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Hobach/Hoebach^GL: see Herborn.

Hobeck^GL, [Kur-]Sachsen: is some 17 miles ESE of Magdeburg city, and said by the Jost FSL to be home^UC to a Bamar family.

Hober^FN: said by the Hoelzel FSL to be from^UC Schlockenau,Bamberg [Bishopric].   Probably spelled Obert in 1793 and 1798 (Mai1798:Mv947?, Bn5?)

Hoberg^GL, South Prussia: mispelled Hohberg.

Hobert(?)^GL, Bistum Bruessel: an unidentified place in the Brussels bishopric said by the Dobrinka FSL to be home^UC to a Seiffert family.

Hoch^FN: said by the Louis FSL to be from^UC Bernkastel, Kurtrier.

Hoch^FN: this woman  married a Stecher man in Rosslau in 1765 (Mai&Marquardt #834); by 1767 they were in Schaefer.  The wife was said (no locality mentioned) by the Schaefer FSL to be from^UC Regensburg.

Hoch^FN: also see Hock.

Hochberg^GL: aka Bergfelde.

Hochdorf^GL, Vaihingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: the 1816 Kassel census (#35) mistakenly said this was home^UC to the Mettler{J.Jakob} family.  Following KS:374, the GCRA says the Mettler{Melchior} left here^UC in 1809 going first to Glueckstal and then to Kassel.

Hochhalter^FN: listed by both the 1858 Kassel census (#252) and KS:308 without origin. Using FHL#1,189,091 the GCRA proved their origin in Eppingen, Sinsheim [Amt], Baden.

Hocharst{Gerhard}: KS:82 and nnn say he was from^UC Olenburg and 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.

Hocharst{Konrad}: KS:82 and nnn say this party of 2 from^UC Olenburg 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.

Hochhausen, Darmstadt[sic?]: an unidentified place said by the Urbach FSL to be home^UC  to frau Makroth.  I found 3 Hochhausens in Germany but none in lands which formerly belonged to Hessen-Darmstadt Landgraviate.

Hochst^GL, Umstadt Amt, Breuberg County: see Hoechst.

Hochstadt^GL, Breuburg County, near Erbach: said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be home^UC to a Morasch family.

Hochstaedter^FN: see Akhtshteter.

Hochstetter^FN: see Akhtshteter.

Hochweiler, Pabianice, South Prussia: was SW of Lodz, now Poland. According to the GCRA aka Wyskitten Revier, Poland, was associated with a Haas family in 1803.  Jerry Frank says this is Markowka, 8 km due W of Pabianice, Poland.

Hoch-Weisel?^GL, [Hessen-Darmstadt Landgraviate]:  is 10 km NW of Friedberg city, and was said by Kuhlberg to be in Darmstadt and by the Susannental FSL to be home^UC to Schmidt{Christian}.

Hochweiss^FN: said by the Rohleder FSL to be from^UC Daenesch, Schwarz.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Hr6.  The editor of the published FSL said they were from Danenish Nienhof – no source given for that.

Hock^FN said by the Frank FSL to be from^UC Berching, Hanau.  Doris Evans says this origin is confirmed in research done by Anneliese Micheiwski for Edward F. Wagner: the family name was various spelled: Haak, Hack, Heck and Hoch … the colonist was born in Bergen, Hanau County and the lineage has bee traced back to a Hack born about 1600 from Bleichenbach although most of his children were christened in Bergen parish.

Hock^FN said by the Frank FSL to be from^UC Meiningen, Sachsen.

Hock^FN: the Buedingen ML says a Hock woman from^UC Rimmern, Erbach married a Schaefer man in 1766; the couple later moved to Frank (Mai&Marquardt#602).

Hock^FN{Nikolaus}: said by the Grimm FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Huck. 

Hockerberg^VV (aka Bohn): a Lutheran colony founded in 1767 on the eastern side of the Volga river not far from Hummel.  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.

Possible first settlers families include: Albert{K.Justina frau Hahn}, Hahn{Tileman}

Hockler?: an unidentified country.  See Bogart.

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

Hockwald^FN: see Hegwald.  Hoebach^GL: see Hobach.

Hoechs^FN: this family was in Glueckstal for some years and its origin was proven by GCRA in Pfaeffingen, Tuebingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg using FHL 1,457,485 and 1,485,186. Also spelled Heck, Hecks, and Hoeck.

Hoechst, [Hanau County]: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be home^UC to a Dechaut/Dechant family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Hanau [County].  Same place as the following entry.

Hoechst^GL in der Wetterau: nka Hoechst-an-der-Nidder, is 9 miles NNE of Hanau city.  Said by the Buedingen ML and by another source to be on the Nidde [i.e Nidder] river (Mai&Marquardt#352).  The Buedingen ML says this was home^UC to a Thiel woman who in 1766 married a Schaeffer man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Frank (Mai&Marquardt#352) -- this origin of this Diehl woman has been confirmed.  Said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to the Diehl man married a Zimmer woman  (Mai&Marquardt #709); see Diel of Koehler.  Bonner proved this home to the Hoffman woman who married a Knaus man and was mother to the Knaus who settled in Moor.

Hoechst[-an-der-Nidder], [Hanau County]: is 14 km N of Hanau city centre, and was said by the Schwab FSL, under the name of Hoexster[sic],  to be home^UC to the Will{J.Peter} family.  The Buedingen ML said this man from^UC Hoechst in the Wetterau married in 1766 the widow Ros (Mai&Marquardt#611).  Same place as the preceding entry.

Hoechst-im-Odenwald^GL, Umstadt Amt, Breuberg Condominium: seated some 8.7 miles N of Erbach city, and said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be home^UC to a Lust family, although he spelled Umstadt as Ulmstadt and said it was near Nidda, evidently confusing this place with Hoechst-in-the-Wetterau.  Gieg1 proved this was the birthplace of both Schaefer{Johannes} who married a Hoeck/Heck woman who had been confirmed in Rimhorn, and of  Hoffaerber{Johannes} before they immigrated to Frank.  Also see Ext.

Hoechstedter^FN: see Akhtshteter.

Hoeck^FN: this woman who had been confirmed in Rimhorn married Schaefer{Johannes} prior to their immigrating to Frank (Gieg1).  Also spelled Heck.

Hoeck^FN: also see Hoechs.

Hoefen, Bamberg [Bishopric]: is 12 km N of Bamberg city and was said by the Seelmann FSL to be home^UC to an Erb family.

Hoefen^GL, Neuenbuerg [Amt], Wuerttemberg: an unidentified place thought by the GCRA to be home to Schuh{Johannes} who went to Glueckstal.

Hoefer^FN: see Hoefner.

Hoeffner^FN: see Hoefner.

Hoefner^FN: said by the Hildmann FSL to be from^UC Neckarsulm, [Tuetonic Order].  Spelled Hoeffner in 1798 (Mai1798:Hd40).

Hoefner^FN: said by the Holstein FSL to be from^UC Pomar(?), Preussen.

Hoefner^FN: said by the Husaren FSL to be from^UC Kelheim?, Mannheim.  Spelled Hoefer in 1798 (Mai1798:Hn13).

Hoefner^FN: said by the Kukkus FSL to be from^UC Loehnfeld(?), Kurpfalz.

Hoefner^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Kuelz.  Later spelled Hoeffner (Mai1798:Pf66).

Hoefner^FN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be from^UC Gemuenden, Wuerzburg [Bishopric].    In 1788, 1796 and 1798 spelled Hoeppner (Mai1798:Mv2714, 2715, 2722, Ps58, 48 and Hz6).

Hoegen^GL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to the Uhl family.  There are at least 15 Hoegen in the Germanies.

Hoehenbergheim(?), Hanau: an unidentified place the Walter FSL(#34,35,36) says this was home^UC respectively to Thiel/Diel{J.Heinrich, Asmus, and Christian}.

Hoehfeld: KS:118 said this place was in Hessen and was near the home of Albert{J.Georg}.  I can find no such place.

Hoehn^FN: Curt Renz has found the church records for this Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia, family in Rosenfeld, Sulz Oberamt, Wuerttemberg.

Hoellerbach^GL: see Hollerbach.

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

Hoelzel^FN: said by the Hoelzel FSL to be from^UC Wien, Oesterreich. For 1798 see Mai1798:Hz19.  Pleve said he thought this name had been changed to Keller, but I could find no evidence of that.

Hoelzel^VV: aka Kocetnaja, Kotschetnoje, Kotshetnoye, and Neuendorf, is a German Catholic village on the eastern side of the Volga founded in 1767. Its  FSL is now published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.II, pp. 109-123.  According to this, the first settlers were from the following places with the family names shown here in parens. If a name is in italics it comes from the Kuhlberg lists.  If a family name is shown coming from more than one place, given names in {} brackets follow the family name.  The number after a name is its FSL household number:

from Anspach: (Bender/Beneder??24);

from Audressein?, Frankreich: (Manlinger/Mahlinger38, and possibly Mueller38a);

from Augsburg: (Hegele57);

from Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Lee17);

from Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Korger43a, Loch10a);

from Bernkastel, [Kur-]Trier: (Weiss7);

from Bischdorf, Lothringen: (Hubert/Haubert25);

from Boehmen: (Bertram49);

from Buchhorn, Lothringen: (Schmidt{Theodor}27);

from Dreuschendorf, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Roppelt/Ruppelt/Rumpelt/Ropolt?51);

from Fell, [Kur-]Trier: (Hof{Mathias}/Hoff26, Witna52, and possibly Busch52);

from Freienfels?, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Helmlein/Mehrlein15);

from Frelen?, Luxembourg: (Grosser/Glasser35);

from Frunkenstadt?, Schlesien: (Netger5);

from Geiselwind, Schwarzenberg: (Fichtel13);

from Gelpern?, [Kur-]Trier: (Neu29);

from Gerlinheim?, [Kur-]Trier: (Jaeger/Geger/Geher32);

from Hirshaid, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Rost2);

from Hoelzern?, Wuerttemberg: (Sessler50);

from Kelheim, Kurpfalz: (Brenauer48);

from Kremerew?, [Kur-]Trier: (Pusterin/Bustert31);

from Kurpfalz: (Habetitz41);

from Langdorf?, Lothringen: (Allerborn/Ahlerborn21);

from Lebach?, [Kur-]Trier: (Schaefer30);

from Migeren?, [Kur-]Bayern: (Haag/Hack53);

