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Sibelius ^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Nassau with a  Sprecht stepson in the household.  I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

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

Sichi^FN: see Tichy.

Sichy^FN: see Tichy.

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

Sick^FN: also see Fick.

Sickingen County^GS: see Siekingen and Hassloch Condominium.

Sidikum^FN: said by the Rosenheim FSL to be from^UC Goettingen [Principality], Kurfuerstentum Hannover, and the wife’s maiden name was given as Roth.  I could not find them or any descendants in Mai1798.

Sieb^FN: said by the Volmer FSL to be from^UC Geperkh/Hepberg(?), Kurmainz.  Later spelled Zipp.

Sieben^FN: said by the Schuck FSL to be from^UC [Kur-]Mainz (no localaity mentioned).  For 1792, 1794, 1797 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2636,2645,2651,Su14,11,6,21 and Dl3.  Also spelled Sieber? (Pf66).

Siebenbuergen, [Principality]^GS: aka Transylvania, a former state within what is now Romania; an area of German settlement from the 12^th century on.

Siebenhaar^FN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be from^UC Bamberg.

Siebenhausen, [Anhalt-]Dessau [Principality]: is 13 km S of Dessau city.  The Urbach FSL said Giebenhausen [sic for Siebenhausen]-bei-Retzau, [Anhalt-Dessau Principality] was home^UC  to frau Kermigk. 

Siebenlehn?, [Kur-]Sachsen: is 30 km E of Dresden city and was said by the Urbach FSL to be home^UC  to a Schulzen family.

Siebenlist^FN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be from^UC Wuerzburg (no locality mentioned).  The Buedingen ML says he was from^UC Burg Sinn [which was then Thuengen territory not Wuerzburg] and married in 1766 a Prunck woman (Mai&Marquardt#518).

Sieber^FN: this woman from Bentzheim on the Bergstrass was said by a Friedberg ML to have married in 1766 a Henrich man who settled in Keller (Mai&Marquardt#297).

Sieber^FN: also see Sieben and Siebert.

Siebert^FN: said by the Bangert FSL to be from^UC Uckersdorf, Nassau-Dillenburg.  Spelled Sieber in 1798 (Mai1798:Bg28).

Siebert?^FN{Adam}: according to the Boaro FSL he was the step-son of a Sorgenfrey man who was from^UC Hohen-Pritz.  This family might have been in Zuerich colony in 1798 (Mai1798:Zr01).

Siebert^FN: according to the Buedingen ML, a Siebert woman from^UC Unter Lays married in 1766 a Stang man; later the couple went to Jagodnaja Poljana (Mai&Marquardt#718).

Siebert^FN: Herr Siebert was said by the Koehler FSL to be from^UC Alt Simmern, Baden, and his frau’s maiden name was given as Eberle (no origin given).

Siebert^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Arlon(?), Luxembourg.

Siebert^FN: said by the Roethling FSL to be from^UC Hanau in the state of Hessen.

Siebert^FN: said by the Roethling FSL to be from^UC Hosenfeld, Fulda, Hessen.

Siebert^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be the maiden name of frau Schraeder.

Seibert{M.Elisabeth}: from^UC Homburg on the  Hoehe on 13 May 1766 in Buedingen married Fouron{Peter} (Mai&Marquardt#643). (Mai&Marquardt#643). KS128 said this place was in Hesse.  I did not find them in any published FSL or in Mai1798.

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

Siebold^FN: Bonner found that the record of her Eckartshausen marriage to Hohnstein{Nicolaus}, later of Norka, said this was her maiden name and that she was from^UC Vonhausen.  This name appears later to have been rendered Erbold.

Siedelsbrunn, [Kurpfalz]: is 1.5 km SW of Wald-Michelbach was the origin of Albrecht{A.Katharina} who married Gutherich{J.Christian} in 1759.

Siedlung: German for suburb.

Siefert^FN: see Schaefer.

Si[eg]burg(?)^GL, Kurpfalz: an unidentified place said by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to a Lauterbach family.

Siegel^FN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be from^UC Eppingen.

Siegel^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Bellingen(?), Mavetz(?).

Siegele^FN: see Siegle.

Siegen^GL, Nassau[-Siegen Principality]:  is a city some 57 miles NNW of Frankfurt-am-Main.  In the 1760s it was the seat of Nassau-Siegen Principality and was said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to a Heinz family.

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

Siegfried^FN: said by the Merkel FSL to be from^UC Stuttgart, Wuerttemberg.

Siegle{Johannes}^FN: mistakenly said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#25) and KS:446 to have come from^UC Winnenden, Waiblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg. Using FHL#1,056,942, the GCRA proved their origin in Neustadt, Waiblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  See the GCRA book for more.  Also spelled Siegele.

Siegle{Johannes}^FN: mistakenly said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#73) and KS:446 to have come from^UC Beilstein, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg.

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

Siegward^FN: said by the Dreispitz FSL to be a Siewert from^UC Mitz?, Wittenberg.  Doris Evans says his origins are confirmed in research done by David Schmidt for Edward F. Wagner: he was born in Metzingen, [Wuerttemberg Duchy], immigrated to Sweden in 1763 and then to Dreispitz in 1766-1767.  His lineage is traced back to a Siegwart born about 1580 in Doeffingen [Wuerttemberg Duchy].

