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Ra-Rdz

Raab{Heinrich}^FN: said by one or both versions of the Balzer FSL to be from [Duedelsheim,] Isenburg[-Buedingen County].  Bonner proved Herr Raab was baptized here and also that this was where Herr Fech’s Raab wife was baptized.  Wagner1 p.85 concurs, gives the date of baptism and names of his parents. He married in 1766 in Buedingen to a Reibert woman said in the Buedingen ML to have came from^UC Mockstadt (Mai&Marquardt#532).  In 1798 the maiden name of the then frau Raab was given as Trait or Dreith? (Mai1798:Bz79).

Raab^FN: said by the Dehler FSL to be from^UC Damerzhausen?, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Margraviate].  For 1798 see 1798Mai:Dl27.

Raab^FN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be from^UC Wolfsheim, Frankreich.

Raab^FN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be from^UC Ichsfels(?)/Iksfelts(?).

Raab^FN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be from^UC Kersbach?, Bamberg [Bishopric].

Raab ^FN: said by the Stephan FSL to be from^UC Inheden, [Solms-Laubach County].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sp12.  For 1767 see T6379-80.

Raab^FN: also see Rabbe.

Rabbe/Raab/Raabe^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Lauterbach.

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

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

Raabe^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be an orphan boy in the Nickel{J.Peter} household.  I could not find him in Mai1798.

Raabe^FN: also see Rabbe.

Rabachan?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Holstein FSL to be home^UC to a Weber family and possibly to the Krueck step-daughter and the Stupart{Katharina}orphan living in their household.

Rabelsdorf?, Bamberg [Bishopric][sic?]: an unidentified plalce said by the Seelmann FSL to be home^UC to a Schellhorn family.  The only Rabelsdorf I could find was 31 km NNW of Bamberg city and 170 km NE of Wuerzburg city and was then in Wuerzburg Bishopric, not in Bamberg Bishopric.

Rabenau^GL, [Hessen-Darmstadt Landgraviate]: is some 9 miles NE of Giessen and said by the Fischer FSL to be home^UC to a Schoenmeyer family (frau Jung). According to the Buedingen ML a Jung man married a Schoenmeyer woman in 1766, both from the area of Rabenau; by 1767 this couple was in Fischer; Stumpp said Rabenau was near Giessen (Mai&Marquardt#581).  Rabenau: Said ( no locality mentioned) by the Fischer FSL to be home^UC [but not birthplace) to frau Lang.

Rabenstein?, Bamberg [Bishopric]: an unidentified place said by the Leitsinger FSL to be home^UC to a Sennlein family.

Rabensterk or Rebernstern^FN: go to Ravensberg. 

Rabicz^GL: now is Rabiez some 30 miles NW of Warsaw; see Rabitsch.

Rabin?^GL, Darmstadt: an unidentified place said by the Dreispitz FSL to be home^UC to a Mueller family.

Rabitsch(?)/Rabicz^GL, Polen: said by the Kratzke FSL to be home^UC to a Risch family.

Raboldshausen, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate]: is 8 miles WNW of Bad Hersfeld, and was said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to home^UC to a Kaiser family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Hessen.

Rach^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Oberstadt, Schwaben.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bn7,9,67).

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

Rackith^GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to an Ensler family.  The only Rackith I can find was in Kursachsen, some 4 miles SSE of Wittenberg city.

Rad^FN: see Rath.

Radach^FN: see Radak.

Radak^FN: listed by the 1816 Neudorf census (#117) as being from^UC the Warsaw Duchy and by KS:397 with no origin.  The GCRA believes they lived in^UC the Netze River valley probably near Czarnikau, but could not prove origin.  Also spelled Radach.  See the GCRA book for more.

Radaschhausen?, Schwarzburg: an unidentified place said by the Reinhard FSL to be home^UC to the Bahlausen family.

Radi^FN: see Rady.

Rady{Melchisedek/Miliseder}: Kulberg51 said they were  from^UC Dresden. I did not find them in T.  Said by the Messer FSL (#27) to be from^UC Brandenburg (no locality mentioned), his wife’s maiden name was given as Schmidt, with the her brother {Daniel} in the houseold.   In 1798 the family name was spelled Radi (Mai1798:Ms31).

