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Yablonovka^VV: an alternative spelling of the Russian name for Lauwe^VV.

Yagodnaya Polyana^VV: a varient spelling of Jagodnaja Poljana^VV.

Yais/Jais^FN: said by the Walter FSL to be from^UC Fuerth, Erbach County.

Yaist^FN: said by the Walter FSL to be from^UC Ankhekh, Hesse-Darmstadt.  A Luebeck ML says this Geist man married a Volbin woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#194).

Yauck^FN: see Jauck.

Yelshanka^VV: one spelling of the Russian name for Husaren^VV.

Yegof ^FN: see Ehoff.

Yelizavetgrad^GL: see Elisabethgrad,  Podolia.

Yeshin^FN:  said by the Ober-Monjou 1798 census to be one option for the maiden name of frau Speister (Mai1798:Lz41).

Yost^FN: two families said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Just (Mai1798:Nr173, 178, 184, 213).

Yost^FN: also see Joch and Just.

Zabawa^GL: see Sabawa.

Zabawo^GL: see GCRA thinks this might be another name for Stojanow.

Zaberetenheim?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to a Frank family.  There is a Zeppelinheim some 10 miles N of Darmstadt city.

Zabern [Amt], Elsass: is now Saverne some 21 miles NW of Strasbourg city and was a District administrative center.

Zacharias^FN: said by the Rosenort FSL to be from^UC Elbing.

Zag^FN: said by the Koehler FSL to be from^UC Mondsee?, Oesterreich.  I could not find this family name in the 1798 censuses.

Zahlberger^FN: see Zahlherger.

Zahlendorf?^GL, Bamberg [Bishopric]: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to a Jung family.  This might be Saltendorf some 11 miles SSW of Bamberg city.

Zahlherger^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Hessen (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Zahlberger in the 1775 census.

Zahn^FN: this was the maiden name of the wife in the Eidemueller family that left Fraenkisch-Crumbach in 1766 (Gieg1); and settled in Bauer under the name Miller (FSL #1).

Zahn^FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Mirnas?.

Zahn^FN: said by the Graf FSL to be from^UC Damice, Osesterrich.  The Rosslau ML says this man married a Schreyer woman in 1765 (Mai&Marquardt#846).

Zahn^FN: his wife is said by the Graf FSL to be from^UC Linz.

Zahn^FN: said by the Straub FSL to be from^UC Ufoborn?, Kurpfalz.  For 1793 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2866, Sr17 and Lb34..

Zahn ^FN: said by the Susannental FSL to be from^UC Sanningen?.  I could not locate them or any descendants in Mai1798.

Zahn^FN: said by the Urbach FSL to be from^UC Querfurt, [Kur-]Sachsen.  For 1792, 1796 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2907, 2908, 2911,Ur12, 29, Sf14, Fs35 and Ks112.

Zaisenhausen^GL, Sinsheim [Amt], Baden: is 10 miles SSW of Sinsheim city and proven by the GCRA to be home to the Hertle family which went to Bergdorf and Rammel/Rumbel family that settled in Neudorf.  See the GCRA book for more.

Zander^FN:  according to a Rosslau ML this woman (no origin given) married in 1766 a Heine man; by 1767 the couple was in Jost (Mai&Marquardt#949).

Zander ^FN: also see Zuender.

Zaner?^FN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be step-sons in the Mueller{Michael} household.  I did not locate them or any descendants in Mai1798.

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

Zaper^FN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be from^UC Kuelsheim, Bamberg [Bishopric].  A Rosslau ML says this Sapper married a Hoffmann woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#1033).  Also spelled Sapper in 1798 (Mai1798:Nk24).

Zastro^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Berlin.

Zaumorje^VV: is one version of the Russian name for Bangert^VV.

Zavelstein^GL, Calw [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 4 miles SSW of Calw city.  It was proven by GCRA using FHL(1,528,491) to be where the Bertsch who went to Bergstal married his Rexer wife.

Zavina[?]^FN: listed in the Pobochnaya FSL so may have been from Darmstadt state.    

Zdziechow^GL, [Gnesen Kreis], Posen Department, South Prussia: aka Zdiechowo, nka Zdziechowa. This must have been the parish center for Engelhard village.  

Zdiechowo^GL: aka Zdziechow. 

Zebrik?, Nassau: an unidentified place said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to a Hoffert family.

Zechow, [Kur-]Brandenburg: is somme 66 km NNE of Berlin city centre, and was said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be home^UC to the Pisterling family.

Zegendorf^GL, Bamberg: probably is Zeegendorf, Bavaria, some 7 miles ESE of the city of Bamberg; said by the Preuss FSL to be home to a Lugarn? family.

Zehender^FN: aka frau Kies of Glueckstal.

Zehlenroth/Zehlroth/Gemrot, Hesse-Darmstadt County: said by the Walter FSL to be home^UC to Dietz and Roun families.

Zehlroth^GL, Hesse-Darmstadt: see Zehlenroth.

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

Zeigman^FN: the 1798 Warenburg census said this was the maiden name of frau Werner (Mai1798:Wr21).

Zeiher ^FN: see Ziller.

Zeil(?)^GL, is an unidentified locality which, according to the Frank FSL, was in the state of Erbach and was home^UC to a Schork family.  There is a Zell which is 3 miles N or Erbach.

