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Iba, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate]: is some 9 miles NE of Bad Hersfeld, and was said by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to a Keilmann family.  Said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to home^UC to a Thomas family, and possibly to Schneider{Kaspar,etc} orphans.

Ibe{J.Heinrich}^FN: I could not find him or his siblings in any FSL, but in 1798 they and/or descendants were either living in Urbach or said to be from there (Mai1798:Ur1,18,21, Nm32, Sk10 and Sw18).

Ibele^FN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:670, 316) to be from^UC Gross Aspach, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  Also spelled Uebele.

Iber^GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Schulz family.  This probably was 31 miles ENE of Nuernberg city.

Ichenhausen^GL, Wuerzburg: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to a Hesse family.  The only Ichenhausen I can find is 16 miles E of Ulm city, and was in some tiny barony, not in the Wuerzburg Bishopric.

Ichsfels(?)/Iksfelts(?)^GL:an unidentified place said by the Kamenka FSL to be home^UC to a Raab family.  There is an Ilsfeld in Baden-Wuertemberg some 6.4 miles SSE of Heilbronn.

Ichtebeck? Amt^GL: an unidentified district said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC an Emich family.  There is an Itterbeek some 4 miles W of Brussels, Belgium.

Ickes^FN: said by the Kutter FSL to be from^UC Friedberg.

Ickes^FN:  according to the Buedingen ML an Ickes woman from^UC Alstadt married in 1766 a Niedenthal man; by 1767 this couple was in Kutter: Stumpp says she was from^UC Altenstadt near Buedingen (Mai&Marquardt#629).

Icks^FN: said by the Grimm FSL to be from^UC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).  The Buedingen ML says this man from^UC Romrod married in 1766 a Schaeffer woman (Mai&Marquardt#487).  Later spelled Ix.

Idar-Oberstein Amt, Rhein-Pfalz:a district administrative center 7.5 miles NE of Birkenfeld town.

Idenburg^GS, mis-transliteration in the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL (#28) for Isenburg.

Iderstuf?, [Kur-]Trier: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to a Mai family.

Idt^FN{Georg}: said by the Balzer FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no state or locality identified).  In 1798 the maiden name of frau Idt was given as Kromm (Mai1798:Bz64); for others in this line see (Bg20, Wr65).

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

Iffland^FN: see  Ifland.

Ifland^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be step-children in the Fischer{Konrad} household.  I could not find them in  Mai1798.

Ifland^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Fulda.  Later spelled Iffland (Mai1798:Pf29).

Igelsloch^GL, Calw [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 5 miles NNW of Zavelstein town, and using his marriage records in Zavelstein found in FHL(1,528,491) the GRCA proved this was home to the Bertsch who went to Bergstal; see their book for more detail.

Igersheim^GL: Said by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to Bontraeger? and Doering families.  Might this be the town that is some 36 miles NE of Heilbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg?  Or might it be Ingelsheim?

Ignati: see Ignatius.

Ignatius{Conrad}:  said by Recruiter Beauregard’s list to have been from^UC  Neustadt  (Lk164).  Spelled Ignati in 1767 (T2952).  I could not find him or any likely descendant associated with any Volga colony.

Ihl{Adam}: he apparently was in Zug in 1772 when his daughter left there to marry in Schoenchen; they appear in no FSL and may have been Zug first settlers.

Ihl{Catharina}: Kulberg5412 said her husband was from Nassau.  Said by the 1798 Zug  census to be the maiden name of frau Reberger{Philipp} (Mai1798:Zg24).

Ihl{Philipp}: he was in Zug in 1798 (Zg21) as were likely children (Mv3067 and 3073, Zg27, 30 and 31), and they are listed in no FSL nor in T, nor is there any indication they moved to Zug from another colony, so they are possible Zug first settlers.

Ihli^FN: see Ili.

Ihling^FN: see Iling and Illingen.

Ikelmein?, Preussen: an unidentified place said by the Rosenheim FSL to be home^UC to a Janson family.

Ikes^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Wernborn-bei-Usingen.  Later spelled Ikers (Mai1798:Pf35).

Ikers^FN: see Ikes.

Ikormende^GL, see Ueckermuende.

Iksfelts(?)^GL, see Ichsfels(?).

Ikstadt^FN: see Instedt.

Ikt(?)^GL, Darmstadt: an unidentified place said by the Kraft FSL to be home^UC to a Luft family.  There is an Eich some 6 miles SW of Darmstadt city.

Ilavla^VV, a Russian name for the village of Leichtling^VV.

Ilavlya^VV, a Russian name for the village of Leichtling^VV.

Ilawla^VV, a Russian name for the village of Leichtling^VV.

Ilberg?^FN: said by the Kukkus FSL to be from^UC Ennerich, Runkel.