Radziejowo Kreis, Posen Department, South Prussia: nka Radziejow, centered 70 miles ENE of Posen.

Radzivilov^GL, Russia: now Chervonoarmeysk, Ukraine, then at the Russian/Galician border, some 57 miles ENE of Lemberg.

Radziwillow, Galicia: the GCRA found it assoicated with an Aman family in 1809.  The same place as the previous entry.

Raeder^FN:  said by the 1798 Reinhard census to be the maiden name of frau Frahm.  Spelled Rehders in 1765 (Mai&Marquardt#39).

Rehders{M.Dorothea}: KS128 says she married Frahm{J.Heinrich}. A Luebeck ML records this marriage on 16 October 1765 (Mai&Marquardt#39).  In 1798 her name is given as Raeder (Mai1798:Rh19).

Raeder^FN: also see Roeder.

Rael^FN: said in 1798 to be the maiden name of wife of the Bindewald who settled in Boaro (Mai1798: Mn33).  Another source gives (unless he married a second time) her maiden name as Kenel.

Raesanowka^VV: a variation of the Russian name for Naeb^VV.

Raeuscher^FN: see Rauscher.

Ragen^FN: see Regenbach.

Ragenbach^FN: said by the1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Meier{Christoph} of Shcherbakovka (Mai1798:Kr26).

Rahm^FN: said by the1798 Ernestinendorf census to be the maiden name of frau Koenig {Mai1798:Sh32).  Also see Ron.

Rahn^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Merlau?, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate].  I could not find them in Mai1798.  He was godfather to a Mueller girl in Luebeck in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#1284).

Rahn^FN: also see Rohn.

Rahnefeld^FN: said by the Kano FSL to be from^UC Oranienbaum, [Anhalt-]Dessau [Principality].  Spelled Ranefeld in 1798 and  in Reinfeld 1785 (Mai1798:Mv1134, Sw22).  This Reinefeld man with a wife and 3 children is recorded as leaving Oranienbaum, Anhalt-Dessau Principality for Russia; here spelled Reinefeld and Rennefeld (Mai&Marquardt#1138 and 1074).

Rahnert^FN: see Ranert.

Raibach, [Gross-Umstadt Condominium] (now in Hesse):  was 9 km SE of Dieburg and  2 km ESE of Gross-Umstadt city.  Said by KS127 and 150 to be home^UC to Faust{Johannes} and Reichert{A.Margaretha} who married in Buedingen on 19 April 1766 before proceeding to Dobrinka FSL (#94).  Said by the Schwab FSL to be home^UC to Fischer{J.Georg}, Ruppel, and Urich families.

Raibach^GL, Darmstadt [actually then  in the Gross-Umstadt Condo jointly run by Hessen-Darmstadt and Kurpfalz] is some 14 miles E of Darmstadt city and some 6 miles SE of Dieburg town.  Said by the Holstein FSL to be home^UC to Borger, Deisner, Grenz, and Reichert families. Said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to a Schipp woman who married an Armbruester man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Krasnoyar (Mai&Marquardt#569).  KS:119 said this Armbruster man was from^UC Raibach(sic), near Dieburg, married a Schoepp woman in Buedingen. I think Stumpp inadvertently confused the home of the bride with that of the groom –ed.This is the same place as the preceding and following entries.

Raibach, Erbach(sic): is 2.5 km E of Gross-Umstadt town and was said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be home^UC to the Bessinger family.  Raibach, not far from Erbach County, actually was in the Gross-Umstadt Condomium jointly owned and run by Hessen-Darmstadt Landgraviate and the Kurpfalz. This is the same place as the previous two entries. 

Raibert?^FN: the 1798 Norka census gives this as the maiden name of the wife of an Isenburger Lehr; the editor thinks this may have been Reiber (Mai1798:Nr42).

Raich ^FN: aka frau Ehresmann of Neudorf. Using FHL#247,589, 1,457,536 and 247,591, the GCRA her origin in Billigheim, Bergzabern [Amt], Rheinpfalz, then under Elsass jurisdiction.  See the GCRA book for more.

Raile^FN: said by both the 1858 Neudorf census (#240) and KS:397 to have been from Plochingen, Wuerttemberg. Using FHL#1,056,648 and 1,056,642, the GCRA proved that origin Plochingen in Esslingen Amt.  See their book for much more.

