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Brecht^FN: said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be from^UC Redmar, Brunswick Duchy, sent here as an 1812 prisoner of war (p.137).

Brecht^FN: also see Bracht.

Brechenmacher^FN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:677, 674, 233) to be from^UC Weyer, Elsass, but the GCRA could not find them in those church records.  The 1816 census also said they came after a stay in Torschau, Hungary; another source said that the place was Weyer, Hungary.  However, the GCRA found evidence they actually may have been in Klein-Ker, Hungary and probably were in Tscherwenka; see their book for detail.  Also spelled Brachenmacher.

Breckenheim^GL, [Hesse-Darmstadt?]: is now a neighborhood some 6 miles E of Wiesbaden city centre, and was said by the Caesarsfeld FSL to be home^UC to a Wenzel family.

Breder^FN: said by the 1798 Laub census to be the maiden name of frau Benedict (Mai1798:Wr104).

Breder^FN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be from^UC Darstadt, Wuerzburg [Bishopric].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sm40, 5 annd 29.

Bregenzer^FN: early settlers of Zuerich said to be from^UC Altenhausen (Lk12).  For 1778, 1797 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv3081, 3092, Kn5 and Hb5.

Brehm^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Alsfeld, Darmstadt.

Brehm^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  In 1798 the wife’s maiden name was given as Mosebach (Mai1798:Nr170); for other 1798 see Nr3, 91, 96, and Ko1; for 1793 see Mv1985.

Brehm{Johannes}^FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be from^UC Allendorf.  In 1798 the maiden name of frau Brehm is given as Schneider (Mai1798:Om20 and maybe 51?).

Brehm{Peter}^FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be from^UC Bamberg [Bishopric].  The maiden name of frau Brehm was given as Boes in 1798 (Mai1798:Om21) see also (Om51? and Lz30).

Brehm{Christoph}^FN: left ^UC Mettenheim near Worms for Russia (KS123).  I could not find him in any published FSL.

Brehm^FN: also see Brehn.

Brehmer ^FN: see Bremer

Brehn ^FN: said by the Keller FSL to be stepchildren in the Schaf household.   Spelled Brehm in 1798 (Mai1798:Nk01).

Brehne^FN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be from^UC Neustadt, Kurpfalz with Strack step-children in the household.  I did not locate them or any descendants in Mai1798.

Brehning/Brenning^FN: said by the Kutter FSL to be from^UC Hanau.

Breidel? ^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Burgau, [Kur-]Bayern.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Breidenstein^FN: group with Breitenstein.

Breiler{Cunigard}: listed in the 1798 Seelmann census (Sm6) but I could find this family name in no FSL.

Breiner/Breuner^FN{Georg Jr.}: Danish records said this Lutheran son of Breuner{J.Georg Sr.}said to be from ^UC the Heidelberg area,  arrived along with his parental family at Fridericia, Juetland Royal Province in Oct. 1759; he lived with them in Colony J2 “Friderichsheede”, Amt Silkeborg until he left Denmark for Russia in April 1763 (EEE p.363, for more detail see that).  Said by the Dobrinka FSL #14 to be from^UC Prussenbrun(?), Pfalz.

Breiniger/Breuninger^FN{Johann Friederich/Jacob Friedrich}: said by Danish records to have been from^UC Wuerttemburg and to have arrived at Flensburg, Schleswig Royal Duchy in June 1762; he then married Wunderlich{Sara} (who had been the maid of Reichert/Reichard{Georg}) with whom he had at least one son before departing for Russia in 1763 (EEE  p.363, for more detail see that).   said by the Holstein FSL #17 to be from^UC Fegiandrintza(?).

Breining^FN{Michael}: said by the Goebel FSL #25 to be from^UC Weilbach, Mainz.

Breining^FN{Konrad}: KS123 said he left^UC either  Luetzelsachen near Weinheim or Luetzelbach, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate] to go to Russia.

Breisgau^GL: this district lay within Habsburgian holdings and was centered on Freiburg (now in Baden-Wuerttemberg) extending to the northeast of that city at least 17 km and to the south-southwest at least 14 km.  A Woehrd ML said this was home^UC to Huck{Jacob} who married  Distler{Katharina}.  They settled in Brabender (FSL #58).

Breit^FN: said by the Mariental FSL to be from^UC Merzig, Kurtrier.  

Breit^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Michelstadt. 

Breitenbach^GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to Lotz{Peter}, Mueller{Martin}and {Johannes}, and  Wirth families.  Said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Grass family.  There are at least 33 Breitenbachs in the Germanies.  One of these was in Hanau County and is 2 miles NW of Schluechtern city and surely is the home of the Neidermonjou folk.

Breitenbach^GL, [Pfalz-Zweibruecken Duchy]:  is some 13 miles NNW of Zweibruecken city.

Breitenbach^GS: seems to have been used in the Goebel FSL as an unknown state.  See Sipsmar.

Breitenberg^GL, Calw Oberamt, Wuerttemberg: is 6 miles SW of Calw city, and proven by the GCRA to be home to the Schneible family that went to Bergdorf.  Proved by Curt Renz as home to a Schnaible family that settled in Hoffnungstal leaving home in 1802.  Was proven by the GCRA to be home to the Schnaible/Schneible family that settled in Neudorf -- incorrectly rendered Schaible in the 1858 Neudorf census.

Breitenborn^GL, [Isenburg-Buedingen County]: Dennis Zitterkopf has found evidence that indicates that the Huck Zitterkopf family was from Breitenborn, which was in Isenburg and is 3.6 miles SW of Buedingen city.

Breitenborn, Isenburg-Waechstersbach County: is 7.5 km W of Waechstersbach town.

Breitenbronn, see Breitenbrunn,.

Breitenbrunn^GL, [Breuberg Condominium]: is some 8 miles NNE of Erbach city and 4 miles SE of Hoechst-im-Odenwald.  It was said by the Frank FSL (fk94) to be home to an Ort family.  It in fact was where the Ort(h)s were living when they immigrated to Frank (Gieg1).

Breitenbrunn, Breuberg Condominium: under the name Breitenburg[sic], Erbach it was said by the Schwab FSL to be home^UC to Eichmann and Drosch families.

Breitenbrunn^GL, Friedberg: an unknown place said by the Kraft FSL to be home^UC to a Weimar/Weimer family.

Breitenbuecher^FN: arrived in South Russia in 1819 and later settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa; family records found by Curt Renz in Erpfingen, Reutlingen Oberamt, Wuerttemberg.

Breitenburg[sic], Erbach [County]: said by the Schwab FSL to be home^UC to Eichmann and Drosch families.  This place actually was Breitenbronn, Breuberg Condominimum.

Breitenguessbach, [Bamberg Bishopric]: is 4 miles N of Bamberg city and was said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be home^UC to a Leribel family and possibly to a Sack orphan girl.  Kuhlberg said this was in Bamberg [Bishopric].

Breitenheim, [Pfalz-Zweibrueckebn Duchy]: is 23 km SW of Bad Kreutznach and was said by Kuhlberg to have been home^UC to the Wasen family (Lk12), likely early settlers in Zuerich. 

Breitenholz^GL, Herrenberg [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 4 miles SE of Herrenberg town, and was said by KS:234 to be home^UC to the Breitmaier family that went to Glueckstal.  See the GCRA book for detail.

Breidenstein^FN{Anton}: said by the Goebel FSL #29 to be from^UC Tating, Kurmainz.  The Buedingen ML says this Breitenstein man married Schwager{M. Catharina} on 10 March 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#397).  The Goebel FSL #29  has him with a new younger wife {Margaretha} in 1767.

Breitenstein^FN{J.Heinrich}: said by the Norka FSL #121 to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  In 1798 this was also spelled Prandenstein, and the wife’s maiden name was given as Welge? (Mai1798:Nr175).

Breitfurt, [Pfalz-Zweibruecken Duchy]:  is 9 km SW of Zweibruecken city and was said by the Recruiter Beauregard List in 1768 (Lk128 and 129) to be home^UC  to Flach{Heinrich}; Kuhlberg, mistakently, said this was in [Kur-]Trier.   Said by the Recruiter Beauregard’s list to have been home^UC to the Flach{Valentin} family. which went to Luzern in 1768 (Mai1798:Lk129) where they surely were among the Luzern first settlers.

Breitinger^FN{Peter}: said by the Roethling FSL #29 to be either from^UC Schoenberg, Erbach, Hessen, or from^UC Schoenberg, Obertaunus, Hessen, and his wife’s given name was {Susanna}.  According to Buedingen church records, an unnamed ¼-year-old child of this couple  died in Buedingen on 28 June 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#1233).

Breitmaier^FN:  this family was in Glueckstal for a time and was said by KS:234 to be from^UC Breitenholz, Herrenberg [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  Also spelled Breitmayer. See the GCRA book for detail.

Breitmayer^FN: see Breitmaier.

Breitz^GL, Holstein: see Preetz.

Breitzgau: see Breisgau.

Breler^FN:  see Praller.

Brelk?{Christina}^FN:  was listed in the 1798 Pobochnaya census, but in no FSL, so may have been of a Pobochnaya first settler family

Breloas^FN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:672, 234) with no origin.  Using FHL(1,340,182), the GCRA proved origin in Oehringen, Oehringen [Amt], Wuerttemberg. See the GCRA book for more details.  Also spelled Brelois, Broellochs, and Proellochs.

Brelois^FN: see Breloas.

Bremen/Breschen(?)^GS: mentioned in the Kratzke FSL in connection with Stadt and the Rubke family. Bremen, Lower Saxony is 60 miles SW of Hamburg.  The Imperial City of Bremen was an independent country from 1646 to 1806 and controlled lands slightly less extensive than the current city of Bremen.  Prior to 1719 there had also been a Bremen Duchy which held most of the lands N of Bremen city to the North Sea and E to Hamburg city but in 1719 it was subsumed into Kurbraunschweig, the Hannover Electorate.

Bremen Duchy^GS:  occupied much of the area between Hamburg, Bremen and Harburg, plus the Wildeshausen exclave which lay mostly to the NW of that town.  Wholly owned by Kurbraunschweig after 1719.

