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Wibstrand(?)/Wiebstrant(?)^GL, Finnland; an unidentified place said by the Kratzke FSL to be home^UC to a Fabrizius family.

Wichsler^FN: see Wikeler.

Wickart^FN: see Wickert and Wickhardt.

Wickenberg?: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to a Schreiber family.  Kuhlbereg said this was in Ungarn but I can’t find it there.

Wickenrodt^GL: see Wittenrot.

Wickerau^GL: see Wieckerau.

Wickert^FN: said by the Kraft FSL to be from^UC Miesenbach?, Zweibruecken.  Also spelled Wichart.

Wickhardt^FN: said by the Louis FSL to be from^UC Hosenfeld, Fulda. In 1798 the family name was spelled Wickart (Mai1798:Ka135,Mv1573).

Widemann^FN: said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to be from^UC Ansbach [Margraviate], no locality mentioned.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Widerspahn^FN: said by the Walter FSL to be from^UC Kelengar, Hanau (Harvey Wederspahn’s family chart).  See Wiederspahn.

Widiu?^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Vitry, Champagne, [Frankreich]:. I could not find this family name in the 1798 censuses.

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

Widrich^FN: see Wieterich.

Wiebe^FN:  said by the Orloff FSL to be from^UC Waldorff, Elbing Amt.

Wiebe^FN{Duerck}, {Heinrich}: said by the Rosenort FSL to be from^UC Mielentz, Marienburg Amt.

Wiebe^FN: said by the Tiege FSL to be from^UC Zeuerschekampf/Zeyerskampen, Elbing Amt.

Wiebelsheim^GL, Kurpfalz-Leiningen: said by the Bauer FSL to be home^UC to a Vogt family.  This may be Wiebelsheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, some 19 miles SSE of Koblenz city.

Wiebstrant(?)^GL, see Wibstrand.

Wieckerau^GL, Elbing: this is probably Wickrowo, Poland, which was in East Prussia some 13 miles ESE of Elbing city.  Said by the Orloff FSL to be home^UC to the Froese and Penner{Johann} families.  Also spelled Wickerau.

Wiedeberg^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Christinen(?), Daenemark.

Wiedecke^FN: see Windecke.

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

Wiedemann^FN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be from^UC Wuerttemberg (no locality mentioned).

Wiedemann^FN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be from^UC Kilmeis?, Schwaben.

Wiedemann^FN: also see Wendemann and Wittmann.

Wiederau^GL, Sachsen: said by the Lauwe FSL to be home^UC to an Andreas family.  This might be some 10 miles NNW of Chemnitz, or some 11 miles SSW pf Leipzig.

Wiederhold^FN: see Wiederholt.

Wiederholt^FN: said by the Messer FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned). ). In 1798 the family name was spelled Wiederhold (Mai1798:Ms74).  According to the Buedingen ML this man from^UC Niedergruendau married in 1766 a Heil woman from^UC Unternaubel (Mai&Maarquardt#707).

Wiederholt^FN: said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to be from^UC Machtlos, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate].  Spelled Wiederhold in 1798 (Mai1798:Pp18, Pl21).

Wiederich^FN: also see Wieterich.

Wiederkehr^FN: said by the Laub FSL to be from^UC Appenrod, Darmstadt.  In 1798 the family name was spelled Witterker and the wife’s maiden name was given as Jokal/Jokel? (Mai1798:Lb36).

Wiedermus^GL, [Isenburg]: is now called Altwiedermus, Hessen, is some 5 miles SW of Buedingen, and is said by Buedingen church records to be home^UC to a Hohnstein man; he later settled in Norka (Mai&Marquardt#1207).

Wiedermus^GL, [Isenburg]: see Altwiedermus.

Wiederrich^FN: Curt Renz has found the church records for this Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia, family in Hunspach, Weissenburg Kreis, Elsass.

Wiederspahn^FN:  the Walter Research Group has confirmed in local parish records that this family, listed in the Walter FSL, came from Gelnhaar, Isenburg (now Hessen).  Exit records are said to indicate that while the wife and childlren were born in Gelnhaar where the family lived when it left for Russia, the father had been born^UC in Usenborn (Auerbach, Niederspahn entry).

Wiederwellstadt?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a Klein family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Riedesel.