Rainer^FN: listed by the 1858 Kassel census (#234) with no origin, but KS:402 said they came from Brackenheim, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  Using FHL#1,184,720-1, the GCRA confirmed that origin the Amt now being Brackenheim,

Rainrod^GL: is some 5 miles NE of Nidda, Hessen, and said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be home^UC to a Baer/Ber family (p.131).

Rainrod^GL, Darmstadt^GL: said by the Mueller FSL to be home^UC to Buchhammer and Schaefer families. 

Raitersaich^GL: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Wagner? family.  This probably is 10 miles SW of Nuernberg, Bavaria.

Rak ^FN: see Brack.

Rakk?^FN: said by the Leichtling FSL to be from^UC Gelnhausen (no locality mentioned).  This may be the Rock family.

Rakuszewski^FN: said by the Husaren FSL to be from^UC Marienburg, Polen. In 1798 spelled Rockowshew (Mai1798:Hn23).

Rall^FN: said by the Bergdorf 1858 census (KS:667, 398) to have been Kaltental, Stuttgart [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  This origin was verified by the GCRA using FHL(1,055,609).  See their book for more detail.

Raltfort(?)^GL, Sachsen: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a .Stekloff? family

Ramann^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Wuerzburg no locality indicated. 

Rambach^GL, Nassau[-Usingen Principality]: said the Frank FSL to be home^UC to a Bender family.

Rambach, Nassau-Usingen Principality: was just N of Weisbaden, and today is the northernmost neighborhood of that city.

Rambe^FN: see Ranburger.

Rambeau^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Paris, Frankreich.

Ramburger^FN: see Ranburger.

Ramche/Range^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Erbach (no locality mentioned).

Rameis?^FN said by the Frank FSL to be from^UC Hirschfeld, Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter(?).

Ramge{Sophia Philippina}: she married Eich{J.Sebastian} in 1745 in Nieder-Modau.  They arrived in Oranienbaum, Russia in July 1766 and were in the June 1767 Dobrinka FSL (#73). For more information go to http://cvgs.cu-portland.edu/origins/e/eich_dobrinka.cfm.

Ramig^FN: not found in an FSL but was in the 1775 Grimm census #18 and 31.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Gm9, 16?, 131 and 169.

Ramin^FN: see Remier.

Rammel^FN: said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#96) and KS:398 to have come from Zaisenhausen, Sinsheim (Amt), Baden.   Using FHL#1,256,770, the GCRA proved this origin.  See their book for a bit more.  Also spelled Rumbel.

Rampetzreith

Ramsauer{Johann}:  said by the Recruiter Beauregard list to have come from^UC Utzburg and to have gone to Bettinger in 1768 (Lk8); so may have been among the Bettinger first settlers.   For 1767 see T2382-2383).   I could not identify them or any descendant in Mai1798.

Ramshin ^FN see Rumsch.

Ramsin?^GL, Anhalt-Dessau: is some 14 miles S of Dessau city, and said by the Jost FSL to be home^UC to a Dauer family.  If this was in fact Anhalt-Dessau, it was a tiny island of such in a great sea of Kursachsen.

Ramstadt(?)^GL, ^GL: see Romebschreit. [Hessen-]Darmstadt: said by the Pleve version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be home to a Kraft family.  This likely is the town of Ober-Ramstadt, Hesse, is some 5 miles SE of Darmstadt city.  Kromm apparently called this Ristedt.

Ranburger/Rambe^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Andertso/Andershof(?), Kurmainz.  Later may have been spelled Ramburger.

Randesacker: was 4 km SE of Wuerzburg: KS124 says this was home to Conradi{Valentin} and that he and his wife,  Menger{A.Maria}, left here heading for Boaro.  But I did not find them in the Boaro FSL.

Randstadt[, Stollberg]: Gary Martens proved that  Sinner/Seiner(?)[Michael}, very likely a Schilling first settler was baptized here in 1717. 

Ranert^FN: said by the Bauer FSL to be from^UC Meisenheim, Kurpfalz.  Actually Rhanert from Mettenheim, Wartenberg (Mai&Marquardt#1247). In 1798 spelled Rahnert and the maiden name of the wife was given as Reichel (Mai1798:Br52 and 6).

Ranefeld^FN: see Rahnefeld.

Rang^FN: see Reis.