Siegward^FN: see Siewert.

Siehr^FN: said by the Mariental FSL to be from^UC Merzig, Kurtrier.  The family name was later spelled Zier (Mai1798:Fz02?).

Siekart^FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be from^UC Birgel.  I could not find this man in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Siekingen: might this be Sickingen County?

Sielers(?)^GL, see Zilers.

Siemens^FN: said by the Rosenort FSL to be from^UC Neusteterwald, Elbing, with an Emsen friend living in the household.

Siemensdorff^GL, Marienburg Amt: an unidentified place said by the Orloff FSL to be home^UC to a Wiensz {Johann} family.  Also spelled Siemensdorf.

Siemerode^GL: is in Thueringen some 9 miles SW of Duderstadt; see Sinrot.

Sienfel^FN: said by the Reinwald FSL to be from^UC  Flinsbach, Wuerttemberg [Duchy].  I could not find this family in the 1798 census index.

Sierck/Siersk, Frankreich: said by the Cheisol FSL to be home^UC to Maerz/Mertz/Markus and Schoenberger families.  Said by the Graf FSL to be home^UC to a Weiss family.  Said by the Kamenka FSL to be home^UC to Deisch, Mellinger, and Schmidt families.  Now known as Sierck-les-Bains, Moselle, Lorraine, France, being some 24 mils SW of Trier city.

Sierck^GL, Lothringen: is now known as Sierck-les-Bains, is some 15 miles SE of Luxembourg city, and is said by the Louis FSL to be home^UC to Mutin and Springer families.  Same place as the preceding entry.

Siersburg?, [Kur-]Trier[sic?]: is 8 km SSE of Metzig city and was said by the Seelmann FSL to be home^UC to a Straat family.  Old maps show it as belonging to Lothringen, not to Kurtrier.

Sievert^FN: this woman may have married in 1766 in Luebeck the Mai man who as a widower settled in Neidermonjou.

Sierwald?{J.Georg}: for his widow see Martin^FN{Johannes} of  Stahl-am-Karaman (#46).

Siewert^FN: said by the Dreispitz FSL to be from^UC Mitz?, Wittenberg.  In 1798 the family name was spelled Siegward (Mai1798:Kf28). Doris Evans says his origins are confirmed in research done by David Schmidt for Edward F. Wagner: he was born in Metzingen, [Wuerttemberg Duchy], immigrated to Sweden in 1763 and then to Dreispitz in 1766-1767.  His lineage is traced back to a Siegwart born about 1580 in Doeffingen [Wuerttemberg Duchy].

Sifferman^FN:  listed in the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:661, 447) without origin.  Said by KS:423 to be from Leonberg, Wuerttemberg.  Origin in Leonberg, Stuttart [Amt], Wuerttemberg was proven by the GCRA using FHL(1,056,728), in addition the GCRA using FHL(718.629) has proven that the family was earlier in Mittelbergheim/Barr, Strassbourg [Amt], Elsass, and also in Kuernbach, Bretten [Amt], Baden before going to Bergdorf.   See the GCRA book for more details.  Also spelled Seifermann and Schiffermann.

Sigila(?)^GL, Nassau: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Vogel family.

Sigmarigen?^GL, [Hohenzollern Principality]: said by the Brabander FSL to (mistakenly) be in the country of Oberesterhof? and to be home^UC to a Stalldecker family.

Sigmarswangen^GL, [Horb Amt], Sulz [Oberamt], Wuerttemberg: is some 2 miles S of Sulz-am-Neckar, and 8 miles SSW of Horb-am-Neckar.  Proven by the GCRA to be home to the Leicht family which went to Bergdorf; see their book for more details.  Also proven by Curt Renz as home to the Bippus, Hetzel and Zuern families that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa.

Sigwart^FN: see Siegward.

Silberbauer{Joseph}: KS:82 and nnn say this Catholic man from^UC Cesaria(spelling?) in 1764 was sent on to the Saratov area as part of  the group of colonists transported under the command of  Captain Paykul and Cornet Rehbinder.  I have not found them in any published FSL.

Silberhaus^GL, Nassau: said by the Dietel FSL to be home^UC to a Engelmann family.  This probably is Selbenhausen, Hessen, some 12 miles NE of Limburg-an-der-Lahn.

Silberhorn^FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be from^UC Albstadt?.    Spelled Silberngon with the maiden name of the wife given as Farenies? in 1776 (Mai1798:Mv2041); however her maiden name was given as Nagengart[?] in 1798 when she was frau Riesch (Om36).

Silberngon^FN: see Silberhorn.

Sildenbach^FN: said by the Leichtling FSL to be from^UC Aschaffenburg (no locality mentioned).  According to the Buedingen ML, this Sendelbach man married a Seils woman, no origin given for either (Mai&Marquardt#387).

Silenburg(?)^GL: an unidentified place said by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to a Schmidt family.

Silesia^GL:  was an area which was annexed by Prussia in 1742; most of it is said now to be in southwestern Poland.  The GCRA believes that the Liebig family that settled in Kassel may originate^UC here.

Silkerode^GL, [Schwarzburg-Sondershausen County]: is a village some 17 miles WNW of Nordhausen, Thueringen, and said by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to Berg and Zose? families, and possibly a Brando? family. Said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be home^UC to Brot and Pilner families.  Said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Senne family; in the case of this family Kuhlberg said Silkerode was in the state of Schwarzburg.