Ilbeshausen^GL, Hessen-Darmstadt: is some 18 miles NE of Buedingen and said by the Frank FSL to be home to a Weidemann family.  This origin has been confirmed.

Ilbing^GL: an unidentified place said by the Galka FSL to be home^UC to a Hirschbeck family.

Ilgensheim, Wild and Rhine County: is 7 km W of Grumbach.  Said to be where Gresser{Friederica Magdalena} (who married Fuchs{J.Georg}) was baptized in 1741.

Ilgner^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Reichenbach, Schlesien.  They surely had died prior to the 1798 Volga censuses.

Ili{Gabriel}^FN: listed by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#74, 190) and KS:316 with no origin.  Also spelled Ihli and Ehly, and also known as Walter{Valentin} which was also spelled Walther. The CGRA thinks he may have been brother to Walter{Philipp}.  See their book under both family names for more.  Jim Griess says the Ili/Ehly/Elys family emigrated from Niederhochstadt in the Pfalz to Rohrbach in 1809.

Ilig^FN: said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#34) and KS:316 to have come from^UC Hebsack or Grunbach, Waiblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg. Said by both the 1858 Neudorf census (#150) and KS:321 to have come from^UC Riedselz (misspelled Diedselz in KS:321), Weissenburg [Amt], Elsass.  Using FHL#193,050, the GCRA proved their origin in Minfeld, Germersheim [Amt], Rheinpfalz.  See the GCRA book for more.   Spelled Juellich in 1820 and Juelich or Julch thereafter.  Frau Ilig/Juelich evidently was an Ulm.

Iling?^FN said by the Frank FSL to be from^UC Selzich(?), Sachsen.  Later spelled Ihling.

Illenau?^GL, [Hapsburgian Property]: just barely S of Achern town, and said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Lenk family and possibly to a Sonnengruen family.

Illigens^FN: see Illingen.

Illingen^FN: according to the Buedingen ML an Illingen woman from^UC Salzungen married a Mueller man in 1766; the couple later moved to Frank; Stumpp gives the name as Illigens (Mai&Marquardt#708).  Later spelled Ihling.

Illingen^GL, Maulbronn Oberamt, Wuerttemberg: is some 5 miles SE of Maulbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and was home to an Ehret family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa, as well as to one that settled in Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia.

Illingen^GL, Vaihingen Amt, Wuerttemberg: is 2 miles NW of Vaihingen-an-der-Enz, and proven by GCRA to be home to the Buehrer family that went to Glueckstal. Mistakenly said by both the 1816 Kassel census (#48) and KS:296 to have been home^UC to the Haug/Hauck family.  See the GCRA book for more details.

Ills^FN: see Ils.

Ilm^GL, Schwarzburg: an unidentified place said by the Lauwe FSL to be home^UC to a Reinhardt family.  There were two Schwarzburg counties.  There was an Ilmenau in Hildburgshausen Duchy almost completely surrounded by the southern Schwarzburg-Sondereshausen territory.

Ilmstein?, Kurpfalz: said by the Dehler FSL to be home^UC to a Papenberger family.  This might be Elmstein?

Ilovlinka^VV, a Russian name for the village of Leichtling^VV.

Ilow, [Plock Diocese, Warschau Dept, South Prussia]: according to Jerry Frank was a Lutheran parish founded in the late 1700s some 100 km or so N of Kochanow-bei-Gluchow.

Ilowla^VV, a Russian name for the village of Leichtling^VV.

Ilowlja^VV, a Russian name for the village of Leichtling^VV.

Ils^FN: said by the Walter FSL to be from^UC Lagenschwarz, Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter.  The family name has also been spelled Ells, Els, Ills, Iltz and Ilz.  Doris Evans says research by Anneliese Micheiwski for the Frank Research Fund confirms this origin.  An ancestor, an Uels man, from Schlotzau became an administrator of the courtyard of the count in Langenschwarz where he died in 1699.

Ilsdorf^GL: see Ilsdorff.

Ilsdorff^GL, Solms-Laubach: is near Freisenseen at 50.583 degrees latitude, 9.067 degrees longitude, and  said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to a Hesler woman who married in 1766 to a Schaeffer man; by 1767 this couple was in Krasnoyar; Stumpp says this Ilsdorf was near Alsfeld, Hessen (Mai&Marquardt#548).  Also spelled Ilsdorf.

Ilsenburg^FN, [Wernigerode County]: is some 5 miles NW of Wernigerode town, and was said by the Norka FSL to be home^UC to a Giebelhaus family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Magdeburg [Duchy] which was not the case, but they would have had to pass through nearby Magdeburg lands on their way to Russia and doubtless would have had to have Magdeburg transit papers; both Magdeburg and Wernigerode then were partially controlled by Prussia. 