Range^FN: see Ramche.

Rannefeld^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Aken, Anhalt-Koethen [Principality].  I could not find this man in Mai1798.

Ransbach^GL, Kur Trier: an unidentified place said by the Preuss FSL to be home^UC to a Becker family.  There are at least 4 Ransbach in Germany; none appear to be near Trier.

Ranstadt ^GL, [Stollberg-Gedern County]: is some 7 miles NW of Buedingen city.  Gary Martens says that according to Igor Pleve the original Schilling Sinner was born in^UC Ranstadt, but was living in^UC Rinderbuergen when he left for Russia.

Ranstadt^GL, Stollberg: is some 7 miles NW of Buedingen city, and said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be home^UC to a Schaat man who came here later than the first settlers (p.35).  Same place as the preceding entry.

Ranstadt^GL -bei-Buedingen: said by Stumpp to be home^UC to Claum{Caspar}and to the Schwab who was the first headman of Schwab^VV.  Same place as the preceding  two entries.

Ranstadt^GL: also see Rohnstadt.

Ranzen^GL, near Riga, Latvia: this might be Rencini some 73 miles NE of Riga city, and some 6 miles ENE of Burtnieki.

Rapoldshofen^GL: see Rappoldshofen.

Rapp^FN:  listed in the Bergdorf 1858 census (KS:666, 398) without origin.  Origin in Muehlhausen-an-der-Enz, Vaihingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg was proven by the GCRA using FHL(1,184,985).  See the GCRA book for more details.

Rapp^FN: the GCRA found that this family lived in Kassel although it was not in any Kassel census, and, using FHL#1,184,502, proved its origin in Struempfelbach, Waiblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  See their book for more.

Rapp^FN: see Kapp.

Rappoldshofen^GL-bei-Neustadt-an-der-Aisch, Bayreuth: is some 3 miles NE of Neustadt and said both by the Laub FSL and by a Woehrd ML (Rapoldshofen) to be home^UC to a Kolb family.

Rari(?)^GL, Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Roethling FSL to be home^UC to a Matleheim family.

Raron?^GL, Schweiz: is some 47 miles SSE of Bern, and said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be home^UC to a Kelbermater family. 

Ras?{Jacob}: said by the Recruiter Beauregard’s list to have been from^UC Wirtheim (Lk93).  A possible son may be listed as Roos{Johannes} in Ober-Monjou in 1798 with a Stuckert wife from Luzern (Om18).  If this is so, the family may have been first settlers in Luzern .

Rasch^FN:  the wife was said by the Reinhard FSL to be from^UC Worms, Kurpfalz.

Rasch{Friedrich}:  said by the Reinhard FSL to be from^UC Reval, [Estonia, Russia].  This man married a Weber woman in Luebeck in 1765 (Mai&Marquardt#17).  The wife’s maiden name was given as Weber in 1798 (Mai1798:Rh16); for 1794 see Mai1797:Mv2389.

Raschau^GL, Polen: said by the Jost FSL to be home^UC to a Waljatski family.  There were two Raschau in Kursachsen, but I could not discover one in then Polish lands.

Raschez ^FN: listed in this spelling in the 1816 Kassel census (#6) and in KS:398 with no origin; listed in the 1858 Kassel census (#120 no origin) and in KS:409 as Rometsch and as (evidently mistakenly) having come from^UC Gerlingen, Leonberg [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  The GCRA thinks Langenbrand, Bieselberg [parish], Calw [Amt], Wuerttemberg is their more likely origin, probably having come to Russia via Koenigsbach, South Prussia; see their book for more.  Also spelled Rumetz.

Raschler^FN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be a step-son living in the Fischer household.  This would imply that frau Fischer was formerly frau Raschler.

Raskaty^VV: one version of the Russian name for Rohleder^VV.

Raspen^FN: said (no locality indicated) by the Schwed FSL to be from^UC Ulm.  I could not identify them or any likely descendants in Mai1798.

Rassler^FN: said by the Hoelzel FSL to be a stepson in the Rossner household.  I could not find either family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Rassnitz^GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Wiesner family.  This probably was Rassnitz, Magdeburg Duchy, some 8 miles SE of Halle city.