Bremer^FN{Johannes}: said by the Anton FSL #52 to be from^UC Alzey Oberamt, Kurpfalz.  Spelled Bremmer in 1798 (Mai1798:An34).  He (spelling = Brehmer) married Reichert{A.Maria} in Luebeck on 13 August 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#1198).  KS123 said the year was 1765.

Bremm^GL: an unidentified place said by the Anton FSL to be home^UC to a Tripper family.  This probably is Bremm, Rhineland-Palatinate on the Mosel River, some 28 miles SW of Koblenz and 15 miles SE of Boxberg.

Bremmer^FN: see Bremer.

Bren^GL: see Bern.

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

Brenckmann{Hanss Balthasar}: see Brickmann{Balthasar}.

Brendel^FN: said by the Dehler FSL to be from^UC Reifenberg, Bassenheim.  For 1788 see 1798Mai:Mv376.

Brendel^FN: said by the Jost FSL to be from^UC Burkersdorf, Bayreuth.

Brendel^FN: said by the Keller FSL to be from^UC Reifenberg, Bassenheim.  For 1798 see (Mai1798:Bn51).

Brendenbach-bei-Steinau: an unidentified place said by the Schwab FSL to be home^UC to the Guenter family.

Brendt ^FN: see Berend.

Brengenzer^FN: an early settler of Zuerich said to be from^UC Altenhausen (Lk12).  For 1778, 1797 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv3081, 3092, Kn5 and Hb5.

Brenha^GL: an unidentified place said by the Enders FSL to be home^UC to a Berns family.  There is at least one Brenna each in Poland and in the Czech Republic.

Brenna^GL: see Brenha.

Brenneise/Brenneisen^FN: arrived in South Russia in 1819 and later settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa; family records found by Curt Renz in Kirchardt, Sinsheim Amt, Wuerttemberg.

Brenneisen^FN: see Brenneise.

Brenner^FN: said by the Jost FSL to be from^UC Wolmar, Livland and Brenner’s betrowthed, a Meier widow, was living in the household.  I could not find the Brenner family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Brenner^FN: said by the Schulz FSL to be from^UC Reval, [Estonia, Russia].  They surely had died prior to the 1798 Volga censuses.

Brenner^FN: the wife was said (no locality mentioned) by the Schulz FSL to be from^UC Kurpfalz.  She surely died prior to the 1798 Volga censuses.

Brenner^FN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be from^UC Rattershausen, Wuerzburg [Bishopric].  The wife’s maiden name was given as Mark in 1798 (Mai1798:Sm15).

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

Brenner^FN: also see Brunner.

Brenning^FN: see Brehning.

Brensbach^GL bei Dieburg, [Brensbach Condominium]: 9 miles SSE of Dieburg town and said by KS165 to be home^UC to Zirkoebel {Christoph} who married Blumenschein{Margaretha E.} 19 June 1766 before going to Jagodnaja Poljana (FSL#jp46) (Mai&Marquardt#704).  Said to have been home^UC to Meyer{Gerdreuth E.} who 17 June 1766 married Alt{J.Adam}.  See Breuschbach.

Brensbach Condominium^GS: this tiny state/country, seated in the town of the same name on the E bank of the Gersprenz River 12 miles SE of Darmstadt city centre and 9 miles NW of Erbach town, appears on old maps to have been a joint enterprise of Hessen-Darmstadt Landgraviate and Erbach County and a connecting link between those two countries.  Birthplace of Daab{Elisabeth} who married Muntermann{Conrad} and settled in Shcherbakovka FSL#43 (Gieg1).

Brenschbach^GLbei-Umstadt:  said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to Bleitz {Appolonia} who 17 June 1766 married Hartmann {J.Adam}; by 1767 this couple had arrived in Walter (FSL#75); KS122 and 133  says this was Brensbach near Dieburg (Mai&Marquardt#698).  Today this is spelled Brensbach, Hessen, same place as the previous two entires.

Brenta^FN: no place of origin is given for this young widow who is living alone in the Pfeiffer FSL.  

Brenz^FN: see by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  In 1792 and 1798 spelled Prinz (Mai1798:Mv1974, Nr23, 30, Pb14, Dt2).

Brenz^FN: also see Brehm.

Brenzel^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Hessen (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Prenzel (Mai1798:Nr192).

Brenzler^FN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be from^UC Gisert?, [Kur-]Brandenburg. I did not locate them or any descendants in Mai1798.

Breschen(?)^GS: see Bremen.

Brescher^FN: said by the Koehler FSL to be from^UC Fulda (no locality given), and his frau’s maiden name was given as Reiss (no origin given).  According to the Buedingen ML this Proescher man from^UC Echenrodt in the area of Hutten married in 1766 a Reiss woman from^UC Ronsfeldt (Mai&Marquardt#580).

Brescher^FN: also see Brochert.

Brescky^GL, Marienburg Amt: is now Brzozki, Poland, and was 8.5 miles N of Marienburg city.  Said by the Tiege FSL to be home^UC to the Klaasen{Abraham} family.  Also spelled Briske and Broeske.

Bresiger?^FN: said by the Merkel FSL to be from^UC Lton(?).

Breslau: said by Kulberg90 to be home to Catholic Trapp{F.Carl+w+1c}.

Breslau?, Holstein: an unidentified place said by the Schwed FSL to be home^UC to frau Lauer.

Breslau, [Preussen]: said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to an Ismann  family and possibly to a Bernhardt  family.  See next two entries.

Breslau, Preussen: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Rohleder family.  See next entry.

Breslau^GL, Schlesien: taken by Prussia from Silesia in 1741; it is now Wroclaw, Poland, some 182 miles SE of Berlin.  Said by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to a Verkehrt? family.  Said by the Dreispitz FSL to be home^UC to a Schmidt family.  Said by the Enders FSL to be home^UC to a Reiher family.  Said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to Beussert and Zimmermann families and possibly a Michael family.  Said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Sartenbach family.  Said by the Rosenheim FSL to be home^UC to a Schatz family.  Said  by the Schaefer FSL to be home^UC to the Wolf{Johann} family.  Said by the Urbach FSL to be home^UC  to frau Leonhard.  It would appear from a 1763 map that the city still controlled  the lands of the previous Breslau Duchy which lands lay mostly to the S, W and NW of the city as well as around Namslau (now Namyslow) town some 29 miles E of Breslau city.   The GCRA found the Bruechler family associated with it in 1797.

Breslow?, Schweden: an unidentified place said by the Schwed FSL to be home^UC to a Lauer family.

Bresmer{Eliesabeth}: s he married Schreck{Frantz} from^UC Maynz [Bishopric]  in Buedingen on 4 March 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#363).   I could not find them in any published FSL.

Bressemer^FN, see Pressmer.

Bressler{Michael}^FN: listed in the 1816 Kassel census (#13), in the 1858 Kassel census (#127, 128, 129), and in (KS:234) with no origin.  Using FHL#247,646, the GCRA proved origin in Niederhochstadt, Landau [Amt], Pfalz, and in nearby Weingarten; in Kassel the name was most often spelled Pressler.  The GCRA found that the Presslers listed in KS:396 as going to Kassel did not go there; see their book for more.

Breternitz^GL, [Electoral] Sachsen: is some 2.5 miles SE of Saalfeld, and said by the Lauwe FSL to be home^UC to a Schitzel family.  On 1798 maps it looks like this place is either in Saalfeld Duchy or in Schwarzburg County, not in Electoral Saxony.

Brethauer^FN: said by the Walter FSL to be from^UC Starfritz, Hesse County.

Bretman^FN: see Bretmann.

Bretmann^FN{J.Georg}: said by the Moor FSL #39 to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned). The family name was spelled Bretman in 1798 (Mai1798:M40,55).

Bettbach{J.Heinrich}: left^UC  Rinderbuegen near Buedingen for Russia (KS123).

Bretten^GL, Baden: is some 14 miles ENE of Karlsruhe, Baden Wuerttemberg.  See next entry.

Bretten^GL, Kurpfalz: is some 14 miles ENE of Karlsruhe, Baden Wuerttemberg and said by the Jost FSL to be home^UC to a Bueschel family.  In 1803 Bretten passed from Kurpfalz to Baden.

Bretter^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Wolfenhausen, [Wied-]Runkel [County].  I could not find them in Mai1798.

Bretthausen^GL: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be home^UC to an Albrecht family.  This probably is some 11 miles SW of Dillenburg city.

Brettmann{J.Heinrich}: KS123 says he left Markoebel near Hanau for Russia.  I could not find him in any published FSL.

Bretz^FN:  see Pretz.

Bretzfeld, Oehringen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 3.5 miles SW of Oehringen town, and said by KS:340 to be home^UC to Kraemer{Matthaeus} who may have gone^UC to Kassel.

Bretzfeld, Bamberg [sic?]: said by the Seelmann FSL to be home^UC to a Tanndoerfer family.  I did not locate them or any descendants in Mai1798.  The only Bretzfeld I can find was then in Wuerttemberg Duchy, no Bamberg Bishopric.  This surely is the same place as the previous entry, except 50 years earlier.

Breuberg ^GL: is 27 miles SE of Frankfurt-am-Main.

Breuberg Condominium^GS: in 1766 this state/country included the towns of Hoechst[-im-Odenwald] (all parts), Kirch-Brombach, and Luetzelbach, as well as somewhat more than 40 villages and 8 independent Forestlands.  Its principal neighbors were Erbach County to the S and SW, Brensb ach Condominium to the W, an exclave of Kurpfalz to the N, and Kurmainz on the E. The co-half-owners of this Condominium were the Count Erbach-Schoenberg and the Prince Loewenstein-Wertheim-Virneberg [small exclaves of whose principality lay just a few km to the NE and an even smaller exclave at the SE corner]. Its seat was in the town of Breuberg.  Said by the Pleve and Stumpp versions of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be near Erbach , [Hessen], and to be home^UC to a Morasch family; on another page the Stumpp version says they were from Muemling, Grumbach.

Breuer^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Demmin, Prenzbahn(?).  Later spelled Breyer and his wife’s maiden name is given as Baumgaertner (Mai1798:Gb16).

Breugenshain^GL: see Broenkhelaim.

Breuner^FN: see Braeuner and Breiner.

Breungeshain^GL: see Broenkhelaim.

Breuninger: see Breininger.