[Wied-]Runkel [County]^GS: this state, popularly referred to simply as Runkel, was seated in the town Runkel which is some 25 miles E of Koblenz city and some 29 miles NW of Frankfurt-am-Main.  Some of its territory lay to the N and E of Runkel town, but at least as much lay N of Coblenz in somewhat scattered pieces at Dierdorf and N and W; at Grenzhausen and E of Grenzhausen; and a small piece to the W of Herschbach but not including that town.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Pleve version of the Balzer FSL to be home^UC to a Spaeth family.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to Bisterfeld, Kuhn, Voeller, and perhaps Schaefer families.  Said (no locality mentioned) by Kuhlberg to be home^UC to a Dietrich family and possibly a Hillegbich? family.

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

Wiegand^FN: also see Weigand.

Wiege(?)^GL: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Reinhardt family.  This might be in Picardie, France, some 72 miles SW of Brussels, Belgium.

Wiegener?^FN: said by the Dietel FSL to be from^UC Minirzel(?), Kurpfalz.

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

Wiehl^FN: said by the Kraft FSL to be from^UC Eket(?), Friedberg.

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

Wiel^FN: said by the Laub FSL to be from^UC Grebenhain, Darmstadt. In 1798 spelled (Mai1798:Ps40).

Wielkibor, Czenstochau, South Prussia: the GCRA said it was aka Hochberg and was associated with a Dollinger family in 1803.  This proably is nka Wielki Bor 3 miles W of Czestochowa, Poland.

Wielkie Jeziorke^GL: as best I can tell this was not another name for Hohensalza.

Wielst^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Korbach.

Wien^GL:  said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Meier family.  Surely the same as the next entry.

Wien^GL, Oesterrieich: is Vienna, Austria, said by the Goebel FSL to be home^UC to a Anger family. Said by the Hoelzel FSL to be home^UC to a Hoelzel family.  Said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a Gedeke family.  Said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Wagner family. Said by the Leitsinger FSL to be home^UC to a Pachtrech family.  Said by the Louis FSL to be home^UC to a Winker family.  Said by the Ober Monjou FSL to be home^UC to a Sommer family and, possibly though much less likely, a Pauly family.

Wiener^FN: said by the Bauer FSL to be from^UC Crumstadt, Hessen-Darmstadt.

Wiens^FN: see Wiensz.

Wiensz ^FN {Wilhelm}: said by the Orloff  FSL to be from^UC Berwald.  Also spelled Wiens.

Wiensz^FN{Duerck}:  said by the Orloff FSL to be from^UC Muensterburg, Tiegenhoff Amt.   Also spelled Wiens.

Wiensz {Johann} ^FN:  said by the Orloff FSL to be from^UC Siemensdorff, Marienburg Amt.  Also spelled Wiens.

Wiensz^FN{Johann}: said by the Tiege FSL to be from^UC Schoenesee, Tiegenhoff Amt.

Wiensz^FN{Claasz}: said by the Tiege FSL to be a friend living with the Toews{Abraham} family.

Wiera^GL: see Werda.

Wiesbach^GL: an unidentified place said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be home^UC to a Kranewitz/Krannewitter family.  There are at least 3 such placenames in Germany.

Wiesbach, Bassingheim Barony: near Schmitten, Hesse.

Wiesbach^GL, Zweibruecken: is some 5 miles N of Stambach and has parish records which include the Artzer family that went to Seewald.

Wiesbaden, [Nassau-Usingen Principality]: is some 19 miles WSW of Frankfurt city center, and said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a Pflug family and possibly to a Zimmermann family. Said by the Mariental FSL to be home^UC to the wife of Herr Marquart. Said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Hammel family.  Said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be home^UC to a Boos/Boes{Michael} family.  Kuhlberg [mistakenly] said this was in [Kur-]Mainz.

Wiesbaden^GL, Frankfurt-am-Main: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Bager family. Either Wiesbaden or Frankfurt must be a mistake.

Wiesbaden^GL, Hessen: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Kuenstler family.  It was not in the 1760’s in Hessen, but was in the Nassau-Usingen Principality.

Wiesbaden^GL, Nassau[-Usingen Principality]: is some 19 miles WSW of Frankfurt-am-Main and was in the 1760s the seat of the princes of Nassau-Usingen.  Said by the Kraft FSL to be home^UC to a Koch family.  Said by the Kratzke FSL to be home^UC to a Mueller/Miller family.  Said by the Kukkus FSL to be home^UC to a Goetz family.