Sim(?)^GL, Baden: an unidentified locality said by the Rothammel FSL to be home^UC to a Bieber family.  There is a Zimmern 17.5 miles SW of Baden-Baden, and a Sinzheim some 3 miles W of Baden-Baden.

Simbirsk, Russland: is 213 miles NNE of Saratov city and was said by the Husaren FSL to be home^UC to a Sawazki/Sawatski family.  Said by the Schwed FSL to be home^UC to frau Malin.  Today (or at least yesterday!) it was Ulyanovsk, renamed for its famous (infamous) son: Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, aka Lenin  … was not his mother Ger-Rus?

Simlin^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  I cannot find them in the index to the 1798 censuses.

Simmel{A.Katharina} ^FN:  listed in the 1772 Pobochnaya first settlers’ list as the wife of Schmidt{J.Heinrich} (pb12).

Simmer?, Luxemburg: said to be home^UC to Flanz{Micael} who settled in Roethling FSL (#23).

Simmern^GL: in the 1760s and until 1778 this was a Kreis i.e. district administrative center for the country of Kurpfalz.  After 1778 it was part of Bavarian-owned Rheinpfalz.  After 1813 it became part of the Prussian Rheinland province.

Simmern Kreis^GL, Prussian Rheinland: is some 27 miles S of Koblenz city and was a District administrative center.

Simmozheim, Calw [Amt], Wuerttemberg: was proven by the GCRA to be home to the Dompert family that lived for a time in Neudorf.

Simmozheim^GL: also see Simonsfeld.

Simpfendoerfer ^FN: the GCRA verified this family’s origin in Waldbach, Scheppach [parish], Winsberg [Amt], Wuerttemberg, using FHL#1,346,109.  They also indicate, but do not explain, that this family may have been associated with the Steigmann family that went to Bergdorf; see their book.

Simon^FN{Conrad}: said by the Dietel FSL to be from^UC Marnsaberg(?)^GL, von Gutstein(?) Domaene.  Kuhlberg said this was in [Kur-]Pfalz.  For 1795 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv423, Dt21, Ko26.

Simon^FN{Gottfried}: said by the Dietel FSL to be from^UC [Kur-]Pfalz (no locality given).  In 1798 the wife’s maiden name was given as Katzenfeller (Mai1798:Mr19, Mv425).

Simon^FN: said by the Stumpp supplement to the Dietel FSL to be from^UC Pfalz (no locality indicated).

Simon^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Blankenhof(?), Baden-Durlach.

Simon^FN: Curt Renz has found the church records for this Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia, family in Eggenstein, Karlsruhe Amt, Baden. 

Simon^FN: said by the Holstein FSL to be from^UC Preussisch Holland(?), Preussen.

Simon^FN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be from^UC Mainz.  The Buedingen ML says this man married in 1766 a Weitzebach woman who also was from Mainz territory (Mai&Marquardt#355).

Simon^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Steinau, Hanau.

Simon ^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Grossen Buseck.

Simon{Kunigunde}: said by the 1798 Schoenchen census to have been the maiden name of frau Conrad{Johannes} (Mai1798:Sn11). 

Simon^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Altenbueren, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate].   For 1798 see Mai1798:Wr23.

Simon^RN, Paul: generously supplied information on his Simon, Weinbender and Weissebach ancestors’s origins.

Simonsfeld^GL, Calw [Amt], Wuerttemberg: an unidentifed place; there was a Simmozheim 3.5 miles NW of Calw city..

Simpel^FN: the Katharinenstadt FSL says this stepdaughter was living with a Kaweller? family from^UC Stockort(?).

Simrod: see Sinrot and Zimrot.

Simroth: see Sinrot.

Simsen^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Ritterhude, Holstein.  For 1798 see Mai1798: Wr102.

Sindel^FN: see Zindel.

Singer^FN: Curt Renz has found the church records for this Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia, family in Korb, Waiblingen Oberamt, Wuerttemberg.  Stumpp, p.524, says they arrived in Russia in 1800.

Singer^FN: said by the Leichtling FSL to be from^UC Neustadt (no locality mentioned).  According to the Buedingen ML this Sanyer man married in 1766 a Gathoff woman, no origin given for either (Mai&Marquardt#428).

Singhofen, Nassau [Condo]: said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to Roth{Jacob}.

Sinkau Barony^GS: an unidentified country.  It may have been associated with Zinkau, Silesia, nka Zinkovy, Czech Republic.

Sinnburg, Bergen Duchy: an unidentified place said by the Buedingen ML to be home to the widow Busch{K.Maria Teresia} nee Franck who married  Chalitz{Anton} (Mai&Marquardt#721).

Sinner^FN{Johann}: said by Kuhlberg1631 to be from^UC Isenburg (no state or locality identified). His widow was said by the Balzer FSL be from^UC Isenburg (no state or locality identified).  KS:158 said the widow was from^UC Offenbach, Isenburg[-Birstein Principality].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bz100, Gk38, Ho9, Nr94.

Sinner^FN: said by the 1798 Doenhof census to the maiden name of frau Schmidt{Johannes) (Mai1798:Dh100).