Ilsfeld^GL, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 6 miles S of Heilbronn city, and mistakenly said by the 1816 Glueckstal census to be home^UC to the Schaefer family.

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

Iltz^FN: see Ils.

Ilvesheim^GL, Mannheim Amt, Baden: is some 5 miles ESE of Mannheim city and said by the 1816 Bergdorf census to be home^UC to the Nagel family.  It was home to the Nagel family that settled in Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia.

Ilz^FN: see Ils.

Ilzich(?)^GL, Sachsen, is an unidentified locality said by the Frank FSL to be home^UC to a Steinmueller family.

Imert^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Fulda. 

Imgrant^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Wuerzburg (no locality mentioned).

Imherr^FN: said by the Koehler FSL to be from^UC Brueckenau. The family name was spelled Emger in 1798 (Mai1798:Kl30).

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

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

Imhof ^FN: Herr Imhof was said by the Koehler FSL to be from^UC Orb, and his frau’s maiden name was given as Seibel (no origin given).    The family name was spelled Imhoff in 1798 (Mai1798:Kl82).

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

Imhoff ^FN:  see Imhof.

Imkelburg^GS: an unidentified German state.  It seems highly likely that this is a miswriting of Isenburg.

Immenrode^GL: an unidentified place said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Weiss^F family.  There are at least three such places in the area likely to have produced this family.

Impflingen, Landau [Amt], Rheinpfalz: is 1.5 miles S of Landau-in-der-Pfalz, and was proven by the GCRA to be home to the Ehresmann/Erasmann family that settled in Neudorf.

Imsbach^GL: a town in Falkenstein County.

Imsbach^GL, Rheinpfalz: is some 8 miles SW of Kircheimbolanden town and was proved by Judy Remmick to be home to the Pfaff family that settled in Worms, Odessa.

Indling?^GL, Wuerzburg: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to a Schmidt{J.Adam} family.

Inerepach(?)^GL, Oroningen(?):an unidentified place said by the Dobrinka FSL to be home^UC to a Graf family.

Ing?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Mueller family.

Inganten^GL, [Solms-]Laubach County: said by the Walter FSL to be home^UC to a Schneider family.  The Buedingen ML shows this to be Inheyden.

Ingelheim^GL, Stein: an unidentified place said by the Keller FSL to be home^UC to Walter{Maria Eva} sister-in-law of Herr Hesser.  Ingelheim-am-Rhein, Kurpfalz is 8 miles W of Mainz city; around it there seem to be north, south, inner and outer, Ingelheims.

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

Ingelsheim(?)^GL: said by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to Diel and Unefuch? families.  Might this be Igersheim or Ingolsheim?  Also there is an Ingersheim in Baden-Wuerttemberg some 14 miles E of Schwaebish Hall; see Grossingersheim.

Ingenheim, Bergzabern [Amt], Rheinpfalz: is 4 miles NE of Bad Bergzabern and was mistakenly said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#77) and KS:367 to have been home^UC  to the Martzulff/Marzolf/Merzluff  family that settled in Neudorf.

Ingenheim^GL, Kurpfalz: is some 20 miles SW of Speyer, Rhineland-Palatinate.  See Iningeim.  This is the same place as the preceeding entry 40 years earlier.

Ingersheim^GL: said by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to a Doering family.

Ingersheim^GL: also see Gross Ingersheim.

Ingetron/Ingethron^FN: said by the Rothammel and the Seewald FSLs to be from^UC Dirmstein, Worms.

Ingolsheim, [Birlenbach parish], Weissenburg [Kreis], Elsass: was 4 miles S of Wissenburg city, and proved by Curt Renz to be home to a Hofer family that settled in Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia.  The GCRA also proved it home to the Alexander family (of Bergdorf and Kassel), to the Herr{Georg} family (of  Bergdorf and Kassel), and to the Martzulff/Marzolf/Merzluff and Hafner/Hofer{Dewald/Theowald}families that settled in Neudorf.   See the GCRA book for more.

Ingolsheim, Hunspach, Sulz [Amt], Elsass: was proven by the GCRA to be to an Eckard/Eckardt/Eckart man and his Haas wife who settled in Kassel.  This is the same place as the previous entry.

Ingolstadt, [Kurbayern?]: said by the Seelmann FSL to be home^UC to a Mueller{Michael} family.  There are at least 3 Ingolstadts in the German-speaking lands; this one probably is the one that is 55 km SW of Regensburg and was in Kurbayern.

Ingolstadt^GL, Kurbayern: is 49 miles SSE of Nuernberg city.

Ingstetten^GL, Wuerttemberg: is some 15 miles W of Ulm, and said by the Rothammel FSL to be home^UC to a Lechmann family.