Breuningsweiler^GL,Waiblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 5 miles NE of Waiblingen city, and proven by the GCRA using FHL(1,056,955) to be the departure point for the Haegele family that went to Bergdorf

Breuschbach^GL: an unidentified place said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to a Zirckoebel man who in 1766 married a Blumenschein woman from^UC Reichelsee; after which the couple went to Jagodnaja Polyana (Mai&Marquardt#704).  This surely is Brensbach, Hessen.

Breuss{A.Maria}:  her 8 August 1766 marriage to Chemnitz{Karl Christian}  is recorded in a Luebeck ML (Mai&Marquardt#122).  KS124 had the same marriage but had 1765 the wrong year.  I could not find this couple either in any published FSL or in Mai1798.

Breyell^GS: see Briel.

Breyer^FN{A.Magdalena}: KS123 says she married in Buedingen in 1765 before going to Russia, but I can find no confirmation of the marriage and do not find her in any published FSL.

Breyer^FN: see Breuer and see Beierof Boaro.

Brick^FN: see  Bruek.

Brickmann^FN: said by the Holstein FSL to be from^UC Iven(?), Pommern (?).

Brickmann^FN: said by the 1798 Schaefer census to be the maiden name for frau Beyer{Wilhelm} (Mai1798:Sf19).

Brickmann/Brenckmannn^FN{Balthasar}: he was said by the Shcherbakovka FSL (#41) to be Briltimann from^UC Kleingartach, [Wuerttemberg Duchy].  Using LDS Film #1184796 Brent Mai proved that this man spelled Brenckmann{Hanss Balthasar} was born in Kleingartach in 1720 and married Oppenlaender{Rosina Barbara} there in 1760.  Otto Clausen’s book Chronik … indicates that the family moved to Denmark (now Schleswig-Holstein) where their two daughters were baptized in 1762 and 1764;  later that year they settled in the Bunter Hof farmstead in the colony of Friedrichsanbau, which they “deserted” in May 1765.  For more detail see EEE pp.362-363.  In 1766 they arrived and are recorded in the Shcherbakova FSL (#41) as a Briltimann famly.  Spelled Brickmann in 1798 (Mai1798:Sv28 and 51).  For more information go to http://cvgs.cu-portland.edu/origins/b/brickman_shcherbakovka.cfm.

Brickmann^FN: also see Brigmann, Brittmann, and  Brueckmann.

Briedel, Trier: said by the Rothammel FSL to be home^UC to a Hartmann family.  This probably is the Briedel that is 29.6 miles NE of Trier.

Brieg^GL, Schlesien: is now Brzeg, Poland, some 26 miles SE of Wroclaw city, and said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Neumann family, and possibly a Dirn? family.

Briel/Breyell(?): these were mistakes(!) for Bruehl in the first translation of the Schuck FSL.

Briel^FN: also see Brill and Brilt.

Brietzen^GL, Prussia: is 24 km N of Wroclaw, Poland, and is now called Brzykow.

Briez ^GL: an unidentified place which must have been not too far from Oranienbaum, Anhalt-Dessau Principality.

Brigann^FN: said by the Merkel FSL to be from^UC Hamburg.

Brigidau^GL, Galicia: aka Brygidyn, nka Lanovka, Ukraine, 4 miles NE of Stryy, 39 miles SSW of Lviv.  The GCRA found a Schmidt family associated with it.

Brigmann^FN{Hermann}: said by the Merkel FSL #7 to be from^UC Alteno/Altenau(?).  Later spelled Brickmann and Bruechmann.

Brigmann{Eren}: KS:82 and 123 say this party of 6 from^UC Bitil(spelling?) in 1764 was sent on to the Saratov area as part of  the group of colonists transported under the command of  Captain Paykul and Cornet Rehbinder.  I have not found them in any published FSL.

Briks(?)^GL, see Brix.

Bril/Bruehl(?)^GL: an unidentified place said by the Volmer FSL to be home to a Platz family.  There is a Bruehl, Baden-Wuerttemberg, some 6.5 miles SE of Mannheim city.

Brill/Prill^FN{Johannes}:  said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  The may be the man the Buedingen ML says married on 23 April 1766 Seipel{Catharina}. (Mai&Marquardt#573).

Brill^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Rensefeld?.

Brill^FN{Henrich Sr): said by the Norka FSL #53 to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Nr96, 168.  KS123 has a Brill{Heinrich} who left Markoebel, Hanau [County] for Russia.

Brill^FN{Henrich Jr): said by the Norka FSL #76 to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Nr92, 37 and maybe 97. 

Brill^FN{Johannes}: said by the Norka FSL #77 to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see maybe Mai1798:Nr97).  A Luebeck ML says this man, Briel{Johann} married Hahn{Elisabeth} on 2 July 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#1195, KS123).

Brill^FN: also see Brilt.

Briltimann: see Brickmann.

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

Brineau^FN: see Bruneau.

Brinhin{Anna}: KS123 says she married in Buedingen in 1765, but I can find no support for that, nor can I identify her in any published FSL.

Brind^FN: see Brand.

Briske^GL: see Brescky.

Britenfeld?^FN: said by the Enders FSL to be from^UC Kuntersbleim?, Leidinsk?.  I cannot find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Brittheim, Sulz [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 5 miles SE of Sulz-am-Neckar, and was proven by the GCRA to be home to a Mayhoefer/Maihofer woman, the Wetzler widow whose daughters settled in Neudorf (1816 census #55).

Brittmann?^FN: see Brickmann.

Britzgau?^GL: Breisgau is the region around Freiburg city at the SW edge of the Black Forest.

Brix/Briks(?)^GL: an unidentified place said by the Kamenka FSL to be home^UC to a Floehr/Flor/Flohr family.

Brochert^FN: said by the Franzosen FSL to be from^UC Molbert?, Frankreich with a Koch wife.  Spelled Brescher in 1798 (Mai1798:Fz45).

Brock^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Dresden.

Brock^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Wallbach.

Brockhausen ^GL: an unidentified place  said by Recruiter Beauregard’s list to have been home^UC to the Pfeifer[Johannes} family  (Lk26).  There are 7 Brockhausens in Germany.

Brockhausen^VV: another name for Hummel^VV.

Brockmann^FN: said by the Schaefer FSL to be from^UC Homburg.  I could not find them in Mai1798.

Brody?, Polen: said by the Husaren FSL to be home^UC to a Kasawierski family.  There were at least 6 Brodys in Poland.

Broellochs^FN: see Breloas.

Broenkhelaim^GL, Hesse-Darmstadt County: an unidentified place said by the Walter FSL to be home^UC to a Linker family.  The Walter Research Group suggests that this might be Broenkelheim, which I cannot find in Hessen-Darmstadt, or Breugenshain which is some 12 miles SW of Lauterbach.  The latter is spelled Breungeshain in Meyer’s Orts  and on modern maps, but as Breiningshain in a 1746 map of the Wetterau.

Broenkelheim^GL: see Broenkhelaim.

Broese^FN: said by the Jost FSL to be from^UC Mahndorf, Anhalt-Zerbst. I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Broeske^GL: see Brescky.

Broetzingen^GL, Pforzheim Amt, Baden: is an eastern suburban area of Pforzheim.  Proven to be home to the Schroth family that went to Gueldendorf, Odessa.

Brohl^FN:  see Bruhl.

Brokin? ^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Stolb?, Nassau.  I could not find this man in Mai1798.

Brombach^GL, Heddesheim [Amt], Heidelberg [Oberamt], Baden: is 11 miles ESE of Heddesheim town, and it was proven by the GCRA to be home to the Schmid{Simon, Margaretha, Michael, E.Elisabeth} family that settled in Kassel.

Bromberg^GL, Posen Department, Prussia: now Bydgoszcz, Poland, some 67 miles NE of Poznan city, some 30 miles E of Wirsitz.  It was the government center for the Northern Posen Department of Prussia and is believed by the GCRA to be home^UC to the Eichelberg family that went to Glueckstal; they also found it may have been associated with the Meske family.   See the GCRA book for more details.

Bromskirchen^GL, [Hessen-Darmstadt Langraviate]: was a parish center and  is 9 miles SSW of Medebach town, and said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Bonaker family.

Bronel^GL: see Bronzell.

Bronn^FN: see Bruhn.

Bronzell/Bronel^GL is some 2 miles SSW of Fulda city; said, by the Roethling FSL, to be in or near Fulda, Hessen, and to be home^UC of a Reis family.

Bros^FN: see Bross.

Bross^FN: listed by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#38) and KS:153 with no origin.  Using FHL#1,884,557, the GCRA proved their origin in Kaelberbronn, Freudenstadt [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  See the GCRA book for more.     Also spelled Bros.

Brost^FN: said by the Volmer FSL to be from^UC Burg, Kurmainz.

Brot^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).

Brot^FN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be from^UC Silkerode.

Brotdorf , Kurtrier: is 4 km NE of Metzig town and was the birthplace of Jacoby{M.Magdalena}, 3^rd wife of Asselborn/Aselborn{Nicolaus}.

Brott{J.Conrad}^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Nieder Erlenbach, Hanau [County].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Wr38 and 39.

Brott{Zacharius}^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Luebeck [Bishopric or Imperial City].  Surely died prior to the 1798 Volga censuses.

Brotsmann^FN: see Protzmann.

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

Brotzmann^FN: said by the Kraft FSL to be from^UC Hatz(?), Isenburg.

Brotzmann^FN: also see Protsmann.

Brozel^FN: some family members were in Glueckstal for a time and were said by KS:236 to be from Oberbrueden, Backnang [Amt], Wuerttemberg; this origin was proven by the GCRA using FHL 1,195,547.  Also spelled Bratzel and Brazel.

Brozius^FN: see Proslius.

Brozmann^FN: said possibly to be a Kratz? by the Enders FSL to be from^UC Krenreaus?, Polen. I cannot find this orphan under either family name in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Brsch?, Nuernberg [Imperial City]: an unidentified place said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to Meier{Conrad}.

Bruchbach^FN: see Brauchbacher.

Bruchhausen^GL, Kurpfalz: is 3 miles SW of Heidelberg city, and said by the Keller FSL to be home^UC to a Bracht family, and possibly a Richelhof family.