Sinner^FN{Michael}: said by Kuhlberg1628 and the Schilling 1775 census (#69) to be from^UC Isenburg (no state or locality identified

Sinner^FN{Michael}: Gary Martens says that according to Igor Pleve the original Schilling Sinner was born in Ranstadt, but was living in Rinderbuergen when he left for Russia.

Sinner{ Michael}: listed at #69 in the 1775 Schilling census is a likely first settler there.  Kulberg1631 said  he was from^UC Isenburg (no indication which one, and no locality mentioned),  and  the Schilling Website says his origin was in Rinderbugen, which was in one of the Isenburgs.  However, Gary Martens using Randstadt[, Stollberg] church books proved Michael was baptized there in 1717 (Schilling website).

Sinner{Anna E.}: KS120 and Mai&Marquardt#560 say she married in Buedingen on 19 April 1766 Becker{Johann H.},  both of Fischborn.  I could not find them in any published FSL.

Sinrod^FN: see Sinrot.

Sinrot/Sinrod/Simrod/Simroth^GL, Darmstadt: an unidentified place said by the Pleve version of the Jagodnaja Poyjana FSL to be home^UC to a Kniss family.  Spelled Simroth by the Kromm version which suggests it was really Siemerode (p.30), and says that Schneidermueller/Schneidmueller families were also from there (pp.27, 30).

Sinsheim^GL, [Kurpfalz]: 61 miles SSE of Frankfurt-am-Main. 

Sinsheim^GL, Baden: is 17 miles NW of Heilbronn city.  This is the same place as the previous entry except 50 years later.

Sinsheim [Amt]^GL, Baden: the city was also a District administrative center.  This centered in the city of  the previous entry.

Sinsheim, Kurpfalz: said by the Urbach FSL to be home^UC  to a Kreiner family.  This was the same place as the previous entry except 50 years earlier.

Sinsler^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Wuerzburg.

Sinzing^GL, [Kur-]Bayern: said by the Herzog FSL to be home^UC to a Gerstner family.  There at least three Sinzings in Bavaria, but the most likely one, I think, is some 3 miles SW of Regensburg.

Sipachisch?^GS: an unidentified country.  See Witt.

Sippel^FN: this family name was found recorded in Schlitz marriage records 1762-1767 and in Schotten parish records for many generations prior to 1767;; see Flegel trip.

Sippert ^FN: said by KS:448 to have been in^UC Neudorf.  Evidently there is no confirmation of that.

Sipsmar(?)^GL, Breitenbach: an unidentified place said by the Goebel FSL to be home^UC to a Hess, and perhaps a Mispeck family.

Sirchingen^GL, Urach Oberamt, Wuerttemberg: is some 3 miles S of Bad Urach, Baden Wuerttemberg, and was home to a Werner family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa.

Sirsk(?)^GL, see Sierck.

Sissell^RN, Eleanor is one of  the AHSGR village coordinators for Kukkus and has proven the origins of her Maser and Krumm ancestors.

Sit(?)^GL, Sachsen: an unidentified place said by the Dobrinka FSL to be home^UC to a Michaelis family.

Sitler/Schitler^FN: said by the Kraft FSL to be from^UC Muenzesheim, Baden.  The Buedingen ML says this Schuettler man from^UC Muentzesheim, Baden-Durlach, married in 1766 a widow Weber, nee Mueller (Mai&Marquardt#688).

Sittig ^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Kersdorf.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Nb11.

Sittner^FN {Wilhelm}: said by Kuhlberg3159 and the Huck FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality or country  mentioned).

Sittner^FN: also see Zitner.

Sitz^FN: said by the Bettinger FSL to be from^UC Undeit, and in 1768 to have gone to Orolowskaja.  Dr. Pleve thought this might also have been spelled Seiss.  I could not find him in  Mai1798es.

Sitzinger?^FN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be from^UC Hannover (no locality mentioned).

Sitzman^FN: see Zitzmann.

Skatovka^VV: was a Russian name for Straub.

Skatowka^VV: was a Russian name for Straub.

Skinos^BV: the original  name for Leipzig^BV, Bessarabia.

Slawsk^GL: see Gross Slawsk.

Sleigouim?^GL, Fraenkischen Ritterkreis: an unidentifed place said by the Lauwe FSL to be home^UC to a Schmidt family.

Smolin^GL, Reichau [Kreis], Galicia: now called Karpy, Ukraine, some 33 miles NW of L’viv city, and proved by the GCRA to be the place where Miller{Joseph}’s children were born (1800-1805) prior to coming to Bergdorf.

Smoplinski, Poland: an unidentified place which the GCRA found associated with frau Mauch (nee Wedel) in 1786.

Snenkiries?: the Straub FSL entry (41) makes it look as if this were the name of a locality, with Greifenstein as the country.  I think there was some major garbling of this record, although I could be wrong.  There once was a country called Greifenstein, but it was absorbed by Solms-Braunfels in the 17^th century and the fine buildings used by the Greifenstein rulers, disused, deteriorated badly. The locality, Greifenstein, endured.  My guess is that Snenkiries is a mangling of the name of the Kreis responsible for that locality.

Snetning?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Hill family.

Snip?^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Guntershausen, Kurpfalz.  Might this name be Schnepp?

Sobyn, Zgiers, South Prussia: an unidentified place the GCRA said was near Schoeneich, NW of Lodz and was associated with a Huff family 1801-1803.

