessen: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Schander family.  This probably was in Mainz, not Hessen, and was the same as the next entry.

Weilbach^GL, Mainz: is some 7 miles ENE of Mainz city and said by the Goebel FSL to be home^UC to a Breining family.

Weilburg^GS: usually refers to the County of Nassau-Weilburg which was seated in the town of the same name some 11 miles WSW of Giessen city.   Said by the Herzog FSL to be home^UC to the wife of Schell.

Weilburg, Nassau: said by the Mariental FSL to be home^UC to a  Mueller family.  See the previous entry.

Weil-der-Stadt Imperial City^GL: was 14 miles WSW of Stuttgart city and held only a relatively small territory.

Weiler^FN: two families said by the Blumenort FSL to be from^UC Halbstadt^GL, Marienburg.

Weiler^FN: said by the Mariental FSL to be from^UC Freiburg. 

Weiler^FN: also see Weiwer.

Weiler^GL, Isenburg: said by the Kraft FSL to be home^UC to a Wolf family.  This seems to be Weiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, some 18 miles WSW of Mainz city, in which case Isenburg probably is a mistake and it should have been Pfalz.

Weiler^GL, Nuernberg: is some 9 miles SW of Nuernberg city and said by the Jost FSL to be home^UC to a Lemmernmann? family.

Weiler^GL, Pfalz: said by the Kraft FSL to be home^UC to a Balzer family.  There were at least Weiler in the Pfalz, but it seems likely that this is same one as the home^UC of the Wolf family.

Weiler-an-der-Noh^GL: an unidentified place that the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL says may have been home to the Fuchs family (p.34).

Weiler-an-der-Zaber^GL, Brackenheim, Neckar, Wuerttemberg: is some 14 miles SW of Heilbronn, Baden Wuerttemberg, and proven by Jerry Amen as the home of the Doenhof Legler families in the 1600s and 1700s.  Proven by Curt Wenz to be home to the Stegmeier family that settled in Gueldendorf.

Weiler-zum-Stein^GL, Marbach Oberamt, Wuerttemberg: is some 5 miles SE of Marbach-am-Neckar, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and was home to a Koch family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa.

Weilinger^FN:  said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of frau Leonhard.

Weilmeister^FN: see Weilmuenster.

Weilmuenster^FN: said by the Grimm FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Weilmeister.

Weilmuenster^GL, Hesse [sic?]: an unidentified place said by the Preuss FSL to be home to a Schmidt family.  This may bea mistake for  the next entry.

Weilmuenster^GL, Nassau-Weilburg [Principality]:  is some 6 miles SE of Weilburg town, and said by the Bangert FSL to home^UC to a Erber family.  Said by the Kolb FSL to be home^UC to a Paul family.  Said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to a Seil family and perhaps to their Schuetz{Heinrich}nephew.

Weilrod(?)^GL, Braunfels: an unidentified place said by the Kukkus FSL to be home^UC to a Feil family.

Weimann^FN: said by the Koehler FSL to be from^UC Posen, Polen.

Weimann^FN: see also Weinmann.

Weimar^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Riede, Hessen.  Later spelled Weimer (Mai1798:Db29) and Weiner (Db62).

Weimar^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Katzennelnbogen, Hessen.

Weimar/Weimer^FN: said by the Kraft FSL to be from^UC Breitenbrunn, Friedberg.

Weimar^FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be from^UC Limburg.    Spelled Weimer in 1777 (Mai1798:Mv2944).

Weimar^GL, 11 miles NW of Jena, and said by the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL to be in the Empire of Saxony and to be the home^UC of a Migne family.

Weimar^GL: the seat of the duchy of Sachsen-Weimar. 

Weimar? [Duchy?]: Said by the Schaefer FSL to be home^UC to frau Knaup who apparently had been widowed by Ertel.

Weimar Duchy^GS: formally the Sachsen-Weimar Duchy this small duchy seated in the town of the same name held lands with extremely irregular borders with isolated exclaves beyond them … in all directions from the town.  Founded in 1572.   From 1741-1809 controlled by the same ruler who had the Sachsen-Eisenach Duchy.   Absorbed into Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach Duchy in 1809.

Weimer^FN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:674, 479) with no origin.  The GCRA thinks he may have come from^UC Untergroeningen, Jagstkries [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  See their book for details.

Weimer^FN: also see Weimar.

Weinbach^FN: according to Dona Reeves-Marquardt the Mettenheim, Wartenberg, church records say that this was the maiden name of Johann Jacob Rein’s wife; the couple went to Dietel.

Weinbach^GL, Darmstadt[sic?]: said by the Goebel FSL to be home^UC to a Schaefer family.  There is such a place some 3 miles S of Weilburg town, but it would have been in Nassau-Weilburg, not Darmstadt.

Weinbach, Isenburg[sic?]: said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to a Burgardt widow.  The only Weinbach which I can find is 9.5 km NE of Runkel town and was then not in any Isenburg country but was in Nassau-Weilburg Principality.

Weinbaer^FN:  said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of frau Weinzettel.

Weinbender: the Mueller FSL says was from Karb.  This information from Paul Simon who believes Karb may be Korb.

Weinbender^FN: said by the Mueller FSL to be from^UC Karbach?.  Might this be Calbach?  Paul Simon says the source gives Karb as the place of origin and that he believes Karb may be Korb.  In 1798 the wife's maiden name (no origin given for her) is given as Schmidt (Mai1798:Ml29).

Weinberg^FN: a Luebeck ML says she married in 1766 a Friederichsen man; later that year they were in Dingel (Mai&Marquardt#71).

Weinberg^FN: said by the Graf FSL to be from^UC Wuerzburg (no locality mentioned).

Weinberg^FN: his wife is said by the Graf FSL to be from^UC Frisack, Brandenburg.

Weinberg^FN: the Katharinenstadt FSL says this orphan was living with a Friedrichsen family from^UC Oberwittighausen.

Weinberger^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be the orphaned son of Christopher Weinberger now a step-son in the Mueller{Johannes} household.  Later spelled Weisgerber? (Mai1798:Nr42?).

Weinberger^FN: the Buedingen ML says this woman from^UC Kirchbracht married a Kayser man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Norka (Mai&Marquardt#604).

Weinberger^FN: said by the Reinwald FSL to be from^UC Stolberg-Gedern [County]. For 1798 see Mai1798:Sz20.

Weinborn, Bassingheim Barony: near Schmitten, Hesse.

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

Weinem(?)^GL, Kurpfalz: see Weinheim.

Weiner^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be an orphan boy in the Bischoff  household.

Weiner^FN: also see Weimar.

Weinert?^FN: said by the Fischer FSL to be from^UC Koterschbleim?, Kurpfalz.

Weinert ^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Urbach FSL to be from^UC [Anhalt-]Zerbst [Principality] with a Pfllaum stepson and a Markert orphan girl in the household.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Ur27. 

Weinert ^FN: his wife, who had been the widow Pflaum, was said by the Urbach FSL to be from^UC Baerstadt. 

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

Weingard^FN: see Wangar.

Weingarten^GL, Landau [Amt], Pfalz: is 1.5 miles N of Niederhochstadt town and using FHL#247,646, was proven by the GCRA to be the birthplace of two of the Bressler sons who went to Kassel.  See their book for more.