Zeilaf?, Herrschaft von Gleichen: an unidentified place said by the Rosenheim FSL to be home^UC to the widow Mueller{A.Katharina} and her daughter.

Zeiler^FN said by the Frank FSL to be from^UC Marklkofen, Nuernberg.

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

Zeilhard^GL, Hessen is 4.6 miles SW of Dieburg, and is said by the Roethling FSL to be home^UC to a Kloster family.

Zeilsheim, [Kurmainz]: is now the westernmost neighborhood in Frankfurt-am-Main, and was said by the Galka FSL to be home^UC to an Ott/Otto family.

Zeisdorf^GL: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be home^UC to a Betz family.  The only such place I could find was 24 miles NE of Erfurt city, in that was then Kursachsen.

Zeisel^FN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be from^UC Neustadt-bei-Heide(?)/Neustadt-am-Heide

Zeiser?^FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be the maiden name of frau Wuerz and the family name of a stepdaughter in the household.

Zeiser^FN: said by the Merkel FSL to be from^UC Flensburg, Holstein.

Zeiskam^GL, Kurmainz: said by the Kukkus FSL to be home^UC to a Baum family.  This may be the Zeiskam which is some 10 miles SW of Speyer city which was part of Kurmainz.

Zeiskam^GL, Germersheim [Amt], Rheinpfalz: said by both the 1816 Kassel census (#52) and KS:259 to be home^UC to the Faller family.  The same place as the previous entry, 40 years later.

Zeitler^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Dienheim.  According to the Buedingen ML one of these Zeitler men from^UC Burg Sinn married in 1766 a Schneider woman also from Burg Sinn (Mai&Marquardt#616).  In those days Burgsinn was a Thuengen possession.

Zeitz^FN: said by the Reinwald FSL to be from^UC Tittling?, Wuerttemberg [Duchy].  Spelled Seitz in 1798 (Mai1798:Rh9 and Rw27).

Zeitz^GL, [Naumburg Bishopric]: is some 15 miles SE of Naumburg city, and said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to Lehmann and possibly Winterburger? families.

Zelbig(?)^GL: an unidentifed place said by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to a Kratz family.

Zelelfeld(?)^GL, Braunschweig: an unidentified place said by the Merkel FSL to be home^UC to a Schredo? family.  There is a Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Lower Saxony, some 33 miles SSW of Brunswick.

Zell^FN: said by the Walter FSL to be from^UC Burkan, Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter.

Zell^GL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a Raabe family.   Said by the Mueller FSL to be home^UC to Dechert, Hoffmann, Klein, Kraemer, Lehmann, Rack, Schneider, and Tischler families.  Said by the Seelmann FSL to be home^UC to a Krug family and perhaps to their Schmidt{J.Jacob} stepsons.  There are at least 5 Zells in the Germanies including one 4 miles SW of Alsfeld, one 13 miles S of Darmstadt city and one, Zell-bei-Michelstadt, was 18 miles SE of Darmstadt city.

Zell^GL, [Hessen-] Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: said by the Mueller FSL to be home^UC to an  Ebel family.  Same as 2^nd entry below.

Zell^GL, Esslingen Oberamt, Wuerttemberg: is a bit over 1 mile ESE of Esslingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and was home to a Bauer family that settled in Hoffnungstal leaving home in 1816.

Zell^GL, [,Romrod Amt Hessen-Darmstadt Landgraviate]: is some 4 miles SW of Alsfeld, Hessen, and said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to a Finck man who in 1766 married a Sein woman; by 1767 this couple was in Grimm; Stumpp says Zell was near Alsfeld (Mai&Marquardt#486).

Zell, [Erbach County]: ^GL: said by the Shcherbakovka FSL to be home^UC to the  Muentermann family.  Zell was 9 km ESE of Fraenkisch-Crumbach and 10 km SE of Brensbach.  This is the same place as the next entry.

Zell-bei-Michelstadt, [Erbach County]: six miles ESE of Fränkisch-Grumbach and 4 miles N of Erbach city, and was where Muntermann and Daab married (Gieg1).  Said by the Frank FSL (fk103) to be home to the Schork family.  This is the same place as the previous entry.

Zell?, Grafschaft Erbach: said by the Rosenheim FSL to be home^UC to a Fleck family.  This is the same place as the previous entry.

Zell^GL, Rumrod Amt, [Hessen-Darmstadt Landgraviate]: said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to Schmidt{Eva E.} who married Decher{Nicolaus} in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#477).   By 1767 they were in Mueller.

Zella?, [Kur-]Sachsen: is 32 km W of Dresden city and was said by the Schaefer FSL to be home^UC to frau Hildebrant, and most likely the Ziegler step-children in the Hildebrant household, the children of frau Hildebrant by her first husband.

Zellenrode, Kursachsen: said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to the Peuscher widow who married  Becker{Anton} and went to Norka Mai (&Marquardt#630).  There is a Zeulenroda, then in Reuss County, 22 miles WSW of Zwickau city.   KS:120 says instead she was from^UC Sellnrod-bei-Gruenberg, Hessen[-Darmstadt]. 

Zeller^FN: said by the Messer FSL to be the maiden name of one of the two frau Meininger.

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

Zeller^FN: see Zellmer.

Zelline^GL: aka Czelline.