Rastadt^GL, Luxembourg Duchy: now in Belgium, 37 miles NW of Luxembourg city.  The first editor of the Rohlender FSL thought, apparently incorrectly, that this was home to home^UC to a Mohr/Mahr/Moor{Nikolas} family. 

Rastadt^GL: also see Rastatt.

Rastatt, [Baden-Baden Margraviate]: in the 1760s was the seat of the Baden-Baden Margrave and was said by the Galka FSL to be home^UC to a Frank{J.Wilhelm} family. Said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be home^UC to a Himmel/Huemmel family.  Said by the the Rohleder FSL to be home^UC to a Mohr/Mahr/Moor{Nikolas} family.  This is the same place as the next entry, but 40-50 years earlier.

Rastatt Amt^GL, Baden: a district administrative center (1809) some 12 miles SW of Karlsruhe city.

Rastenberg: an unidentified place said by Kulberg3 to be home^UC to Licht/Lieders{Friedrich}single.

Rath^FN: said by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:660, 398) to have been Pfalzengrafenweiler, Freudenstadt [Amt]. Wuerttemberg.  This origin was verified using FHL(1,884,557) by the GCRA, which also demonstrated that the family went first to Suedpreussen.  See their book for more detail.  Also spelled Rad.

Rath^FN: Kulberg#6221 has the wife of Geist{J.Caspar} as {A.Margaretha} and sister-in-law [her sister?] as Rath {Elisabeth}20.  The Pleve version of the Walter FSL (#76) lists this couple.

Rath: this family name was found recorded in 1700s Berstadt parish records; see Flegel trip.

Rathenow^GL, [Kur-]Brandenburg: is some 44 miles WNW of Berlin centre, and said by the Jost FSL to be home^UC to a Benz family.  Said by the Reinhard FSL to be home^UC to the Liege family.  Said by the Rosenheim FSL to be home^UC to an Ausfeld family.

Ratingen?, Herzogtum Wuerttemberg: an unidentified place said by the Rosenheim FSL to be home^UC to a Steinbrenner family.  This might be Roettingen which was in Oettingen County which might have hired Wuerttemberg Duchy to handle its passports.

Rattel^FN: said by the Kano FSL to be from^UC Bayreuth [Margraviate] (no locality mentioned). 

Rattershausen[?], Wuerzburg [Bishopric]: said by the Seelmann FSL to be home^UC to a Brenner family.  This probably was Rottershausen 46 km NNE of Wuerzburg city.

Ratzeburg?^GL, Sachsen: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Leirich family.  There was a Ratzeburg Principality, but I do not find any name like that in lands that were Kursachsen.

Ratzeburg^GL: also see Ratzenburg.

Ratzeburg Principality^GS: this state belonged to the Mecklenburg-Schwerin Duchy.  It lay E of Luebeck city and extended N and NE from its seat in Ratzeburg city.  The seat is listed below as Ratzenburg, Mecklenburg.

Ratzenburg^GL: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Burmeister family.  There are several such place-names in Germany, however, this might be the next entry.

Ratzenburg^GL, Mecklenburg: is Ratzeburg, now in Schleswig-Holstein, some 13 miles SSE of Luebeck city, and said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Schuetz family.  This may have referred to the Principality not just the city.

Rau^FN{J.Friedrich}: said by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:660, 399) to have been from Neubulach, Calw [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  However the GCRA says that origin belongs to a different Rau family, while this one is said to have come from^UC Kaltenbach.  See their book for more detail.

Rau^FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Stitzenhein?.

Rau^FN: the Dinkel FSL says these orphans were living in a Andersen household from Tauban(?), Holstein.

Rau^FN: said by the 1798 Dobrinka census to be Bishof’s wife’s maiden name (Mai1798:Db22).

Rau^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Freiwalde, Brandenburg.

Rau^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Schackzalt(?), Schafftanau(?).

Rau^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Spitzenalten(?), Schatanu(?).  Later spelled Raum as well (Mai1798:Db46, Db77).

Rau{Friedrich}: he was in Glueckstal for a time and the GCRA says he probably was from^UC Neubulach, Calw [Amt], Wuettemberg, like the man of the same name who went to Bergdorf.  See the GCRA book for detail.