Soda: an unidentified place said by the Seelmann FSL to be home^UC to a Schreiner family.

Soden(?)^GL, Kurpfalz: said by the Goebel FSL to be home^UC to a Wahl family.  The only Soden I can find is 4 miles SE of Aschaffenberg city, but in 1766 it was in Kurmainz, not Kurpfalz.

Soedel^GL, [Solms]: is some 8 miles N of Niederwoelstadt and was home to the father of at least one of the Klein men who went to Frank.  See Kleim.

Soedel^GL: also see Sedal, Solms.

Soeder^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Soeder in the 1775 census.  In 1798 spelled Seder (Mai1798:Nr121, 150, 154).  The Buedingen ML says that this Soether man from^UC Schwartzerden, Baden, married a Paul woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#681).

Soellnitz^GL: said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to the widow Gruen{Agness K.}.  This less than one mile from Kleutsch, Anhalt-Dessau.

Soerth(?)^GL, Baden-Durlach: an unidentified place said by the Kukkus FSL to be home^UC to a Hertel family.

Soether^FN: see Jeder.

Sogerheim?: an unidentified place said by the Recruiter Beauregard’s list to have been home^UC to the Griesbach{Philipp} family (Lk45). 

Sohlen, [Kur-]Brandenburg: is 9 km S of Magdeburg city and was said by the Urbach FSL to be home^UC  to a Schulz family.

Sohn^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Oppenweiler.  For 1798 see Mai1798: Nm22.

Sohn^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be a stepson in the Feil household.  I could not find him in Mai1798.

Sohren, Kurpfalz[sic?]: is 41 km WNW of Bad Kreuznach and was said by the Seelmann FSL to be home^UC to a Grissel family.  This place seems to have been in Sponheim County, not in Kurpfalz.

Sokolow^FN: said by the Husaren FSL to be from^UC Aschaffenburg.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Sokolowsky{Johann}: KS:82 and nnn say this Catholic man from^UC Polen  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.  The Dreispitz FSL (#16) to be from^UC Uschatsch, Polen.  In 1798 the family name was spelled Sokolowsky (Mai1798:Dr05).  Possibly nka? Uchacze, Poland, 46 SSE of Warsaw.

Sokolowski^FN: said by the Husaren FSL to be from^UC Newel, Polen.  In 1798 spelled Sokolowsky (Mai1798:Hn9).

Sokolowsky^FN: see Sokolowski.

Soldinin(?)^GL, Elbin(?):said by the Dietel FSL to be home^UC to a Koch family.  This might be Soldin, now Mysliborz, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland.

Sollbach{J.Christian+w+1c}: Kulberg124 Catholic  from^UC Wetau.  Not found in T.  Said by the Ober-Monjou FSL (#5) to be from^UC Oppertshofen, with a Kirchturm orphan girl in the household.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Soller^GL: see Zoller.

Sollnitz?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to an Otto man.  This is likely the same place as the next entry.

Sollnitz^GL, Anhalt-Dessau: is some 5 miles SE of Dessau city, and said to be home^UC to a Hartmann woman who married a Reifegerste man and went to Boaro (Mai&Marquardt#1137).

Sollnitz^GL: also see Soellnitz and Zoellnitz.

Sollschwitz^GL, Sachsen: an unidentifed place said by the Jost FSL to be home^UC to a Goldberg family.  There are at least two Sollschwitz in Saxony.

Solmer^FN: see Seelmann.

Solms^GS, could have been any of about 7 countries (named below) most of which held lands SW, S, SE and E of Giessen, now in Hesse.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be home^UC to a Steger family.

Solms [Feinstein?]^GL, is an unidentified locality which, according to the Frank FSL, was in Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter(?) and was home^UC to a Dietrich family.  This might be the village of Solms that is some 15 miles NNW of Fulda.

Solms-Assenheim County^GS: this country had 3 lives: 1632-35, 1699-1725 and 1728-1778 when it was absorbed into Solms-Roedelheim-Assenheim County.  Its lands seem to have lain mostly S and SE of Friedberg city, now in Hessen.

Solms-Braunfels[Principality]^GS: this country, often just called Braunfels, was a member of the Bench of the Secular Princes, Upper Rhenish Circle in the HRE, began as a County, was elevated to Principality in 1742; its lands lay mostly W and SW of Wetzlar city, now in Hessen; also see Branfelzer.

[Solms-]Braunfels [Principality]^GS: said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Wasmar? family.  Same place as the previous entry.

Solms-Hohensolms-Lich County^GS: this country, created in 1718 becoming a Principality in 1792, was a member of the Bench of Counts and Lords, Upper Rhenish Circle in the HRE and lay N, W and S of the town of Hohensolms, NNW of Wetzler citynow in Hessen.

Solms-Laubach [County]^GS: this country, often simply called Laubach, was created in 1544, was a member of the Bench of Counts and Lords, Upper Rhenish Circle in the HRE. Its lands extended from NE of Laubach town in a fairly wide but fluctuating swath to the SW almost to Friedberg city.  According to a Luebeck ML a Walter woman from^UC Solms-Laubach  married in 1766 an Eckhard man (Mai&Marquardt#263).  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Krasnoyar FSL to be home^UC to an Eckhard family.