Inheden, [Solms-Laubach County]: is 12 km SW of Laubach city and was said by the Stephan FSL to be home^UC to a Raab family.  This is spelled Inheiden today.  Kuhlberg said this was in [Solms-]Laubach [County].

Inheiden ^GL: see Inheden. 

Inheyden^GL, Solms-Laubach [County]: is some 7 miles SW of Laubach city.  A 1754 map shows it to be a tiny hamlet of no more than a handful of farmsteads.  Said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to Schneider and Leer families (Mai&Marquardt#514).  See Inheden and Inganten.

Inhof^FN {Simon}: said by Kuhlberg4939 and the Huck FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned, nor country identified).

Iningeim^GL, Kurpfalz: said by the Walter FSL to be home^UC to a Lokas family.  Identified by the Walter Research Group as a Lukas family from Ingenheim.

Inkheim, Hanau [County]: an unidentified place said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to the Schmidt{Ludwig} family.  A family chart done by Prof. Pleve said this was Insheim, Hanau but the only place of this name I could find is 4 km SE of Landau-in-der-Pfalz and was in Kurpfalz in the 1760s.

Innsbruck^GL, Tirol: an Austrian city some 234 miles SE of Frankfurt-am-Main.

Innsburg^GL, Tirol: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be home^UC to a Schep family.  This surely is the same place as the previous entry.

Inou^FN: said by the Franzosen FSL to be from^UC Chambonse?, Frankreich.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Inowroclaw, Poland: see Hohensalza, Posen, South Prussia.

Insburg^GL: said by the Koehler FSL to be home^UC to a Edel family.  There are two possible sites for this in Austria: Irsberg is 10 miles NE of Salzburg city, and Innsbruck some 59 miles S of Munich city.

Instedt^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be orphans in the Geiter household.  Spelled Ikstadt in 1798 (Mai1798Wr73 and 84).

Insterburg, Preussen [Kingdom]: nka Chernyakovsk, Russia, was 84 km ESE of Koenigsberg/Kaliningrad, and was said by the Schulz FSL to be home^UC to Login? and Schulz {J.Gottfried} families.

Ischenrode, Kurbraunschweig: see Ischenroth.

Ischenroth?, [Hessen-]Darmstadt[?]: an unidentified place said by the Galka FSL to be home^UC to Ladner{J.Peter} and {Konrad} families, and possibly a Wenzel family.  I could find no such place in lands that were Hessen-Darmstadt, but there was an Ischenrode in Kurbraunschweig 8 miles SE of Goettingen city.

Insheim^GL, Hanau: said by the Schmidt family (Warenburg colony) chart to be home^UC to a Schmidt{Ludwig} family.  I can find no such place within the bounds of 1760s Hanau County.  The only Insheim I can find is 2.5 miles SE of Landau-in-der-Pfalz.  There is an Enzheim in what was probably Isenburg just about a half mile E of Hanau County lands.  See Inkheim.

Insheim, Moerlheim parish, Landau [Amt], Rheinpfalz: is 2.5 miles SE of Landau-in-der-Pfalz and 1.5 miles SW of Moerlheim town.  It was proven by the GCRA to be home to the Wahl  family that settled in Neudorf.

Insterburg?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Keskel man.  There was an Imsterberg some 23 miles E of Innsbruck city.

Insterburg, Preussen: an unidentified place said by the Reinhard FSL to be home^UC to the Dreher family.

Ipohoefer{Bernard}^FN: said by the Shcherbakovka FSL to be from^UC Geissheim.  For 1793 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2784 and Kf54.

Ipohoefer^FN{Eva}: said by the 1798 Shcherbakovka census to be the maiden name of frau Dietz{G.David}.

Ipohoefer{Ferdinand}^FN: said by the Shcherbakovka FSL to be from^UC Geissheim.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sv37.

Irbach^GL: see Irlach.

Irentehausen(?)^GS/GL: an unidentified place aid by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to a Mull? family.

Irk: see Erck.

Irlach/Irbach^GL, Wuerttemberg/Oberpfalz: is an unidentified locality, said by the Roethling FSL to be possibly home^UC to a Krau family.  I don’t find any in Wuertemberg.  In Oberpfalz there are at least 4 Irlbach: (miles from Regensburg: 31 ESE, 4 NE, 40 NNW, 23 NNW) and at least 2 Irlach: (miles from Regensburg: 34 NE, 19 NNE).

Irle^FN: said by the Roethling FSL to be from^UC Hammelbach, Bergstrasse, Hessen, or from^UC Hammelburg, Fulda, Hessen.

Isaac ^FN{Franz and Peter}: said by the Tiege FSL to be from^UC Berwald/Baerwalde, Tiegenhof Amt.

Isaak^FN: see Izik.