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

Rau^FN: said by the Huck FSL to be from^UC Fulda (no locality mentioned).  Said by the Buedingen ML to be from^UC Salmuenster, marrying on 9 April 1766 an Eckert woman from^UC Spielberg (Mai&Marquardt#504).  This Rauh couple was baptized in St. Jacob’s Lutheran, Luebeck on 4 June 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#1318).

Rau^FN: said by the Keller FSL to be from^UC Kottenheim, Bassenheim [Barony], with Riegelhof orphan children in the household.  For 1798 see (Mai1798:Nk4).

Rau^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Alsfeld, Darmstadt.

Rau^FN: according to a Luebeck ML a Rau woman from^UC Darmstadt married in 1766 Hoepner man; by 1767 this couple was in Krasnoyar (Mai&Marquardt#234).

Rau ^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Romrod?.

Rau^FN: said by the 1798 Reinwald census to be the maiden name of frau Lederer (Mai1798:Rw26).

Rau^FN: said by the Straub FSL to be from^UC Grosssachsen?, Kurpfalz.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sr35.

Rau^FN: this family name was found recorded in 1700s Berstadt parish records, and in Schotten parish records for many years prior to 1767; see Flegel trip.

Rau^FN: also see von Rau.

Raubach^GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Schult? family.  I can only find two Raubachs: one in Kurpfalz some 13 miles NE of Heidelberg city, and one in Wied-Runkel County some 13 miles NNE of Koblenz city.

Raubach^GL, Isenburg: an unidentified place said by the Kukkus FSL to be home^UC to a Hergenroeder family.

Rauber{Catharina}: from^UC Crainfeld  married 10 June 1766 Gies{Balthasar} from^UC Burghaun (Mai&Marquardt#687).  They settled in Walter FSL #51.

Rauch^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Tab(?), Oesterreich.  Later spelled Rausch (Mai1798:Db80).

Rauch^FN: said by the Keller FSL to be orphan boys in the Ebers household.

Rauch^FN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be from^UC Sassanfahrt?, Bamberg [Bishopric].

Rauch^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Grentu(?), Bamberg.

Rauch^FN:  this woman married in in Luebeck in 1766 a Kauffmann man  (Mai&Marquardt#100); by 1767 they were in Susannental.

Raude?^GL, Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Mariental FSL to be home^UC to a Schirmer family.

Rauental^GL, Rastatt [Amt], Baden: is some 1.5 miles ESE of Rastatt city, and said by the 1816 Bergdorf census to be home^UC to a Merkel family.

Rauh^FN:  a Friedberg ML said that this woman from^UC Altenkirchen (state illegible) in 1766 married a Bruech man from Koenigsberg, Darmstadt  (Mai&Marquardt#304).

Rauh^FN: also see Rau.

Raum^FN: see Rau.

Raumbach^GL, Zweibruechen: is some 34.5 miles NNE of Zweibruechen and is said by the Rothammel FSL to be home^UC to a Matz family.

Raunergrund?, [Kursachsen]: is 28 km SSE of Plauen city, and said by the Schoenchen FSL to be home^UC to a Lorenz family.

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

Rausch^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Westhausen with a Wendebach stepdaughter living in the household. 

Rausch^FN: said by the Goebel FSL to be from^UC Koster(?), Kurmainz and to be married to a Heisling woman.  It is possible that he had an earlier wife who quickly died: the Buedingen ML has a man with his name but from^UC Gelnhausen marrying an Eirich woman from^UC the same place in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#351).

Rausch^FN said by the Frank FSL to be from^UC Niederanzeig(?), Erbach.

Rausch^FN said by the Pleve and Stumpp versions of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be from^UC Ulrichstein in the region of Lauterbach in the state of Hessen or from Helpershain, Alsfold, Hessen.  This man is said by the Buedingen ML to be from^UC Helpershain, Ulrichstein and to have married in 1766 a Huenergart woman also from^UC Helpershain (Mai&Marquardt#701).  The Kromm version of the FSL also says Helpershain, Ulrichstein, but Ulrichstein surely is an error since maps of that day show Helpershain to be in Felda Gericht, Hessen-Darmstadt.

Rausch^FN: said by the Louis FSL to be from^UC Bitsch, Lothringen.

Rausch^FN{Daniel}: said by the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL (#29) to be from^UC Paterburg, Hanau [County].