Solms-Roedelheim County^GS: this country lasted 1728-1778 when it was absorbed into Solms-Roedelheim-Assenheim County.  Its lands seem to have lain mostly E of those of Solms Assenheim and were scattered towards the south all the way to Roedelheim which was a suburb just W of Frankfurt-am-Main, now in Hessen.

Solms-Roedelheim-Assenheim County^GS: this country lasted from 1778 until about 1806.

Solms-Sonnenwlade County and Solms-Wildenfels County^GS: these two small countries supposedly were in what is now southern? Hesse from the late 17^th century until 1803/06.

Soltmer^FN: see Soltner.

Soltner^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Gruenberg, Hessen with a Doerr wife from^UC Hangheim.

Soltner^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Marklein Banghein(?), Ansbach.  Also later spelled Soltmer (Mai1798:Ka27, Mv1180).

Soltner^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Ansbach [Margraviate].  I could not find this man in the 1798 censuses.

Sommer{David}^FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Massenheim. The 1798 Boregard census gives the wife’s maiden name as Elscheidt (Mai1798:Mv188).

Sommer{Heinrich}^FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Pfaffenheim.

Sommer ^FN {Conrad}: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Gut Berun, Nassau.

Sommer^FN {Andreas}: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Milisin?.

Sommer^FN{Anna Maria} said by the Brabander 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Behm (Mai1798:Bn20).

Sommer^FN: said by the Kratzke FSL to be from^UC Kemberg(?)/Kimber(?).

Sommer^FN: said by the Laub FSL to be from^UC Freiwalde, Preussisch-Schlesien.

Sommer^FN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be from^UC Echenbrunn, Bamberg [Bishopric].

Sommer^FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be from^UC Wien, Oestrerreich with his Pauly wife and a Pauly brother-in-law in the household.  This couple (she a Pauli) was married in Luebeck in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#124).  For 1770 see Mai1798:Mv2033.

Sommer^FN: said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to be from^UC Heringen, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate].  For 1769 see (Mai1798:Mv2291).

Sommer{A.Katharina}^FN: in 1789 she is recorded as leaving Rosenheim (Mv2465) and was elsewhere in 1798 (Ps67) but I cannot find her in any FSL.

Sommer{Nicolaus}^FN: said by the Rosenheim FSL to be from^UC Zentlof?, Herrschaft von Gleichen.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Rm34.

Sommer^FN: said by the Walter FSL to be from^UC Kunverskikhene, Laubach County.

Sommer{Christina&Maria}: they were said by Recruiter Beauregard’s list to have been  step-daughters in the Jung{Phillip} household (Lk78b).  For 1767see T2646-2650.  Not found in any FSL and I could not find them or any likely descendant associated with any Volga colony.

Sommer^FN: also see Samer.

Sommersdorf^GL, Ansbach: is some 6 miles S of Ansbach city and said by the Laub FSL to be home^UC to a Leikam family.

Sompolno, Przedecz, Posen: is 46 miles NNE of Kalisch, Poland, and the GCRA found that it was associated with a Nagel family in 1805.

Sond^FN: said by the Enders FSL to be from^UC Luebeck (no locality given).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Sondersfeld, [Kurbayern]: is 21 miles SE of Nuerenberg city center and was said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be home^UC to a Doeringer/Doehring/Doering family.

Sondershausen-Rudolstadt County: this small country  lay about 27 km W of Rudolstadt city in two even smaller chunks, one to the north, one to the south, of Ilmenau city.

Sonnenburg, Oststernberg Kreis, Prussia: nka Slonsk, Poland, is and was 19 miles NNE of Frankfurt-an-der-Oder.

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

Sonnengruen^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be a stepson in the Lenk household.

Sonnenwald{Jacob+wife+6 kids}: Kulberg170 said they were from [Kur-]Pfalz and went to Livonia.

Sonntag^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be a step-son in the Sturn family household.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Sontau^FN: said by the Merkel FSL to be from^UC Sester, Holstein.

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

Sorbeger^FN: see Sorberger.

Sorberger^FN: according to the Buedingen ML this woman in 1766 married a Jaeckel man (Mai&Marquardt#538).  By 1767 this couple was in Moor.  Bonner proved she was baptized in Wolf.

Sorberger^FN{Jacob}: said by Kuhlberg2716 to from Isenburg (no locality or country indicated).  The Norka FSL showed his wife to have married an Anspach and his daughters living in that household.  Bonner indicates that his wife was born an Armbruster and he proved that her Sorberger children were baptized in Aulendiebach, Isenburg[-Buedingen County].  In 1798 spelled Sorbeger and Soiberg (Mai1798:Nr60 and 116).

Sorekonk^GL: see Soring.

Sorg^FN: said by the Bangert FSL to be from^UC Moenstadt, Nassau-Usingen.  I could not find this family in  Mai1798es.

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

Sorg^FN: also see Borg.

Sorgenfrey^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Hohen-Pritz (no other locality mentioned). He married a Berg woman in 1766 in Luebeck (Mai&Marquardt#214).   I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses. 

Soring^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Wolf.  Pleve noted that his might be Sorekonk?  I could not find this family in the Volga 1798 censuses.

Sorkino^VV: a Russian name for  Zuerich^VV.

Sosnovka^VV: a variation of the Russian name for Schilling^VV.  