Bruchkoebel^GL, Hanau: is some 3 miles N of Hanau city, and said by the Kolb FSL to be home^UC to a Pfeifer family.

Bruchmann{Elisabeth}: was living in Luzern in 1798 with no earlier colony indicated (Mai1798:Lz18) and she has not been found in any printed FSL; so she may well represent a Luzern first settler family.  In 1798 she is living as the likely 2^nd wife of Auman{Kaspar}.

Bruchmann: also see Bruckmann and Brueckmann.

Bruchsal^GL, [Baden-Durlach Margraviate]: is some 12 miles NE of Karlsruhe city.  Said by KS125 and gb17 to be home^UC to Deprad/Deprat{Dominikus} who settled in Goebel.  Also see Muenzesheim, Baden.

Bruchsal Amt^GL, Baden[-Durlach Margraviate]: is some 12 miles NE of Karlsruhe city, and was an administrative center. 

Bruchsal^GL, Bavaria(sic?): the only place of this name that I can find is the previous entry

Bruchsal^GL: also see Brushal.

Bruck^GL, Erlangen: was about 1 mile S of Erlangen city, and said by the Lauwe FSL to be home^UC to Lampel family.  Said by a Woehrd ML to be home^UC to both Lampel and his Voitling bride (Mai&Marquardt#790).

Bruckmann?^FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Schelm?, Brandenburg with Neuhaus? stepsons living in the household.  I could not find the Bruckmann family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Bruech^FN: see  Bruek.

Bruecher^FN {Johannes, Jacob}: said by the Frank FSL (fk93a) to be from Rimhorn, Erbach [County].  Gieg1 proved that the emigrant’s father {Johannes} was born in Rimhorn.

Bruechler^FN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:675, 237) with no origin.  Using FHL(488,283), the GCRA proved origin in Elmstein, Landau [Amt], Pflaz and they have reason to believe that the family was in Gellendorf, Kreis Trebnitz, Trachenberg Oberamt near Breslau, Posen Department, South Prussia.   See the GCRA book for more details.

Bruechner^FN: see Bichner.

Bruecken?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Bergmann family, and posibly to a Heinrich family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Dessau.  There were at least 4 Bruecken in the Germanies but none on Anhalt-Dessau Principality soil.  The closest was 51 miles SW of Dessau city, in either Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt County or Kursachsen.

Brueckenau^GL, [Fulda Bishopric]: now called Bad Brueckenau and is some 17 miles SSE of Fulda city.  Said by the Koehler FSL to be home^UC to an Imherr family.

Brueckenau^GL, Fulda [Bishopric]: said by the Koehler FSL to be home^UC to a Macht family, and possibly to a Wisgemann family.  See previous entry.

Brueckenheim, Galicia: an unidentified place the GCRA found associated with a Schmidt family in 1807.

Brueckmann^FN: said by the Koehler FSL to be from^UC Aschaffenburg. ).    The family name was spelled Brickmann in 1798 (Mai1798:Kl77).

Brueckmann^FN: also see Brigmann  and Brickmann.

Brueckner{Eva}:  she married Brandt{Conrad} on18 April 1766 in Buedingen;  no place of origin was given for either the bride or groom (Mai&Marquardt#555).  The Huck FSL #44 said he was  from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned). 

Bruedersohn^FN: said by the Rosenheim FSL to be from^UC Luebeck.  I could not locate them or any descendants in Mai1798.

Bruedersohn^FN: the wife was said by the Rosenheim FSL to be from^UC Stralsund, Schweden.

Bruegemann^FN: see Brickmann.

Bruehl^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Freiburg.  Later may have been spelled Bruhl.

Bruehl, Kurpfalz: is a town 12 km NE of the Speyer city.  There is evidence in the Schuck FSL that in 1765/66 the Speyer Bishopric issued a passport to Russia for to be home^UC to a Wuertz family from^UC Bruehl.   They are listed in the FSL as being from Speyer, Bruehl.  From 1405-1709 Bruehl had been part of a Condomium jointly run by Kurpfalz and the Speyer Bishopric.  In 1709 the Bishop signed a treaty turning the area entirely over to Kurpfalz.  However, in this case it seems that he issued a passport for Russia for a member family of his church even though, by treaty, he had no legal right to do so.

Bruehl^GL, Mannheim [Amt], Baden [Margraviate]: mistakenly said by both the 1858 Neudorf census (#235) and KS:477 to have been home^UC  to the Weber{Heinrich} family.  This is the same place as the previous entry, except 50-90 years later.

Bruehl^GL: also see Bril.

Bruek^FN: said by the Laub FSL to be from^UC Koenigsberg, Darmstadt.  In 1798 it was spelled Brick (Mai1798:Lb2,53).  A Friedberg ML said that this Bruech man from^UC Koenigsberg, Darmstadt, married a Rauh woman from Altenkirchen, (state illegible) in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#304).

Bruen^FN: see von Bruen.

Bruen^GL: said by the Schwed FSL to be home^UC to a Meitner family.  This probably was the Bruen that was in Westphalia Duchy 17 km NW of Siegen city.

Bruening{Christoph}: KS123 says he left Huettengesaess near Hanau for Russia.  I could not find him in any published FSL.

Bruenn^GL: an unidentifed place that was said by the Caesarsfeld FSL to be home^UC to a Kuehn family.  There were at least three Bruenns: two in Bavaria and one in Thueringen.

Bruessel^GL: surely Brussels, Belg. and said by the Mariental FSL to be home^UC to a Becker family.

Brug^FN: said by the 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Takse? of Rosenheim (Mai1798:Fs6), which source mistakenly said she came from Schaefer.

Bruhl^FN: Herr Bruhl was said by the Koehler FSL to be from^UC Danzig, and his frau’s maiden name was given as Kujak (no origin given).  The family name was spelled both Prol (Mai1798:Mv1331) and Brohl (Kl13) in 1798.

Bruhl^FN: also see Bruehl and Brull.

Bruhn^FN{Philipp}: said by the Norka FSL #104 to be from^UC Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned).  For 1793, 1796 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv1983, 2013, Nr127, Kt51, and 52.  Frau Bruhn’s maiden name was given as Heinrich in 1798 (Nr127).  The Buedingen ML said this Bronn man from^UC Kellenbach, Baaden[??], married a Heinrich woman from^UC Ruschberg, Zweybruecken (Mai&Marquardt#702).  KS123 concurs that he was from^UC Kellenbach near Kirn and that she was from Ruschberg near Birkenfeld.

Bruhn^FN: also see Brum(m) and Bruu.

Brull{J.Adam}^FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be from^UC Kammerforst.   For 1798 possibly see Mai1798:Om52?, 57?, 61?.

Brull{Johannes}^FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be from^UC Kammerforst. For 1798 possibly see Mai1798:Sn43, Om12, 22, and possibly Om52?, 57?, 61?.

Brull{Maria}^FN:  said by the 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Boese of Ober-Monjou, now frau Holm (Mai1798:Sf33).

Brull ^FN: also see Bruhl.

Brum(m)/Bruhn/Brun(n){J.Andreas}: Danish records say this Lutheran was from ^UC Schwetzingen, Oberamt Heidelberg, Kurpfalz arriving at Fridericia, Juetland Royal Province in May 1760; he, his wife and child lived in Colony J8 “Friderichshaab”, Amt Coldinghuus until they left for Russia about 1763 (EEE p.364, for more detail see that).  They were recorded in the Schilling 1775 census #19.

Brumbien?^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Metten?.  I could not find this woman in the 1798 censuses.

Brumgard^FN: see Brungardt.

Brummer ^FN: see Brenner.

Brun^FN: see Bruu.

Brun(n)^FN: see Brum(m).

Brun^GL: an unidentified place said by KS124 to be home to Classen{J.Jost} and to be near Wetzlar.

Brunckhorst^FN: said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be from^UC Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg [Imperial City].  In 1798 his wife’s maiden name was given as Wittmann (Mai1798:St3).

Brundorf^GL: Said by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to a Jaeger family and possibly a Wegener/Wagner family.  This might be the Brundorf, now in Lower Saxony, some 12 miles NW of Bremen city center.

Bruneau^FN: said by the Franzosen FSL to be from^UC Batave?, Estines?. The 1834 census said members of this Brineau family had gone to Seelmann, Preuss, and Kamenka.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Fz32.

Bruner/Brunner^FN{A.Margaretha}: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).  The Buedingen ML said she was from^UC Wallbach, Erbach [County] and married on 28 April 1766 Haag{Nicolaus}.

Bruner{Johann}: married Mattiss{M.Margaretha} in Rosslau on 28 May 1765 (Mai&Marquardt#856, KS123.  I could not find this couple in any published FSL.

Bruner^FN: also see Brunner.

Brungard^FN: said by the Seewald FSL to be from^UC Stambach, Zweibruechen.

Brungardt^FN: see Brunhardt.

Brungardt^RN, Darrell: has generously shared confirmation information on both the Artzer and the Dreiss families.  He is also researching many other Catholic families especially those originating in the Palatinate.

Brungard{M.Margaretha}: she married Artzer/Arzer{Philipp Anton} 27 October 1761 in Wiesbach after which several of their children were born in Contwig. She died prior to the Seewald FSL (#33).  For more detail go to http://cvgs.cu-portland.edu/origins/a/artzer_sewald.cfm.

Brungardt^FN{Franz Peter}: said by the Rohleder FSL #8 to be from^UC [Pfalz-]Zweibruechen [Duchy] with a wife from [Kur-]Trier (no locality mentioned in either case).  For 1798 see (Mai1798:Hr8, 13).  Also spelled Brumgard in 1798 (Mai1798:Rl07).  According to a Rosslau ML this man married Mueller{A.Maria} on 28 May 1765 (Mai&Marquardt#851).

Brunhardt^FN: said by the Grimm FSL to be from^UC Friedberg (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Brungardt.

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

Brunn{Elisabeth}: married Geilling{J.Michael} in Luebeck 16 June 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#91).  KS129 said the year was 1765.  I did not find them in any published FSL or in Mai1798.

Brunner^FN: said by the Messer FSL to be from^UC Odenwald? (no locality mentioned). In 1798 the family name was spelled Bruner (Mai1798:Mv1731).

Brunner^FN: also see Bruner.