Weingarten Imperial Abbey^GS: this country held substantial scattered lands to the N of Ravensburg city, some in the immediate vicinity of Weingarten town itself which is 2.5 km NE of Ravensburg city..

Weinheim: said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to Schmidt{Niholaus} and said by Kuhlberg to be in Franken.  This most likely was 17 km NE of Mainheim city centre, in Kurpfalz.  But see also Windheim.

Weinheim [Amt], [Heppenheim Kreis], Hesse: the same place as Weinheim^GL, Mannheim [Amt], Baden.

Weinheim^GL, Kurpfalz: is 4 km W of Alzey and was said by the Preuss FSL to be home to Bender and Wimmer families.  Said by the Schaefer FSL to be home^UC to the Kunzmann and Lappert/Lannert families.  See the previous entry.

Weinheim^GL, Mannheim [Amt], Baden: is some 10 miles NE of Mannheim city, and proven by GCRA to be home to the Heilmann family that went to Glueckstal.  See the GCRA book for more details.  This is the same place, 50 years later, as the previous three entries.

Weinheim ^GL, Rhineland-Palatinate: also see Weinem.

Weinheimer^FN: said by the 1798 Shcherbakovka census to be the maiden name of frau Wassenmueller (Mai1798:Sv56).  According to the Buedingen ML she married a Wasenmueller man in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#556).

Weinichweler?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a Michael family.  This might have been Wirschweiler in Pfalz-Zweibruecken some 23 miles E of Trier city.

Weinman^FN: see also Weinmann.

Weinmann^FN: the GCRA using FHL1,884,557 proved their origin in Duerrweiller, Freudenstadt [Amt], Wuerttemberg; records there said the family left for South Russia, but the GCRA was unable to locate them there; see their book for a bit more detail..

Weinmann^FN: said by the Schaefer FSL to be from^UC Reitling.  In 1795 and 1798 spelled Weinman (Mai1798:Sf9) and Weimann (Mv2528,Ka122).

Weinmeier^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Gundelfingen, Kurpfalz.

Weinmeister^FN: said by the Stumpp supplement to the Dietel FSL to be from^UC the principality of Anhalt.  For 1794 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv419, Dt84.

Weinrich/Wenrich^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Erbach and to have married a Krenter man in Oranienbaum. 

Weinrich^FN: said by the Cheisol FSL to be from^UC Bernkastel, [Kur-]Trier.  Spelled Weirich in 1798 (Mai1798:Gf22,27).

Weinsberg^GL, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 2.5 miles E of Heilbronn city, and proven by the GCRA to be home to the Wolf{Elias} family that went to Bergdorf; see their book for more details.

Weinsberg [Amt]^GL, Wuerttemberg: is some 2.5 miles E of Heilbronn city, and was a District administrative center.

Weinsheim^GL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a Leopold family. Said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be home^UC to a Wagner family.  There were at least 4 Weinsheims in the Germanies.

Weinsheim^GL, Bad Kreuznach [Amt], Rheinpfalz: is 4 miles W of Bad Kreuznach city, and the GCRA believes it may have been home to the Kirner family that went to Glueckstal.

Weinz{Johannes}^FN: said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#44) and KS:479 to have come from^UC Hennweiler, Kirn [Amt], Rheinpfalz.  However, the GCRA thinks it more likely he came from^UC Otzweiler, Kirn [Amt], Rheinpfalz.  See their book for more.

Weinz{Martin}^FN: listed by the 1816 Neudorf census (#66) with no origin and by KS:479 as being from the German Empire (aus dem Reich).  The GCRA believes this family arrived in Hilsbach, South Prussia, in 1801, its children having been born in^UC Otzweiler, Kirn [Amt], Rheinpfalz. See their book for more.

Weinzetel^FN:  see Weinzettel.

Weinzettel^FN: Herr Weinzettel was said by the Koehler FSL to be from^UC Mondsee, and his frau’s maiden name was given as Weinbaer (no origin given). The family name was spelled Weinzetel in 1798 (Mai1798:Kl79).

Weirauch ^FN listed in the Schwab FSL but with nor origin; Kulhberg said they came from Erbach [County], no locality mentioned.  For 1790 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2675, Db83, Sb2 and 19. 

Weirich^FN: said by the Bangert FSL to be from^UC Anspach, Trier.  I could not find these women in  Mai1798es.

Weirich^FN: also see Weinrich.

Weisbaden^GL: was the capital of Nassau-Usingen Principality and is some 19 miles WSW of  Frankfurt-am-Main.  Said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to a Mattern{Wilhelm} family.

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

Weisbinder^FN: see Weissbinder.

Weisbrod ^FN: eldest son of the Weissbrot family of Dinkel (FSL dn23) listed in the 1798 Straub census (Mai1798:Sr17).

Weisbrod^FN: also see Weissbrot.

Weise^FN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be from^UC Querfurt. The family name was spelled Weiss in 1798 (Mai1798:Kn29).

Weise^FN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be from^UC Ronneburg. The family name was spelled Weiss in 1798 (Mai1798:Mv2136).

Weise^FN: also see Weiss.

Weisebach^FN: see Weitzebach.

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

Weisel^GL, Pfalz: is some 21 miles NW of Mainz city, and said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Nulhas family.

Weisel(?)^GL, Sachsen: an unidentified place said by the Dinkel FSL to be home^UC to a Walter family.

Weisenau(?)^GL: was a village about 1 mile SE of Mainz city (now part of the city), and said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Gilge? family.

Weisenau(?)^GL, Kurmainz: said by the Goebel FSL to be home^UC to a Beratz and perhaps a Wender family.  Same place as the previous entry.

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

Weisendorf ^GL: is some 9 miles ENE of Neustadt-an-der-Aisch and said by the Boregard FSL (as Walzendorf) and by a Woehrd ML (as Weiszendorf) to be home^UC to a Fras/Frasz family.

Weisenheimer^FN: listed by both the 1816 Kassel census (#63, 103) and KS:258 without origin.  Also spelled  Weissenheimer.  See the GCRA book for more.

Weisensulz^GL, see Weissensulz(?).

Weiser^FN: said by the Kano FSL to be themaiden name of the wife and the family name of a step-daughter in the Fischer{Heinrich} household.  I could not find the step-daughter in the 1798 Volga censues.

Weiser^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Friedberg, Darmstadt.  According to the Buedingen ML this Wiesner man married a Diehl woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#457).

Weisert^FN: said by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:659) to have been from Kaelberbronn, Freudenstadt [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  This origin was verified by the GCRA using FHL(1,884,557); the family came to Russia via Suedpreussen in at least 3 villages: Groembach, Bergfelde (Hochberg), and Thiergarten(Tielmannshoff).  See the GCRA book for more detail.  Also spelled Weissert (KS:481, 661) and Weisser.

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

Weisgerber^FN: also see Weinberger.

Weisheim{Conrad}, {Heinrich}, {J.Heinrich}, {Johannes}, {M.Sophia}^FN: said by one or both versions of the Balzer FSL to be from Duedelsheim, Isenburg-Buedingen [County]. This origin was proven by Bonner who also proved {Conrad} married a Schwartz woman also from Duedelsheim.  He also proved the maiden name of the widowed mother {M.Sophia} to be Preuser.  The line of {Conrad} used a Weigand spelling in 1798 (Mai1798:Ms36); otherwise for 1798, for {Conrad} when the maiden name of his wife was given as Schwartz see (Bz93); for {Maria Sophia} see (Bz51); for {Johannes} see (Bz22) where the maiden name of his wife is given as Mueller.