Wiesbaden, Nassau-Usingen Principality: this city has been owned by one or another of the Nassau houses since the 12^th century (except for a few years in the 13^th).  It was made their major princely capital in 1744.

Wiesen Amt^GL, Bern: said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a Rothe family.  Was Wiesen a district within Bern Kanton in Switzerland?

Wiesendorf, Bamberg [Bishopric]: is 13 miles S of Bamberg city, and said by the Hoelzel FSL to be home^UC to a Hagen{Johannes}/Haagen family.

Wiesensteig^GL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a Schotter family.  This probably was in Kurbayern some 10 miles SE of Kirchheim-unter-Tech city.

Wiesental^VV: was an alternate name for Straub^VV.

Wiesenthau^GL, Ansbach: is some 3 miles ESE of Forchheim city, and said by the Lauwe FSL to be home^UC to a Markus family.

Wiesepans? ^GL, Nassau: : an unidentified place said by the Fischer FSL to be home^UC to a Dotz? family.

Wieser?^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Laubach.

Wiesner/Weisner^FN: his wife is said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be a Horn from^UC Freiberg.

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

Wiesner^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Rassnitz.

Wiesner^FN: see Weiser and Wiessner.

Wiessner^FN: said by the Volmer FSL to be from^UC Memmingen.  Later spelled Wiesner.

Wiesst/Wiest^FN: birth records found in Erlenbach by Harold Wiest and relatives; family traced back through the Palatinate to Switzerland about 1598.  Settled in Rohrbach, Odessa in 1809.

Wiestein^GL, Mainz: an unidentified place said by the Schuck FSL to be home^UC to a Napp/Knapp? family.

Wiesthal, [Kurmainz]: is 12 miles ENE of Aschaffenburg city, and was said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be home^UC to a Matheas/Matasch&Mattias family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Franken, which was not then a political entity, but a regional one mostly indicating northern Bavaria.

Wieterich^FN: listed by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#80) and KS:485 with no origin.  Using FHL#717,097, the GCRA proved their origin in Hunspach, Sulz [Amt], Elsass.  See the GCRA book for more.   Also spelled Wiederich and Widrich.

Wigner?^FN: see Pligner.

Wikansdol?^GL, Sachsen: an unidentified place said by the Lauwe FSL to be home^UC to a Maiwald family.

Wikeler^FN:  listed in the Bergdorf 1858 census (KS:666, 486) without origin.  Origin in Schwieberdingen, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg was proven by the GCRA using FHL(1056,754 & 1,056,758) following his birth in Markgroeningen, proven using FHL(1,056,750).  See the GCRA book for more details.  Also spelled Wichsler and Wixler.

Wikster?^FN: said by the Laub FSL to be from^UC Koenigsberg, Preussen.  In 1798 it was spelled Vigek? (Mai1798:Lb20).

Wild^FN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be from^UC Beckenau?, Wittenberg.  In 1798 the maiden name of his widow, then frau Buss, was given as Witt (Mai1798:Lw18).

Wild^FN: listed by the 1858 Neudorf census (#152) with no origin and said by KS:486 to have been  from^UC Schorndorf, Waiblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  This family was not treated by the GCRA.

Wildbach^GL, Wittenberg: an unidentified place said by the Lauwe FSL to be home^UC to an Ekspel? family.

Wildberg^GL, Calw parish, Wuerttemberg: is some 5 miles S of Calw, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and was home to a Dengler/Dangler family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa.

Wilde^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Nieder Weisel.  I could not find this man in the 1798 censuses.

Wildensee^GL, Erbach County: said by the Walter FSL to be home^UC to Ament and Beidenkopf families.  Wildensee, Bavaria is some 19 miles NE of Erbach, Hessen.

Wildenstein Amt^GL, Erbach County: said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be home^UC to a Voelker family; the Pleve version only mentions Erbach.  Kromm says this was near Rhonstadt, which does not seem to be the case.  The town of Wildenstein is some 18 miles NE of Erbach city and is 2 miles W of Wildensee village, Bavaria.

Wilger^FN: said by the Cheisol FSL to be from^UC Trier, no locality given. For 1798 see Mai1798:Ls45.

Wilhelm^FN: said by the Bauer FSL to be from^UC Luebeck.

Wilhelm^FN: a woman said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Danzig (no locality mentioned) and to have married in Oranienbaum, Steger.