Brunner^FN{A.Margaretha}: according to the Buedingen ML she was from^UC Wallbach and married Haag {Nicolaus} on 28 April 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#599).  By 1767 this couple was in the Belowescher Kolonien.

Brunner^FN: according to the Woehrd ML a Brunner woman from^UC Deterskirchen, Upper Palatinate, in 1766 married a Keller man; by 1767 this couple was in Krasnoyar (Mai&Marquardt#821).

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

Brunner/Brenner^FN{Georg}:  the Danish records said this man was from^UC Mentzingen(?), Freiherr von Menzinger, Ritterlicher Kanton Kraichgau, Schwäbishcher Ritterkreis and with wife and 2 children arrived at Flensburg, Schleswig Royal Duchy in June 1762; in 1763 {George} married again, this time to the Reimer widow {Johanna Sophia}; they lived at #10 “Ostenfeldts Hof” in Colony F10 “Fridrichsholm”, Amt Flensburg which they left in April 1765 (EEE p.354-365, for more detail see that).  By the time of the Reinwald FSL # {George} had died, his widow had remarried to a Herr Berger (whose given name is illegible in the record) with George’s daughter Brunner{Dorothea} listed as  a step-daughter in the Berger household ( #17 and  17b).   For 1798 see Mai1798:Rw39.

Brunner^FN: said by the Rohleder FSL to be from^UC Muenchen, [Kurbayern].  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Brunner^FN: frau Brunner was said by the Rohleder FSL to be from^UC Mannheim, [Kur-]Pfalz.

Brunner^FN: see also Grunner.

Brunstadt?, Muelhausen: this may have been on Muelhausen Imperial City Lands, or it may have been the modern Brunnstatt, just south of Mulhouse, France.  It was by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be home^UC to the Winzenhausen family.

Bruns^FN: said by the Merkel FSL to be from^UC Vliograd(?), Hamburg.  Later spelled Brunz.

Brunswick^GS: see Braunschweig.

Brunz^FN: see Bruns.

Bruschied, is 24.4 miles NW of Trier and is said by the Seewald FSL to be home^UC to an Altmeier family.

Bruschner[Sus.Christina&Elisabeth}: said by Recruiter Beauregard’s list to have been orphans in the Wens?{Franz} household (Lk109b).  Not found in any FSL and I could not find them or any likely descendant associated with any Volga colony.

Brushal^GL: see Bruchsal.

Brushsal: said by the Herzog FSL to be home to a Frank family.  This surely is Bruchsal.

Bruu^FN: see Bruhn.

Brygidyn^GL: see Brigidau, Galicia.

Bsern^GL: see Braun.

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

Bubenhausen: see Bobenhausen.

Bubenheim?^GL, Kurpfalz: said by the Laub FSL to be home^UC to Heller and Schneider families.  This might be 10 miles SW of Mainz city, or 11 miles W of Worms city.

Buber{A.Elisabeth}: married Mueller{Michael} in Rosslau on 17 August 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#1044, KS123, 146).  I could not find this couple in any published FSL.

Buberg?^GL, Elsass: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to a Franz family.

Buch^FN: a Luebeck ML says this woman married a Holler man in 1765; by 1766 this couple was in Katharinenstadt (Mai&Marquardt#27).  See Bach.

Buch^FN: also see Busch.

Buch^GL: said by the Susannental FSL to be home^UC to a Nenner? family.  There about 60 Buchs in the German-speaking lands.

Buch, Schwaben: said by the Seelmann FSL to be home^UC to a Gretschmann family.  Schwaben often is used in the FSLs to indicate Hapsburgian lands.  At least one of the 60-odd Buchs in the German-speaking lands; was in Hapsburgian lands, 12 km SSW of Ravensburg city.

Buchenau^GL, Darmstadt: is some 21 miles ENE of Alsfeld, Hessen, and said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to Koch families.

Buchen(n)roth/Buchrodt {Peter}: Danish records say this Lutheran from^UC Heidelsheim, Amt Bretten, Kurpfalz arrived in May 1760 in Fridericia, Juetland Royal Province with wife and 3 children; they lived in Colony J9 “Molkenberg”, Amt Coldinghuus and were last registered in Denmark in Dec. 1764.  They arrived at Kronstadt near St. Petersburg in May 1766 and signed a contract for settling in Hirschenhof Colony, Latvia in August (EEE p. 365, for more detail see that).  Kulberg229 said {Peter} was from^UC [Kur-]Pfalz and went with wife and 5 children to Livonia.

Buchenrod^GL:  said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Misler family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Darmstadt.  There were at least two Buchenrod in the Germanies, neither in Hessen-Darmstadt.  The closest was in Fulda Bishopric, 10 miles SW of Fulda city.  Perhaps since Misler was Lutheran, he managed to get travel papers through nearby Protestant Hessen-Darmstadt??

Buchenroth: see Buchrodt.

Buches^GL: see Bueches.

Buchfeld?, [Bamberg Bishoric]: is 23 km SW of Bamberg city and was said by the Recruiter Beauregard’s list to have been home^UC to the Amon{Caspar} family; Kuhlberg said this was in Bamberg (Mai1798:Lk49). 

Buchhammer^FN{J.Konrad}: said by KS123 abnd the Mueller FSL #7 to be from^UC Rainrod, Darmstadt.

Buchholtz^FN: said by the Leitsinger 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Herrenstahler (Mai1798:Sn30).

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

Buchhorn, Lothringen: an unidentified place said by the Hoelzel FSL to be home^UC to a Schmidt{Theodor} family.  Likely W of Saargemuend.

Buchmeier^FN: said (no locality mentioned)  by the Rosenheim FSL to be from^UC Kiel, Holstein[-Gottorp Duchy].  I could not identify them or any descendants in Mai1798.

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

Buchmueller^FN: see Buchmiller.

Buchner^FN{Philipp}: said by the Stumpp version of the Balzer FSL (KS:77) to be from^UC Isenburg, while KS:123 says Buchner was from^UC Offenbach^GL, Dillkreis (in Nassau-Dillenburg Principality, 6 miles SE of Dillenburg town), and that he may have gone to Dehler.  This man is not in the Pleve version of the  Balzer FSL

Buchner^FN{Josef}:  said by the Dehler FSL to be from^UC Camberg, [Kur-]Trier.  Spelled Buechner in 1798 when his wife’s maiden name was given as Langebach?. (Mai1798:Dl11, 20).

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

Buchner ^FN: also see Buechner.

Buchrodt ^FN: see Buchenroth.

Buchs^FN: according to a Luebeck ML this Buchs woman married in 1766 a Kann man; later the couple may have gone to Preuss (Mai&Marquardt#88).

Buchsbaum/Buxbaum^FN{Johannes}: said by the Holstein FSL #38 to be from^UC Spachbruecken, Darmstadt.  According to the Buedingen ML this man from Spachbruecken on 25 April 1766 married Meyer{M.Elisabetha} (Mai&Marquardt#585).  Later spelled Buxbaum.  For more information go to http://cvgs.cu-portland.edu/origins/b/buxbaum_holstein.cfm.

Buchsbaum’s wife: said by the Holstein FSL to be from^UC Reichelsheim, Erbach.

Buchsberger^FN: said by the Kratzke FSL to be from^UC Hueffelsheim/Gifelsheim(?), Kurpfalz.  According to a Luebeck ML, this Bockbarger man married in 1765 a Roszbach woman (no origin given for either); other sources give the name as Rockbarger and Rockbaerger (Mai&Marquardt#15).

Buckenberger ^FN: a family that was in Kassel 1854-1858, proven by the GCRA to be from Boeffingen^GL, Unteriflingen parish, Freudenstadt [Oberamt], Wuerttemberg.

Budgor^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Figlein(?), Orleans, France.  Later it was spelled Buitor.

Budysin/Bautzen^GL, Sachsen: is some 30 miles ENE of Dresden city, and said by the Dietel FSL to be home^UC to a Dietel family.

Bueber^FN: see Bieber.

Bueblingshausen^GL Braunfels: is some 5.6 miles ENE of Braunfels city and is today a Siedlung (suburb) of Wetzlar city, and said by the Kukkus FSL to be home^UC to a Reinhard family.

Buecher^FN: see Buege.

Buechert^FN: see Bickart.

Bueches/Buches, Isenburg[-Buedingen County]: is 2 km W of Buedingen town.  Bonner proved this was where the Weber couple of Balzer (FSL #98) married and where their children were baptized; he also proved that the Volckers/Volkers wife was baptized in Leustadt.  Bonner also proved that the Kaiser/Kayser father and son who settled in Messer (FSL #47, 48) and frau Henkel (nee Kaiser) (#49), a daughter, plus a daughter of the Schlaegel (#53) family, all were baptized here.  He also proved that frau Michel (nee Kaiser) of Moor was baptized here.  Said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to the Weber{Georg} family.

Buechner^FN{Anton}: said by the Bauer FSL to be from^UC Biebelsheim, Kurpfalz.  In 1798 the wife’s maiden name was given as Kaspar (Mai1798:Br42; also see Br1 and Kz17).

Buechner^FN: also see Buchner and Paschner.

Buecking ^FN: see Becking.

Bueckins^FN: see Becking.

Bueden?, Sachsen[?]: said  by the Schaefer FSL to be home^UC to the Stecher? family.   There is a Bueden 14 km E of Magdeburg city.  In 1760s it lay between two small Kursachsen exclaves, but it itself belonged to the Magdeburg Duchy which was owned by Prussia, not Saxony.

Buedesheim^GL, Friedberg Imperial City: John Groh has received proof that his Groh ancestor who first settled in Grimm left from here.  The Buedingen ML says this was home^UC to Cloes{Juliana} who married Schimpff{Conrad} (Mai&Marquardt#692). 

Buedesheim?, Kurpfalz: said by the Seelmann FSL to be home^UC to a Combat family.  The only Buedesheim that I can find which was then in Kurpfalz is Erbes-Buedesheim .7 km W of Alzey.

Buedesheim^GL, Kurtrier: is some 32 miles NNW of Trier city and said by the Mariental FSL to be home^UC to a Pfannenstiel family.