Weisheim{A.Barbara}^FN:  the Buedingen ML said this woman married in 1766 a Wunsch man; by 1768 they were in Galka (Mai&Marquardt#402).  The 1798 Galka census gave her maiden name as Weigand (Mai1798:Gk34).  KS:163 said her maiden name was Weissenzehn.

Weisheim{Christian}^FN: said by the Galka FSL to be from^UC Linden, Isenburg [?].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Gk22 and Sb40.  A Luebeck ML said this Weistheim man was from^UC Lindheim and that he married in 1766 a Reich woman from^UC Tannerheim (Mai&Marquardt#138).  Bonner proved that this man was baptized in Lindheim, [Staden Ganerbschaft].

Weisheim{Peter}^FN: said by the Galka FSL to be from^UC Linden, Isenburg [?].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Gk29. A Luebeck ML said this Westingsheim man married in 1766 a Koehler woman; other sources say he was a Westingshausen (Mai&Marquardt#211).  In 1798 the maiden name of frau Weisheim{Peter} was given as Hartwig (Mai1798:Gk29). Bonner proved that this man was baptized in Lindheim, [Staden Ganerbschaft].

Weisner^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Dingen, who married a Horn from^UC Freiberg.

Weisner^FN: also see Wiesner.

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

Weiss^FN:  listed in the Bergdorf 1858 census (KS:667) without origin, however, KS:480 says they were from Entringen, Tuebingen [Amt], Werttemberg. This origin was verified by the GCRA using FHL(1,475,170-1).  See their book for more detail.  See the GCRA book for more details.

Weiss^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Fuchsstadt, Wuerzburg.

Weiss^FN said by the Frank FSL to be from^UC Ditmolt(?), Hannover.

Weiss ^FN {Franz}: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:671) with no origin.  

Weiss ^FN {Friedrich}: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:671,480) with no origin. See the GCRA book for a bit more detail.

Weiss^FN{Stephan}: said incorrectly by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:673, 481) to be from^UC Schwieberdingen, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  Using FHL(1,355,991) the GCRA proved origin in Wangen, Stuttgart [Amt], Wuerttemberg, and that frau Weiss had been a Baumann.  See their book for more detail.

Weiss^FN: according to the Goebel FSL this was the maiden name of Neumann (from^UC Friedenberg, Schlesien)’s wife.

Weiss^FN: said by the Graf FSL to be from^UC Siersk, Frankreich.

Weiss^FN: said by the Hildman FSL to be from^UC Finstreng?, Frankreich, with a Wolf wife in the household.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Hd11, Km74, and for 1796 see Mai1798:Mv855.

Weiss^FN: said by the Hoelzel FSL to be from^UC Bernkastel, [Kur-]Trier.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Hz7, Sm11.  A Rosslau ML says this Weise man married a Vizum woman in 1766; KS:161 says she was a Vixum (Mai&Marquardt#998).  According to the 1798 census the maiden name of frau Weiss was Fuchs (Hz7).

Weiss^FN: said by the Koehler FSL to be from^UC Fulda (no locality given).

Weiss^FN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be from^UC Langenstadt?, Nuernberg.

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

Weiss^FN: said by the  Moor 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Galufa (Mai1798:Mo53).  The Buedingen ML gives her maiden name as Wester both from^UC Neu-Ysenburg; Stumpp spells it Neu-Isenburg (Mai&Marquardt#489).

Weiss^FN{Johann}: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Altenfeld; Pleve noted that this might be Weise from^UC Vellinghausen.

Weiss^FN{Kaspar} ^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC [Hessen-]Darmstadt

Weiss^FN: said by the 1798 Orlovskaya census to be the maiden name of frau Goetz (Mai1798:Or62).

Weiss^FN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be from^UC Immenrode.

Weiss{Peter}: listed in the 1798 census (Ps53) as having come from Seelmann he was too young to have been listed in a FSL with his parental family who could have first settlers in such colonies as: Brabander, Goebel, Graf, Hildmann, Hoelzel, Koehler, or Mariental.

Weiss^FN: said by the Seewald FSL to be from^UC Roth, Speyer.

Weiss^FN: said by the Shcherbakovka FSL to be from^UC Glashofen.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sv26.

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

Weiss^FN: also see Baumann and Weise.

Weissach^GL: an unidentified place said by the Shcherbakovka FSL to be home^UC to the  Meier{Adam}family.  There are at least five Weissachs in the Germanies.

Weissach^GL, Vaihingen parish, Wuerttemberg: is some 6 miles SSW of Vaihingen-an-der-Enz, Baden Wuerttemberg, and was home to a Trostel family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa

Weissbach^GL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to a Mennike family.  There were at least 10 Weissbachs in the Germanies.

Weissbeck^FN: said by the Dietel FSL to be from^UC Mater(?), Kurpfalz.  I was unable to locate this family in  Mai1798.

Weissbeck^FN: said by the Hildman FSL to be from^UC Fulda [Bishopric].  The maiden name of Frau Weissbeck was given as Stock (Mai1798:Hd33, 37)

Weissbender^FN: see Weissbinder.

Weissberg^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Jum-Vorwerken.

Weissberg^FN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be from^UC Burmintz?, Daenmark.  I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

Weissbinder^FN: said by the Grimm FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  The Buedingen ML says this Weisbinder man from^UC Dreieicherhayn married in 1766 a Herman woman (Mai&Marquardt#657).  Later spelled Weissbender.

Weissbrot^FN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be from^UC Kiel, Holstein.  In 1798 spelled Weisbrod (Mai1798: Dn18 and Sr17).

Weissebach^FN: see Weitzebach.

Weissenbach^GL, a village in the Barony of Thuengen, northern Bavaria, 2.5 miles E of Zeitlos, and where at least one Stahl-am-Karaman couple (Schneider and Kraus) was married in 1766.

Weissenbach^GL, is an unidentified locality which, according to the Frank FSL, was in the Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter(?) and was home^UC to a Luesemann family.  There are several Weissenbach in Germany and many in Austria.

Weissenbach^GL, Hessen-Kassel: is 16 miles ESE of Kassel city, and said by the Kolb FSL to be home^UC to a Rupp family.

Weissenburg^GL, Elsass: is now called Wissembourg, France and is some 20 miles W of Karlsruhe, Baden-Wuerttemberg.

Weissenburg [Amt]^GL, Elsass: now called Wissembourg.  It was a District administrative center.

Weissenburg^GL, Frankreich: said by the Mariental FSL to be home^UC to Enselinger and Gassmann families.  This surely is the place in Elsass.

Weissenfeld: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Gretsch family.  This might be 8 miles E of Munich center, but there are many similar placenames in Germany.

Weissenfels^GL, Sachsen: is some 19 miles S of Halle, Sachsen-Anhalt, and said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be home^UC to a Kopp/Kopf family.

Weissenhasel, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate]: is 14 miles NE of Bad Hersfeld, and was said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to home^UC to Hopp/Kopp and Windemuth families. Kuhlberg said this was in Hessen.