Zellingen^GL, Wuerzburg: is some 9 miles NW of Wuerzburg city, and said by the Goebel FSL to be home^UC to a Litzauer and perhaps a Kertzinger family.

Zellmer^FN: listed by both the 1858 Kassel census (#148) and KS:494 without origin.  Also spelled Zoellmer and Zeller.  See the GCRA book for more.

Zeltenreich ^FN: said by the Moor FSL to be from^UC Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned). The family name was spelled Seltenreich in 1798 (Mai1798:Mo18,25).  A Danzig ML said this Seldenreich man married in 1765 a Grues widow, both from the Palatinate; KS:158 spelled her name Grus (Mai&Marquardt#756).

Zenbar(?)^GL, Elsass: an unidentified place said by the Dietel FSL to be home^UC to a Herger and possibly a Muck? Family.

Zenberg(?)^GL, Darmstadt: an unidentified place said by the Dietel FSL to be home^UC to a Lutz family.

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

Zengraf^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Werdenberg.  Later spelled Zenkgraf (Mai1798:Pf07).

Zenker^FN: this widow (nee Leib?) died in Glueckstal and her origin in was proven by the GCRA using FHL 875,484; see their book for detail.

Zenkgraf^FN: see Zengraf.

Zens^GL: is some 13 miles SSE of Magdeburg, and said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Bieberstein family.

Zenter^FN: said by the Seewald FSL to be from^UC Hamm, Pfalz.

Zentlaf?^GL/GS: an unidentified place said by the Rosenheim FSL to be home^UC to a Sack family.

Zentlof?, Herrschaft von Gleichen: an unidentified place said by the Rosenheim FSL to be home^UC to a Sommer family.

Zentner^FN: said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be from^UC Zug Canton, Switzerland, sent here as an 1812 prisoner of war (p.35).

Zentos?: an unidentified place said by the Rosenheim FSL to be home^UC to the Scheidt?orSchendt?{Johannes} family.

Zeppelinheim^GL: see Zaberetenheim.

[Anhalt-]Zerbst [Principality]: Zerbst city is some 66 miles SW of Berlin. In the 1760s it was the seat of the independent state called Anhalt-Zerbst Principality so Zerbst may refer either to the city or to the country.  None of the following entries mention a locality.  Said by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to Bartel, Beier, Belz?, Finken?, Holz, Kilz?, Kurt, Noak?, Quindt, and Werner families.  Said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be home^UC to Doeptor, Hancke, Hemrisch, and Kraus families, and possibly to Balzer and Goetz families as well.  Said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to Kohlmeier, Milling, Petsch, Schulz, Seiftenberg?, and possibly Lobes families.  Said by the Rohleder FSL to be home^UC to frau Trautmann.  Said by the Urbach FSL to be home^UC  to a Weinert family and possibly to a Markert orphan girl and a Pflaum{Georg} step-son.

Zerfas^FN: both the 1816 Kassel census (#113) and KS:495 said this man disappeared in 1809-1812 and had come came from^UC Danzig, West Prussia .  Also spelled Zerfass.

Zerfas^FN: also see Zerfus.

Zerfass: see Zerfas.

Zerfus^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Stadhausen, Kur Trier.

Zerkla^FN: said by the Franzosen FSL to be the maiden name of frau Rosingnole.

Zern^FN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be from^UC Weske(?), Wuerttemberg.

Zerr{Heinrich}^FN: mentioned in the 1798 Straub census, along with his widowed and remarried Laut wife, as “having lived in Kukkus” but I could not find him in any FSL (Mai1798:Sr34).

Zersardel?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Ferner family.

Zeuerschekampf^GL: see Zeyerskampen.

Zeulenroda^GL, Reuss County: is now in Thueringen some 36 miles E of Saalfeld, and said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be home^UC to a Nagler man who came here later than the first settlers (p.137).  Also see. Zellenrode.

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

Zeutsch^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Rosenfeld, Dessau.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Zeyerniederkampen^GL: see Zeyerskampen.

Zeyerskampen^GL, Elbing Amt: probably is now Kepiny Male or Kepiny Wielkpe, Poland and was some 7 to 8 miles NW of Ebling city.  Said by the Tiege FSL to be home^UC to the Hamm{Martin}and {Michael} and, Wiebe families.  Also spelled Zeuerschekampf, Zeyerniederkampen and Zeyersvorerkampen: these may refer to the same place or to small neighboring places.

Zeyersvorerkampen^GL: see Zeyerskampen.

Zgierz Kreis, Warschau Department, South Prussia: was 72 miles SW of Warsaw, just NW of Lodz, Poland.

Zhitomir^GL: see Faustindorf, Volhynia.

Zibarius?^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Penzlin, Mecklenburg.  Spelled Ziborius in 1798 (Mai1798: Bx30).

Ziborius^FN: see Zibarius.

Zickwerder^GL, Wirsitz parish, Posen Department, Preussen:  nka Zulawka Mala, is some 2.5 miles SE of Wirsitz.  Proven by GCRA as the birthplace of most of the children of a Teske settler in Neudorf.  See the GCRA book under Teske{Christian} for more.

Ziedor(?)^GL, Holstein: an unidentified place said by the Dinkel FSL to be home^UC to a Wulf family.  There were at least 5 Seedorf in Holstein.

