American Historical Society of Germans From Russia

German Origins Project

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

 

 
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YablonovkaVV: an alternative spelling of the Russian name for LauweVV.

Yagodnaya PolyanaVV: a varient spelling of Jagodnaja PoljanaVV.

Yais/JaisFN: said by the Walter FSL to be fromUC Fuerth, Erbach County.

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

YauckFN: see Jauck.

YelshankaVV: one spelling of the Russian name for HusarenVV.

Yegof FN: see Ehoff.

YelizavetgradGL: see Elisabethgrad,  Podolia.

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

YostFN: two families said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Just (Mai1798:Nr173, 178, 184, 213).

YostFN: also see Joch and Just.

 

ZabawaGL: see Sabawa.

ZabawoGL: see GCRA thinks this might be another name for Stojanow.

Zaberetenheim?GL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be homeUC 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.

ZachariasFN: said by the Rosenort FSL to be fromUC Elbing.

ZagFN: said by the Koehler FSL to be fromUC Mondsee?, Oesterreich.  I could not find this family name in the 1798 censuses.

ZahlbergerFN: see Zahlherger.

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

ZahlhergerFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Hessen (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Zahlberger in the 1775 census.

ZahnFN: Stumpp says this was the maiden name of the wife in the Eidemueller family that went to Bauer (Mai&Marquardt#1277).

ZahnFN: said by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Mirnas?.

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

ZahnFN: his wife is said by the Graf FSL to be fromUC Linz.

ZaisenhausenGL, 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.

ZanderFN:  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).

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

ZaperFN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be fromUC 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).

ZastroFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Berlin.

ZaumorjeVV: is one version of the Russian name for BangertVV.

ZavelsteinGL, 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.    

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

ZdiechowoGL: aka Zdziechow. 

ZegendorfGL, 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.

ZehenderFN: aka frau Kies of Glueckstal.

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

ZehlrothGL, Hesse-Darmstadt: see Zehlenroth.

ZeifelFN: said by the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL to be fromUC Gening.

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

ZeilerFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Marklkofen, Nuernberg.

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

ZeilhardGL, Hessen is 4.6 miles SW of Dieburg, and is said by the Roethling FSL to be homeUC to a Kloster family.

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

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

ZeiselFN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be fromUC 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.

ZeiserFN: said by the Merkel FSL to be fromUC Flensburg, Holstein.

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

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

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

ZeitzGL, [Naumburg Bishopric]: is some 15 miles SE of Naumburg city, and said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to Lehmann and possibly Winterburger? families.

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

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

ZellFN: said by the Walter FSL to be fromUC Burkan, Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter.

ZellGL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be homeUC to a Raabe family.   Said by the Mueller FSL to be homeUC to Dechert, Hoffmann, Klein, Kraemer, Lehmann, Rack, Schneider, and Tischler families.  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 18 miles SE of Darmstadt city.

ZellGL, Darmstadt: said by the Mueller FSL to be homeUC to an  Ebel family.

ZellGL, 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.

ZellGL, [Hessen-Darmstadt]: is some 4 miles SW of Alsfeld, Hessen, and said by the Buedingen ML to be homeUC 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).

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

ZellerFN: said by the Messer FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

ZellerFN: see Zellmer.

ZellineGL: aka Czelline.

ZellingenGL, Wuerzburg: is some 9 miles NW of Wuerzburg city, and said by the Goebel FSL to be homeUC to a Litzauer and perhaps a Kertzinger family.

ZellmerFN: 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 fromUC 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 homeUC to a Herger and possibly a Muck? Family.

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

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

ZengrafFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC Werdenberg.  Later spelled Zenkgraf (Mai1798:Pf07).

ZenkerFN: 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.

ZenkgrafFN: see Zengraf.

ZensGL: is some 13 miles SSE of Magdeburg, and said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Bieberstein family.

ZenterFN: said by the Seewald FSL to be fromUC Hamm, Pfalz.

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

ZeppelinheimGL: see Zaberetenheim.

Zerbst GL: 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 state.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to Bartel, Beier, Belz?, Finken?, Holz, Kilz?, Kurt, Noak?, Quindt, and Werner families.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Orlovskaya FSL to be homeUC to Doeptor, Hancke, Hemrisch, and Kraus families, and possibly to Balzer and Goetz families as well.  Said (no locality indicated) by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to Kohlmeier, Milling, Petsch, Schulz, Seiftenberg?, and possibly Lobes families.

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

ZerfasFN: also see Zerfus.

Zerfass: see Zerfas.

ZerfusFN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Stadhausen, Kur Trier.

ZerklaFN: said by the Franzosen FSL to be the maiden name of frau Rosingnole.

ZernFN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be fromUC Weske(?), Wuerttemberg.