from Morbach, [Kur-]Trier: (Goebel46);

from Muehlendorf, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Weber11);

from Nassgut?, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Hagen{Heinrich}/Haagen4);

from Neubrunn, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Geritzdorf or Heritzdorf42);

from Neundorf, Kurpfalz: (Klostermeier58);

from Neustadt, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Seelmann/Solmer44);

from Nietheim?, Schwaben: (Hartmann37);

from Nigausdorf?, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Leonhard59);

from Ochsenfurt, Wuerzburg [Bishopric]: (Metz8);

from Ostendorf, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Geringer43);

from Pettstadt, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Baessler/Bessler/Besslert/ Besener/Beuler/Bauser/Boehringer3);

from Portljaes?, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Niesslein10);

from Pustertal, Tirol, Oesterreich: (Stetter55);

from Regensburg: (Gerber/Gerbert45);

from Reichenbach, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Aman19, Lang16);

from Remeling?, Luxembourg: (Bernard/Bergem34);

from Richel?, Kurpfalz: (Holig23);

from Rossdorf, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Popp9);

from Salz, Kurpfalz: (Hof{Philipp}40);

from Schlockenau, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Hober/Obert12);

from Schluesselfeld, Wuerzburg [Bishopric]: (Neubauer47);

from Schulz, Elsass: (Honecker6);

from Schwiztigel?, Luxembourg: (Hippedinger/Hippendinger33);

from Seinsheim?, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Lindner/Lintner28);

from Steinsheim, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Rossner20 and possibly Rassler21a);

from Stetten?, Kurpfalz: (Hermann/Herrmann39 and possibly Fort39a);

from Summern?, Luxembourg: (Pauli54);

from Treunitz, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Ziegemann18);

from [Kur-]Trier: (Redel/Riedel35a);

from Untersteinbach, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Lauchner/Leichner56);

from Wien, Oesterreich: (Hoelzel1);

from Wiesendorf, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Hagen{Johannes}/Haagen14);

from Windsdorf, Lothringen: (Bontemps/Bontag/Bundan36);

from Wochern, Lothringen: (Schmidt{Nikolaus}22).

Hoelzer^FN{Adam}: said by the Norka FSL to be a single man in the Dinges household.  Spelled Helzer in 1798 (Mai1798:Nr20, 16 and possibly 63).

Hoelzer^FN{Johannes}: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Hessen (no locality mentioned).  Probably spelled Helzer in 1798 (Mai1798:Kf56, Nr63, and 100?).

Hoelzer^FN{Johannes}:  said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Hessen (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Helzer in 1798 (Mai1798:Sh41, Dn35, and possibly Nr63 and Kf56?).

Hoelzer^FN{Konrad}: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Hessen (no locality mentioned).  Speller Helzer in 1798 (Mai1798:Nr14 and possibly Nr63, 100 and Kf56?).

Hoelzern?, Wuerttemberg: is 6 miles NE of Heilbronn city, and said by the Hoelzel FSL to be home^UC to a Sessler family.

Hoenigmuth^FN: see Honigmuth.

Hoepfingen^GL, Wuerttemberg: is 11 miles SSW of Wertheim city and may have been the home of the Barth family that ended up in Bergdorf by 1816; see the GCRA book for more detail.

Hoepfner^FN: see Heppner.

Hoepner^FN: see Hoeppner.

Hoeppner^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Nidda, Darmstadt.  According to a Luebeck ML this Hoepner man from^UC Darmstadt married in 1766 a Rau woman (Mai&Marquardt#234).

Hoeppner{Anton}: KS:82 and nnn say this party of 4 was from^UC Elbing and 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.

Hoeppner ^FN: also see Haeppner and  Hoefner.

Hoer{Michael}: KS:82 and nnn say this party of 5  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.

Hoerdt^GL, Germersheim [Amt], Pfalz: is 4 miles SW of Germersheim town, and was said by the 1816 Glueckstal census to be home^UC to the Schwind family.

Hoergenau(?)^GL: Said by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to a Winterholler family.  See Herchenau.

Hoerner^FN{E.Magdalena}: said to be a Lutheran from^UC Leutershausen, Ansbach [Margraviate],  she married  Carl {Franz} 17 June 1766 in Woehrd (Mai&Marquardt#829). They are listed in Schoenchen FSl (#10) and in KS142 and 128.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sn33 and 44.

Hoerner^FN: also see Horner.

Hoerr^FN{J.Georg}: this man left Fraenkisch-Crumbach in 1766 for Russia (Gieg1).  So far I have found no trace of him in Russia.

Hoesler^FN: see Hesler and Hessler.

Hoetsch? ^FN: said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be from^UC Grossleinungen, Mansfeld [County]. I could not find members of this family in  Mai1798.

Hoetzel^FN, see Getzel.

Hoexster[sic]^GL: see Hoechst[-an-der-Nidder].

Hof^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Gellhausen.  That surely is Gelnhausen.

Hof^FN: said by the Frank FSL to be from^UC Langen, Hessen-Darmstadt.

Hof{Mathias}^FN: said by the Hoelzel FSL to be from^UC Fell, [Kur-]Trier.    Spelled Hoff in 1798 (Mai1798:Nk36).

Hof{Philipp}^FN: said by the Hoelzel FSL to be from^UC Salz, Kurpfalz.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Hof^FN: both the 1816 Kassel census (#24) and KS:310 said this family came from^UC Oberschlettenbach, Bergzabern [Amt], Rheinpfalz.  Usin FHL#193,201 the GCRA proved their origin in Vorderweidenthal, Bergzabern [Amt], Rheinpfalz.  Also spelled Hoff.  See the GCRA book for more.

Hof^FN: also see Hoffmann.

Hof^GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Heilmar? family.  There are more than 40 Hofs in the Germanies.

Hof^GL, Bayreuth: is some 28 miles NE of Bayreuth city, and said by the Laub FSL to be home^UC to a Gerwelheim? family, and possibly to an Antor family.

Hof^GL, Wuerttemberg: an unidentified place said by KS:437 to be home to Schuh{Gottlieb} who went to Glueckstal.

Hofen, [Wied-]Runkel [County]: is 4 km N of Runkel town and was said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to Schaefer{Andreas}.

Hofer^FN: the GCRA found a record indicating that this woman, frau Knauer, was born in Neudorf; see their book for detail.

Hofer^FN: Curt Renz has found the church records for this Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia, family in Niederseebach, Weissenburg Kreis, and Ingolsheim, Sulz Oberamt both in Elsass.

Hofer{Peter}^FN: said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#76) and KS:310 (twice) to have come from Niederseebach, Weissenburg [Amt], Elsass.  His wife and children were born in Oberseebach. Using FHL#778,441 and 777,206, the GCRA proved these origins.  Also spelled Hoffer.  See their book for more.

Hofer{Theowald}^FN: see Hafner{Dewald} of Neudorf.

Hofesass/Gofesass^FN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be from^UC Roding.

Hofmann: see Hoffman/Hoffmann.

Hoff^FN: is a single man in the  Mueller FSL but no origin is given.

Hoff ^FN: also see Hof.

Hoffaerber^FN{J.Leonard}: said by the Frank FSL (fk100) to be from^UC Geinsheim(?), Erbach.  Geig1 says Geinsheim probably was a mistake for Hainstadt, Breuberg Condominium.  The Buedingen ML records his 28 April 1766 marriage to Dachs{A.Katarina} (Mai&Marquardt#605).  Geig1 proved he was born in Hoechst-im-Odenwald.  She says the marriage record spells his name Hoffgerber and also says the bride was from Wald-Amorbach.  Also spelled Hofferbert.

Hoffaerber^FN{Johannes}: said by the Frank FSL (fk99) to be from^UC Geinsheim(?), Erbach.  Geig1 proved that this man was born in Hoechst-im-Oldenwald where he married, but then raised his family in Sandbach, Breuberg Condominium, where his Amend wife had lived.

Hoffen, Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Seelmann FSL to be home^UC to a Gaertner family.

Hoffenheim^GL, Sinsheim Amt, Baden: is some 1.4 miles NW of Sinsheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and was home to a Quenzer family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa and to Engelhardt ant Horst families that settled in Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia; Horst in 1822.  Both the 1816 Kassel census (#60) and KS: 341(twice!) mistakenly said this home^UC to the Kraft family that settled Kassel.  See the GCRA book for more.

Hoffer^FN: see Hofer.

Hofferbaer/Hofferbert^FN: this woman from Hoechst-im-Odenwald married the Froelich man who settled in Frank (Gieg1).

Hofferbert ^FN: see Hoffaerber.

Hoffert ^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Zebrik?, Nassau.  I could not find them in Mai1798.

Hofffaerber ^FN: see Hoffaerber.

Hoffgerber: see Hofffaerber.

Hoffman: listed with the Hoffmann folk.

Hoffmann{Valentin}^FN: said by the Balzer FSL to be from^UC Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned).  The maiden name of his wife was given as Bosche in 1798 (Mai1798:Bz49; see Bz53 and 72 for others in this line).

Hoffmann{widow A.Maria and Gertruda}: said by Kuhlberg3153 and the Huck FSL to be from^UC Isenberg (neither the state nor a locality given).

Hoffman^FN: Bonner proved this woman was baptized in Hoechst, [Freidberg Imperial City], married a Knaus man and was mother to the Knaus who was baptized in Diebach, and settled in Moor.

Hoffmann^FN: said by the Rosenheim FSL to be from^UC Stockholm, Schweden.  For 1790 see Mai1798:Mv2474.

Hoffman^FN: this family name was found recorded in marriage records 1762-1767 for three different places: Herborn, Kirburg and Tann; and in Schotten and Haiger parish records for many generations prior to 1767; see Flegel trip.

Hoffsin?: said by the Balzer FSL to be home ^UC  to a Barthuly family.  This might be either Hessen or Essen?

Hofmann/Hoffmann^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  He may be the man a Luebeck ML says married in 1766 a Finck woman, both from Riedesel (Mai&Marquardt#280).

Hofmann/Hoffmann^FN{J. Philipp}: listed in the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:659, 311) without origin. Origin in Mackweiler, Elsass was proven by the GCRA using FHL(771,146 and 778,355); they also found evidence that the family was in Hilsbach (now Czarny Las, Poland) S. Prussia for a time on its way to Russia.  See their book for more detail.