Sosnowka^VV: a variation of the Russian name for Schilling^VV.

Sostdorf?^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Lengfeld(?).  Later spelled Suessendorf.

Souffle^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Beauchene, Frankreich. 

South Prussia: aka Suedpreussen, in Poland until 1793 when occupied by Prussia and incorporated into that Kingdom as a Province in 1795.  In 1807 the Province was dismantled and its lands became subject to the semi-independent Warsaw Duchy. In 1815 some eastern parts went to Russia but most of what had once been the Province of South Prussia were folded into the newly organized Prussian province (duchy) of Posen, and so they remained until 1848.

South Prussia^GL: also see Preussisch Schlesien.

Sovald^FN: said by the Rohleder FSL to be from^UC Pilsen^GL, Boehmen.  A Rosslau ML says this Sowalter man married a Casspar woman in 1765; KS:124 spells her name Caspar (Mai&Marquardt#870).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Rl16.

Sowalter^FN: see Sovald.

Sowatsky^FN:  said by the Orloff FSL to be from^UC Heubuden, Marienburg Amt.  Also spelled Sawatsky.

Sowenow(?)^GL: an unidentified place said by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to a Rechin family.

Spaar^FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be from^UC Malsbach?, [Regensburg Imperial Abbey?].   I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Spaar: also see Spahr{Andreas} of Kind.

Spachbruecken^GL, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: is some 8 miles ESE of Darmstadt city, and said by the Holstein FSL (#38) to be home^UC to Buchsbaum and Mai families.  According to the Buedingen ML a Walther wife of one of these May/Mey men was also from^UC Spachbruecken (Mai&Marquardt#584).  According to the Buedingen ML the Buchsbaum man from Spachbruecken on 25 April 1766 married Meyer{M.Elisabetha} (Mai&Marquardt#585).  Using the Familienbuch Spachbrücken done by Gunnar Kohl and Helmut Ramage, Brent Mai has confirmed Spachbruecken as the place of origin for these families.

Spadi^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Oesterreih (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see (Mai1798:Nr22, 35, and 91).  In Nr8 the family name is spelled Spady and a son’s wife’s maiden name is given as Fuchs.

Spady^FN: see Spadi. 

Spaecht{Gottfried}^FN: in 1788  he is recorded as leaving Rosenheim (Mv2455) and was elsewhere in 1798 (Nm19) but I cannot find her in any FSL

Spaecht^FN: also see Specht.

Spaedt^FN: see Spaeth.

Spaedter^FN see Spithof.

Spaeter{Christian}: said by Recruiter Beauregard’s list to have been from^UC Helmighausen  (Lk135).  They may b e listed in 1767 (T1873-1874)??  Not found in any FSL and I could not find them or any likely descendant associated with any Volga colony.

Spaeter?^FN, also see Shpeiter.

Spaeth^FN: said by the Balzer FSL to be from^UC [Wied-]Runkel [County] (no locality mentioned).  The maiden name of the wife was give as Krikau in 1798 (Mai1798:Bz68; for others in this line see Bz30, 64, 85 and Bd24; also spelled Spaedt in 1798: Bg1 and Wr65).

Spaeth^FN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:674, 448) to be from^UC Grosssachsenheim, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  However, the GCRA proved this an erroneous origin and thinks he may have come from^UC Sulpach, Goeppingen Amt, Wuerttemberg, but they did not prove that origin.  See their book for more detail.

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

Spaeth: also see Spath

Spaetter^FN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be from^UC Elschiburg?, Kurtrier.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Spaetter^FN also see Spaedter and Spaeter.

Spaetz{Wilhelm+wife+son}: Kulberg175 said they were from^UC Erbach and went to Livonia.

Spahn^FN{Heinrich}: said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Hanau [County]. For 1792 and 1798 see Mai1798: Mv2244,Pl56,57 and Nm28.

Spahn^FN{Nicolaus}: said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Hannover with a Borti step-daughter and a Letz step-son in the household.  This family has not been found in the 1798 census index.

Spahn^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be the orphaned son of Christian Spahn living in the Wuertz household.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Nr128.

Spahn^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Schoenborn?.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Gb35. Pf27, 57.

Spahn^FN: said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be from^UC Magdeburg [Duchy] with no locality mentioned.  I could not find members of this family Mai1798.

Spahnnagel ^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Eching.  For 1793 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv329, Bx34 and Ur11.

Spahr{Andreas}: said by the Recruiter Beauregard list to have come from^UC Zillbach  going to Kind in 1768 (Lk134); which would likely make them among the Kind first settlers. Spelled Spaar in 1767 (T1788-1793).   I could not find them or any likely descendants in Mai1798.

Spahr^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Altenhausen, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate].  I could not find them in Mai1798.

Spaichingen^GL, Wuerttemberg: is 36 miles SW of Reutlingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg.

Spalt^GL, Nuernberg: is some 20 miles SSW of Nuernberg city, and said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Ludwig family.

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

Spangenberg^FN: see Spangenberger.

Spangenberg^GL, Hessen-Kassel: is some 16 miles SE of Kassel city, and said by the Anton FSL to be home^UC to a Bremer family.

Spangenberger/Spangenberg^FN: the Pleve version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL gives no place of origin for this step-son in the Langlitz household, but the Kromm version says he was from from^UC Eichelsdorf, Nidda (pp.32, 34).