Wilhelm^FN: said by the Dreispitz FSL to be from^UC Seifhennersdorf, Sachsen.

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

Wilhelm^FN: said by the Kolb FSL to be from^UC Luetzelhausen, Hanau.  The Buedingen ML says this man married a Schmidt woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#369).

Wilhelm^FN: two families said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

Wilhelm^FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be from^UC Nassau (no locality indicated) with an Esslauer orphan girl in the household.

Wilhelm ^FN: said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to be from^UC Bischausen-bei-Waldkappel, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate], with a  Ludwig orphan in the household.

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

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

Wilhelm^FN: also see Wilhelmi and Willhelm.

Wilhelmi^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Konstanz, Schwaben.  Later spelled Wilhelm (Mai1798:Ka116).

Wilhelmi^FN: his wife was said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Stadthagen, Luzembourg.

Wilhelmi^FN:  said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of frau Dreschsler.

Wilk^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Hamburg (no other locality mentioned).

Wilke? ^FN: according to the Bettinger FSL a Wilke? orphan was living with a Busch family that came from^UC Kiel.

Will{Peter}^FN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:674, 677, 486) with no origin; however, KS:487 said he came from^UC Schafheim, Dieburg [Amt], Hessen, thence to Neu Verbas, Hungary, and that his father {Kaspar}came from Pirmasens, Pfalz, thence to Torschau, Hungary.  Also spelled Willner.

Will{Gottlieb}^FN: listed by the 1816 Neudorf census (#106) with no origin.  Not treated by GCRA.

Will{Kaspar}^FN: said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#36) and KS:487 to have come from^UC Pirmasens, Rhinepfalz via Torschau, Ungarn.  See the GCRA book for a bit more.

Will^FN: see Konrad and Wiel.

Willbach, Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Cheisol FSL to be home^UC to a Haale/Halle family.

Willberegein(?)^GL: see Willebadessen.

Willebadessen^GL, [Paderborn Bishopric]: is some 13 miles SE of Paderborn city and said by the Mariental FSL to be home^UC to a Linenberg family.  Said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to Muehl and Taub families. At one time Pleve had rendered one family Mull, and the place Willberegein(?).

Willez(?)^GL, is an unidentified locality which, according to the Frank FSL, was in the state of Schlitz and was home^UC to an Eisenach family. There is a Wolletz in Brandenburg and a Willatz in Baden-Wuerttemburg.

Willging/Willking^FN: Doris Evans says that research done by Anneliese Micheiwski for Doris confirms his origins: the Vilquin lived in Genonne/Sedan, France; at least one went to Otterberg, Germany; a Wilckin went to Erlenbach, Germany; a Wilking went to Kaiserslautern and on to Tscherwenka, Hungary; finally two Wilking went to Teplitz, Bessarabia.

Willhelm^FN: according to a Woehrd ML this woman from^UC Waechtersbach, Isenburg married in 1766 a Frasz man; the couple moved to Boregard (Mai&Marquardt#825).  Also spelled Wilhelm.

Willingen?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a Kuhlberg said this place was in Pfalz.  There were at least 3 Willigens in the Germanies; not one in lands held by Kurpfalz as best I could find.

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

Willmandingen^GL, Reutlingen Oberamt, Wuerttemberg: is some 8 miles SSW of Reutlingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and was home to a Sauter/Sautter family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa.

Willmandingen^GL, Wuerttemberg: is some 8 miles SSW of Reutlingen city, and said by the Lauwe FSL to be home^UC to Gaurer?, Wagner, and Wechlein families.

Willmann^FN: said by the Messer FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned). ). In 1798 the wife’s maiden name was given as Keim (Mai1798:Ms65).

Willmann^FN: according to a Luebeck ML this woman married a Popp man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Messer (Mai&Marquardt#1188).

Willner^FN: see Will.

Wilmersdorf^GL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a Hahn family.  There were at least 9 Wilmersdorfs in the Germanies.

Wilsberg?, Lothringen: nka Vilsberg 27 miles NW of Strasbourg city, and was said by the Leitsinger FSL to be home^UC to a Trun family.

Wilteig?^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Korbach.

Wiltendorf?^FN: the Grimm FSL says there was a step-son of this name in Roeder household that came from Weimar, Sachsen.

Wiltheis^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Seeheim? With a Schrenz? orphan boy from^UC Sachsen in the household.