Hofmann/Hoffmann^FN{Matthias}: was in Bergdorf but was not the man listed in the 1816 census; said by KS:311 to be from Scheppach, Weinsbach [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  The GCRA, using FHL 1,346,109 verified his origin. This same man was erroneously said by KS:311 to have been in Bergdorf. See the GCRA book for detail.

Hoffmann^FN: said by the Bettinger FSL to be from^UC Auschenburg(?).  For 1772 see Mai1798:Mv247.  The maiden name of the wife was given as Mauer in 1798 (Bb33).

Hoffmann ^FN{Martin}: said by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Borg with a Wagner stepdaughter in the household.

Hoffmann^FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Zoller?.

Hoffmann^FN: said by the Dehler FSL to be from^UC Spelcher, [Kur-]Trier.

Hoffmann^FN{Michael}: said by the Dietel FSL to be from^UC Linz(?), Darmstadt.  For 1790 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv407, Dt72, Kt21).

Hoffmann^FN{Philipp}: said by the Stumpp supplement to the Dietel FSL to be from^UC Waltenberg County (no locality indicated).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Dt13.

Hoffmann^FN said by the Frank FSL to be from^UC Eckarsbrun, Hessen-Darmstadt.

Hoffmann^FN{J.Heinrich}: said by the Frank FSL to be from^UC Langebranich(?), Erbach. However, Gieg1 proved he married in Michelstadt and lived in Langenbrombach, Breuberg Condominium, prior to immigrating to Frank.

Hoffmann^FN: said by the Galka FSL to be from^UC Lovis?.

Hoffmann^FN: according to the Goebel FSL and to the 1798 Goebel census (Mai1798:Gb52), this was the maiden name of Schmidt (from^UC Ebensfeld, Bamberg)’s wife.

Hoffmann^FN: according to both the 1798 census (Mai1798:Gb24) and the Goebel FSL this was the maiden name of Gottfried (from^UC Kaisersbach, Kurmainz)’s wife.  Apparently this was a 2^nd marriage for him.

Hoffmann^FN {widow Anna mnu}: said by Kuhlberg3153 and the Huck FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

Hoffmann^FN: said by the Jost FSL to be from^UC Hirschberg?, Schleisien.

Hoffmann^FN: said by the Jost FSL to be from^UC Meckenburg-Schwerin.

Hoffmann^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Maehren.

Hoffmann^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Reichenbach, Schlesien.

Hoffmann^FN: said by the Keller FSL to be from^UC Allendorf, Kurmainz, with a Knapp orphan girl in the household.  Spelled both Hof and Hoffmann in 1798 (Mai1798:Nk36, Mv1882).

Hoffmann^FN:  said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of frau Ulrich.

Hoffmann^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Giessen(?), Darmstadt.

Hoffmann^FN: said by the Leichtling FSL to be from^UC Neustadt (no locality mentioned).

Hoffmann^FN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be from^UC Kuebelstein, Bamberg [Bishopric]. A Rosslau ML says a  Sapper married a Hoffmann woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#1033); by 1767 this couple was in Leitsinger.

Hoffmann^FN: said by the Merkel FSL to be from^UC Poland (no locality mentioned).

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

Hoffmann^FN: said by the Mueller FSL to be from^UC Zell.  

Hoffmann^FN:  said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  For 1796 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2014, Nr132, 72, 120 and Gm42).

Hoffmann^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Hirschfeld.

Hoffmann {JohannesJr}^FN: said by the Rohleder FSL to be from^UC Blies/Blieskastel, [von der Leyen County].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Rl8, 12, 25, 28, Gf6.

Hoffmann {JohannesSr}^FN: said by the Rohleder FSL to be from^UC Blies/Blieskastel, [von der Leyen County].

Hoffmann^FN:the wife was said by the Rosenheim FSL to be from^UC Gomdeckernorch?, Wuerettemberg [Duchy].

Hoffmann^FN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be from^UC Pekach?, Wuerzburg [Bishopric].  For 1795 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2121, Bn40, Sm16, 3 and 28.

Hoffmann{J.Heinrich}^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Niederdorfelden, Nassau.  For 1796 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv3000,Kr15.

Hoffmann{Philipp}^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Niederhausen, [Pfalz-]Zweibruecken [Duchy].  Surely they had died prior to the 1798 Volga censuses.

Hoffmann{Franz}: KS:82 and nnn say he was from^UC (Kunitz ??), Mechlenburg and 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.

Hoffmann{Margarete}: married in Rosslau on 30 June 1766 Beintrog{Anton}.  I could not find them in any published FSL.

Hoffmann^FN: also see Ofman.

Hoffmeister^FN: Sherri Stahl has found the marriage records of a Goettmann man from Reichelsheim and a Hoffmeister woman from Nieder-Kinzig, Erbach, a first settler family in Frank.

Hoffnungstal^BV, Bessarabia: a Lutheran German village founded in 1842-48 mostly by settlers who had lived elsewhere in south Russia prior to coming to Hoffnungstal.  For a thorough history see http://www.odessa3.org/collections/history/link/hoffbess.txt and Stumpp, The Emigration…, pp.85-86.  Stumpp, pp.523-24 provides with no sources indicated an undated list of 55 households with some unverified origins information.  Curt Renz, AHSGR village coordinator for Hoffungstal, working in collaboration with Gwen Pritzkau, has spent over 20 years verifying their actual origins.  They have personally found in German church records the births for some 39 Hoffungstal family names which Curt now shares with us.  The family names follow.  Their origins are shown in separate entries for each family name elsewhere in this index.  Each of those separate entires gives both the village and the parish of origin:Aichele/Aickele, Aippersbach/Aipperspach, Aldinger, Bauer, Beck, Bollinger, Ehret, Eider, Eisenbeiss, Engelhardt, Goetz, Goll, Graf, Halt, Henke/Hinke, Hoehn, Hofer, Horst, Kaepple, Laemmle, Naass/Naasz, Obenauer, Pfitzer, Reinhardt, Reiser, Rieger, Rieker/Riecker, Schaible, Schlepp, Schnaible, Schott, Schweigert, Seebold, Simon, Singer, Wagenmann, Wahl, Weisshaar, Wenzel, and Wiederrich.

Hoffsin?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Balzer FSL #1 to be home^UC to the Barthuly{Balzer} family. This may be a misspelling of Essen.

Hoffstaedten/Hofstaedten^GL: is some 10 miles NNE of Aschaffenburg, and said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to the deceased husband of the Weber widow who married a Schuettler man in 1766; by 1767 the couple was in Kraft; Stumpp says it was near Aschaffenburg (Mai&Marquardt#688).

Hoffstetter^FN:  the Reinwald FSL said this widowed father-in-law of  Nor? was from^UC  Heilbronn [Imperial City]  (no locality mentioned). 

Hofgeismar, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate]: is 12 miles NNW of Kassel city, and was said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to home^UC to a Hose/Gose family, and possibly to an Erchardt family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Hessen.

Hofheim^GL, [Kurpfalz?]: is some 2.5 miles NE of Worms.  This was the home of the Urich family that went to Dietel.  Said by EEE p. 340 (see it for more detail) to also be home ^UC to Barthold/Barthuly,{Baltzer/Balthasar  who settled in Balzer FSL #1.  Said by the Rothammel FSL to be home^UC to a Rupp family and perhaps to a Hermann family as well.  Said by the Seewald FSL to be home^UC to Sauer and Schwab families.

Hofheim-am-Taurnus^GL: see Alt Hofheim.

Hofheim-bei-Worms, Kurpfalz: see Hofheim, Kurpfalz.

Hofheim-in-Unterfranken^GL: see Hofheim, Wuerzburg.

Hofheim^GL, Wuerzburg: said by the Mariental FSL to be home^UC to a Bender family.  Hofheim-in-Unterfranken is some 34 miles NE of Wuerzburg city.

Hofmann^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Gruenberg, Darmstadt.

Hofmann^FN: see Hoffmann.

Hofmeister^FN: said by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:659) to have been from^UC Bondorf, Boeblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  KS:312 said this family was from^UC Braunschweigueber Neu-Verbas, Ungarn.  The GCRA using FHL(1,055,978) has proven them to be from^UC Fellbach, like the Aldinger family into which a Hofmeister married, and to have come to Bergdorf via S. Prussia, not Hungary.

Hofstaedten^GL: see Hoffstaedten and possibly Hofstetten.

Hofstaetter^FN: said by the Herzog FSL to be from^UC Regensburg.  Later spelled Hofstetter (Mai1798:Hr4).

Hofstetten^GL: said by the Shcherbakovka FSL to be home^UC to the  Schaefer{Andreas} family.  There were at least 19 Hofstettens in the Germanies, plus Hoefstettens and Hoefstattens.

Hofstetten^GL: also see Hoffstaedten.

Hofstetter^FN{Katharina}: said by the 1798 Reinwald census to be the maiden name of frau Gorr{Gottlieb} (Mai1798:Rw30).  The Reinwald FSL (#34) said she was from Heilbronn.  See Hoffstetter and  Nor?.

Hofstetter^FN: see Hofstaetter.

Hofwald aka frau Peter Hofer^FN: using FHL#777,206, the GCRA proved her maiden name and her origin in Oberseebach, Weissenburg [Amt], Elsass.  See the GCRA book for more.

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

Hogen?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Grenlich?{J.Wilhelm} family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Pommern.  There were seveal Hogen and Hoegens in the Germanies, but none that I can find in Pommern lands.

Hohberg, South Prussia: aka Bergfelde.

Hohenacker^GL, Waiblingen Oberamt, Wuerttemberg: is some 2 miles N of Waiblingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and was home to a Weisshaar family that settled in Hoffnungstal leaving home in 1800.

Hohenaecker^FN: see Hohnecker.

Hohenbergheim, Hanau: an unidentified place said by the Pleve version of the Walter FSL (#35, 34, 36) to be home to Diel{J.Heinrich, Asmus, and Christian}.  This may have been in or near Heckenbergheim, Stolberg-Gedern County, which country was administered by Hanau until 1742.

Hohenberger{Catharina E.}: of^UC Niederkirchen married Foos{J.Jacob} in 1749 in Heimkirchen.  Six of their children were first settlers in Dietel (FSL #19a and 29).

Hohenburg^GL: an unidentified place said by the Mariental FSL to be home^UC to Gerhauser and Meier families.  There are at least four Hohenburg in Germany and Austria.