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

ZeuerschekampfGL: see Zeyerskampen.

ZeulenrodaGL, Reuss Earldom: is now in Thueringen some 36 miles E of Saalfeld, and said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be homeUC to a Nagler man who came here later than the first settlers (p.137).

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

ZeutschFN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Rosenfeld, Dessau.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

ZeyerniederkampenGL: see Zeyerskampen.

ZeyerskampenGL, 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 homeUC 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.

ZeyersvorerkampenGL: see Zeyerskampen.

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

ZhitomirGL: see Faustindorf, Volhynia.

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

ZiboriusFN: see Zibarius.

ZickwerderGL, 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 homeUC to a Wulf family.  There were at least 5 Seedorf in Holstein.

ZiegFN: said by the Balzer FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (Bonner proved his origin in Huettengesas, Isenburg[-Meerholz County].

ZiegFN: said by the Messer FSL to be fromUC 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[-Buedingen County]: one married a Bohn woman born there and one married a Schibel woman.

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

ZiegelmeierFN: said by the Louis FSL to be fromUC Oettling, Baden-Durlach.

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

ZiegenbachGL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC 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.

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

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

Ziegeser?GL, Brandenburg: an unidentified place said by the Jost FSL to be homeUC to an Arndt family.

ZieglerFN: said by the Galka FSL to be fromUC Bitterfeld, Wittenberg[?].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Gk6, 62.

ZieglerFN: 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 fromUC Tating, Kurmainz.

ZieglerFN: 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 fromUC 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}.

ZieglerFN: said by the Koehler FSL to be fromUC 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).

ZieglerFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC Arnstein.  Kuhlberg gives the state as Wuerzburg.

ZieglerFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC 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).

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

ZieglerFN: also see Zigler.

ZielFN: see Zilch.

ZiepelGL, [Kur-]Sachsen: is some 15 miles NW of Zerbst city and said by the Jost FSL to be homeUC to a Stichler family. 

ZierFN: see Siehr.

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

ZierkoebelFN: see Zuergiebel.

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

ZiglerFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Hessen (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Ziegler (Mai1798:Nr4).

ZilchFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC 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 homeUC to a Regezer? family.

ZilgFN: see Zilch.

ZimmerFN: said by the Brabander FSL to be fromUC 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).

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

ZimmerFN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Villingen.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bb35.

Zimmer FN: the Buedingen ML said this woman fromUC 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.

ZimmerFN: according to the Krasnoyar FSL there was a Zimmer stepson in Felsinger household that had come fromUC Laubach.

ZimmerFN: 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).

ZimmerFN: a Rosslau ML says this woman married a Kamm man in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#985).

ZimmerFN: 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.

ZimmerbergFN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be fromUC Leppin, Schwedisch Pommern.

ZimmerlingFN:  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.

ZimmermannFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Wallernhausen, Fulda.

ZimmermannFN: they were said to have come fromUC Schoenburg, Zabern [Amt], Elsass viaUC Tscherwenka, Hungary, to Glueckstal, but the GCRA did not verify this; see their book for detail.

ZimmermannFN: said by the Graf FSL to be fromUC Luxembourg (no locality mentioned).

Zimmermann{Heinrich}FN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC 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.

ZimmermannFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Breslau.

ZimmermannFN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be fromUC Demmelsdorf, Bamberg [Bishopric].

ZimmermannFN: said by the Mariental FSL to be fromUC 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 fromUC Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned).

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

ZimmermannFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be fromUC Bamberg (no locality mentioned).

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

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

ZindelFN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC 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 homeUC to a Wolf family.

ZinkFN: listed in the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:660) without origin.  But KS:496 says they were fromUC 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.

ZinkFN: also see Zinnkann.

Zinkhan?FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC 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 homeUC to a Proslius family.

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

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

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

ZinovievshGL: see Elisabethgrad,  Podolia.

ZippFN: this woman is said by a Luebeck ML to be fromUC 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 fromUC Offenbach who in 1766 married a Herdt man (Mai&Marquardt#473). By 1767 they were in Moor.

ZippFN: also see Sieb.

ZirckoebelFN: see Zuergiebel.

ZirkoebelFN: see Zuergiebel.

Zirndorf, Wuerzburg [Bishopric]: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC 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.

ZirreFN: see Zuern.

ZischFN: 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.

ZiserFN: see Zitzer.

ZitauGL, [Upper Lusatia Margraviate], ([Kur-]Sachsen): is Zittau some 25 miles SE of Bautzen city, andsaid by the Fischer FSL to be homeUC to a Friebus? family.  Said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to a Bubekin? family; Kuhlberg said this was in Sachsen.