Buedingen, Darmstadt[sic]: said by the Schwed FSL to be home^UC to a Kraemer family.  However, Buedingen was not in Hessen-Darmstadt; it was then the chief city of Isenburg-Buedingen County.  A family chart mistakenly spelled Buedingen as Biedenov.

Buedingen^GL/GS: might refer to the town some 22 miles NE of Frankfurt-am-Main, however the town was the seat of  Isenburg-Buedingen County which also was often refered to simply as Buedingen.  In the 1760’s the town was a gathering point for emigrants to Russia and many of them married in the church there prior to emigration. Peter Zinnkann reporting in writing from the Buedingen Archives in 2005 told Alan Cropper of a Koehler man whose name and age matched that of the immigrant to Balzer had been born in Buedingen, [Isenburg-Buedingen County] on 12.04.1733 to parents who had come there from the village of Calbach, [Isenburg-Buedingen County].  Otherwise, the name Buedingen used alone in the FSLs probably usually refers to the County.  None of the references below mention any other locality.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Doenhof FSL to be home^UC to Kisselmann and perhaps Ruppert families. Said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be home^UC to a Fischer family; Kuhlberg said this was in Darmstadt, which is not so.  Said by the Frank FSL to be home^UC of a Hartung family.  Said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be home^UC to a Geier family that came later than the first settlers (p.137).  Said by the Kamenka FSL to be home^UC to Kaul, Reiss/Reis, and Walter families.  Said by the Kraft FSL 9#42) and KS124 to be home^UC to Daubert{J.Georg}.  Said by the Norka FSL to be home^UC of a Bartel orphan living with the Milling family; Kuhlberg said this place was in Isenburg.   Said by the Buedingen ML to be home to an Eherling man who married a Weber woman in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Norka (Mai&Marquardt#678).  Said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to a Mueller man who married an Weber woman in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Norka; Stumpp says he was from Wenings (Mai&Marquardt#635). Said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be home^UC to a Doerfler family.  Said by the Reinwald FSL to be home^UC to frau Hersteinkorn.  Said  by the Schaefer FSL to be home^UC to the Brandt family.  Said by the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL (#28) to be home^UC of a Klaus family.  Said by the Urbach FSL to be home^UC  to frau Kelhorn.  The Buedingen ML says this was home to a Schleicht woman who married in 1766 a Gies man; by 1767 this couple was in Walter (Mai&Marquardt#513).

Buedingen^GL, Isenburg[-Buedingen County]: Said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be home^UC to a Schmueck man who came here later than the first settlers (p.35).  Said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be home^UC to Goetz, Gross, Reichert, Weber, and perhaps Schmidt families.  Bonner proved this was where Pinecker/Pinneker/Pinnecker of Moor was baptized, where he married his Lutz wife, and where their elder children were baptized.  Same place as the previous entry.

Buege^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Mitau, Kurland.  Later spelled Bieg (Mai1798:Db17).

Buege^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Hilbersheim.

Buege^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Rieben, Mittelmark, Brandenburg with a Bohn wife from^UC Stargardt.

Buehl, Weissenburg [Amt], Elsass: is 8 miles SSE of Weissenburg town, and was proven by the GCRA to be home to a Stroh family that settled in Neudorf.

Buehlertann^GL, see Bilertann.

Buehr^FN: see Bier.

Buehren^GL, Paderborn: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Gruenmeier family.  There is a Bueren, North Rhine Westphalia, some 13 miles SW of Paderborn city.

Buehrer^FN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:673, 237) to be from^UC Biberach, Wuerttemberg. However, using FHL(1,187,139) the GCRA proved origin in Illingen, Vaihingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg. .  See the GCRA book for more details.  Also spelled Burrer, Bierer, and Birer.

Buehringer^FN:  see Behringer.

Buerckbuerkel^FN: according to a Luebeck ML this Buerckbuerkel woman, no origin given, married in 1765 a Steinkohl man; later the couple went to Kratzke (Mai&Marquardt#18).

Bueren^GL: see Buehren.

Buergel^GL, Hessen: see Birkel.

Buering{K.Barbara}: see  Behringer{M.Barbara}.

Buerstadt ^GL, [Kurmainz]:  is 4 miles E of Worms city, and was said by the Caesarsfeld FSL to be home^UC to a Kaiser family.

Bueschel ^FN: said by the Jost FSL to be from^UC Boblau?, Dessau.

Bueschel^FN{Georg Michael}: said by the Jost FSL #67 to be from^UC Bretten, Kurpfalz. According to a Rosslau ML this Boeschel man married on 10 June 1766 Fechinger{Barbara} (Mai&Marquardt#1018, KS122, 127).

Bueser^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Wetzlar.

Bruessel, [Austrian Netherlands]: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be home^UC to a Hasselbauer family.

Buering: married a Neuwart man in Luebeck in 1765; she was in Reinwald (Rw40) in 1798 (Mai&Marquardt#8).

Buerstadt, [Kur-]Mainz: is 6 km E of Worms city and was said by the Schuck FSL to be home^UC to a Gotha/Goette family.  Bierstadt, (Gota) said by the Schuck FSL to be home^UC to a Gota family.

Buetner^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Schleusingen.  Spelled Bitner in 1798 (Mai1798: Ka02).

Buettel{Magdalena}: KS123 says she left^UC Dietershan near Fulda for Russia.  I could not find her in any published FSL.

Buetten^GL, Saarunion [Amt], Zabern [Kreis], Elsass: is some 5.5 miles ENE of Saarunion/Sarre-Union town and was some 3.5 miles NNE of Mackweiler. Proven by the GCRA as origin of the Ahl family that went to Neudorf and then Bergdorf.  Said by the 1816 Glueckstal census to be home to the Sandmeier family; but the GRCA proved that the family came there from Seengen, Aargau [Kanton], Switzerland.

Buettlingen^GL: see Bietlingen.

Buettner ^FN: according to a Luebeck ML this woman from^UC Engen, Switzerland married in 1766 a Rosenberger man who settled in Neidermonjou (Mai&Marquardt#291). Apparently she did not survive the trip to Russia.

Buetz^FN: see Pitz.

Buexhausen^GL: an unidentified place where Essig[Michael} was said to have been resident^UC (EEE p.396).

Bufald^FN: also see Pufald.

Bugert?{Matthias}: said by Recruiter Beauregard’s list to have been from^UC Moessling? (Lk68). Not found in any FSL and I could not find them or any likely descendant associated with any Volga colony.

Bujdakow^VV:  a variant of the Russian name for Schwab^VV.

Bujdakow Buerak^VV:  a variant of the Russian name for Schwab^VV.

Bujdakow Bujerak^VV:  a variant of the Russian name for Schwab^VV.

Bujdakowyj Bujerak^VV:  a variant of the Russian name for Schwab^VV.

Bujerak^VV: a version of the Russian name for Boregard^VV.

Buljkes^GL: see Bulkess.

Bulkes^GL: see Bulkess.

Bulkess ^GL, Batschka, Hungary: aka Bulkesz, Buljkes, Bulkes, Bulkeszi, Keszi, and nka Magli, Serbia, is 16 miles NW of Novi Sad, Serbia, and said to have been where the Bieber{Peter} children were born.  The GCRA also found it associated with Heil and Keller families.  See the GCRA book for detail.

Bulkesz^GL: see Bulkess.

Bulkeszi^GL: see Bulkess.

Bullion^FN: see Boullion.

Bulmann{J.Christoph}: KS123 says he went to Vollmer.  I could not find him in any published FSL.

Bulwitz(?)^GL, Schweden: said by the Holstein FSL to be home^UC to Hartmann and possibly Els? and Sander families.  This might be Ballwitz some 64 miles SW of Rostock; it may then have been part of Swedish Pomerania.

Bumel/Bummel^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Trier (no locality mentioned).

Bummel^FN: see Bumel.

Bundan^FN: see Bontemps.

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

Bupaterpronsk?^GS: an unidentified country; see Kalzhof.

Bupp?^FN: said by the Schuck FSL to be from^UC Lorsch, [Kur-]Mainz.  They surely died prior to the 1798 Volga censuses.

Burbach^FN: Bonner proved that this woman married Herr Jaeckel in Duedelsheim before the couple immigrated to Balzer.  Wagner1 p.83 concured but said Herr Jeckel married Gerlach.

Burbach^FN: said by the Kraft FSL to be from^UC Burbach, Isenburg.

Burbach^FN{Konrad}: see frau Schneider of Messer.  Using parish Huettengesas records Bonner proved that this young man, her brother, living in her household  in Messer FSL (#87a) was baptized in Huettengesas, Isenburg[-Meerholz County]. For more detail go to http://cvgs.cu-portland.edu/origins/b/burbach_messer.cfm. For 1798 see Mai1798:Bz79.

Burbach^FN{Ernst Wilhelm}: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  I could not find this family in  Mai1798.

Burbach ^FN: said by the 1798 Warenburg census to be the maiden name of frau Kraemer{J.Georg}.

Burbach/Bierbach^FN{J.Heinrich}: KS123 says he left Obersotzbach near Gelnhausen to go to Russia.  He probably was listed as Bierbach{Heinrich} who died on the way to the Volga (T546), his survivors then being wife {Anna} and sons {Melchior} age 21, {Johannes} 18, and Lorentz 11 (T547-550).  Except for {Melchior} who is listed as a single man age 21 in Kraft #72 going to Norka in 1768,  they are listed in Norka FSL #185 the widow being listed as {Justina} age 40, sons Johannes 18 and Lorentz 14.. In 1798 the widow {Justina} age 75 and son {Melchior}53 were listed at Mai1798:Nr111 and son {Johannes} 50 at Nr142.

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

Burbach^GL, Darmstadt: an unidentified place said by the Laub FSL to be home^UC to a Blau family.

Burbach^GL, Isenburg: an unidentified place said by the Kraft FSL to be home^UC to a Burbach family.

Burbach, Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Dehler FSL to be home^UC to a Mueller family.  I do not believe there was a Burbach in Kurmainz; there were several Burbach in the Germanies, but none so far as I can find in lands that were Kurmainz.

Burbach^GL, [Kur-]Trier: probably is some 5.5 miles SW of Koeln city, and said by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to a Sturn family, and possibly Sonntag family.  Although there was another Burbach in Pruem Imperial Abbey lands (9 miles SE of Pruem town) which were controlled by Kurtrier.