Zieg^FN: said by the Balzer FSL to be from Isenburg (Bonner proved that both Zieg and his Horr bride were both baptized and married in Huettengesas, Isenburg[-Meerholz County].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bz4 and 75.

Zieg^FN: said by the Messer FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned), and the family name of the brother-in-law of one of the two Zieg men was given as Holland.  Bonner proved that these two brothers were baptized in Huettengesas, Isenburg[-Meerholz County] and married in Eckartshausen, Isenburg[-Marienborn County]: one married a Bohn woman born there and one married a Schibel woman.

Zieg^FN: see Zies?.

Ziegel^GL, [Fulda Bishopric]: is 3 miles SSW of Fulda city, and said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Riebe family.  Kuhlberg said this was [sic] in Hanau.

Ziegelei ^GL: see Ziegesee.

Ziegelmeier^FN: said by the Louis FSL to be from^UC Oettling, Baden-Durlach.

Ziegemann^FN: said by the Hoelzel FSL to be from^UC Treunitz, Bamberg [Bishopric]. For 1798 see Mai1798:Hz9 (where the maiden name of frau Ziegemann is given as Koerner), 30, 41, 42, and Bn25.

Ziegenbach^GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Schaefer{Christian} family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Hessen; if that is correct this must really have been the next entry; if not there is a Ziegenbach 19 miles ESE of Wuerzburg city which would have been either in the Wuerzburg Bishopric or Castell County.

Ziegenberg^GL, [Hessen-]Darmstadt: probably is some 16 miles NNW of Frankfurt-am-Main.  Said by the Dinkel FSL to be home^UC to a Gries and possibly a Kraemer family.  Said by the Dietel FSL to be home^UC to a Wambold family.  Said by the Preuss FSL to be home to an Klamm family.

Ziegenhagel^FN: both the 1816 Kassel census (#86) and KS:495 said this family came from^UC Poland, no locality indicated. See the GCRA book for more.

Ziegesee?, [Kur-]Brandenburg: an unidentified place said by the Urbach FSL to be home^UC  to frau Schulzen.  I could not find a Ziegesee in lands that were Kurbrandenburg, but there were two Ziegeleis there.

Ziegeser?^GL, [Kur-]Brandenburg: an unidentified place said by the Jost FSL to be home^UC to an Arndt family.

Ziegler^FN: said by the Galka FSL to be from^UC Bitterfeld, Wittenberg[?].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Gk6, 62.

Ziegler^FN: according to the Goebel FSL this was the maiden name of the wife of, and the family name of the mother-in-law of, Haberkorn from^UC Tating, Kurmainz.

Ziegler^FN: arrived in South Russia in 1819; later settled Gueldendorf, Odessa; family records found by Curt Renz in Sigmarswangen, Sulz Oberamt, Wuerttemberg.  KS:495 had mistakenly said this family went to Glueckstal; see the GCRA book for a bit more detail.

Ziegler{Georg}^FN: both the 1816 Kassel census (#32, 33) and KS:495 said this family came from^UC Hilsbach, Sinsheim [Amt], Baden.  Using FHL#1,189,097, the GCRA verified this origin.  See their book for more.  This family would include frau Meier{Adam}.

Ziegler^FN: said by the Koehler FSL to be from^UC Fulda (no locality given), and his frau’s maiden name was given as Ernst (no origin given). .  The 1798 census gives the same maiden name (Mai1798:Kl150).

Ziegler^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Hessen (no locality given).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Nr4.

Ziegler^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Arnstein.  Kuhlberg gives the state as Wuerzburg.

Ziegler^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Wuerzburg no locality indicated, however Mai and Marquardt say this source indicates that Ziegler came from secular property belonging to the cloister Flatum, while his bride came from secular property belonging to the cloister Fulda (I have not yet identified either place ... rak) (Mai&Marquardt:#594).  The Buedingen ML says this man of Ornshausen married in 1766 a Voll woman of the same place (Mai&Marquardt:#594).

Ziegler^FN: said by the Schaefer FSL to be step-children in the Hildebrant household, the children of frau Hildebrant (who was said to come from^UC Zella?, [Kur-]Sachsen) by her first husband who died enroute to Russia.

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

Ziegler^FN: also see Zigler.

Ziel^FN: see Zilch.

Ziemann^FN: said by the 1798 Merkel census to be the maiden name of the wife of  Schmidt{Anton} of Seewald (Mai1798:Mr26).

Ziepel^GL, [Kur-]Sachsen: is some 15 miles NW of Zerbst city and said by the Jost FSL to be home^UC to a Stichler family. 

Zier^FN: see Siehr.

Zieras?^FN: said by the Jost FSL to be from^UC Aschbach, Andechser Reid?.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Zierburg?, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: an unidentified place said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to the Klamm{Michael) family.

Zierkoebel^FN: see Zuergiebel.

Ziechau^GL: see Zige.

Zies? ^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Pak?, Kurpfalz.   Spelled Tysysh? in 1788 (Mai1798:Mv2980) and Zieg in 1798 (Dn4).

Zifler^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Neunbach?, Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate], with a Mitzig? stepson in the household.  They probably had died prior to the 1798 Volga censuses.

Zige/Zuchau/Ziechau^GL, Danzig [Free Imperial City]: an unidentified place said by the the Rohleder FSL to be home^UC to Weber{Georg} and {Tomas families.