Rausch{A.Maria}: from^UC Repgeshain on 3 July 1766 in Buedingen married Fries{Johannes} from^UC Felda (Mai&Marquard#726).  KS129  and 149 say Rebgeshain^UC was near Lauterbach now in Hesse.  I did not find this family in any published FSL or in Mai1798.

Rausch^FN: also see Rauch and Raush.

Rauschenbach^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Leipzig.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Ka33.

Rauschenbach{Carl Friedrich}: 26 June 1766 in Rosslau married Grune{Sofia Friederique} (Mai&Marquardt#1030) . He is said by the  Neidermonjou FSL (#20) to be from^UC Leipzig and is listed in that FSL with a newer wife.  KS131 and 149  spelled her name {Friedericke}. 

Rauschenberg^GL, Hessen[-Kassel Landgraviate]: is some 8 miles NE of Marburg city, and 17 miles NW of Alsfeld city, and said by the Stumpp to be home^UC to a Trimber woman who in 1766 married the Reich man who went to Grimm (Mai&Marquardt#531). Said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a Tauscher family.  Said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Katzenbach family, and possibly a Schmidt family; Kuhlberg said this was in Hessen.

Rauscher^FN: said by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:659, 399) to have been from Buttenhausen, Muensingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  This origin was verified by the GCRA using Boettingen parish records in FHL(1,190,239); they also proved the family sojourned in Suedpreussen prior to arrival in Bergdorf.  See the GCRA book for more detail.

Rauscher^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Gratz, Steiermark.  A Luebeck ML says this Raeuscher man married a Kuff woman in 1765 (Mai&Marquardt#20).

Rausendan?^FN: said by the Kratzke FSL to be from^UC Nordhausen.

Raush^FN: said by the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL to be from^UC Pateno in the County of Hanaustadt.

Raush^FN{Daniel}: said by the Pleve transcription of Stahl-am-Karaman FSL (#29) to be from^UC Pateno, Hanaustadt.

Raush^FN: also see Rausch.

Ravensberg^FN: see Rabensterk.

Ravensberg{Georg Adam }^FN: son of {Johann and Barbara} from Kuernbach, Wuerttemberg, he, arrived in Flensburg, Schleswig Royal Duchy in June 1762; he and his wife Haase{Eva Elisabeth} daughter of Haase{Leonhard} were last recorded at #22 Colony G20 “Westscheide”, Amt Gottorf in Jan. 1765 leaving for Russia (EEE p.555, see it for more detail).  He, his wife and his mother are listed at Rosenheim FSL #50 where he is said to be from^UC Kernberg?, Hezogtum Wuerttemberg.  Spelled Ravensberg in 1798 (Mai1798:Rm42).  Rabensterk, Rebernstern, Ravensberger and Ravensperger are all variant spellings.

Ravensberg{Johann}^FN: From Kuernbach, Wuerttemberg, he, his wife {Barbara} and 2 daughters arrived in Flensburg, Schleswig Royal Duchy in June 1762and were last recorded at #8 Colony G20 “Westscheide”, Amt Gottorf in Oct 1765 before leaving for Russia (EEE p.555, see it for more detail).  {Barbara} as widow is recorded in her son {Georg Adams}’s household at Rosenheim FSL #50.

Ravensberg{K.Barbara}^FN: daughter of {Johann and Barbara} (EEE:555, see it for more detail), and said by the 1798 Rosenheim census to be the maiden name of frau Arnold{J.Christoph} (Mai1798:Rm1).

Ravensberg{M.Barbara}^FN: this 2^nd wife of Dubs{Johannes} was listed in Rosenheim in 1798 (Rm9).  I cannot find her  identified in any FSL but I think it very likely she was an elder child of  {Johann and Barbara} who arrive in Flensburg in June 1762, see above.

Ravensberger: go to Ravensberg.

Ravensburg?^GS, Schwaben: was an independent imperial city and is some 45miles SSW of Ulm, Bavaria.  Said by the Lauwe FSL to be home^UC to Baude and Dipolt? families.

Ravensperger: go to Ravensberg.

Rawa Kreis, Warschau Dept, South Prussia: nka Rawa Mazowieckie, Poland, 45 miles SW of Warsaw.  Said by the GCRA to be SE of Lodz near Birkenfelde, and to be associated with a Dollinger family in 1806.  According to Jerry Frank a Lutheran church was established here in 1826.

Updated 10/2012