Ischen^GL, Luxemburg: an unidentified place said by the Roethling FSL to be home^UC to a Frisch family.

Isenburg^GS: in the 1760’s there were five Isenburg countries.  The lands of two of them, and part of a third, lay contiguously S and SE of Frankfurt-am-Main, and the lands of two others and part of a third lay contiguously N and NE of Hanau city.  Given the proclivity (as can be seen in the entries below) of clerks in Russia, both German and Russian, single term Isenburg, it might be that the five sometimes or often handled travel papers and the like jointly? Or was there insufficient knowledge of cental Euopean political geography available in Russia to enable personnel there todistinguish among these small but important countries?  The Stahl-am-Karaman FSL seems to transliterate Isenburg as Idenburg or as Rissenburg.  Unless otherwise noted none of the next six Isenburg entries mention which Isenburg and none mention any locality.

Isenburg^GS: Said   by the Anton FSL to be home^UC to Deckmann, Frank, and Nazarenus families.  Said, with no locality given, by one or both versions of the Balzer FSL to be the home^UC of Becker, Bengel, Blitz, Buchner, Dob, Engel, Erth, Faust, Frickel, Gerlach, Grasmick/Grasmueck, Gruen, Habermann, Heft, Heil, Heimbuch, Heizenroeder, Idt, Kaehm, Kalbin, Kaiser, Kleinfelder, Keller, Klaus, Koehler, Kraeuter, Lorengel/Lohrengel, Lutz/Lotz, Mai, Mesinger/Messinger, Mueller, Neugard/Neuhard/Neidhard, Popp, Protzmann/Protsmann, Roehrig, Ross, Roth, Rutt, Schaefer, Scheibel, Schlegel, Schleigel, Schleuger, Schneider, Sinner, Stumpf, Tirol, Weber, Wukert?, and Zieg families. 

Isenburg^GS: Said   by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be home^UC to Bechtold, Brill/Prill, Dauerich, Daut, Dippel, Engel, frau Engel, Hahn/Han/Hann, Heinrich, frau Engel, Hermann, Hess, Hofmann/Hoffmann, Kaerchner, Reiswig, Rot/Rott, frau Guenther, frau Sander (nee Hess), Schaefer, Schlegel, Seibel, Stab, Wenzel/Weizel, and Wolf families.  Said   by the Doenhof FSL to be home^UC to Goettlinger, Held, Jacoby, Lenz, Nuss and perhaps Kelker families.  Said by the Grimm FSL to be home^UC   to Batz, Hartmann, Hock, Kisselmann, Klein, Leonhard, Muth, Schaefer, Schlefler, Vogel, Waag, Weilmuenster, Weissbinder, Wolf and possibly Andrian and Schekedanz families. 

Isenburg^GS: Said by the Huck FSL, with no locality listed, to be the home of Alt, Baumann, Brant, Brotzmann, Delym, Dietz, Eberhardt, Eckhardt?/Eckhart/Eckert, Eichhorn, Euler/Eiler, Febor?, Fein, Frick, Hempel, Herdt, Hergenroether/Hergenraeder, Herr?, Hixt/Hickst/Hicks, Hoffmann, Huck, Inhof, Leis/Lais, Kaufmann, Kembel/Kempel, Koch, Knot?, Koehler/Keller, Kreiek/Kreick, Michel, Morkel, Neu, Reck, Rendenreich, Rein, Reipel?, Repp, Reptin?, Roth, Rupp, Sack, Schaefer, Schigwitter?, Schlegel, Schleich, Schneider, Schuckmann/Schuchman, Schultheis, Sittner, Straus, Teubert?, Ulrich, Voelker, Weber, Weigand, Weisgerber, and Zitterkopf families;  in addition  Eisenhut, Himmel, Horst, Justus, Kaehm/Keim, Kniss, Kopf, Rimwlin?, and Wurst orphans and step-children were living with Isenburg families and may have been from Isenburg too.  Said, with no locality given, by the Pleve version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL, to be the home^UC of two Baer families.  Said   by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to Mueller, and Riller families.  Said by Kulberg to be home^UC to Werd{Jacob+w} Reformed ;