Weissenheimer^FN: see Weisenheimer.

Weissenstein^GL, Baden: an unidentified place.

Weissensulz(?)/Weisensulz^GL: an unidentified place said by the Kamenka FSL to be home^UC to a Vogel family.  It probably is now Bela-nad-Radbuzou, Czech Republic, some 47 miles NE of Regensburg.

Weissenzehn^FN:  said by KS:163 to be the maiden name of frau Wunsch [later of Galka].

Weisser{Benedikt, Christian, Johannes, Jacob} ^FN: listed by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#39) and KS:481 with no origin, although KS:481 also mentions a Herzogsweiller, Freudenstadt [Amt], Wuerttemberg origin. .  Using FHL#1,994,557, the GCRA proved this origin, although one or more of the children apparently were born next door in Kaelberbronn, and some in South Prussia.  See the GCRA book for more.     Also spelled Weissert.

Weisser^FN: also see Weisert.

Weissert^FN: see Weisert and Weisser..

Weisshaar^FN: Curt Renz has found the church records for this Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia, family in Hohenacker, Waiblingen Oberamt, Wuerttemberg.  Stumpp, p.524, says they arrived in Russia in 1800 and that the home village was Korb [some 2 miles NE of Waiblingen].

Weisshart^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Strassburg, Elsass.

Weissheim^FN: said by the Koehler FSL to be from^UC Bonn.

Weissheim^FN: also see Weisheim.

Weissinsel^FN: said by the 1798 Schwed census (Sw4) to have been from Reinhard, but I could not find her in any FSL.

Weistheim^FN: see Weisheim.

Weisweil^GL, Emmendingen [Amt], Baden: is 9 miles NW of Emmendingen city, and GCRA thinks it may have been home^UC to the Klipfel who went to Berdorf.  See their book for more detail.

Weiszendorf^GL: see Weisendorf.

Weitebach^FN: see Wendebach.

Weitenkeller?^FN: said by the Jost FSL to be from^UC Magulze?, Schwaben.  Spelled Weidenkeller in 1798 (Mai1798:Nr175).

Weitersburg, Kurpfalz: an unidentified place said by the Dehler FSL to be home^UC to a Hermann, and possibly to a Schaefer? family.  Then only  Weitersburg I can find was in Kurtrier, not in Kurpfalz,  just N of Coblenz..

Weiterstadt^GL, Darmstadt: is some 2 miles NW of Darmstadt city, and said by the Bauer FSL to be home^UC to a Klingerstein family.

Weitersweiler^GL, Luetzelstein [Amt], Elsass: now Weiterswiller, Alsace, some 4 miles E of Luetzelstein town, and said by KS:410 to have been home^UC to a Rostischer family.

Weithardt^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Lauterbach.  The Buedingen ML says this Weidhardt man from Obern-Ohm married a Schwing woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#597).

Weitlingen, Wilburgstetten [Oberamt, Wuerttemberg Duchy]: is 6 miles SE of Dinkelsbuehl city centre, and was said by the Reinwald FSL to be home^UC to frau Neuwirth{Johannes}.  These places seem to have been in a small island of the Werttemberg Duchy (its easternmost holding?) just SE of the lands of Dinkelsbuehl Imperial City.

Weitz^FN: said by the Pleve and Kromm versions of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be from^UC Nidda, but the Kromm version also gives Eichelsdorf and Schotten as optional origins (pp.28, 34).

Weitz^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Messelgruebe, Kurmainz.

Weitz^FN: said by a Luebeck 1766 baptism record to be the maiden name of Mueller{A.Margaretha} [a first settler of Schwed] (Mai&Marquardt#1316).

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

Weitzebach^FN: according to the Buedingen ML this woman from Mainz terriroty married a Simon man; Stumpp gives her name as Weissebach and Weisebach (Mai&Marquardt#355).  By 1767 this couple was in Kamenka.

Weitzel^FN: the Buedingen ML says this woman married an Opper man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Dobrinka (Mai&Marquardt#430).

Weitzel^FN{Christian}: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).    For 1798 see Mai1798:Nr41 and 188.

Weitzel{Jacob}^FN:  said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).   For 1798 see Mai1798:Nr38 and 201.  Dr. Ruth Schultz using Boenstadt church records proved he was born and baptized in Boenstadt, [Solms-Braunfels Principality], returning to Calbach after marriage and before going to Russia.

Weitzel^FN: also see Wenzel.

Weiwer/Wekwer/Weiler^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Runau(?).

Weiz^FN: according to the Goebel FSL this orphan lived with a Reiss family from^UC Seligenstadt, Kurmainz.

Weiz^FN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be from^UC Stickersrusen?, Kurtrier.

Weizel^FN: see Wenzel.

Weizern, Freiberg Barony: see Freiberg Barony and Weizersen.

Weizersen?, Grindlanos?: an unidentified place said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be home^UC to the Sereisbar? family.  A long shot … was this Weizern, Freiberg Barony??

Weizwanal?^GL, Isenburg: an unidentified place said by the Dreispitz FSL to be home^UC to a Diel family.

Wekeser^FN: see Wasserer.

Wekesser^FN: see Wasserer.

Wekwer^FN: said Weiwer.

Welde ^FN: see Weldi.

Weldi^FN: said by the Dietel FSL to be from^UC Holzhausen, Darmstadt.  In 1797 and 1798 spelled Welde (Mai1798:Mv429, Dt39, 25, 82).  In 1798 the wife’s maiden name was given as Fuchs (Dt39).

Welferode^GL: said by the Mueller FSL to be home^UC to a Kiserling? family.  There is a Welferode some 19 miles S of Kassell city.

Welge?^FN: the 1798 Norka census gives this as the maiden name of the wife of an Isenburger Breitenstein (Mai1798:Nr175).

Welgesheim?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a Gerling family.  This place probably was in Kurpfalz some 15 miles SW of Mainz city.

Welkenbach^GL, Kurpfalz: said by the Bauer FSL to be home^UC to a Burg family.  This may be the Welkenbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, that is some 19 miles NNE of Koblenz city.

Welker^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Hessen (no locality mentioned).

Welkers^GL, Hessen: see Verg.

Welksch{Peter}: listed in the 1798 Seelmann census (Sm19) but I could not find him in any FSL.

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

Weller^FN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be from^UC Schoenberg(?), Mecklenburg.

Weller ^FN: said by the 1798 Laub census to be the maiden name of frau Schumann (Mai1798:Lb13).

Weller^FN: said by the Straub FSL to be an orphan in the Straub{J.Heinrich} household.

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

Weller^FN: also seeVoeller  and Webler.

Wellerode^GL: see Wallerode.

Wellstein? ^GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Schultheis family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Hessen.

Wels^FN: said by the Kano FSL to be from^UC Thalhausen.

Wels^FN: also see Welz.

Welsch^FN: said by KS:482 to have gone to Glueckstal; but the GCRA could not find him there.

Welsch^FN: said by the Schaefer FSL to be from^UC Maulbronn, Kurpfalz.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sf23,25 and 22.

Welschdorff ^GL: is some 1 mile SE of Schiltach, Baden Wuerttemberg, and said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to a Scharmann woman who married a Scharmann in 1766; they later went to Huck (Mai & Marquart #522).