Hohenfelser ^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Dessau.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Hohenfriedeberg^GL, Schlesien: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home ^UC to a Klaus family.  This place seems now to be Dobromierz, Poland.

Hohenlohe^GS Principality and County: one of the Hohenlohe Counts was seated at Oehringen with lands surrounding that city and extending NE to beyond Kuenzelsau and well beyond Langenburg. Said by the Balzer FSL to be home^UC to a Tehele/Tebele family and home to a Volz/Voltz family.   Said (no locality mentioned) by the Doenhof FSL to be home^UC to a Frank family.

Hohenlochschen: an unidentified place said by Gerhard Lang to be home^UC to Debele{Ludwig} a Balzer first settler (bz14). See Hohenlohe

Hohenlohe: an unidentified place said by the FSL (bz14) to be home^UC to Debele{Ludwig} a Balzer first settler.  This might be the Hohenlohe which was in 13 km ESE of Aalen city or it might refer to Hohenlohe County.  Also see Hohenlochschen.

Hohen-Pritz^GL/GS: an unidentified place said  by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to Sorgenfrey and possibly Siebert? families.  This probably was the town some 20 miles E of Schwerin city.

Hohensall^GL : see Hohensalza.

Hohensalza?: an unidentified place said by the Susannental FSL to be home^UC to a Truempler family, and possibly to Kraemer{G.Philipp}. See the next entry, but there also was a Hohensuelzer, a Hohensall, and four Hohenzells in the German-speaking lands.

Hohensalza, Posen Department, South Prussia: nka Inowroclaw, Poland; it was 23 miles SE of Bromberg, and 61 miles NE of Posen, and the GCRA says that the Leicht and Reich families that went to South Russia, were associated with it.  They also suggest it was aka Wielkie Jeziorke which seems to be an entirely different place.

Hohensiedel^GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Steinwasser family.  There is a Hohenseefeld, Querfurt Principality, Kursachsen, some 42 miles S of Berlin.

HohenSolms^GS: said by a Friedberg ML to be home^UC (no locality mentioned) to a Nild woman who in 1766 married a Bauer man (Mai&Marquardt#338).  By 1767 this couple was in the Belowescher Kolonien.  Also see see Solms-Hohensolms.

Hohenstaufen^GL, Goeppingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 3 miles NE of Goeppingen city, and was proven by the GCRA as home to the Glockenhan woman who was frau Spaeth in Glueckstal.

Hohenstein^GL, Besigheim [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 2.5 miles NW of Besigheim town, and said by KS:351 to have been home^UC to the Laetterle family it said left for^UC Glueckstal.

Hohen-Suelzen^GL , Leningen County: 6 km NNE of Gruenstadt.  See Hohensalza.

Hohenwestedt: see Hohenwestein.

Hohenwestein, [Schleswig-]Holstein [Royal Duchy]: said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be home^UC to the Stahl family and perhaps to the orphan, Mueller{Samuel}.  This probably was Hohenwestedt, 38 km SW of Kiel city.

Hohenwettersbach, Baden-Durlach [Margraviate]: was just S of Karlsruhe city (capital of Baden-Durlach Margraviate) and is now a southern neighborhood of that city.  One of the Derrillion children was born here.

Hohenzell?:  see Krossau.

Hohenzell^GL : also see Hohensalza.

Hohenzollern Principality^GS: held lands surrounding its seat at Sigmaringen which lay 28 miles S of Reutlingen city.  In addition there was a fairly narrow strip of land stretching WNW from Mariaberg Barony (13 miles N of Sigmaringen), through Hechingen town, allthe way to the Neckar river just SW of Horb-am-Neckar.

Hoher^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Dessau (no locality mentioned).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Hohl^FN{J.Georg}: said by the Bauer FSL to be from^UC Degerlet(?), Wittenberg. I could not find him in  Mai1798. 

Hohl^FN{Max}: said by the Bauer FSL to be from^UC Winterburg, Kurpfalz.  Spelled Gol in 1798 (Mai1798:Br32 and Dt51).

Hohl/Gol^FN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be from^UC Schlierbach.

Hohlmann^FN: said by the 1798 Norka census to be the maiden name of frau Wertz (Mai1798:Nr174).

Hohlmann^FN: said by the Volmer FSL to be from^UC Heilbronn.  At least one record spells it Almen.

Hohloch^FN: see Holloch.

Hohmann^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Hessen (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Ko22.

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

Hohmut^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Niederrissigheim?.  I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

Hohn?^GL: said by the Jost FSL to be home^UC to a Schroeder family.  This may be some 13 miles NE of Hammelburg and then in the Wuerzburg Bishopric.

Hohn-am-Berg(?)^GL: is some 26 miles E of Wuerzburg, Bavaria, some ¼ mile W of Aschbach and said by the Holstein FSL to be home^UC to a Kraus family.  It was in an area where there was a jumble of small states.

Hohndorf ^FN: see Gondorf.

Hohnecker^FN: he was for a time in Glueckstal.  The GCRA proved he was not from Neipperg, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg, but could not find his roots;  see their book for more detail.  Also spelled Hohenaecker.

Hohnstedt^GL, [Goettingen Principality]: is some 15 miles N of Goettingen city, and said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Nackel? family.

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

Hohnstein{Adam, Johannes,Nicolaus}^FN: three families said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  In 1798 the maiden name of frau {Nicolaus} was given as Erbold (Mai1798:Nr74) and that of frau {Johannes} was given as Karl (Nr25).  The Buedingen church records said in 1766 a daughter was born to {Nicolaus} who was from^UC Wiedermus (Mai&Marquardt#1207).  A Luebeck ML says that {Johannes} married a Reichert woman in 1766 [by 1798 he is said to be married to a Karl] (Mai&Marquardt#1199).  Bonner proved that two of these men {Adam} & {Nicolaus} were baptized and married in Eckartshausen, Isenburg[-Marienborn County], and that the third {Johannes} was baptized in Vonhausen, Isenburg[-Buedingen County]; {Adam} married a Kraft and {Nicolaus} married a Siebold from^UC Vonhausen.  Lyle and Diane Honstein have visited the castle at Ronneburg where they believe the actual Hohnstein-Krafft marriage ceremony took place.  For {Adam} family members in 1798 see Mai1798: Nr217, 218, 203, 26, 152, 13 and perhaps Nr76 and Ko18?.  For {Johannes} family members in 1798 see Nr25 and possibly 76, 160, 67 and Ko18?.  For {Nicolaus} family members in 1798 see Nr74, 141 and possibly 67, 160, 76 and Ko18?

Hohnstein{Katharina}^FN: said by the 1798 Norka census to be the maiden name of frau Preuss (Mai1798:Nr137).

Hohnstein County^GS: this was a relatively small county situated on both banks of the Wipper river to the W and NW of Nordhausen city.

Hohweiler^FN{Johannes}: in 1798 he was at #29 in Stephan; according to his father’s 1773 passport he, his parents and brother were from Hailer, Isenburg-Meerholz County, and his mother’s maiden name was Stroh.

Holde^FN: see Golde.

Holdorf^FN: see Goldorf.

Holgart^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Lembach, Darmstadt.  In 1798 the family name was spelled Voelkart (Mai1798:Nb38).  Also see Vollert of Paulskaya.

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

Hollabrunn?, Oesterreich: is 43 km NW of Vienna city and was said by the Rosenheim FSL to be home^UC to the Walter{Wilhelm} family. 

Holland^FN: said by the Messer FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned). In 1798 the family name was spelled Holland (Mai1798:Ms57).

Holland^FN: the Messer FSL census indicates that this was the likely maiden name of frau Zieg (Mai1798:Ms76).

Holland^GS: a country which gained its independence from Spain in 1579.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a van der Manen family.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to the Carbon man who later moved to Norka (Mai&Marquardt#472).

Hollbach^GL: an unidentified place said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be near Hanau, and home^UC to a Stapper family (pp.31, 34).  There is aa Horbach some 10 miles E of Hanau city.

Hollbach^GL, Mosel District, Lorraine: an unidentified place said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be home^UC to a Streif man who came here in 1812 as a prisoner of war (p.35).

Hollbeck?^FN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be from^UC Lueneburg.

Holler^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Bayreuth [Margraviate] (no locality mentioned).  In 1798 the name was spelled Koehler and the wife’s maiden name was given as Gruen (Mai1798:Nr77).

Holler^FN: also see Holtner.

Hollerbach^GL, Erbach: said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to a Haag man who in 1766 married a Brunner woman (Mai&Marquardt#599).  By 1767 this couple was in the Belowescher Kolonien.  There is a Hoellerbach some 9 miles NW of Erbach city, but likely was in Kurpfalz, not Erbach County.  Surely the same place as the next entry.

Hollerbach, [Kurpfalz]: 3 miles NE of Fraenkisch-Crumbach, was the birthplace of the Eidenmueller woman who married a Becker and settled in Bauer (Gieg1).

Hollerbach: also spelled Hoellerbach.

Holloch{Ludwig}^FN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:677) with no origin, But KS:312 has him as Hohloch from Reutlingen, Wuerttemberg.  Using FHL(1,569,075 and 1,569,082), the GCRA proved this origin. See the GCRA book for more details.

Holloch{Konrad}^FN: listed by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#1) and KS:312 without origin. Using FHL#1,569,075, the GCRA proved their origin in Reutlingen, Reutlingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  See the GCRA book for more.  Also spelled Hohloch.

Hollstein/Holstein^FN: said by both Pleve and Stumpp versions of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be from^UC Erbach (now in the state of Hessen);

Hollweger^FN: listed in the Bergdorf 1858 census (KS:665) without origin, but KS:312 says their origin was Leidringen, Balingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  This was proven by the GCRA using FHL(1,732,297).  See the GCRA book for more details.  Also spelled Holweger and Holwegner.

Holm^FN: said by the Schaefer FSL to be from^UC Nienburg?, [Hoya County], Hannover [aka Kurbraunsweig].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2532,Sf33,28 and Rh20).

Holm^FN: the wife and her brother whose family name was not given were said by the Schaefer FSL to be from^UC Homburg.

Holmdrup^GL, Daenemark: is some 57 miles NNE of Kiel, and said by the Dinkel FSL to be home^UC to a Friedrichsen family.

Holstein^FN{Herman}: not listed in Kulberg.  Said by the Kano FSL (#52) to be from^UC Muelhausen.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Holstein^FN{Jacob}: said by the Galka FSL (#16) to be from^UC Setzingen, [Ulm Imperial City].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Gk4, 39.