Isenburg^GS: Said   by the Kutter FSL to be home^UC to Diel, Dietz, Engel, Faust, Frank, Fuss, Gruen, Gutmann, Haas, Hack, Hagelganz, Hanhardt, Helhorn, Herdt, Hicks?, Hild, Huck, Kaufmann, Kirschner, Klein, Knis, Kuhlmann, Kunkel, Loch/Lach, Lohrey, Loos, Lorenz, Mueller, Nazarenus67,Neumann, Niedenthal, Orsulet, Reichert, Reifschneider, Reinecke, Rieger, Roehrich, Roth, Ruppel, Schenk, Schmick, Schmidt, Schneider, Schroeder, Stuerz, Traut, Trey, Wagner, Weigand, Wetzel, and possibly Beltz, Fuchs, Hergert, and Licht families.  Said by the Messer FSL to be home^UC to Arnbrecht, Bert?, Betz, Deisel, Dickmann, Dickmann, Eckel, Geis, Goebel, Goetz, Henkel, Herdt, Hergenhein, Herr, Hoffmann, Holland, Kaiser/Kayser47, 48, Klapp, Kraus, Krecker?, Lang Lehr, Lipps, Lorey, Meininger, Mueller, Nuss, Ochsenhirt, Osterreich, Popp, Ritter, Roeder, Satler, Schaefer, Schmidt, Schneider, Schott, Trautmueller, Ullrich, Weber, Weibert, Wiederholt, Willmann, Zeller, Zieg, and possibly Burbach, Daut?, Laubach, and Meisinger. 

Isenburg^GS:  Said   by the Moor FSL to be home^UC to Betz, Bichert, Brantau, Bretmann, Degenau, Dermer, Dinges, Eckel, Eichler, Gallowa/Galloy, Gambach, Geis, Gerlach, Gies, Helwig, Herdt, Iskam, Jackel, Kempel, Klaus/Claus, Knaus, Korell, Lein, Mai, Michael, Mohn, Mueller, Pinecker, Rehm, Reuter, Rose, Roth, Scheidt, Schott, Schwab, Tenius?, Weber, Wolf, and possibly Ernst.  Said   by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to Eckart[Eckhardt]{J.Heinrich}, Neurath, and Werth{Magdalena} families.

Isenburg^GS: Said   by the Norka FSL to be home^UC to Albrecht[Albert], Aschenbrenner, Bach, Batz[Betz], Bechtold, Becker, Berger, Bihu[Biehn/Pan], Bour[Bauer], Brehm, Breitenstein, Brilt[Brill], Burbach, Deitz[Deis/Tais], Derr[Dorr], Dinges, Eherling[Eberling], Ehergardt[Gerhart], Euler/Eihler/Eiler, Eisenhut, Eschhach[Eschbach], Felerstein[Feuerstein], Fischer, Frank, Fuchs, Gauri, Gauri[Sauer?], Georg, Gerkelposin, Gerlach, Giebelhaus, Glantz, Goebel, Grisin[Griess], Gruen, Hamburger[Hamburg], Hank[Hardt/Hort], Hartung, Heinrich, Helwig, Helzer, Henkel[Henckel], Hergenreder, Herstein, Hesler[Hessler], Hockwald[Heckweld/Egewald], Hohnstein, Horst, Huffelt[Gufeltin/Hosfeld], Jacoby, Kaiser[Keiser], Klaus, Klehr[Klaehr], Kleiber, Kloberdanz, Kneiss[Kniss], Koch, Kohler, Krach, Kuhn, Lamm, Lehl, Lehr, Liphart[Libhardt/Lippardt], Lissman, Lohfink[Lofink/Liofin], Loos, Loren[Lorei], Louterbach[Lauterbach], Mai, Mersch, Messer, Milgeig[Milgenk], Miller[Mueller], Muhr[Mohr/Moor], Nagel, Pauli[Pauly], Pirbichin, Plucket[Plokwet/Pluket], Popp, Preisendorf, Preister[Prester/Proestel/Proester], Reich, Reichert, Reider, Reifschneider, Reiswichel[Reuspich/Reswig], Richter[Reider], Ross, Rozel[Rusing], Ruppel[from Neuhasslau], Schaefer, Scharf, Schein, Scheneman[Schonemann], Scherman[Schermann/Scharman], Schindler, Schleiger[Schleicher], Schneider, Schnell, Schreiner, Schwindt, Simlin, Spiegel, Starkel[Sterkel/Staerkel], Storz[Stuertz], Tiring[Diringer?], Traudt[Traut], Trieher[Trueber/Tripper], Wacker, Weber, Webler[Weller], Weigand[Weigandt], Weitzel, Werth, Wertz[Wuertz], Wilhelm, Yost[Just], and maybe Bauer, Hahn, Mohr and Sorberger.  Said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be home^UC to a Brant family. 

Isenburg-Wied County^GS: 1338 to 1454 when it became Wied County.

Isenburg County^GS: 1442-1511: created in 1442 with seat at Buedingen.  Ended in 1511 when split into two: Isenburg-Buedingen-Birstein and Isenburg-Kelsterbach.

Isenburg-Kelsterbach County^GS:1511-1601: created from Isenburg County; absorbed into Isenburg-Birstein.

Isenburg-Buedingen-Birstein County^GS: 1511-1628: created in 1511 from Isenburg County.  Split into two parts in 1628: Isenburg-Buedingen and Isenburg-Birstein.