Welscherketz?^FN: said by the Herzog FSL to be from^UC Kronach, Bamberg.  Darrell Brungardt says this name was somehow confused or mistranslated.  He believes it should be Goetz and thinks the wife’s maiden name was Frank.

Welschneudorf^GL: see Welzigdorf.

Welshofen?, Kurpfalz: said by the Keller FSL to be home^UC to Scherer{Antonette} and a Schwarz family.  This surely is a misrendering of Westhofen, Kurpfalz.

Welt^FN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:670, 482) with no origin.  Using FHL(1,457,485-6), the GCRA proved origin in Pfaeffingen, Herrenberg [Amt], Wuerttemberg. See the GCRA book for more detail.  Also spelled Velde.

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

Welt ^GL, [Schleswig-]Holstein [Royal Duchy]: is 26 km SW of Husum city, and was said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be home^UC to the Jensen{Matthias} family.

Welter^FN: said by the Cheisol FSL to be from^UC Trier, no locality given.  Spelled Walter in 1798 (Mai1798:Gf21).

Weltersburg^GL, Isenburg: said by the Kraft FSL to be home^UC to a Hahn family.  This probably is Weltersburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, some 19 miles NE of Koblenz, in which case Isenburg surely is wrong.

Weltz ^FN: they were recorded as having come from Schaefer in 1793 (Mai1798:Mv2525,Ur14), but I could not find them in any published FSL.

Welz^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Leeswig, Anhalt-Zerbst with a Korn wife.

Welz^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Trugermuende(?), Brandenburg with a Per? wife from^UC Rosslau.  A Rosslau ML says this Wels man married a Leo woman in 1765 (Mai&Marquardt#878).

Welzheim [Amt]^GL, Schwabisch Gmuend: ws 8.5 miles NW of Schwabisch Gmuend city.

Welzigdorf?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to a Korn family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Hessen.  There was a Welschneudorf some 4.5 miles S of Montabaur town.

Wemelik?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Hogen? family. Kuhlberg said this was in Perlburg?.

Wendebach^FN: a stepsdaughter listed by the Boregard FSL in the Rausch household.

Wendebach^GL, Hessen: is some 19 miles ENE of Alsfeld city, and said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Schander family.

Wendeburg?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Schlamberg family.  There were several places with this or a similar name in the Germanies.

Wendehahn^FN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be from^UC Erfurt (no locality mentioned).  I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

Wendel^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Karlsburg.

Wendel^FN said by the Seewald FSL to be from^UC Lorch, [Kur-]Mainz.

Wendel: she married a Colberg man in Luebeck in 1765; they were in the Transport List but have not been found resident in Russia (Mai&Marquardt#10).

Wendelberger^FN: see Berger.

Wendeler^FN: see Wendler.

Wendelfeld ^GL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a Diel family.  Kuhlberg said this place was in Nassau.

Wendelsheim^GL, Kurpfalz: is some 20 miles SW of Mainz and is said by the Kautz FSL to be the home^UC of a Miltenberger family.

Wendemann^FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be from^UC Bermel, [Kurmainz] with Dreher stepchildren in the household.   Spelled Wiedemann in 1798 and the maiden name of frau Wiedemann, now frau Junck, was given as Grau (Mai1798:Wm9).

Wenden^GL: an unidentified place said by the Preuss FSL to be home to a Fischer family.  There are several Wenden in Germany.

Wendenburg(?), Nassau^GL: an unidentified place said by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to a Schmidt family.

Wendenhammer^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Leipzig with a Werner mother-in-law in the household.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Wender^FN: according to the Goebel FSL this was the maiden name of Beratz (from^UC Weisenau(?), Kurmainz)’s wife.

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

Wendler^FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be step-children in the Thueringer household.  Spelled Wendeler in 1780 and 1798 (Mai1798:Mv2053, Om5, 6, Dl3).

Wendtorf(?)^GL, Holstein: is some 9 miles NE of Kiel, and said by the Holstein FSL to be home^UC to a Stamor? family.

Wenenburg^GS: an unidentified country; might this have been  a mistake for Wuerttemburg?  See Eding.

Wenger^FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be from^UC Bamberg [Bishopric].  I could not find this man in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Wenger: she married a Schmidt man in Luebeck in 1765; they were in the Transport List but have not been found resident in Russia (Mai&Marquardt#14).

Wenig^FN: said by the Jost FSL to be from^UC Graefenhain, Sachsen.

Wenings^GL, [Isenburg-Birstein County]: said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to one Weber woman who married a Mueller man and another who married an Eberling man, both in 1766; by 1767 these couples were in Norka; Stumpp says it was one of these Mueller men who was from Wenings (Mai&Marquardt#635 and 678).  Said by the Stephan FSL to be home^UC to a Just family. 

Wenings^GL, Isenburg[-Birstein County]: is some 6.6 miles NE of Buedingen, and said by the Kukkus FSL to be home to a Krumm family, and by the Walter FSL to be home to the Roth family.  Eleanor Sissell (2005) has verified this report by finding the family in early microfilmed Wenings church records and by visiting this village.  See Vening.  Bonner proved this home to the Diehl wife in the Gerlach couple who married in Aulendiebach and later went to Moor.  Jean Roth used parish records to confirm this origin for the Roth family of Walter.  Betty Schmoll may have proved this home to the Koehler family of  Norka as well.

Wengerot(?)^GL, Darmstadt: an unidentified place said by the Preuss FSL to be home to a Hartmann family.

Wenger^GL, Prussia: an unidentified place said by the Merkel FSL to be home^UC to a Wegelin family.  There used to be the towns of Wengern, Wengerz, and Wangerin which are now in Poland and have very different Polish names.

Wengert{Jacob}:  his widow, who later was frau Schaff, was said by the Urbach FSL to may have been from^UC Alzey, Kurpfalz.  So he and surely his Wengert/Wingert daughter must have been too.

Wenimherr^FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be from^UC Beckum?.  I could not find this man in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Wenrich^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Erbach (no locality mentioned), and a daughter married Krenter.

Wenrich^FN: see also Weinrich.

Wensen^FN: the Katharinenstadt FSL says this stepson was living in a Meier family from^UC Manzenburg(?).

Wentz{A.Maria}: this widow was listed in 1788 in Seelmann but I could not find her in any FSL.

Wentz^FN: also see Wenz.

Wentzer^FN: see Wetzel.

Wentserich^FN: see Wenzerich.

Wentzel^FN: said by the Volmer FSL to be from^UC Alzey, Kurpfalz.  Also spelled Wenzel.

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

Wentzel^FN: also see Wenzel.

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

Wenz^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Graben, Durlach and Grab, Dnelaschni(?).  Later spelled Wentz (Mai1798:Db32).

Wenz^FN: settled in 1817 in Gueldendorf, Odessa; family records found by Curt Renz in Muhlhausen, Vaihingen parish, Wuerttemberg.

Wenz^FN: said by the Kolb FSL to be from^UC Kronberg, Zweibruecken.

Wenz^FN: see also Wentz.

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

Wenzel/Weizel^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

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

Wenzel^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Nordhausen.  I did not identify his 1798 whereabouts.

Wenzel^FN: said by the Caesarsfeld FSL to be from^UC Breckenheim.