Holstein/Hollstein{J.Adam}: said by Kulberg5214 and by by the Jagonaya Poljana FSL (#44)to be from^UC Erbach.  Said by Kromm version of this FSL to be be from^UC Hetzbach, Breuberg [Condominium], sic. Hetzbach was not in Breuberg but was in Erbach County.

Holstein{Johannes}: a mistake in Kulberg6467 for Hohnstein{Johann}, which see.

Holstein^FN: also see VonHolstein and Hollstein.

Holstein^GL: said by Kulberg to be home^UC to the these families: Eriksen243, Maurer142(reformed).  Said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to the orphan Metzger{Peter].  No locality is mentioned in these references and “Holstein” could be either the Holstein Condo or either of two Duchies mentoned in the next entries.

Holstein [Condo]: lands jointly administered by the Schleswig-Holstein Danish Royal Duchy and Holstein-Gottorp Duchy.  These were scattered, sometimes disputed holdings which mostly lay SE of a line from Kiel to the mouth of the Elbe river.

Holstein [Duchies]^GS, apparently there were two Holstein duchies in the 1760’s: 1) the Schleswig-Holstein Royal Duchy belonging to the Kingdom of Denmark, and 2) the independent Holstein-Gottorp Duchy.  Their lands all lay S of the Elder and N of the Elbe Rivers, N of Hamburg city, and W and N of Luebeck city.  Their possessions were interspersed and jurisdictions were often contested and ill-defined.  I have found no way to distinguish between them in the Volga FSL.  The following references included no mention of a locality.  Said by the Bauer FSL to be home^UC to a Mueller family. Said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to the Monz/Mons family.  Said by the Dinkel FSL to be home^UC to Elenberger and Nicolausen families.  Said by the Doenhof FSL to be home^UC to a Erksin family.  Said by the Grimm FSL to be home^UC to Marquart and possibly a Hessenbeie? family. Said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Rotenburg family.  See also Schleswig-Holstein.

Holstein [Condo]: lands jointly administered by the Schleswig-Holstein Danish Royal Duchy and Holstein-Gottorp Duchy.  These were scattered, sometimes disputed holdings which mostly lay SE of a line from Kiel to the mouth of the Elbe river.

Holstein [Duchies]^GS, apparently there were two Holstein duchies in the 1760’s: 1) the Schleswig-Holstein Royal Duchy belonging to the Kingdom of Denmark, and 2) the independent Holstein-Gottorp Duchy.  Their lands all lay S of the Elder and N of the Elbe Rivers, N of Hamburg city, and W and N of Luebeck city.  Their possessions were interspersed and jurisdictions were often contested and ill-defined.  I have found no way to distinguish between them in the Volga FSL.  The following references included no mention of a locality.  Said by the Bauer FSL to be home^UC to a Mueller family. Said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to the Monz/Mons family.  Said by the Dinkel FSL to be home^UC to Elenberger and Nicolausen families.  Said by the Doenhof FSL to be home^UC to a Erksin family.  Said by the Grimm FSL to be home^UC to Marquart and possibly a Hessenbeie? family. Said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Rotenburg family.  See also Schleswig-Holstein.

Holstein^VV (aka Goldstein, Verchnaja Kulalinka Holstein^VV (aka Goldstein, Verchnaja Kulalinka, Verkhnaya Kulalinka, Werchnaja Kulalinka) is a Lutheran German village on the western side of the Volga.  Its  FSL is now published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.II, pp. 125-137.  According to this, the first settlers were from the following places with the family names shown here in parens. Verified corrections are in red.  The number with the name is their household number in the FSL:

from Beeskow(?): (Ruf32);

from Bergen: (Kuxhausen1);

from Bielefeld: (Hiltermann4, 15);

from Bietlingen(?): (Peil44);

from Braunschweig: (Stehlfeld9);

from Dergin(?): (Merine?26);

from Digouste(?): (Asmus16);

from Dreihof(?): (Winick/Winicke/Winik11);

from Ehringshausen, Darmstadt: (Beitz39);

from Eutin: (Jung25);

from Fegiandrintza(?): (Breiniger17);

from Frohburg, Sachsen: (Kerbs14);

from Gi?pro(?): (Linde5 and possibly Geinitz5);

from Hohn-am-Berg(?): (Kraus28);

from Iven(?), Pommern(?): (Brickmann22);

from Karlsruhe: (Jauck18);

from Karze(?), (Jauck20);

from Kobern(?): (Dangelin?10);

from Kretz, Sachsen: (Melzer13);

from Langenstein, Sachsen: (Meder43);

from Meimersdorf: (Koeln21);

from Meinzing(?): (Pfeiler12);

from Memelsdorf(?), Holstein: (Schmiese23, Schwin24);

from Miam(?): (Asselmann6);

from Necken(?): (Martens3);

from Nelzinei(?), Darmstadt: (Wittmann35);

from Neubau: (Kast?27);

from Neulise(?): (Knaus29);

from Oberlind(?): (Heider?30);

from Pomar(?), Preussen: (Hoefner7);

from Preussisch Holland(?), Preussen: (Simon31);

from Raibach, Darmstadt: (Borger34, Deisner8, Grenz36, Reichert33);

from Reichelsheim, Erbach: (Buchsbaum wife38);

from Rendsburg, Holstein: (Voegler/Vogler2);

from Spachbruecken, Darmstadt: (Buchsbaum38, Mai40, 41, 42);

from Treptow: (Pomerinke45);

from Wendtorf(?), Holstein: (Stamor?19).

Holstein-Gottorp Duchy^GS: see Holstein Duchies.

[Schleswig-]Holstein [Royal] Duchy^GS: see Holstein Duchies.

Holt/Gold?^FN: this widow is said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to have married Winkelmann in Oranienbaum, but no origin is given for her.

Holter^FN: see Holtner.

Holtmann^FN: see Goldmann.

Holtner^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Magdeburg with a Bach wife from^UC Eisenach.  A Luebeck ML says this Holler man married a Buch woman in 1765 (Mai&Marquardt#27).  Later the name was spelled Golter or Holter (Mai1798:Mv1169).

Holtz: see Holz.

Holtzer^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Pressburg, Ungarn.

Holtzhausen^GL, Kur Trier: an unidentified place said by the Preuss FSL to be home to a Matz family.  There are many localities of this or similar names in Germany, but seemingly none in the Rhineland-Palatinate.

Holtzmann ^FN: see Holzmann.

Holtzmeister^FN: see Holzmeister.

Holveland(?)^GL, Holland: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Janssen family.

Holvingen, Forbach [Kreis], Lothringen-Elsass: is 13 miles SSE of Forbach town, and was proven by the GCRA to be home to the Rohrbach family that settled in Neudorf.

Holwegner^FN: see Hollweger.

Holy Roman Empire^GS, may mean Austria in this context.

Holz^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Zerbst (no locality mentioned).   Spelled Holtz in 1771 and 1798 (Mai1798: Mv268, Bb27).

Holz^FN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be from^UC Vielbach, Kurmainz.  In 1798 the maiden name of frau Holz was given as Jung (Mai1798:Nk05).

Holz^FN: said by the Urbach FSL to be from^UC Halle, [Kur-]Brandenburg. I could not find them in Mai1798.

Holz? ^GL : said by the Susannental FSL to be home^UC to a Jeserek? family.  There were at least 15 Holz and Holtz in the German-speaking lands.

Holzer^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Keller FSL to be from^UC Nuernberg.

Holzfogt: see Holzvogt.

Holzhausen^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Schmiedenburg.  Spelled Holzhausen in 1793, 1797 and 1798 when the wife’s maiden name was given as Schmidt (Mai1798: Mv328, Mv340, Bb04, Bx17).

Holzhausen^GL:  said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Remp family.  Acccording to a Luebeck baptismal register, a son of this Rempe man and his Tiehl wife was baptised there in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#1299).

Holzhausen^GL, [Solms-]Braunfels [Principality]: : is some 8 miles NW of Braunfels city, and said by the Kukkus FSL to be home^UC to a Kloss family.

Holzhausen^GL, Hannau [County] [sic?]: said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to an Adolph family.   I don’t find a Holzhausen in Hanau lands, but there was one in Kurhannover, some 7 miles NNE of Kassel city.

Holzhausen^GL, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: Said by the Dietel FSL to be home^UC to a Weldi family.  Said by the Kraft FSL to be home^UC to a Schuldeis family.  This probably is the Holzhausen that is some 16 miles NW of Giessen city.

Holzheim^GL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to the Koenig{Jacob} family.  There are at least 15 Holzheims in the Germanies.

Holzheim^GL: an unidentified place Said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Zimrot? and possibly to a Beyer? family.  There were at least 14 Holzheims in the Germanies.

Holzheim^GL, Hessen: some 16 miles N of Fulda city.

Holzkirchen^GL, is 11.7 miles W of Wuerzburg said by the Seewald FSL to be home^UC to a Krentzer family.

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

Holzmann^FN: said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be from^UC Marburg, Hessen-Kassel [Landgraviate].  For 1798 see Mai1798:St51.  This Holtzmann man married a Schultze woman in 1766 in Rosslau (Mai&Marquardt#1027).

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

Holzmeister^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Steinheim.  Later spelled Holtzmeister (Mai1798:Pf45).  Mai and Marquardt say this couple is in the Buedingen birth record, but that the mother and their daughter both died on the way to Russia (Mai&Marquardt:1204).

Holzvogt^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Parchim, Mecklenburg.  Later spelled Holzfogt (Mai1798:Ka140).

Holzwarth{Martin}^FN: said by the Reinwald FSL (#3a) to be^UC a step-son in the Koerber{Andreas} household.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Rw34.  Peter Woddow using Kleingartach parish records proved that this young man came from Kleingartach.

Holzwarth{Michael}: said by the Reinwald FSL (#25) to be from^UC Braman(?), Wuerttemberg [Duchy].  For 1789,1791 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2404,  Mv2409, Rw21 (which gives the wife’s maiden name as Kraus), Sw24 and Bo6.  Peter Woddow using Kleingartach parish records proved that this man came from Kleingartach.

Holzwarth^FN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:677, 313) with no origin.  Using FHL(1,195,580), the GCRA proved origin in Grossaspach, Backnang [Amt], Wuerttemberg. See the GCRA book for more details.

Homann^FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Unterweld.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Homberg-an-der-Ohm^GL: see Homburg-an-der-Ohm. 