Isenburg-Offenbach County^GS: 1628-1711:  created in 1628 from Isenburg-Buedingen-Birstein County,  during 1635-1643 it was occupied by France., and in 1711 it was reabsorbed by Isenburg-Birstein County.  Its joint rulers (Graf zu Isenburg und Offenbach) were Johann Philipp (1685-1711) in Offenbach(?) with Christian Heinrich (1685-1711) seated in Eisenberg(where??) and Langenselbold.

Isenburg-Birstein County^GS: 1628-1744: created in 1628 from Isenburg-Buedingen-Birstein County.  Absorbed by Isenburg-Offenbach in 1664.  Restored as Isenburg-Birstein County in 1711. Transformed in 1744 when became a Principality [see below].  Its rulers (Graf zu Isenburg und Birstein) was Count Wolfgang Ernst I (1711-1744) until he became Prince.

Isenburg-Waechtersbach County^GS: 1628-1806: created in 1628 from Isenburg-Buedingen-Birstein County.  Absorbed with some other branches into Isenburg Principality in 1806.  One of the five Isenburg countries in the 1760’s.  It then  included at least Waechtersbach its seat, Hesseldorf, Weilers, Waldensberg and Leisenwald, plus a very tiny exclave to the west which held only the town of Boehnstadt and  the village of Bruchenbruecken.  The rulers (graf zu Isenburg und Buedingen-Waechtersbach) through 1765 were the Counts: Ferdinand Maximilian I (1673-1703) , Ferdinand Maximilian II (1703-1755), Ferdinand Casimir I (1755-1778),  Ferdinand Casimir II (1778-1780 and Albrecht August (1780-1782), Wilhelm Reinhard (1782-85), Adolf I (1785-98), Ludwig Maximilian I (1798-1805, d.1805), and Ludwig Maximilian II (1805-1806, d.1821).

Isenburg-Buedingen County^GS: 1628-1815: created in 1628, amalgamated with Isenburg-Birstein in 1806, and finally absorbed into Isenburg Principality in 1815.  One of the five Isenburg countries in the 1760’s; its territory then lay within a few miles of the town of Buedingen, some to the N and S, but mostly to the W.  From 1693, the rulers of this country, known as Graf zu Isenburg und Buedingen-Buedingen, were: Johann Ernst II (1693-1708, Ernst Kasimir (1708-49), Gustav Friedrich (1749-68, Ludwig Kasimir (1768-75, Ernst Kasimir II ( 1775-1801, d.1801), Ernst Kasimir III (1801-1806, d.1852). 

Isenburg-Marienborn County^GS: 1673-1725: created in 1673 from Isenburg-Buedingen County; was absorbed into Isenburg-Meerholz County in 1725. The seat of this small country was in Eckartshausen, 4.5 miles SW of Buedingen city.  Its ruler from 1673-1725 was County Karl August.

Isenburg-Meerholz County^GS: 1673-1806: created from Isenburg-Birstein County; became Principality in 1744; absorbed into Isenburg Principality in 1806.  One of the five Isenburg countries in the 1760’s; its lands lay S of Isenburg-Buedingen and S of Isenburg-Waechtersbach.  It was seated in Meerholz town, just SW of Gelnhausen city, which town has long since been absorbed into that city as a suburb or neighborhood.  Its rulers (Graf zu Isenburg und Buedingen-Meerholz) through 1765 were Counts: Georg Albrecht (1673-1724) and Karl Friedrich (1724-1774).

Isenburg-Eisenberg County^GS: 1711-1758: created from pieces of Isenburg-Birstein and Isenburg Offenbach; then absorbed into Isenburg-Birstein.

Isenburg-Philippseich County^GS: 1711-1806: created from parts of Isenburg-Birstein and Isenburg-Offenbach.  One of the five Isenburg countries in the 1760’s.  Absorbed into Isenburg Principality in 1806.  About all that remains of Philippseich today is its schloss in or near Dreieichenhain just SE of Neu-Isenburg, Hessen.  Its rulers (Graf zu Isenburg und Philippseich) were the Counts: Wilhelm Moritz II (1711-1772) , Christian Karl (1772-1779), and Karl Wilhelm (1779-1781)  jointly with Heinrich Ferdinand (1779-1781)..

Isenburg-Birstein Principality^GS: 1744-1806: the County was transformed into a Principality in 1744.  One of the five Isenburg countries in the 1760s.  The northern portion of its lands lay generally E of Isenburg-Buedingen and N of Isenburg-Waechtersbach.  Its southern portion lay to the SE of Frankfurt-am-Main, with Offenbach as its seat.  In 1806 it absorbed some other branches and became Isenburg Principality.  Its rulers (Fuerst zu Isenburg und Birstein) were the Princes: Wolfgang Ernst I (1744-1754 previously a Count), Wolfgang Ernst II (1754-1803),  and Karl I Friedrich Ludwig Moritz (1803-1806).