Wenzel^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Stanewo(?), Vierstammstadt(?).  This may later have been spelled Weitzel (Mai1798:Db73)?  If this was a Weitzel then he and his Michaels wife had a daughter baptisted in Luebeck in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#1297).

Wenzel^FN: said by the Galka FSL to be an orphaned brother of frau Ladner{Konrad} whose maiden name is also given as Wenzel.  Spelled  in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#407).

Wenzel^FN: Curt Renz has found the church records for this Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia, family in Neulautern, Weinsberg Oberamt, Wuerttemberg.  Stumpp, p.524, says they arrived in Russia in 1807.

Wenzel ^FN {Christian}: said by the Keller FSL to be from^UC Scheer?, Oesterreich. .  For 1798 see (Mai1798:Nk49).

Wenzel^FN{Kaspar}: was listed by the Keller FSL without origin.

Wenzel^FN: said by the Kraft FSL to be from^UC Amt Breitenbach, Darmstadt.

Wenzel^FN{Georg}: said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Coburg?.

Wenzel^FN{Peter}: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Berstadt.  For 1798 see Mai1798: Nb17 which gives the wife’s maiden name as Renz.

Wenzel{Konard}: listed in the 1798 Seelmann census (Sm26, 24 and 15) but I could not find him in any FSL.

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

Wenzel^FN: also see Wentzel.

Wenzele^FN: said by the Mariental FSL to be from^UC Poduch?, Kurmainz. 

Wenzenbach^GL: an unidentified place said by the Hildmann FSL to be home^UC to a Burgund family.  The only place I can find with this exact name is 6 miles NE of Regensburg city and probably was part of the lands of Regensburg Imperial Abbey, although it could have been in Kurbayern.

Wenzenburg^GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Fei family.

Wenzerich?^FN: said by the Anton FSL to be from^UC Heidelberg Oberamt, Kurpfalz.  Spelled Wentserich in 1798 (Mai1798:An16 and 17).

Wenzlow^GL: said by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to a Schmidt family, and possibly a Schleuning family. There are two Wenzlow in Brandenburg: one some 44 miles WSW and the other some 21 miles SE, of Berlin centre.

Wepblank?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Stitz? family.

Werbach^FN: said by the Hildman FSL to be from^UC Gmuend (Wuerttemberg) [Imperial City].  For 1798 see {Michael} (Mai1798:Hd18, Kl58) and  {Christian} (Hd7).

Werbach^GL, [Wuerzburg Bishopric?]: is some 16 miles SE of Wuerzburg city, and said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Roerich family.

Werbellin^GL, is some 22 miles NNE of Berlin, said by the Frank FSL to be in the state of Brandenburg and to be home^UC to a Blesau? family.

Werbitske{Michael}: listed as an illegitimate 19-year old in the 1798 Seelmann census (Sm51).  Neither parent was indicated and I could not find the family name in any FSL.

Werchau^GL, Kur Trier: an unidentified place said by the Preuss FSL to be home to a Patt/Batt/Bott? family.

Werchnaja Dobrinka^VV:  a Russian name for Dreispitz^VV.

Werchnaja Graesnucha^VV: a variation of the Russian name for Kraft^VV.

Werchnaja Kulalinka^VV: a version of the Russian name for Holstein^VV.

Werd?^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Burghausen, Wuerzburg.  Spelled Wett in 1798 (Mai1798:Bn25).

Werda^GL: said by the Buedingen ML to have been home to a Ruhl man who may have gone to Kraft (Mai&Marquardt#646).

Werda^GL, Truembach: said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to the Albrecht man and Wagner woman who married in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Dobrinka (Mai&Marquardt#626).

Werda^GL: see also Wehrda.

Werden^GL, Frankreich: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Prepot family.  Might this be Verdun some 69 miles SW of Trier?

Werdenberg^GL: an unidentified place said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be home^UC to a Deible family.  Kuhlburg says the state was Wuerzburg.

Werder^VV: see Belowescher Kolonien.

Werdorf^GL, [Solms-]Braunfels [Principality].  : is some 5 miles N of Braunfels city, and said by the Kukkus FSL to be home to a Heinrich family.  Confirmed, with information provided by Eric Hahn who was hired by Joan Knizek, taken from Werdorf Reformed Lutheran Church records and from Solms-Branunfels Castle civil records in Braunfels,  as home to both this Heinrich and his Rupp wife, in Werdorf Reformed Lutheran Church records and in Solms-Branunfels Castle civil records in Braunfels. This information Joan shared with Robert J. Heinrich who first provided it to this Project.

Werenwag^FN: see Werwag.

Werfel^FN: said by the Anton FSL to be from^UC Mosbach Oberamt, Kurpfalz.  In 1798 the maiden name of the wife was given as Bletekh? (Mai1798:An30); further 1798 references are: An43, 26, St10, 41 and Bd57.

Wergensrech^FN: see Rech.

Wergheim/Werkheim(?)^GL, Kur Trier: an unidentified place said by the Preuss FSL to be home to a Gaal? family.  Also spelled Gall.

Werkel^GL: said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a Wagner{Adam} family.  Said by Kuhlberg to be in Hessen.  This place probably was in Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate some 13 miles SW of Kassel city.

Werkheim^GL: see Wergheim

Werm^FN: see Worms.

Wermen^GL, Lothringen: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to a Heckenbinder family.

Wern(?)^GL, Isenburg: an unidentified place said by the Kraft FSL to be home^UC to a Reichart/Reichert family.

Werna^GL: see Werne.

Wernard^FN: the Rohleader FSL said she was a widowed mother in the Schaefer household.

Wernborn, Kurmainz: said by the Dehler FSL to be home^UC to Becker{Philipp}, Dehler, and Wirt families.  Same place as the next entry.

Wernborn-bei-Usingen^GL, [Kurmainz]: is 2 miles NE of Usingen town and said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be home^UC to a Ikes family

Wernburg, Neustaedt[er Kreis, Kursachsen]:said by the Enders FSL to be home^UC to frau Brant.

Wernburg, [Neustaedter Kreis, Kursachsen]: is 14 km ENE of Saalfeld city and was said by the Urbach FSL to be home^UC  to frau Richter.

Werne^GL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a Lappegan/Lategan family.  This might have been Werne-an-der-Lippe in Muenster Bishopric some 12 miles NE of Dortmund city, or it could have been Werna in Hohnstein County some 6 miles NE of Nordhausen city.

Werne[sic?], Holstein[sic?]: an unidentified place said by the Urbach FSL to be home^UC  to frau Goldmann.  I could not find a Werne which had been in any Holstein country.

Werner^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Zerbst (no locality mentioned).   Spelled Werner in 1786 and 1798 (Mai1798: Mv311, Kn29).

Werner^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Biedesheim, Kurmainz.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bn37.

Werner{Johann}^FN: said by the Cheisol FSL to be from^UC Saarburg, [Kur-]Trier.

Werner{Johannes and Christoph}^FN: said by the Cheisol FSL to be stepsons of Stoller and to be from^UC Wuerzburg, [probably the Bishopric not city].

Werner^FN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:671, 483) to be from^UC Wuertingen, Reutlingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  However, using FHL(1,457,469), the GCRA proved origin in Moessingen, Tuebingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  See the GCRA book for more detail.