Burbach^GL, Zabern [Amt], Elsass: is 15 miles NW of Saverne/Zabern city, and using FHL(721,668) proven by the GCRA as home to the Klein{Nikolaus, Peter} family that went to Glueckstal.  See their book for more detail.

Burchard{Ernst Gottfried}: married Zeck(e)lkausch{Magdalena Christina} in Luebeck on 16 October 1765 (Mai&Marquardt#36, KS123).  I could not find this couple in any published FSL.

Burck^FN{A.Margaretha}: from Wolfskehlen, married Amann in 1756 (Gieg1).

Burckhardt^FN: see Burgard.

Burrell ^FN: see  Borrell.

Burg^FN: said by the Bangert FSL to be from^UC Moettau, Nassau-Weilburg.  Spelled Bork in 1798 (Mai1798:Bg21, 22, 1, 5).

Burg^FN: said by the Bauer FSL to be from^UC Welkenbach, Kurpfalz.  May have been spelled Berg in 1798 (Mai1798:Gk55??.

Burg^FN{Nikolaus}: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Hessen.

Burg^GL, Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Volmer FSL to be home to a Brost family.  The Burg in Germany are legion!

Burg{A.Elisabeth}:  KS126 says she was the first wife of  Eckardt{J.Heinrich}, with children born 1742-1748; 2^nd wife was Becker[Elisabeth} from^UC Gonterskirchen near Nidda with children born 1761-63.

Burgard^FN: listed by both the 1816 Kassel census (#25) and KS:238 without origin.  Using FHL#488,153 the GCRA proved origin in Schweigen, Bergzabern [Amt], Rheinpfalz.  See their book for more.  Also spelled Burckhardt, Burkhard, and Burkart.

Burgardt^FN:  said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of frau Hartmann.

Burgardt^FN: said by the Kratzke FSL to be from^UC Berlin, Preussen.

Burgardt^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Schweinsberg. 

Burgardt^FN{Gottlieb}: said by the 1798 Schwed census (Sw18) to have come there from Reinwald but I can not find him in any FSL.

Burgardt ^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Weinbach, Isenburg[sic?].  She probably died prior to the 1798 Volga censuses.

Burgau, [Hapsburgian Lands]: is some 20 miles E of Ulm city.  It was said by the FSLs to belong to Kurbayern … but it was a possession of the Hapsburgs from 1301 to 1806.  Said by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to a Breidel? family. Said by the Leitsinger FSL to be home^UC to a Stadler family.

Burgbracht^GL: is some 8 miles NW of Buedingen city and said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to a Mueller man who in 1766 married an Emmol woman; later the couple went to Kraft (Mai&Marquardt#647).

Burgebrach^GL: said by the Kraft FSL to be home^UC to a Mueller family.  This could be Burgebrach, Bavaria some 9 miles SW of Bamberg, but it is almost surely Burgbracht.

Burgeis^FN: said by the Walter FSL to be from^UC Paulsheim, Plekenberg County.

Burgenon ^FN: see Pourquenoit.

Burger{E.Catharina}: proven as mother  of Pickelhaupt{J.Dietrich} in Gronau, [Kurmainz now Hessen].  Bill Pickelhaupt, using LDS film 1195091, proved that she in Gronau married Bickelhaupt{H.Heinrich} of Ober-Gersprenz on March 1756 one month after Dietrich’s birth; and then married Albert{Johannes} there on 27 May 1766.   She is listed as Albert{Elisabeth} age 30 in Recruiter Beauregard’s (1768?) list of settlers in temporary quarters (Lk112) and her two Pickelhaupt children are listed as Burger step-kids in that household (Lk112a).  She is an Albert (nee Berg sic) widow in Mai1798 (Kd18) when both her Pickelhaupt son (Kd09) and her Pickelhaupt daughter  (Kd17) also are listed in Kind.

Burger^FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be an orphan boy in the Grenzer household.

Burger^FN: this woman from^UC Felde married in Buedingen in 1766 the Lang man who settled in Shcherbakovka (Mai&Marquardt#625).

Burger^FN: said by the Straub FSL to be from^UC Rimbach, Erbach [County].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bd89.

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

Burg Gemuenden^GL, [Hessen-Darmstadt Landgraviate]: is 11 miles SW of Alsfeld, Hessen-Darmstadt and some 16 miles NE of Giessen city.  Said by the Bettinger FSL to be home^UC to a Spitz family. Said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be home^UC to a Krebe family.  Said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Senk? family.  For more see Gemuenden.

Burghardt^FN: said by the Kano FSL to be from^UC Benetsham?.  The wife’s maiden name is given as Taerkauf in 1798 (Mai1798:Sw06).

Burghardt{Georg}: was said by the Recruiter Beauregard’s list (Lk150) to have been from^UC Lauenheim? and to have gone to Luzern in 1768.  Not found in any FSL he likely was among the Luzern first settlers.  In 1770 he moved away from Luzern  (Mai1798:Mv1599).  

Burghardt{Nicolaus}: said by the Recruiter Beauregard’s list (Lk44) to have been from^UC Bamberg [Bishopric] (no locality mentioned) and to have gone to Luzern in 1768; so they likely were Luzern first settlers.  In 1771 the widow moved to Schoenchen (Mai1798:1600, Sn12).

Burghardt ^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Eklavstein?.

Burghardt^FN: said by the Straub FSL to be from^UC Kaulbach?,  Kurpfalz.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sr41.

Burghardt{Darrell}^RN: is an AHSGR member who specializes with much success in finding hard-to-find Catholic GR origins.

Burghausen^GL, Wuerzburg [Bishopric]: is some 18 miles NNE of Wuerzburg city, and said by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to a Werd? family.

Burghofen?^FN: see Burhoven.

Burgholz^FN: said by the Keller FSL to be from^UC Kettenbach, Hesse-Kassel.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Burghuan^GL, Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter: is some 10 miles N of Fulda, Hessen.  See Burkan.

Burghuhn^GL: see Burghuan.

Burginon ^FN: see Pourquenoit.

Burgkunstadt, Bamberg [Bishopric]: is 22 miles NE of Bamberg city, and was said by the Leitsinger FSL to be home^UC to a Friederik/Friedrich family.

Burglengenfeld^GL, Kurpfalz: is 12 miles NNW of Regensburg and was then in the Pfalz-Neuburg Duchy part of Kurpfalz.  It was said by the Graf FSL (gf39 to be home^UC to Leisel{Andreas}.  Said by the Preuss FSL to be home to a Kelber family.  It was said by the Leitsinger FSL to be home^UC to a Nickel family.

Burgno^FN: see Pourquenoit.

Burgschwalbach^GL, [Nassau-Usingen]: said by a Friedberg ML to be home^UC to a woman who married in 1766 a Deiss man from^UC Merenberg, Weilburg (Mai&Marquardt#312).

Burgsinn^GL, [Thuengen]: Said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to a Prunck woman who married in 1766 a Siebenlist man; later that year this couple was in Doenhof (Mai&Marquardt#518).  Said by the Buedingen ML to be home to the Herold woman who married a Gosmann man in 1766; by 1767 this man was in Goebel [with a younger wife] (Mai&Marquardt#519).  Said by the Kraft FSL to be home^UC to Boehm, Felter, Lauterbach and Schmidt families.  In the 1760s, Burgsinn was a Thuengen possession.

Burgstall^GL, Backnang [Amt], Marbach Oberamt, Wuerttemberg: is some 4 miles SE of Marbach-am-Neckar and some 3 miles WSW of Backnang town.  It was home to Bollinger and Halt families that settled in Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia.  Was proven by the GCRA to be home to the Bollinger family that settled in Neudorf.

Burgund^FN: said by the Hildmann FSL to be from^UC Wenzenbach.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Burgwedel^GL, Holstein: is a suburban area on the NE side of Hamburg city, and said by the Bauer FSL to be home^UC to an Anben family.

Burhoven^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Medernach, Luxembourg.   Spelled Burghofen? in 1798 (Mai1798:Bn04).

Burinos?: an unidentified place said by the Recruiter Beauregard list (Lk69) to have been home^UC to the Wellinger{J.Adam} family who may have been  Wittmann first settlers.

Burkan^GL, Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter: said by theWRG version of the Walter FSL to be home^UC to Gize/Gies Seipel, Viz, and Zell families.  The Walter Research Group has found this to be Burghuan, Hessen.  The Pleve version of the FSL said Burghuan.  This is 16 km N of Fulda city and was then in the Fulda Bishopric.

Burkart^FN: see Burgard.

Burkersdorf^GL, Bayreuth: said by the Jost FSL to be home^UC to a Brendel family.  Is some 19 miles NW of Bayreuth city, but if it belonged to Bayreuth it must have been totally surrounded by lands of the Thurnau Barony.

Burkhard^FN: see Burgard and Burkhart.

Burkhards^GL, [Schotten Amt2, Hessen Darmstadt]: is some 3 miles SE of Schotten, and 9 miles ENE of Nidda, Hessen, and said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL possibly to be home^UC to Fischer, Kaiser, Wert/Wuertz/Werth/Wirth families (pp.29, 30, 33, 34).

Burkhart^FN: said by the Walter FSL 9#106) to be from^UC Kerschvelt[Gersfeld]^GL, Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter.  Doris Evans reported the finding of a 1612 Burkhard marriage in Oberhausen[sic for Obernhausen] of Gersfeld parish.  For a bit more information go to http://cvgs.cu-portland.edu/origins/b/burkhardt_walter.cfm.

Burmeister^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Ratzenburg.

Burmeister^FN: said by the Kratzke FSL to be from^UC Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

Burmeister^FN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be from^UC Berlin.

Burmintz? ^GL, Daenmark: an unidentified place said by the Lauwe FSL to be home^UC to a Weissberg family.

Burr^FN: listed in the Bergdorf census with no origin, , the GCRA proved their origin in Affalterbach, Backnang [Amt], Wuerttemberg, using FHL 1,187,151-2. See their book for detail.

Burrer^FN: see Buehrer.

Burtneck^GL, Latvia:  may now be Burtnieki some 67 miles NE of Riga cityand some 6 miles WSW of Rencini. The GCRA found it associated with the Merkel family 1816-1817.

Burtshuetz: see Bartschuetz.