Isenburg Principality^GS: 1806-1816: created in 1806 from Isenburg-Birstein and then gradually absorbed the other Isenburgs.  Its  ruler (Fuerst von Isenburg) was Karl I Friedrich Ludwig Moritz (1806-1814).  1810-13 it was occupied by France, 1813-1816 occupied by Austria, and in 1816 absorbed by Hesse-Darmstadt Landgraviate.

Isenburg-Buedingen County^GS: None of the following references mentions a locality.  Said by the Enders FSL to be home^UC to Pril and Zitner families  .  The Stahl-am-Karaman FSL (#28) says this was home ^UC to Klaus{Michael/Michel}.

Isenburg-Waechtersbach [County]^GS: its capital town, Waechtersbach, is some 8 miles ESE of Buedingen.  None of the following references mentions a locality.  Said by the Huck FSL to be home^UC to a Hein family.  Said by a Woehrd ML to be home^UC to a Willhelm woman who married in 1766 a Frasz man; the couple moved to Boregard (Mai&Marquardt#825).  See Waechtersbach.

Isenburg -Waechtersbach(?) [County]^GS: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be home^UC to Sterz family.

Iserle{Peter}: a baker from^UC Ettenheim near Strasburg in Elsass m. Magdalene Schmick from^UC same, 19 May 1766 in Buedingen (Mai&Marquardt#624 and KS119).  They have not been found in any printed FSL.

Isferdin? ^FN: I could not find them in any published FSL but this woman is reported to have married a Leidecker and then a Niederquell, both first reported in Schulz (Mai1798:Gf11).

Isheim^FN: said by the Kukkus FSL to be from^UC Berghausen, Braunfels.

Isingen^GL, Sulz [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 8 miles SE of Sulz-am-Neckar, and was proven by GCRA to be home to the Ruf family that went to Glueckstal. See the GCRA book for more details.

Isistadt(?)^GL, Brandenburg: an unidentified place said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be home^UC to a Keller family.

Iskam^FN: two families said by the Moor FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned). The maiden name of one frau was given as Scheidelmann in 1798 (Mai1798:Mo19); Bonner proved her husband was baptized in Vonhausen, Isenburg.  Bonner found that their Vonhausen marriage record said the other Iskam man was from^UC Calbach, Isenburg[-Buedingen County] and married a Doerr woman.

Iskhom?^FN: said by the Volmer FSL to be from^UC Biburg.

Isman^FN: see Ismann.

Ismann^FN: said by KS136 and a Woehrd ML (Mai&Marquardt#767) as well as by the Warenburg FSL #67 to be from^UC Breslau, [Preussen] with Bernhardt stepsons in the household.  Spelled Isman in 1798 (Mai1798:Wr87). This man married a Bernhard widow in 1766 in Woehrd (Mai&Marquardt#767).

Isselbach, Kurmainz[?]: an unidentified place said by the Galka FSL to be home^UC to a Bender family.  I can find no such place on lands that were Kurmainz, but there was an Isselbach, Kurtrier 3 miles SE of Montabaur town.

Issewoerth?, Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Dehler FSL to be home^UC to a Guenther family.

Italien^GS: is German for Italy.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Millozzi family.

Italy: see Italien.

Itschnja, Ukraine: nka Inchnya 98 miles NE of Kiev, and said by the Husaren FSL to be home^UC to a Mursa family.

Itterbeek^GL: see Ichtebeck.

Ittingen(?): an unidentified place said by the Kraft FSL to be home^UC to a Zorn family.  There is an Ittingen in Switzerland, some 14 miles ESE of Konstanz.

Ittlingen^GL, Eppingen [Amt], Baden: is 4 miles N of Eppingen city, and was proven by GCRA to be home to the Kappes family that went to Glueckstal.  See the GCRA book for more details.

Ivanova^FN: said by the 1798 Franzosen census to be the maiden name of frau Pasqual (Mai1798:Fz36).

Iven(?)^GL, Pommern(?): is some 55 miles SE of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Pommern, and said by the Holstein FSL to be home^UC to a Brickmann family.

Iwanowice Amt^GL, Suedpreussen: an unidentified district administrative center.

Ix^FN: see Icks.

Izel?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be home^UC to a Becker{Johann}family. Kuhlberg said this was in Darmstadt.  There aere 3 Izels in France and Belgium but I could find none in the lands that had been Hessen-Darmstadt Landgraviate.

Izik^FN: said by the Walter FSL to be from^UC Grossenmoor, Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter.  Shown by the Walter Research Project to be an Isaak family.

Updated 10/2012