Zigeser?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to Peise?, and possibly Machelmann families.

Zigler^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Hessen (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Ziegler (Mai1798:Nr4).

Zilch^FN: see Zilg. said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Hessen (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Ziel in the 1775 census.  Later spelled Zilg (Mai1798:Nr157, Mv2027, Ko29).

Zilers/Sielers(?)^GL, Lothringen: an unidentified locality said by the Rothammel FSL to be home^UC to a Regezer? family.

Zilg^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Hessen (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Ziel in the 1775 census.  Spelled Zilg in 1792 and 1798 (Mai1798:Mv1963, Mv2026, Nr158 and Ko29).

Ziller^FN: said by the Rosenheim FSL to be from^UC Naehermemmingen?, Herzogtum Wuerttemberg[sic?].  Spelled Zeiher in 1798 (Mai1798:Rm41).

Zimmer^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Kleingoettingen?, Jonville?, Frankreich with both an orphan Braun girl and an Eberhardt bother-in-law? in the household.  According to the 1798 Brabander census, Frau Zimmer’s maiden name was Adam (Mai1798:Bn06).

Zimmer^FN: said by the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be from^UC Nidda Amt, Hessen-Darmstadt.  According to the Kromm version she was a foster daughter of Ber/Baer (p.136).

Zimmer^FN: said by the Kano FSL to be from^UC Villingen.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bb35.

Zimmer ^FN: the Buedingen ML said this woman from^UC Niedermoerlau married in 1766 a Diehl man; Stumpp says Niedermoerlen was near Friedberg, Hessen in one place and on another page says it was near Bad Nauheim, Hessen (Mai&Marquardt#709).  See Diel of Koehler.

Zimmer^FN: according to the Krasnoyar FSL there was a Zimmer stepson in Felsinger household that had come from^UC Laubach.

Zimmer^FN: according to a Luebeck ML a Zimmer woman (no place of origin given) married a Reifenschneider man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Krasnoyar (Mai&Marquardt#1192).

Zimmer^FN: a Rosslau ML says this woman married a Kamm man in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#985); by 1767 they were in Leitsinger.

Zimmer^FN: said by the Straub FSL to be from^UC Niederursel?, Frankfurt-am-Main [Imperial City].  I did not find them or any descendants in Mai1798.

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

Zimmerberg^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Leppin, Schwedisch Pommern.

Zimmerling^FN:  listed in the Bergdorf 1816 (KS:658, 496) and 1858 (KS:661) censuses without origin.  Their origin in Auenheim, Bischweiler [Amt], Elsass (church was attended in Sessenheim) was proven by the GCRA using FHL(746,033), which also, using FHL 746,033, proved the origin of frau Zimmerling (nee Schneider) in Auenheim, Bischweiler [Amt], Elsass.  See the GCRA book for more details.

Zimmermann^FN said by the Frank FSL to be from^UC Wallernhausen, Fulda.

Zimmermann^FN: they were said to have come from^UC Schoenburg, Zabern [Amt], Elsass via^UC Tscherwenka, Hungary, to Glueckstal, but the GCRA did not verify this; see their book for detail.

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

Zimmermann{Heinrich}^FN: said by the Kano FSL to be from^UC Guettin?.   For 1798 see Mai1798:Sh53, Zr24.

Zimmermann{Heinrich}^FN: said by the Kano FSL to be a step-son in the Pflug household and the maiden name [surely her previous married name] of frau Pflug.

Zimmermann^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Breslau.

Zimmermann^FN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be from^UC Demmelsdorf, Bamberg [Bishopric].

Zimmermann^FN: said by the Mariental FSL to be from^UC Grimburg, Kurtrier; in addition, his wife, no family name given, was said to be from Saargemuend.

Zimmermann ^FN: two families said by the Moor FSL to be from^UC Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned).

Zimmermann^FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be from^UC [Kur-]Trier (no locality mentioned).  For 1793 see Mai1798:Mv2098, 2099.  For 1798 see Wm26 and Sn17.

Zimmermann^FN: said by the 1798 Rohleder census to be the maiden name of frau Kuemmel (Mai1798:Rl33).  This woman was said by the Rohleder FSL to be from Wuerzburg.

Zimmermann^FN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be from^UC Bamberg (no locality mentioned).

Zimmermann{Johannes}^FN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be from^UC Kanswehr?, Elsass.  I did not locate them or any descendants in Mai1798.

Zimmermann{Matthias} ^FN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be from^UC Kanswehr?, Elsass.  Fpr 1790 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2716, Sm2, 30, and Hz12.

Zimmermann{Michael} ^FN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be from^UC Kanswehr?, Elsass with Zaner step-sons in the household.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sm35.

Zimmermann^FN: said by the Susannental FSL to be from^UC Obermeilingen, [Katzenelnbogen County], Hessen[-Kassel Landgr.].  For 1786 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2876 and Kd13.

Zimmermann ^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Rosbach, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Wr8.

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

Zimmern, Wuerttemberg [sic?]: said by the Schaefer FSL to be home^UC to the Vorbrecht family.  There were about 6 Zimmerns near Wuerttemberg Duchy borders but none that I can find in the Duchy itself …

Zimrot?^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Holzheim with a Beyer? step-daughter in the household.  In 1798 the family name was spelled Simrod? (Mai1798:Pl24).