Bus/Buss^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Hungen, Braunfels.

Busch{Jacob}^FN: Danish records say this man of Reformed faith left^UC Kaeferthal, Obetramt Mannheim, Kurpfalz and arrived with wife {Christina} daughter of Bauer{Melchior} at Flensburg, Schleswig Royal Duchy with wife and son in May 1762; they lifed at #2 “Buchwalden” Hof” in Colony F18 “Christianshoehe”, Amt Flensburg and left about April 1765 (EEE p.366, for more detail see that). said by the Balzer FSL #19 to be from^UC Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned) with the orphan Bauer{A.Susanna}.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bz56, 86, Lw1, Sg65.  KS123 has his name as Buesch.

Busch^FN: said by the Bettinger FSL to be from^UC Kiel, and the maiden name of the wife was given as Wilke?.  I could not find this family in  Mai1798es.

Busch^FN: said by the Dehler FSL to be from^UC Berenbach, Kurmainz.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Dl36 and 9.

Busch^FN: said by the Dietel FSL to be from^UC Peterheer(?), Frankfurt-am-Main and step-children in the Batt household.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Ho42 and Fk55.

Busch^FN{Johannes}: Danish records said this son of the Lutheran {Johann Ballthasar} left^UC Amte Gueglingen, Wuerttemberg Duchy and arrived with his parents and siblings at Flensburg, Schleswig Royal Duchy in July 1761; going to Juetland in Nov. 1761; then living in Colony J3 “Friderichsmose”, Amt Silkeborg; lst registered in Denmark in Jan. 1765; father and son are  listed at #73 and #67 in the 1775 Grimm census (EEE pp.366-67).

Busch^FN: said by the Hoelzel FSL to be the maiden name of the wife of Witna and the family name of his mother-in-law who lived in his household.

Busch^FN{Christian}: Danish records say he arrived at Schleswig city, Schleswig Royal Duchy with wife and 3 children in A;pril 1762; they lived at #9 in Colony T4”Sophienthal”, Amt Todern; in 1765 his widow received permission to leave; it may be that a son {Daniel}is found in the church books of Neu-Saratowka bei St. Petersburg (EEE p.366, see that for more detail).

Busch^FN{J.Heinrich}: said by the Laub FSL (#10) to be from^UC Rossdorf, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate].  Using the Familienbuch Rossdorf bei Darmstadt by Christel Franze-Merlau, Brent Mai proved {Heinrich} was born ca.1733; married 1765 in Rossdorf bei Darmstadt to Haeusser{A.Catharina}.  For more detail go to http://cvgs.cu-portland.edu/origins/b/busch_laub.cfm.

Busch{K.Maria Teresia}: the Buedingen ML recorded her 27 June 1766 marriage to Chalitz{Anton}, reported her maiden name as Franck commenting that she came from^UC Sinnburg, Bergen Duchy (Mai&Marquardt#721).  KS124 reported her maiden name as Frandt.

Buschau^FN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be from^UC Kissingen?, Wuerzburg [Bishopric].  I did not locate them or any descendants in Mai1798.

Buschmann^FN: frau Buschmann was said by the Enders FSL to be from^UC Schilbor?, Herrbrass.

Buschmann^FN: said by the Enders FSL to be from^UC Stollberg, Sachsen. I cannot find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Buseck/Biseck/Boeseck/Busek{J.Peter}: Joan Knizek proved he was born in 1716 in Kroeffelbach and died in 1764 in Biskirchen where he married Klepper{K.Margaretha} in 1736.  For more information go to http://cvgs.cu-portland.edu/origins/b/buseck_kukkus.cfm.

Busecker Tal, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: was a geographical area mostly just NE of Giessen city.  It had been an independent Ganerbschaft, but after 400 years of legal dispute it was in 1726 awarded fully to the Landgrave of Hessen-Darmstadt.  It included the localities of Albach, Altenbuseck, Bersrod, Beuren, Burkhardsfelden, Oppenrod, Reiskirchen, Roedgen, as well as Grossenbuseck which kept most of the church records for the area.  The Urbach FSL said (no locality was mentioned) this was home^UC  to frau Enike and to the Goebel, Mengel and Wagner{Philipp} families.

Busecker Tal^GL, Wuerzburg: an unidentified place said by the Goebel FSL to be home^UC to a Veit, and possibly an Unkelbach family.  Wuerzburg here probably is a mistake; this probably is the same place as the previous entry.

Busek^FN: see Busick.

Busenbach^GL, Karlsruhe [Amt], Baden: is 5 miles SE of Karlsruhe city, and was said mistakenly by the Kassel 1816 census to be home to the Bermann/Permann/Perman/Perrmann family that settled in Kassel.

Busendorf^GL: an unidentified place said by the Herzog FSL to be home to an Anthony family.  Said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be home^UC to an Unrein family.  There are 4 places of this name, one each in Germany, France, Austria and Bohemia, but this is likely the one that was in Bamberg Bishopric 12 miles N of Bamberg city.

Busendorf, [Kur-]Bayern[sic]: said by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to a Herel family.  I can find no Busendorf that was in then Kurbayern lands, but there was one in the previous entry. 

Busendorf^GL, Frankreich: is 20 miles WNW of Saarbruecken, and nka Bouzonville.  Said by the Mariental FSL to be home^UC to a Risch widow (who had remarried a Mueller) and her children.  The 1798 Mariental census gives her maiden name as Kessler (Mai1798:Mt80).

Busendorf^GL, Lothringen: is the same as Busendorf, Frankreich.  Said by the Louis FSL to be home^UC to Chandelier, Hein, Hild, and Laurent families as well as to frau Hein.  Said by the Mariental FSL to be home^UC to a Rohr family.

Busick/Busiek^FN{Johannes}: said by K123 and  the Balzer FSL #38 to be from^UC Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned).  Linda Freehling reports that a researcher tells her the family comes from Biskirchen.  But this should be double-checked because the immigrant he promotes is too young to be the one who arrived in Balzer; also Biskirchen was then in the Solms-Braunfels Principality, not in the Kurpfalz.  The maiden name of frau Busick was given as Decker in 1798 (Mai1798:Bz31).

Busick/Busek^FN: listed by the Kukkus FSL under the maiden name (Klapper) of the widowed mother.  For 1792 see Mai1798:Mv1447; for 1798 see Kk28, 38 and Sg6. Hans Busick of Goslar Germany and Joan Knizek, the research done primarily in the Braunfels Archive, proved the 1665 origin of this Busek family in Kroeffelbach, [Solms-Braunfels Principality] moving to Biskirchen, [Solms-]Braunfels [Principality] after 1716 where a son married a Klepper woman and where the Busick children who settled in Kukkus were born.  This origin information was first given the GO Project by Linda Freeling.

Busiek^FN: see Busick.

Buss{Daniel}: KS123 says he left Allendorf near Wetzlar to go to Russia.  I could not find him in any published FSL.

Buss{Elisabeth}^FN: listed as the wife of Weisbrod and the evident widow of Zahn in the 1798 Straub census (Sr40) but I did not find her in any FSL.

Buss{J.Dietrich}: KS123 says he left Lorbach near Buedingen to go to Russia.  I could not find him in any published FSL.

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

Buss^FN: also see Boes and Bus.

Bustert^FN: see Pusterin.

Butherus^FN: this family appears in no published FSL.  In 1798 they are only in Walter with no record of their movement from elsewhere to Walter.  The eldest named male is the deceased father of a 25-year-old son (Wt80), and the second eldest was 45 (Wt37).

Butior^FN: see Budgor.

Butkovka^VV:  a variant of the Russian name for Schwab^VV.

Butler^FN: said by the Kratzke FSL to be from^UC Hamburg.

Butt^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Hessen.  Later spelled Bott (Mai1798:Nr195, Mv1940, Bd53).

Buttenhausen^GL, Muensingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 3.5 miles S of Muensingen city, and proven by the GCRA to be home to the Rauscher family that went to Bergdorf via S. Prussia; see their book for more details.  Said by the 1816 Glueckstal census to be home^UC to Schock.

Buttler^FN{Joachim Friedrich}:  said by the Bettinger FSL #10 to be from^UC Stralsund.  According to KS123 and a Luebeck ML, this man married on 20 June 1766  Hamm{Magdalena Dorothea} (Mai&Marquardt#108).  Spelled Putler and Tumler in 1798 (Mai1798:Ka137).

Butz/Putz ^FN{Andreas}:  Danish records said this Lutheran son of {J.Michael} from^UC Degenfeld County arrived at Fridericisa, Juetland Royal Province in 1760;  and in Dec. 1764 was in Colony J5 “Christiansheede”, Amt Silkeborg (EEE p.367, for more detail see that).  In 1775 he was listed in the Beideck census #74.

Butz/Putz ^FN{Armegast}:  Danish records said this Lutheran son of {J.Michael} from^UC Degenfeld County arrived at Fridericisa, Juetland Royal Province in 1760;  and in Dec. 1764 was in Colony J5 “Christiansheede”, Amt Silkeborg (EEE p.367, for more detail see that).  In 1775 he was listed in the Beideck census #76.

Butz/Putz ^FN{J.Michael}:  Danish records said this Lutheran from^UC Degenfeld County arrived at Fridericisa, Juetland Royal Province in 1760;  and in Dec. 1764 with wife and 7 children was in Colony J5 “Christiansheede”, Amt Silkeborg; he was last registered in Denmark in Jan. 1765 (EEE p.367, for more detail see that).  In 1775 he was listed in the Beideck census #32.

Butz{J.Konrad}: KS123 says he left Hopfgarten near Alsfeld to go to Russia.  I could not find him in any published FSL.

Butzbach, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: is 15 km S of Giessen city, and was said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to a Mattern family.

Buxbaum^FN: see Buchsbaum.

Buxmann^FN: said by the Mueller FSL to be from^UC Reinheim, Darmstadt.  In 1798 the wife's maiden name is given as Schmidt (Mai1798: Ml35).

Buxmann ^FN: said by Luebeck church records to the the maiden name of frau Fischer (Mai&Marquardt #1286); this couple settled in Warenburg.

Buxmann^FN: also see Bachmann.

Buyerak^VV: a version of the Russian name for Boregard^VV.

Updated 10/2012