ZitnerFN: said by the Enders FSL to be fromUC Isenburg-Buedingen. The family name in 1798 was spelled Sittner (Mai1798:En24,23).

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

ZitterkopfRN, 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.

ZitzerFN: 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.

ZitzerFN: mistakenly said by KS:497 to have settled in Neudorf.

ZitzmannFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC 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.

ZizerFN: see Zitzer.

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

ZoellmerFN: see Zellmer.

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

ZoellnerFN: 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.

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

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

Zoller?GL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be homeUC 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.

ZollingenGL, 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 homeUC to a Keserlank family.

ZornFN: said by the Kraft FSL to be fromUC Ittingen(?).

ZornFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be fromUC 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).

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

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

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

ZubickFN: see Zubiks.

ZubiksFN: said by the Laub FSL to be fromUC Waldgirmes, Darmstadt.  In 1798 the family name was spelled Zubick (Mai1798:Lb35).

ZuchauGL: Said by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to Koehler and Meinicke families.  This probably is Zuchau some 16 miles W of Dessau city.

Zuege/ZugeFN: said by the Kratzke FSL to be fromUC Sachsen.

ZuergiebelFN: said by the Pleve and Stumpp versions of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be fromUC 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 fromUC Breuschbach and to have married in 1766 a Blumenschein woman fromUC 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).

ZuerichGL, Schweiz: is 92 miles SSE of Strassburg, and said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to Gattinger, Kuehn, and Spory families.

ZuernFN:  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.

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

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

ZugVV (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.

ZugeFN: see Zuege.

ZulaufFN: said by the Grimm FSL to be fromUC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).

Zulauf FN: also see Knobloch of Mueller.

ZumbaumFN: see Baum.

ZumhofGL, Waiblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 11 miles NE of Waiblingen town and was mistakently said by KS:437 to be homeUC 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 homeUC to a Wirth family.

ZvonarevkaVV : a version of the Russian name for SchwedVV.

ZvonarevKutVV the Russian name of Stahl-am-Karaman.

ZweibruechenGS: this is the short form for Pfalz-Zweibruechen Duchy (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.

ZweibruechenGS: None of the following references mention any locality within the Duchy.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Bauer FSL to be homeUC to a Fruehauf family. Said by the Cheisol FSL to be homeUC to Leindecker/Leidecker families.  Said by the Doenhof FSL to be homeUC to a Hergert family. : Said by the Enders FSL to be homeUC to frau Berns.  Said by the Grimm FSL to be homeUC to a Heinz family.  Said  by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Wiesner family.  Said by the Kraft FSL to be homeUC to a Spingler family. Said by the Leitsinger FSL to be homeUC to a Schapert family and possibly to a  Hammel family.  Said by the Louis FSL to be homeUC to a Schwemling family.  Said by the Mariental FSL to be homeUC to a Oblinger family as well as homeUC to Frau Staub; the 1798 Mariental census says her maiden name was Luetzig (Mai1798:Mt55). Said by the Messer FSL to be homeUC to Manweiler and Schneider families.  Said by the Norka FSL to be homeUC to Gauri, Hendreg[Heinrich], and Muhr[Mohr] families.  Said by the Volmer FSL to be home to Tag and Uhrich families. 

ZweibrueckenGL, 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 may refer either to the city or to the duchy in the previous entry.

ZweibruechenGS, Kurpfalz: Said by the Anton FSL to be homeUC to Decker and Wohlschleier? families.  Said by the Pleve version of the Balzer FSL to be home to a Decker family.  This may refer either to the city or the duchy in the previous entry.

ZweigatFN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Endingen.  This name might be Zweigert; if so the family was in StraubVV by 1798.

ZweigertFN: see Zweigat.

ZweybrueckenGS: see Zweibruecken.

ZwikauFN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Grobau.  For 1798 references see Mai1798: Bx07, Bx08, Bx52.

ZwickauGL, Sachsen: is some 43 miles S of Leipzig city, and said by the Laub FSL to be homeUC to a Hepfner family.

ZwickershausenGS: 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??

ZwingenbergGL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to Bischoff, Seltzer, and possibly Weiner, and Mueller households.  This probably was in Hessen-Darmstadt, 11 miles S of Darmstadt city, but there was another Zwingenberg in Kurpfalz 15 miles E of Heidelberg city.

Zwingenberg OberamtGL, Kurpfalz: was a district covering the town of Zwingenberg and some nearby villages, and said by the Anton FSL to be homeUC to a Hall family.

ZwingerFN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be fromUC Baden-Durlach.

ZwingerFN: said by the Mariental FSL to be fromUC Bitsch, Lothringen.

ZwingmannFN: said by the Messer FSL to be fromUC Hannover (no locality mentioned).

 

 

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