Werner^FN: not found in an FSL but was in the 1775 Grimm census #66.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Gm26.

Werner/Woerner^FN: arrived in South Russia in 1819; later settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa; family records found by Curt Renz in Bleichstetter and in Sirchingen, both in Urach Oberamt, Wuerttemberg.

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

Werner^FN: the Katharinenstadt FSL says he was a stepson living in a Pracht household from^UC Gruenberg, Darmstadt.

Werner^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Kunbach(?), Pfalz.

Werner^FN said by the Kautz FSL to be from^UC Bliesdalheim, Kurpfalz.

Werner^FN: said by the Keller FSL to be from^UC Hesseneck?, Kurmainz.

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

Werner^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Koffeld.

Werner^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be a mother-in-law in the Wendenhammer household.

Werner^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Reinberg.

Werner^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Florstadt.  For 1796 and 1798 see Mai1798: Mv2997,Wr21,Lw11.  According to the 1798 Warenburg census the wife’s maiden name was Zeigman (Wr21).

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

Wernerhold^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Obernubel?.  For 1798 see Mai1798: Nm34

Wernheim?, [Kur-]Trier: an unidentified place said by the Dehler FSL to be home^UC to a Roethler family.

Wernigerode County^GS: this small country lay a bit to the E of the Imperial City of Goslar.  In 1714 its Count surrendered control of his finances and military to Prussia, which similarly controlled the Magdeburg Duchy which lay further east.

Werre^FN: said by KS:483 to be from Entringen, Tuebingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg and went to Bergdorf.  The GCRA verified this origin using FHL 1,475,170-1; see their book for detail.

Wersau^GL, Hessen-Darmstadt Landgraviate: is some 11 miles SE of Darmstadt city and 3 miles N of Fraenkisch-Crumbach and home to two Beckers {J.Jakob, Johannes}; both left Fraenkisch-Crumbach for Russia in 1766 (Giegl); Johannes and his Eidemueller wife settled in Bauer (FSL #34); also see Werthe.

Werschau^GL, [Kurtrier]: said by the Shcherbakovka FSL to be home^UC to the  Hanschuh{J.Peter} and {Johannes}  families.  This is the same place as the next entry.

Werschau-bei-Limburg, now Hessen: is some 5 miles E of Limburg city and 50 miles NW of Wersau, Darmstadt, now Hessen.  This is the same place as the previous entry.

Werschinka^VV, see Vershinka^VV or Kautz^VV.

Werse, [Muenster Bishopric]: said by the Galka FSL to be home^UC to a Beichel family.  The Werse River flowed S to N through the Muenster Bishopric spawning a village of that name near its headwaters near Beckum town, and a suburb of the same name on the W side of Muenster city.

Wert^FN: listed by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#98) and KS:395 with no origin. Using FHL#245,507, the GCRA proved their origin in Wirsitz, Posen Department, Prussia.  Also spelled Wirt. See the GCRA book for more.

Wert^FN: see Wuertz, Werth, or Wirth.

Wert?^GL, Nuernberg: an unidentified place said by the Jost FSL to be home^UC to a Meier family.

Werth^FN{Jacob}: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Spielberg, [Isenburg County?].

Werth^FN{Katarina}: said by the Neidermonjou 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Eckhardt.

Werth^FN{Magdalena}: said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Isenburg [County].  I could not find her in the 1798 censuses.

Werth^FN{Margaret}: said by a Luebeck ML to have married in 1766 an Eckert man; by 1767 the couple was in Neidermonjou (Mai&Marquardt#1185).

Werth^FN{Konrad}: said by the Norka FSL to be a brother-in-law living in the Preisendorf household.  For 1798 see Mai1798(Mai1798:Nr87).

Werth{Eva E}^FN: said by the 1798 Norka census to be the maiden name of frau Preisendorf (Mai1798:Nr177). 

Werth{Conrad}^FN: mentioned without an indicated origin by the Rosenheim FSL in which his widow was wife of Scheidt{Johannes} and his daughter was a step-daughter in that household.

Werth^FN: also see Wert, Werz, Wirth, and Wurtz.

Werthe(?)^GL, Darmstadt: said by the Bauer FSL to be home^UC to a Becker family.  This proven by a contemporary Fraenkisch-Crumbach minister to be Wersau, Hessen (Mai&Marquardt#1278).

Wertheim [County]^GS: in the 1760s was a small state seated in the city of the same name which was some 19 miles W of Wuerzburg city in the old Franconian area.  It was owned by the Counts of Loewenstein-Wertheim-Virneberg.  None of the following entries mention any locality: Said by the Koehler FSL to be home^UC to Glueck, Hartwig, and possibly to Heger and Heindorf families.  Said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be home^UC to a Puhl? family.  Said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be home^UC to a Deible family; Kuhlburg said it was in Franken.  See Loewenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg County.

Wertizhausen?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Petri family.

Wertz^FN: see Wirtz and Wuertz.

Werve^GL: is 11 miles NE of Dortmund city, and was said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to a Hirsch family.

Werwag^FN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:677, 483) with no origin.  Using FHL(1,596,075), the GCRA proved origin in Reutlingen, Reutlingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg. See the GCRA book for more detail.  Also spelled Werenwag.

Werwein^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Krailshausen?.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Nm26.

Werz^FN:  said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of frau Leister. Her family namewas rendered as Merz in 1798 (Mai1798:Kl40).

Werz^FN: also see Wert, Werth, Wirth, and Wurtz.

Werzenburg^GL, France: an unidentified place said by the Pfeifer FSL to be home^UC to a Kippes family.  This may be Wissembourg, Alcase, some 20 miles W of Karlsruhe.

Werznitz^GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Schneider{Leonhard} family.  There was at least two Werznitzs, both in Brandenburg Duchy, one 19 miles W of Berlin city centre, and one 89 miles W.

Wesch ^FN: said by the Stephan FSL to be from^UC Quedlinburg [Abbey].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sv40.

Weschnitz^GL, Hessen, is 6 miles W of Erbach in the Odenwald Forest, and is said by the Roethling FSL to be home^UC to a Rubrecht family.

Wesel^FN: said by the Franzosen FSL to be the maiden name of frau Lebloine{Joseph}.

Wesel^GL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a Mueller{J.Christian}family with an orphan von Rau boy in the household.  There were at least four Wesels in the Germanies.

Weseritz^GL: see Wiseritz.

Wesin(?)^GL, Baden-Durlach: an unidentified place said by the Dinkel FSL to be home^UC to Ries families.

Weske(?)^GL, Wuerttemberg: an unidentified place said by the Dinkel FSL to be home^UC to a Zern? family.

Weslauer^FN: said by the Hildmann FSL to be the maiden name of frau Gottfried, although the 1798 census renders that name as Neslauer? (Mai1798:Hd8).

Wesmann?^FN said by the Frank FSL to be from^UC Stockholm, Schweden.

Wesni(?)^GL, Wuerzburg, Bavaria: an unidentified place said by the Roethling FSL to be home^UC to a Roeberlein family.

Wesselburen, Holstein[-Gottorp Duchy]: is 48 km WSW of Rendsburg city and was said by the Schaefer FSL to be home^UC to the Hennings family.

Westenburg(?), Leiningen: see Leiningen-Westerburg.