Zindel^FN: said by the Kano FSL to be from^UC Offenbach.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bs16. A 1766 Luebeck ML said this Sindel man was a god-parent at the baptism of a Schwenck child (Mai&Marquardt#1305).

Zindenfels, Kurpfalz: an unidentified place said by the Graf FSL to be home^UC to a Wolf family.

Zing?, Grafschaft Oldenburg: an unidentified place said by the Rosenheim FSL to be home^UC to a Fedler family.

Zink^FN: listed in the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:660) without origin.  But KS:496 says they were from^UC Hausen ob Verona, Tuttlingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  The Family Book  of Brienne, Bessarabia, where they moved after Bergdorf said they were from Kolbingen, Tuttlingen, Wuerttemberg. The GCRA verified that they were not from Kolbingen, but  did not check Hausen ob Verona.  See the GCRA book for more details.

Zink^FN: also see Zinnkann.

Zinkau, Silesia: is 30 km SSE of Pilzen and nka Zinkovy, Czech Republic; see Sinkau.

Zinkhan?^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Eiche/Eichen?.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Zinling?^GL, Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to a Proslius family.

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

Zinnkann^FN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be from^UC Vollmerz. The family name was spelled Zinnkann and possibly Zink in 1798 (Mai1798:Or25/Or3?).

Zinock?^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Hellburg?.  I could not find this man in the 1798 censuses.

Zinovievsh^GL: see Elisabethgrad,  Podolia.

Zipp^FN: this woman is said by a Luebeck ML to be from^UC Hessen-Cassel (no locality mentioned) and to have married in 1766 a Bechtold man (Mai&Marquardt#264). By 1767 this couple may have been in the Belowescher Kolonien.

Zipp ^FN: said by the Buedingen ML to be the woman from^UC Offenbach who in 1766 married a Herdt man (Mai&Marquardt#473). By 1767 they were in Moor.

Zipp^FN: also see Sieb.

Zirckoebel^FN: see Zuergiebel.

Zirkoebel^FN: see Zuergiebel.

Zirndorf, Wuerzburg [Bishopric]: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to a Konrad{Jacob} family.

Zirp/Zuern ^FN:  listed in the Bergdorf 1858 census (KS:668) without origin.  The GCRA established that Zuern is the correct name and found its correct origin.

Zirre^FN: see Zuern.

Zisch^FN: a family that was at least briefly in Bergdorf; said by KS:496-97 to have been from Leimen, Heidelberg [Amt], Baden coming via Torschau, Ungarn.  The GCRA evidently proved this origin using FHL 1,189,128.

Zisch ^FN said by the Schwab FSL to be from^UC Gelnhausen [Imperial City].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Fz25.

Ziser^FN: see Zitzer.

Zitau^GL,  [Kur-]Sachsen): is Zittau some 25 miles SE of Bautzen city, andsaid by the Fischer FSL to be home^UC to a Friebus? family.  Said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Bubekin? family; Kuhlberg said this was in Sachsen.

Zitner^FN: said by the Enders FSL to be from^UC Isenburg-Buedingen. The family name in 1798 was spelled Sittner (Mai1798:En24,23).

Zittel{Jakob}^FN: said by the Reinwald FSL to be from^UC  [Baden-]Durlach [Margraviate].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Rw32(which gives the wife’s maiden name as Dubs), 19, 29 and possibly Rw15 and 43.

Zittel{Karl}^FN: said by the Reinwald FSL to be from^UC  [Baden-]Durlach [Margraviate].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Rw3 and possibly Rw15 and 43.

Zitterkopf^FN said by the Huck FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Dennis Zitterkopf has found evidence that indicates this couple was from Breitenborn, Hesse.

Zitterkopf^RN, Dennis: the AHSGR Huck village coordinator, has found German research that says this couple was married in Breitenborn where the husband was born, but so far he has been unable to gain access to the church records in order to verify this.

Zitzer^FN: also spelled Zizer, Ziser, and Cicer.   Apparently two familes came to the Volga: one to Katharienstadt (missed the FSL but was there by 1776 with the origin notation, Usingen, Nassau) and one to Schulz.   At this time it is unknown if they were related.  Sally Zitzer reports that she has confirmed in baptismal records that the original Katharienstadt settler came from Usingen.  She also reports that a German researcher says the original Zizer in Usingen came there from Hungary in 1650.

Zitzer^FN: mistakenly said by KS:497 to have settled in Neudorf.

Zitzer^FN: said by the Schulz FSL to be from^UC [Solms-]Laubach [County].  For 1795 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2668,Sz5 (where the wife’s maiden name is given as Lundgruen), 17,9,21 and Sk13.

Zitzmann^FN said by the Frank FSL to be from^UC Hirschfeld[Gersfeld], Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter(?).  Doris Evans says his origin is confirmed in research done by Manfred Steinberger for Glenn Sitzman: the colonist was born 1716 in Gersfeld, some of his children were born in Dorrnhof and some in Obernhausen.  His lineage has been traced t a Zitzmann born 1535 in Mosbach.

Zizel?^FN: a orphan boy listed by the Boregard FSL in the Baumann{Friedrich} household.  I could not find this family name in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Zizer^FN: see Zitzer.