Homburg^FN:  the Walter Research Group has confirmed in local parish records that this Hamburg family, listed in the Walter FSL as Homburg, came from Gelnhaar, Isenburg (now Hessen).  The Buedingen ML said that this man from Gelnhaar near Buedingen married in 1766 a Krafft woman (Mai&Marquardt#695).

Homburg^GL: see Hamburg.

Homburg^GL, Pfalz-Zweibruecken Duchy: the town is some 5 miles N of Zweibruechen city, some 5 miles NNW of Stambach, and  until 1797 this was a Kreis or district administrative center for the Pfalz-Zweibruechen Duchy.. 

Homburg^GL/S: an unidentified place said by the Bangert FSL to home^UC to a Beil family.  Said by the Jost FSL to be home^UC to a Wolf family if they were not from^UC Hamburg.  Said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Reisner family.  Said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be home^UC to a Armbruester and possibly to a Laubach family.  Said by the Mueller FSL to be home^UC to a  Mueller family according to Pleve p.175, but Mai and Marquardt say Hamburg. Said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Markgraf family.  Said  by the Schaefer FSL to be home^UC to frau Holm and a Brockmann family.  There were at least four Hombergs in the Germanies, one of which, the most likely, was some 16 miles NE of Giessen.  Since the Russian ear had trouble distinguishing the German ‘Ham’ from ‘Hom’, a “Homberg” might easily really have been “Hamburg”.  In addition to cities and towns, a Homburg reference might be to Homburg Barony.

Homburg, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: is Homburg-an-der-Ohm.  Said by Stahl-am-Karaman FSL #22 to be home to Weber/Veber{J.Heinrich}.

Homburg [Amt], Rheinpfalz: is 4.5 miles NNW of Zweibruecken city.

Homburg^GL, Wuerzburg[Bishopric]: said by the Graf FSL to be home^UC to a Weber family.  This must be Homburg-am-Main some 14 miles W of Wuerzburg city.

Homburg-an-der-Ohm, [Hessen-Darmstadt Landgraviate]: nka Homberg-an-der-Ohm,  is some 16 miles NE of Giessen city, and said by the Graf FSL to be home^UC to a Hermann family.  Said by the Hildmann FSL to be home^UC to Prediger{J.Jakob} and {J.Adam} families.  Said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be home^UC to Armbruester{J.Jost & J.Michael}.

Homburg Barony^GS: a small barony seated at Homburg town some 21 miles WNW of Siegen city.  The territory of the barony streched some 3-4 miles in every direction from Homburg town.

Homes^FN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be from^UC Bamberg [Bishopric], no locality mentioned.  I did not find him or any descendants in Mai1798.

Homman^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Hainzell, Fulda [Bishopric].  Spelled Goman in 1798 (Mai1798:Bn16,51).,

Honau^GL, Reutlingen Oberamt, Wuerttemberg: is some 6 miles SE of Reutlingen, and was home to a Stahlecker/Stohlacker family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa.

Honburt?^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Gruenberg, Darmstadt.  A Luebeck ML says this Humbert man married a Scheitz woman, widow of a Reichart (Mai&Marquardt#229).

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

Honecker^FN: said by the Kutter FSL to be from^UC Friedberg(?).

Honig^FN: see Going.

Honighaus{Heinrich}: left Susannental in 1798 for Bettinger with his wife the widow of Herr Grummet of Bettinger (Mai1798:Mv2889, Bt29) but he is not listed in the Susannental FSL.

Honigmuth^FN: said by the Kano FSL to be from^UC [Anhalt-]Zerbst [Principality] (no locality mentioned).    Spelled Hoenigmuth in 1798 (Mai1798:Hb19, Bo35).

Honn^FN: said Hahn.

Hoort?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a Dene family.  This place might have been in Mecklenburg-Schwerin Duchy some 9.5 miles S of Schwerin city.

Hopfau^GL, Horb [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is a twin village with Neuenthausen, and is some 7 miles SW of Horb-am-Neckar, and the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:659) gave this as one of two possibilities for the origin of the Haas family.  However, the GCRA using FHL(721,155, 717,058 and 717,055) has proven that Birlenbach and Hunspach, both in Sulz Amt, Elsass were the true origin.  See their book for detail.  Jerry Frank and Mike Rempfer have proven Hopfau the origin of the Steinwald family that migrated to Bessarabia, Kassel, and to Volhynia via Kochanow.

Hopfgarten, Alsfeld [Amt, Hessen-Darmstadt Landgraviate]: is 5 km S of Alsfeld city and was said by KS:118 to be home^UC to Albach{J.Heinrich}.  KS125 says Dirlau(-am){Johann} left^UC Hopfgarten near Alsfeld with wife and 5 children.

Hopp{Johann}: said by Kulberg22 to be single from^UC Dresden.  I did not find him in T or in any published FSL

Hopp^FN: said by the Kraft FSL to be from^UC Oberhausen, Hessen.

Hopp^FN: said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to be from^UC Weissenhasel, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate].    Spelled Kopp in 1771 (Mai1798:Mv2296).

Hoppe^FN{Johanna}: a widow and children said by the Boaro FSL to be from Dessau (no locality mentioned), also see Mai&Marquardt#1092.  For later references see Mai1798: Mv341, Bx21, and Bo01.

Hoppe^FN{Rudolph}: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Dessau (no locality mentioned).  I found no trace of him or his descendanats in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Hoppe^FN: said by the Kano FSL to be from^UC [Anhalt-]Dessau [Principality].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sw01,Mv1128).

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

Horbach, Hanau County: is 5 miles S of Gelnhausen city.

Horbach, Isenburg: said by the Galka FSL to be home^UC to a Nagel family.  This place appears to have been in Hanau County, not in Isenburg County.

Horbach^GL: also see Hollbach.

Horb-am-Neckar^GL, Wuerttemberg: is some 23 miles SW of Reutlingen, Baden Wuerttemberg.

Horb [Amt]^GL, Wuerttemberg: is Horb-am-Neckar some 24 miles WSW of Reutlingen city, and was a District administrative center.

Horch^FN: said by the Kutter FSL to be from^UC Hanau.

Horderig^FN: see Gertrikh.

Horgenau^GL: see Herchenau.

Horlensin?^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Reval, Estland

Horn^FN: the Belowescher Kolonien FSL said she was from^UC Freiberg and in Oranienbaum married Wiesner/Weisner.

Horn^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC [Kur-]Brandenburg.  For a possible 1798 see Mai1798:Lz24.

Horn^FN{J.Ludwig}: said by the Krasnoyar FSL (#12) to be from^UC Mannheim, Kurpfalz.  The Buedingen ML says this man from^UC the Utzberg district, Kurpfalz, married 24 April 1766 Franck{A.Margaretha} (Mai&Marquardt#583).  KS128 and 135 say he was from ^UC Otzberg near Dieburg now in Hesse.  The Krasnoyar FSL (#12) said he was from^UC Mannheim, Kurpfalz and she from^UC Utzberg?, Darmstadt [these two origins seem reversed]!

Horn{Christian+w}: Kulberg75said they were from^UC Magdeburg.  Not found in T or in any published FSL.

Horn^FN: said by the Laub FSL to be from^UC Kloster, Boehmen.  For a possible 1798 see Mai1798:Lz24.

Horn^FN: According to a Luebeck ML this woman married in 1766 a Guenther man (Mai&Marquardt#160).  According to the 1798 Paulskaya census frau Guenther’s maiden name was Horn (Mai1798:Pl15).

Horn{J.Jakob}: KS135 says he was from^UC Steinbach near Giessen (now in Hesse) whose [1^st ?] wife was Schneider{A.Katharina}.  The Paulskaya FSL (#152) said he was from^UC Steinbach and arrived in Paulskaya in August 1767 as a widower. I did not find him or his offspring in Mai1798.

Horn ^FN: also see Gorr, Haar,  Gar and Nor.

Horn^GL, Kurmainz: said by the Keller FSL to be home^UC to a Heinrich family.  This is Hornau.

Hornau^GL, [Kur-]Mainz: is 2 miles SSW of Koenigstein, Kurmainz.  Said by a Friedberg ML to be home^UC to a Heinrich man who settled in Keller.  See Horn.

Hornbach, [Pfalz-]Zweibruecken [Duchy]: is 6 km S of Zweibruecken city and was said by the Reinhard FSL to be home^UC to the Bolgert family.

Hornbacher^FN: arrived in South Russia in 1818; later settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa; family records found by Curt Renz in Herzogsweiler, Freudenstadt Oberamt, Wuerttemberg.

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

Hornig^FN: see Horning.

Horning^FN: listed by both the 1858 Neudorf census (#232) and KS:314 with no origin.  Using FHL#488,251, the GCRA proved their origin in Frankenthal, Frankenthal [Amt], Rheinpfalz; and they found that some of the children were born in Josephsberg/Josefow, Galicia prior to coming to Neudorf.  See the GCRA book for more.  Also spelled Hornig.

Hornung^FN: Dona Reeves-Marquardt found the records showing that this woman from Gross Zimmern married a Reinhardt man before leaving for Russia; in 1766 they were in Doenhof.

Hornung^FN:  said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of frau Helbert.

Horpf{Katharina}:  see Harpf.

Horr^FN: Bonner proved this woman was baptized and married in Huettengesas, Isenburg[-Meerholz County] before going on to Balzer with her Zieg husband.

Horch^FN: see Gorg.

Horst^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Seminrot(?), Darmstadt.

Horst^FN: Curt Renz has found the church records for this Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia, family in Hoffenheim, Sinsheim Amt, Baden.  Stumpp, p.523, says they arrived in Russia in 1822.

Horst^FN{J.Heinrich dcd}: said to be from^UC Isenburg (no state or locality identified) in Kuhlberg3158. Two of his children listed in the Huck FSL as orphans living with the Delyms who are said to have come from^UC Isenburg (no state or locality identified).

Horst? ^FN: said by the Rosenheim FSL to be from^UC Melzing?, Oesterreich.   Spelled Horst in 1798 (Mai1798:Rm50, 4 and 44).

Horst^FN: also see Housch.

Hort^FN: said by the Laub FSL to be from^UC Backnang, Wuerttemberg.  In 1798 spelled Horth and the wife’s maiden name was given as Gainlen or Heinlein? (Mai1798:Lb11).  According to a Rosslau ML this Hert or Hort man married in 1766 a Haehnel woman (Mai&Marquardt#1003).