Wester^FN: see Gallowa of Moor.

Westerburg^GL: an unidentifed place said by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to Keskel? and Russ/Ross? families.  Said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to a Fricke family. Said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to two Keskel and a Schuster family.  There are at least three Westerburgs and three Westerbergs in Germany; however, this may have been Wettaburg.

Westerburg^GL,  Neu-Leiningen-Westerburg County: is 22 km NW of Runkel town and may have been the seat of Neu-Leiningen-Westerburg County.

Westerhilden?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Galka FSL to be home^UC to a Fried family.

Westernkotten^GL, Lippstadt: is some 2 miles S of Lippstadt city in North Rhine-Westpahlia, and said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Kaltner family.

Westerwald^GL: is a huge old forest to the E and NE of Koblenz city on the E side of the Rhine River.

Westerwaller^FN: the Buedingen ML says she married a Lorringel man; by later in 1766 this couple was in Doenhof; Stumpp gives her name both as Westerweller and Westerwaeller. (Mai&Marquardt#526).

Westerweller: shemarried Schmidt{PhilippWilhm.} in Luebeck in 1765; they have not been found resident in Russia (Mai&Marquardt#26).

Westerweller^FN: also see Westerwaller.

Westfal^FN: said by the Kratzke FSL to be from^UC Rupen/Rieben^GL, Brandenburg.

Westfalen [Duchy]^GS in English is Westphalia, a duchy possessing a broad area of north Germany around Ansberg and Meschede.  Said (no locality mentioned)  by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to Lange’s wife.  This duchy seems to have been a wholly owned subsidiary of Kurkoeln during the 1760s.

Westfalen Province: aka Westphalia, was occupied by Prussia and its allies in 1813 and was a Prussian Province 1816-1946.

Westge(?)^GL, is an unidentified locality which, according to the Frank FSL, was in area of Klosterbesitz(?), in the state of Isenburg(?): and was home^UC to a Steinmetz family.

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

Westhausen ^GL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to a  Rausch family and possibly to a Wendebach family.  There were at least six Westhausens in Germany but the most likely might be 4.5 miles NW of Aalen city.

Westhofen^GL: an unidentified place said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be home^UC to a Hufnagel family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Hessen, but I could find no such place in lands that had been either Landgraviate,  Hessen-Darmstadt or Hessen-Kassel.

Westhofen, Kurpfalz: is some 6.5 miles NW of Worms city, and said by the Dehler FSL to be home^UC to a Stoessel/Stetzel family.  Said by the Keller FSL to be home^UC to Scherer{Johannes}.

Westhoffen^GL, Elsass: is some 14 miles WNW of Strasbourg, and said by the Dietel FSL to be home^UC to a Stenzel and possibly a Stirz? family.

West Holland^GS: this may have referred generally to the part of Holland now covered by the provinces of North Holland and South Holland – generally N and S and W of Amsterdam and Rotterdam.

Westingshausen^FN: see Weisheim.

Westingsheim^FN: see Weisheim.

Westlanger, Baden-Durlach: an unidentified place said by the Galka FSL to be home to a Klaus/Kloss family.

Westmann^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Libau, Kurland.

Westphale^FN: said by the Dehler FSL to be from^UC Metz, Lothringen.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Westphalia^GS, in German is Westfalen.

Westpruessen: was occupied by Sweden 1703-1709, and mostly controlled by Sweden 1709-72, when it was annexed by the Prussian Kingdom.  In 1829 it was united with Ostpreussen and the new entitiy became the Prussian province of Preussen.

West Prussia ^GL: see Westpruessen.

Wetgra(?)^GL, Isenburg: an unidentified place said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be home^UC to a Bauer family.

Wetlaufer^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Hessen (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Wetleifer in 1798 (Mai1798:Nr15 and Kk20).

Wetleifer^FN: see Wetlaufer.

Wett^FN: see Werd.

Wettaburg^GL: is some 3 miles SSE of Naumburg city.  The old maps make it unclear whether this was in the territory of Kursachsen or of Altenburg Duchy.

Wettenbeck^FN: see Wittenbeck.

Wetter^FN: said by the Kukkus FSL to be from^UC Marbach(?), Isenburg.  This man is said by a Friedberg ML to be from Perlenburg and to have married in 1766 a Nicodemus woman from Mehlbach (Mai&Marquardt#343).

Wetter?, Hessen[-Kassel Landgraviate]: is 70 km SW of Kassel city and was said by the Susannental FSL to be home^UC to a Mueller{J.Georg} family. 

Wetterau^GL, Hesse: the area around Friedberg, Hesse.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be home^UC to a Hahn/Honn family.

Wetterburg^GL: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Keskel? family.  Pleve thought this might be Wettaburg; I think he is right.

Wettermann^FN: said by the Kano FSL to be from^UC Kopenhagen, Daenemark.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

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

Wettersbach(?)^GL, [Baden-] Durlach [Margraviate]: a place incorporated into Karlsruhe city in 1975 and as Uwettersbach said by the Dobrinka FSL to be home^UC to an Utz family.

Wettersborn(?)^GL, Baden-Baden: an unidentified place said by the Dietel FSL to be home^UC to a Spreuer family.

Wetze^FN: see Wetzel.

Wetzel^FN said by the Frank FSL to be from^UC Stengerat(?), Hessen-Darmstadt.  If this family shares roots with the Wetzel family from Kamenka, then this is Seligenstadt, now in the state of Hesse, some 18 miles NE of Darmstadt.

Wetzel^FN: said by the Jost FSL to be from^UC Litschen, Sachsen.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Wetzel^FN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be from^UC Seligenstadt.  If this family shares roots with the Wetzel family from Frank, then this is Seligenstadt, Hesse, some 18 miles NE of Darmstadt.

Wetzel^FN: said by the Husaren FSL to be from^UC Aschaffenburg.   In 1798 Wetzel was used in Mai1798:Hn30, but it was Wetze in Hn22, and Wentzer in Km27.

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

Wetzlar^GS: a small independent city-state.  The city is some 7 miles W of Giessen, Hessen.  Said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Bueser family.  Said by the Laub FSL to be home^UC to Hinkelmann and Roth families.

Wetzler{Melchior, Johannes}^FN: listed by the 1816 Neudorf census (#54(M), 55(J’s daughters) with no origin, and  KS:484 suggested that M might have come from Elsass, and J from Wuerttemberg via Kuhlhausen.   However, using FHL#1,475,194, items 3-6, the GCRA proved their origin in Gaertringen, Boeblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg, having come to Russia via Kuhlhausen, South Prussia.  See the GCRA book for more.   Sometimes incorrectly spelled Metzler.

Wever^FN: see Weber.

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

Weydemann^FN: see Weidemann.

Weyel^FN: see Weigand.

Weyer^GL, Elsass: is some 4 miles S of Machwiller city, and said by the 1816 Glueckstal census to be home^UC to the Brechenmacher family, but the GCRA could not find them in church records here.

Weyer^GL, Hungary: an unidentified place for which the GCRA found some evidence of Brechenmacher residence.

Weyher [Barony]^GS: said by the Buedingen ML to be a barony which included Hasselbach and Romers (Mai&Marquardt#633).  Romers is elsewhere said to be of the Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter (see Fraenkischen Ritterkreis).