Zlupelheim^GL, Hesse-Darmstardt: an unidentified place, said by the Walter FSL to be home^UC to a Roten family.  The Walter Research Group suggested it might be Zeppelinheim, but that was founded in 1938!

Znaim, [Moravia Margraviate]: said by the Seelmann FSL to be home^UC to a Dalfuss family.  This surely is Znain 73 km NNW of Vienna city centre.  Kuhlberg said the place was in Maehren [i.e. Moravia Margraviate].

Znain^GL: see Znaim.

Zoeger^FN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be from^UC Speyer, [Kur-]Pfalz[sic].  I did not locate them or any descendants in Mai1798.

Zoellmer^FN: see Zellmer.

Zoellner^FN:  according to a Rosslau ML this woman married in 1766 a Deich man (Mai&Marquardt#919).  See Teich of Orlovskaya.

Zoellner^FN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be a step-son living with the Goldorf family which would indicate that frau Goldorf was previously frau Zoellner.

Zoellner^FN: said by the 1798 Orlovskaya census to be the maiden name of [the 3^rd?] frau Hank (Mai1798:Or36).

Zoellnitz^GL, [Anhalt-Dessau Principality]: this is now Sollnitz some 5 miles SE of Dessau city, and said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Kessler family.  Kuhlberg said this was in the state of Dessau.

Zoller^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Schwed FSL to be from^UC Baden-Durlach [Principality].  For one or more family members in 1798 see Mai1798:Ur15.

Zoller?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to a Hoffmann family.  There are two Soller in Germany: on3 22 miles SW of Kueln city, and one 19 miles SW of Bonn city.

Zollingen^GL, Zabern [Amt], Elsass: is some 14.5 miles NW of Zabern town, and was proven by the GCRA to have been home to the Bieber{Diebold} family that did not go to Glueckstal.

Zoren?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Keserlank family.

Zorn^FN: said by the Kraft FSL to be from^UC Ittingen(?).

Zorn^FN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be from^UC Graefenhainichen; a Hank father-in-law was living with them which would indicate that frau Zorn’s maiden name was Hank.  However, the 1798 Orlovskaya census gives her maiden name as Haupt (Mai1798:35).

Zorn^FN: said by the Volmer FSL to be from^UC Gernsheim, Kurmainz.

Zorn(?)^GS: an unidentified country.  Could this have been Solms?

Zose?^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Silkerode.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Zubick^FN: see Zubiks.

Zubiks^FN: said by the Laub FSL to be from^UC Waldgirmes, Darmstadt.  In 1798 the family name was spelled Zubick (Mai1798:Lb35).

Zuchau^GL: Said by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to Koehler and Meinicke families.  This probably is Zuchau some 16 miles W of Dessau city.  Or it could be the next entry?

Zuchau^GL: also see Zige and Zuckau.

Zuckau^GL, Danzig [Imperial City]: said the Rohleder FSL to be home^UC to Weber{Tomas} and {Georgart} families.

Zuege/Zuge^FN: said by the Kratzke FSL to be from^UC Sachsen.

Zuender? ^FN: said by the Rosenheim FSL to be the daughter of the deceased Zander{Christian} and to be a step-daughter in the Krause household.

Zuergiebel^FN: said by the Pleve and Stumpp versions of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be from^UC Erbach (now in the state of Hessen) and said by the Kromm version to be from Heikelheim, Erbach County (pp.30, 34).  This Zirckoebel man is said by the Buedingen ML to be from^UC Breuschbach and to have married in 1766 a Blumenschein woman from^UC Reichelsee; other versions of this family name include Zierkoebel and Zirkoebel.  Stumpp says the family was from Brensbach near Dieburg in Hessen (Mai&Marquardt#704).  The Blumenschein woman’s unmarried sister is said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be from Erbach (p.131).

Zuerich^GL, Schweiz: is 92 miles SSE of Strassburg, and said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to Gattinger, Kuehn, and Spory families.

Zuern^FN:  listed in the Bergdorf 1858 census (KS:668) as Zirp/Zuern?without origin.  The GCRA, using FHL(1,240,200) proved that Zuern is the correct name, originating in Adolzfurt, Oehringen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.

Zuern^FN: settled in 1821 in Gueldendorf, Odessa, family records found by Curt Renz in Balingen, Balingen parish, Wuerttemberg.  Stumpp had this name as Zirre.

Zueschen, Hessen-Kassel [Landgraviate]: is 23 km SW of Kassel city and was said by the Seelmann FSL to be home^UC to Rundau{Johann}.

Zug Canton, Switzerland: said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be home^UC to a Zentner man who was sent here as an 1812 prisoner of war (p.35).

Zug^VV (aka Gattung, Maruenskoje): a Roman Catholic German colony founded in 1767, moved in 1770, on the eastern side of the Volga river not far from Schoenchen.  To the best of my knowledge no copy of its First Settlers’ List has been found and published.  Anyone learning of such a document, please let us know immediately.

Zuge^FN: see Zuege.

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

Zulauf ^FN: also see Knobloch of Mueller.

Zumbaum^FN: see Baum.

Zumhof^GL, Waiblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 11 miles NE of Waiblingen town and was mistakently said by KS:437 to be home^UC to who went to Glueckstal.