Hort^FN: also see Hank and  Hardt.

Horth^FN: see Hort.

Hortmajer^FN: a Woehrd ML says this woman from^UC Markt Ennersheim in Franconia married in 1766 a Leykam man of^UCSommersdorf near Ansbach (Mai&Marquardt#779).

Hoschwelt?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL #74 to be home^UC to a Beck family.   Pleve said that Kuhlberg said this was in Wittenberg, however there is nothing like that in the published Kuhlberg Lists.

Hose^FN: said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to be from^UC Hofgeismar, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate], with a Erchardt orphan young man in the household.  Spelled Hose/Gose? in 1769 (Mai1798:Mv2282).

Hosenfeld^GL, Fulda: is some 9 miles WSW of Fulda city, and said by the Louis FSL to be home^UC to a Wickhardt family.  Said by the Roethling FSL to be home^UC to a Siebert family.

Hosfeld^FN: the Buedingen ML says this woman from^UC Hesdorff, Thuengen, married a Henckel man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Norka (Mai&Marquardt#640).  Her sister the Norka FSL as Gutfeld, and she herself is listed in 1798 (Nr85) as Hosfeld.

Hosfeld^FN: also see Gutfeld and Huffelt.

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

Hostet(?)^GL, was an unidentified locality which according to the Frank FSL was in the state of Kurpfalz and was home^UC to a Kirschbaum/Kerschbaum family.  This might be Hosten some 44 miles NW of Frankfurt-am-Main.

Hottmann^FN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:678, 314) with no origin.  Using FHL(1,184,714), the GCRA proved origin in Grunbach, Schorndorf [Amt] Wuerttemberg. See the GCRA book for more details.

Houbre^FN: see Ubre.

Houg?: there was an orphan of this family name living with a Hoefner family from^UC Loehnfeld(?), Kurpfalz according to the Kukkus FSL.

Housch?^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be a single man in the Koch household.  Spelled Horst in 1798 (Mai1798:Nr32, 14 and 215). 

Howald^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Kopenhagen, Daenemark [Kingdom].  He surely had died prior to the 1798 Volga censuses.

HRE: the Holy Roman Empire.

Huber^FN: said by the Balzer FSL to be from^UC Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Hubert in 1798 (Mai1798:Bz71; see Bz33 and 71 for the Huber spelling as well).

Huber^FN{Egidius}: said by the Bangert FSL to be from^UC Grimmellfingen, Ulm, Schwaben.  Possibly spelled Hubert in 1798 (may be Mai1798: Bg14 and 23).

Huber^FN{Johannes}: said by the Bangert FSL to be from^UC Niederlauken, Nassau-Usingen.  This widower surely had died before the 1798 Volga censuses.

Huber^FN{Johannes [Jr.]}: said by the Bangert FSL to be from^UC Niederlauken, Nassau-Usingen.  Spelled Hubert in 1798 (Mai1798:16 and possibly 14 and 23).

Huber^FN: said by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:661, 314) to have been from^UC Dettingen, Nuertingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg. The GCRA proved this origin; see their book for some detail.  Also spelled Heiper and Hubert.

Huber^FN: a Luebeck baptismal record gives this as the maiden name of the wife in the Heidt couple whose son was baptised in 1765 (Mai&Marquardt#1342).  They later went to Dreispitz.

Huber^FN{Christian}): listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:678, 314) with no origin.  Using FHL(1,457,435) proven by the GCRA to have come from Unterjesingen, Tuebingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.

Huber^FN{Johannes/Gottlieb}): not mentioned in the Glueckstal census but said by KS:314 to have come from Ellhofen, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg to Glueckstal.  The GCRA confirmed this and using FSL(1,344,078 and 1,346,078) proved that origin.  See their book for details.

Huber^FN: arrived in South Russia in 1819; later settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa; family records found by Curt Renz in Kirchardt, Sinsheim Amt, Baden.

Huber^FN: two such families were said by the Koehler FSL to be from^UC Salmuenster; one wife’s maiden name was given as Wahl (no origin given); her husband’s family name was spelled Hubert and her’s was also Wahl in 1798 (Mai1798:Kl32).  The Buedingen ML said that this Hubert man from^UC the area of Saalmuenster married in 1766 a Wahl woman from^UC the same area (Mai&Marquardt#568).

Huber^FN: said by the Louis FSL to be from^UC Eckenfein?, [Kur-]Bayern.  In 1798 the family name was spelled Hubert (Mai1798:Mv1559).

Huber{Konrad,Rheinhold}^FN: listed by both the 1858 Neudorf census (#247) and KS:314 without origin, and said by a second entry in KS:314 to be from Schnaidt, Waiblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg. Using FHL#1,184,638, the GCRA proved this origin.  See their book for much more. Later spelled Hubert.

Hubert^FN: said by the 1798 Bangert census to be the maiden name of frau Bonger/Bangert (Mai1798:Bg5).

Hubert ^FN: said by the Hoelzel FSL to be from^UC Bischdorf, Lothringen.  Spelled Haubert in 1798 (Mai1798:Hz25, Dl14).

Hubert ^FN: said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of frau Heiss.

Hubert ^FN: said by the Moor FSL to be a brother-in-law living in the Hehn household; Kuhlberg said he was from^UC the Pfalz.

Hubert^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Nuernberg.  For 1798 see Mai1798: Rm16.

Hubert{M.Barbara}^FN: he is listed in Rosenheim in 1798 (Rm9) but her family apparently is not in the Rosenheim FSL and she is too young to find in any other FSL.

Hubert^FN: also see Gupert and Huber.

Huck^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Kenzingen?, Britzgau?.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bn44.  A Woehrd ML said this man from^UC Breisgau district married in 1766 a Distler woman (Mai&Marquardt#776).

Huck{Jacob}: KS136 says he left Breigauischen in 1766 with his wife Distler{Katharina}.  Said by a Woehrd ML to have been from^UC the  Breisgau district and to have on 25 April 1766 married  Distler{Catharina}; by (Mai&Marquardt#776).  By September 1766 this couple, said (evidently mistakenly) to be from^UC Hungary, was in Russia (Kulberg5624). In the transport lists (Transport6652-6653)  the family name was spelled Hueck and  the wife was reported as having died during the trip from Oranienbaum to Saratov. In September 1767 he arrived in Brabander (FSL#58) a widower.  In 1798 he was listed in the Brabender census (#44) with a new young wife, Feck{Marianna}.

Huck^FN {Johannes}: said by the Huck FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality or country identified).  Not included in Kuhlberg.

Huck^FN{Stephan}:  said (no locality mentioned) by Kuhlberg3121 and the Kutter FSL to be from^UC Isenburg.

Huck^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Hessen (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Nr44 and 59.

Huck^FN: this family name was found recorded in Haiger parish records during the years prior to 1767; see Flegel trip.

Huck^FN: also see Hock.

Huck^VV (aka Splavnucha, Splavnukha, or Splawnucha): a Russian German village of the Reformed faith situated on the western side of the Volga.  Its FSL has been published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.II, pp.1399-162.  According to them, the first settlers were from the following places with the family names shown here in parens.  Unfortunately, the clerk who created this FSL included the names of the independent states from which emigrants came but listed only one with a locality – thereby creating a major challenge for Huck researchers.  There were a large number of orphans and step-children – their family names have been included in the origin group of the household in which they resided, with “maybe” written before their family names.

from Brandenburg: (maybe Schmidt, Stellmann);

from Darmstadt: (maybe Rimmel, Ritter, Schlotthauer);

from Fulda: (Rau);

from Hanau: (Wilhelm);

from Hassloch, Kurpfalz: (Schwabauer{Christoph & Johann);

from Isenburg: (Alt, Baumann, Brant, Brotzmann, Delym, Dietz, Eberhardt, Eckhardt?, Eckhart, Eckert, Eichhorn, Eisenhut, Euler/Eiler, Febor?/Weber, Fein, Frick, Hempel, Herdt, Hergenroether/Hergenraeder, Herr?, maybe Himmel, Hixt/Hickst/Hicks, Hoffmann, Horst, Huck, Inhof, Justus, Leis/Lais, maybe Kaehm/Keim, maybe Kaufmann, Kembel/Kempel, Koch, Knot?, Kniss, Koehler/Keller, maybe Kopf, Kreiek, Michel, Morkel, Neu, Reck/Heck, Rendenreich, Rein, Reipel?, Repp, Reptin?, maybe Rimwlin?, Roth, Rupp, Schaefer, Schigwitter?, Schlegel, Schleich, Schneider, Schuckmann/Schuchman, Schultheis, Sittner, Straus, Teubert?, Ulrich, Voelker, Weber, Weigand, Weisgerber, and Zitterkopf , and maybe Kniss, Wurst,);

from Kurpfalz: (Bohl, Frei, maybe Hein, Herr?, Leinschmidt/Leneschmidt, Scheuermann/Schermann?, Schneider, Schwabauer, Strupp);

from Stolberg: (Kelchart?);

from Waechtersbach, Isenburg: (Hein).

Hueber^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Brankenloch(?), Durlach.

Hueber^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Selinger(?), Durlach.

Huebert?^FN: the 1798 Dobrinka census says this was Sauer’s wife’s maiden name.

Huebert?^FN: also see Gupert.

Huebner^FN{Eva E.}: the Wohrd ML says she was from^UC Zwickershausen and married on 25 April 1766 Borell{Albrect Ludwig Friedrich}; by 1767 this couple was in Boaro FSL #11 (Mai&Marquardt#774).

Huebner ^FN: said by the Stephan FSL to be from^UC Schaffhausen.  I could not find him in Mai1798.  For 1767 see T6365.

Huebner^FN: also see Heppner.

Hueck ^FN: see Huck.

Hueff{A.Katharina}: was born ca. 1722 in Waldenbach, and married Appelhans{PhilipHeinrich} on 25 November 1738 in Bechtheim, [Kurpfalz (later Rheinhessen)].  He died shortly after arrival in Russia and she is in the Rothammel FSL (#2) as the wife of Kress{J.Heinrich}.

Hueffelsheim^GL, Kurpfalz: is some 24 miles SW of Mainz, said by the Kautz FSL to be the home^UC of a Hermann/Herrmann family.  Said by the Kratzke FSL to be home^UC to a Buchsberger family.