Zustrin Poland or Silesia: the GCRA found it associated with an Adam family in 1762.

Zuzenhausen, Kurpfalz: is some 10 miles SW of Heidelburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and said by the Bangert FSL to home^UC to a Wirth family.

Zvonarevka^VV : a version of the Russian name for Schwed^VV.

ZvonarevKut^VV the Russian name of Stahl-am-Karaman.

Zweibruechen^GS: this is the short form for Pfalz-Zweibruechen Duchy [Herzogtum Zweibruecken]  (1735-1797) seated in Zweibruechen city (situated some 84 miles SW of Frankfurt-am-Main) and which held very extensive lands scattered through two modern-day German states: Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Wuerttemberg,  In 1797 it was taken by France, and in 1815 by Bavaria.  Usually its Kreis offices were in Bergzabern, Guttenberg, Homburg, Lichtenberg, Meisenheim, Nohfelden, Schaumburg, Zweibruecken and (after 1768) Hagenbach.

[Pfalz-]Zweibruechen [Duchy]^GS: see the previous entry.  None of the following references mention any locality within the Duchy. Said by the Bauer FSL to be home^UC to a Fruehauf family. Said by the Cheisol FSL to be home^UC to Leindecker/Leidecker families.  Said by the Doenhof FSL to be home^UC to a Hergert family. : Said by the Enders FSL to be home^UC to frau Berns.  Said by the Grimm FSL to be home^UC to a Heinz family.  Said  by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Wiesner family.  Said by the Kraft FSL to be home^UC to a Spingler family. Said by the Leitsinger FSL to be home^UC to a Schapert family and possibly to a  Hammel family.  Said by the Louis FSL to be home^UC to a Schwemling family.  Said by the Mariental FSL to be home^UC to a Oblinger family as well as home^UC to Frau Staub; the 1798 Mariental census says her maiden name was Luetzig (Mai1798:Mt55). Said by the Messer FSL to be home^UC to Manweiler and Schneider families.  Said Gauri, Hendreg[Heinrich], and Muhr[Mohr] families. Said by the the Rohleder FSL to by the Norka FSL to be home^UC to be home^UC to Auer, Brungardt/Brumgard, Kohlmann/Kahlman, Reim{Jacob}, {Matthias}, and Rohr families, as well as frau Hergert{Franz}39.  Said by the Rheinhard FSL to be home^UC to a Bolgert family and to frau Wolf.  Said by the Schaefer FSL to be home^UC to the Lerch{Rudolph} family.  Said by the Schwed FSL to be home^UC to frau Meitner.  Said by the Urbach FSL to be home^UC  to frau Hershleben.  Said by the Volmer FSL to be home to Tag and Uhrich families.  Said by Kuhlberg to be home^UC to the Scherer step-children in the Roth{Jacob} household of Warenburg. 

Zweibruecken^GL, Pfalz: the GCRA found a source which says that the Wittich family that went to Bergdorf was here in 1780; see their book for detail.  This surely is the same place as the previous entry.

Zweibruechen^GS, Kurpfalz: Said by the Anton FSL to be home^UC to Decker and Wohlschleier? families.  Said by the Balzer FSL to be home to a Decker{Philipp}family.  This surely is the same place as the previous two entries.

Zweigat^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Endingen.  This name might be Zweigert; if so the family was in Straub^VV by 1798.

Zweigert^FN: see Zweigat.

Zweiundzwanziger Kolonie^SPV, was the popular name of the village of  Srednaja Rogatka in Neu-Saratowka parish east of St. Petersburg (Gieg1).

Zweizig^FN: said by the Shcherbakovka FSL to be from^UC Spielberg.    In 1798 mostly spelled Zwetzig (Mai1798:Sv6, 31, 49, 58 and Sb1).

Zwetzig^FN: see Zweizig.

Zweybruecken^GS: see Zweibruecken.

Zwickau{J.Andreas}^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Anhalt-Zerbst [Principality].  I could not find them in Mai1798.

Zwickau^GL, [Kur-]Sachsen: is some 43 miles S of Leipzig city, and said by the Laub FSL to be home^UC to a Hepfner family.   Said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be home^UC to the Richter family.

Zwickershausen^GS: an unidentified place which the Wohrd ML says was home to a woman who married in 1766 a Borel man; by 1767 this couple was in Boaro (Mai&Marquardt#774).  This might have been Schwickershausen or Schwickartshausen??

Zwikau^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Grobau.  For 1798 references see Mai1798: Bx07, Bx08, Bx52.

Zwingenberg^GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to Bischoff, Seltzer, and possibly Weiner, and Mueller households.  This probably was one of the next two entries.

Zwingenberg, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: is 11 miles S of Darmstadt city, and was said by the Urbach FSL to be home^UC  to a Schaefer family.

Zwingenberg?, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: said by the Rosenheim FSL to be home^UC to frau Schatz who earlier was the widow Jaeckel.  See preceding entry.

Zwingenberg Oberamt^GL, Kurpfalz: was a district covering the town of Zwingenberg (which is 15 miles E of Heidelberg city) and some nearby villages. Said by the Anton FSL to be home^UC to a Hall family.

Zwinger^FN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be from^UC Baden-Durlach.

Zwinger^FN: said by the Mariental FSL to be from^UC Bitsch, Lothringen.

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