Huehn^FN: said by the Schwed FSL to be from^UC Koenigsberg, Preussen.  I could not find them or any likely descendants in Mai1798.

Huehn^FN:  also see Henn.

Huehnergard^FN: see Ginergardt.

Huehnergart^FN: see Huenergart.

Huelsa near Fritzlar: an unidentified place said by KS125 to be home^UC to Discher{Johannes}.

Huemmel^FN: see Himmel.

Huenergard^FN: see Ginergardt.

Huenergart^FN: according to the Buedingen ML a Huenergart woman from^UC Helpershain, Ulrichstein [Ulrichstein surely is a mistake] married in 1766 a Rausch man also from^UC Helpershain; Stumpp gives her family name as Huehnergart: the couple later went to Jagodnaya Polyana (Mai&Marquardt#701).

Huenger^FN: see Henger.

Huenspach^GL, Weissenburg parish, Elsass:is now Hunspach, France, some 4 miles S of Wissembourg (used to be Weissenburg).  Curt Renz has found here the church records of the Wiederrich family that settled in Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia.

Huette^GL: an unidentified place said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to a Daubert man who married in 1766 a Schmitt woman from^UC Oberau in 1766; later the couple went to Jagodnaja Poljana (Mai&Marquardt#716).  There is a Huette some 14 miles NW of Giessen, Hessen.

Huettengesas/Huettengesaess^GL, [Isenburg-Meerholz County]: is some 6 miles SW of Buedingen, and said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to the Schaefer family, which then settled in Balzer (Mai&Marquart#565); however apparently neither member of the couple appears in the Huettengesas parish records. Proved by Bonner as home the Doerr, Heimbuch, Neugard/Neuhard/Neidhard, Protzmann/Protsmann/Brotsmann, Roehrig/Rohrich, Ross/Boss, Roth, and Zieg families, as well as to fraus Bender and  Ross (both nee Doerr), all of whom settled in Balzer.  He also proved that Burbach and both Zieg brothers who settled in Messer were baptized here.

Huff ^FN: see Huft and Guwst?.

Huffelsheim^GL, Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Preuss FSL to be home to a Braun family.  This probably is the same as Hueffelsheim^GL, Kurpfalz.

Huffelt^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Gufeltin in 1775.  Spelled Hosfeld in the 1798 census (Mai1798:Nr33) and in 1766 marriage records (Mai&Marquardt#640, 639).

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

Hufnagel?  Spelled Hufnagel in 1798 (Mai1798:Or30).

Huft^FN: said by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:661, 315) to have been from Woessingen, Karlsruhe [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  This origin was verified by the GCRA using FHL(1,192,051).  See their book for more detail.  Also spelled Hauf (KS:658, 295) and Huff.

Hugel^FN: see Gugel.

Hula^FN: see Gula.

Humberg?: an unidentified place said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to a Hermann family.  If this was indeed a Humberg, of the two in Germany it probably was the one 7 or 8 km NE of Welzheim on the border of Wuerttemberg Duchy and Limburg County.

Humbert^FN: see Honburt.

Hummel^FN: listed by both the 1816 Kassel census (#111) and KS:315 without origin.  See the GCRA book for a bit more.

Hummel^VV (aka Brockhausen): a Lutheran colony founded in 1767 on the eastern side of the Volga river not far from Hockerberg.  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.

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

Hungary^GS: (Ungarn in German) although listed in the 1858 Kassel census (#211) with no origin, KS: 395 said this was home^UC (no locality indicated) to the Pitz/Pietz/Bitsch{Friedrich} family that settled in Kassel.

Hungen^GL, Braunfels: an unidentified place said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be home^UC to a Bus/Buss family.  This may be the Hungen which is some 22 miles ESE of Braunfels town.

Hunger^FN: said by the Mariental FSL to be from^UC Steyr, Oesterreich.  The 1798 Mariental census gives his wife's maiden name as Katzmann (Mai1798:Mt44).

Hunis^FN: listed by both the 1816 Kassel census (#43) and by the 1858 census (#160 as Gunsch) without origin. The GCRA thinks they probably came via South Prussia.  See their book for more.

Hunneswarf ^GL: see Heneswart.

Hunolstein Barony?^GL:  this was a tiny barony, mostly SW of Nack town, and about 5-7 miles W of Alzey town.

Hunsecker^FN: see Huntzinger.

Hunsicker^FN: see Huntzinger.

Hunspach^GL, Sulz Amt, Weissenburg Kreis, Elsass: is some 2.5 miles NE of Sulz town, and proven by the GCRA to be one of the origins of the Haas family that went to Bergdorf.  Also, proven by GCRA to be home to the Merz and Roth/Rott families that went to Glueckstal.  See the GCRA book for more details. Proved by Curt Renz to be home to the Haas family that went to Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia. The GCRA proved this home to the Haug/Hauck family and to the widow Haas{Elisabeth} who with children settled in Kassel; she had been born a Layenberger. It also was proven by the GCRA to be home to the Landenberger, Neufer/Neifer and Wieterich/ Wiederich/Widrich families that settled in Neudorf.

Hunspach^GL parish, Sulz Amt, Elsass:  is 8 miles E of Goersdorf, Woerth Amt, Elsass.

Hunsrueck^GL: the name of the region in the Palatinate S of the Mosel River and E of the Rhine River.

Hunt^FN: said by the Caesarsfeld FSL to be stepchildren living in the Bozenhardt household.  I could not find them in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Huntzinger^FN: listed by both the 1816 Kassel census (#55) and KS:316 without origin.  Using FHL#193,135 the GCRA proved origin in Rumbach, Bergzabern [Amt], Rheinpfalz.  See their book for more.  Also spelled Hunsicker and Hunsecker.

Hunzheimer^FN: said by the Hildmann FSL to be from^UC Rheinfeld.  Spelled Ganzheimer in 1798 (Mai1798:Hd12, 36).

Hupert^FN: see Gupert.

Husaren^VV: aka Elsanka, Ilshanka, Jelschanka, and Yelshanka is a German Catholic village on the western side of the Volga founded in 1765. Its  FSL is now published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.II, pp. 163-172.  According to this, the first settlers were from the following places with the family names shown here in parens. The number after a name is their FSL household number:

from Aschaffenburg: (Wetzel/Wetze/Wentzer34, Winter28);

from Beczkarik?, Oesterreich: (Grigoritsch/Grigorius25);

from Bouillon, Frankreich: (Dorbau/Durbak/Durban33);

from Boznowice, Oesterreich: (Lebrecht12);

from Braila, Tuerkei: (Bralian10);

from Brody?, Polen: (Kasawierski4);

from Danzig [Imperial City]:, Preussen: (Gitor/Gutor27, Rutowski35, Sdawinski/Strowinski22, Stephan26);

from Dorfern?, Oesterreich: (Stein29);

from Druja?, Polen: (Sawizki9);

from Frankfurt-am-Main [Imperial City]: (Baini/Bahn/Boni/Bani23);

from Gnewin?, Polen: (Voit/Woyd/Vogt2);

from Hammelburg: (Weigand/Weingard/Weingandt31);

from Itschnja, Ukraine: (Mursa14);

from Kelheim?, Mannheim, [Kurpfalz]: (Hoefner/Hoefer1);

from Konstantinopol, Tuerkei: (Anastas19, Stanow/Stanov/Stan/Stamm30);

from Mannheim, [Kurpfalz]: (Meier32);

from Marienburg, Polen: (Baumgaertner/Baumgardt3, Klein24, Rakuszewski/Rockowshew21, Tuhn18);

from Marienwerder, Preussen: (Schiefelbein/Schiebelbein/Scheipelbein20);

from Memel, [Ost-]Preussen: (Noriheim17);

from Newel, Polen: (Sokolowski/Sokolowsky15);

from Polozk, Polen: (Sokolow5);

from Prerow, Oesterreich: (Wangar/Weingard6);

from Simbirsk, Russland: (Sawazki/Sawatski13);

from Sweg?, Polen: (Danowski7);

from Szumow?, Polen: (Koritz11);

from Witebsk, Polen: (Kamlowski/Kamlovski8, Lankiewiez16).

Husch^FN: said by the Cheisol FSL to be from^UC Saarburg, [Kur-]Trier.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Mt37, but also spelled Kusch (Ls3). 

Huss^FN: said by the Volmer FSL to be from^UC Offenbach, Kurpfalz.

Hussenbach{Jacob and Maria}: tailor from^UC Frankfurt-am-Main arrived Oranienbaum from Danzig 4 May 1766 (Kulberg0001)  I did not find them in any published FSL.

Hussenbach^VV: aka Linevo Osero, Linevo Ozero, Linjowo Osero, and Ustenbach, a German Lutheran village founded along the Medvidesta River on the western side of the Volga on16 May 1767 by the Russian Crown.  So far no FSL for this colony has been found and published.  Susan Nakaji, the AHSGR village coordinator for Hussenbach has shared the following list of first settler families, mostly compiled from Surname charts:

from [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: (Fries, Leis/Lais,  Rothenberger);

from Fulda Bishopric: (Rommel);

from [Solms-]Laubach [County]: (Kreuzer/Kreutzer);

from Lauterbach, Hessen-Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: (Suppes);

from [Kur-]Mainz: (Fromm);

from Offenbach-am-der-Klein, Grumbach County: (Fuchs);

from [Kur-]Pfalz: (Schoetzel);

from Poland: (Propp/Prap).

Husum, Schleswig Royal Duchy: was north of the Elder River and south of Juetland.

Hutt^FN: arrived in South Russia in 1819; later settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa; family records found by Curt Renz in Groetzingen, Nuertlingen Oberamt, Wuerttemberg.

Hutten^GL:  a town some 3 miles NE of Schluehtern town and 2 miles NE of Elm, lieing near the the border between Fulda Bishopric and Hanau County, but likely owned by Hanau.  Long ago it was part of a country controlled from nearby Brandenstein castle.

Hutten^GL: a Schlitz ML says this was home^UC to the Blum man who married in 1766 the Kumpfen woman; Schulze says Hutten is part of Schluechtern (Mai&Marquardt#737).

Hutten^GL: Kromm thought this might refer to Glasshutten.

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

Hunzel^GL, [Nassau –Usingen and Nassau-Dillenburg Principalities]: is 4.5 miles SSE of Nassau town, and said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a Mueller{Konrad} family, and possibly to a Paul family.  Kulberg said this was in Nassau.

Updated 10/2012