Spaniol^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Aepfelborn?, Lothringen. I could not find this family name in the 1798 censuses.

Sparwasser{A. Margaretha}^FN: said by the 1798 census (Bg16) to be “from Straub” but I cannot find her in any FSL.

Sparwasser{Margaretha}^FN: evidently listed as the wife of Burghardt in the Straub FSL (sr24) and in 1798 in Straub listed as the wife of Fazius (Sr41). 

Sparwasser{K.Margaretha}^FN: listed by by the Warenburg FSL as an orphaned sister-in-law in the Simsen household.  Kuhlberg says she was from^UC [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate].  She might be the M.Margaretha listed as wife of Buehr in Wr40 in 1798.

Spat^FN:see Spath.

Spath/Spat^FN: not found in an FSL but was in the 1775 Grimm census #69.  Spelled Spaeth in 1798 (Mai1798:Gm75).

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

Spechbach^GL, Sinsheim parish, Baden: is some 6 miles NNE of Sinsheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and was home to a Bernhard family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa.

Specht^FN: said by the Kano FSL to be step-children in the Schaefer{Christoph} household.  In 1798 said to be the maiden (sic for married widowed) name of frau Schaefer (Mai1798:Sh44).

Specht{Heinrich}^FN: said by the Kano FSL to be from^UC [Anhalt-]Zerbst [Principality] (no locality mentioned).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Specht{M.Katharina}: married in Rosslau 6 April 1766 Gross{Andreas} (Mai&Marquardt#899).  KS131 said the year was 1765.  This couple may have settled in Kano FSL (#19) which said he was from^UC [Anhalt-]Zerbst [Principality] (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bt40.

Specht^FN: said by the Merkel FSL to be from^UC Alstein, Pomerania.  Later spelled Spaecht.

Specht^FN: also see Becht and Sprecht.

Speck^FN{A.Margaretha}: married Gutermuth{Conrad} in Buedingen on 12 March 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#418).  By 1767 this couple was in the Belowescher Kolonien.

Speck^FN: also see Spek.

Speicherz near Brueckenau now in Bavaria: is 6 km NW of Bad  Brueckenau and KS128 says it was the place  Fischer{Otto} left ^UC  without permission.

Speidel ^FN:  listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:671) as frau Werner without origin, but KS:449 said her family was from Moessingen, Rottenburg [Amt], Tuebingen [Oberamt], Wuerttemberg; the GCRA proved this origin, using FHL 1,457,469; see their book for detail.

Speigelberg^GL, Backnang parish, Wuerttemberg: is some 6 miles N of Backnang, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and was home to an Ackermann family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa.

Speister^FN: see Spister.

Spek^FN: said by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:659) to have been from Trossingen, Tuttlingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  This origin was verified by the GCRA using FHL(1,658,752).  This family stopped in Kolonie Neusulzfeld, Suedpreussen, in 1806 prior to going to Bergdorf.  See the GCRA  book for more detail.  Also spelled Speck (KS:449).

Spelcher, [Kur-]Trier: an unidentified place said by the Dehler FSL to be home^UC to a Hoffmann family.

Speldecker^FN: said by the Shcherbakovka FSL to be from^UC Obereisesheim?.  For 1788, 1790 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2786, 2788, Gm118, Hk49, Sv17 and 18.

Speler^FN: said by the Goebel FSL to be from^UC Tating, Kurmainz.

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

Spengel ^FN: see Spenger.

Spenger?^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Dessau (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Spengler in 1796 and 1798 (Mai1798: Mv336,Bx 5,26,51 and Er05), and also Spengel in 1798 (Bx13).

Speier^FN: see Brausemann.

Spengler{Samuel+w+3c}: Kulberg209 said they were from^UC Wartenberg and went to Livonia.

Spengler^FN: also see Berger and Schott of Grimm.

Spengler^FN: see also Spenger.

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

Sperling^FN: Kulberg17 said this Catholic man was from^UC Danzig with wife, sister and daughter.  Said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Danzig; it also said his wife died in Oranienbaum and he then married an Arnt woman from Marienburg.

Spessart^GL is the now name of the northwestern-most section of Bavaria and may have been a part of Hesse in earlier days.

Speyer, Bruehl: said by the Schuck FSL to be home^UC to a Wuertz family.  Spelled Wertz in 1797 and 1798 (Mai1798:Mv2650,Su4,13 and Vm39).  In his first translation Pleve had spelled Speyer as Shter(?), Bruehl as Briel or Breyell(?) and Wuertz as Wirtz. It seems that something is awry with the FSL here.  Bruehl never was a country but is a town 12 km NE of the Speyer city and in the 1760s was in Kurpfalz, not in a Speyer country.  From 1405-1709 Bruehl had been part of a Condo jointly run by Kurpfalz and the Speyer Bishopric.  In 1709 the Bishop signed a treaty turning the area entirely over to Kurpfalz.  However, in this case it seems that he issued a passport for Russia for a member family of his church even though he had no legal right to do so.

Speyer^GS: in the 1760s there were two countries named Speyer.  The original one was a Bishopric (748-1803),.  The other was the Imperial City which became independent of the Bishopric in 1294. Both in the 1760s apparently were still rebuilding from war inflicted in ruins. [the modern city of Speyer is 57 miles SSW of Frankfurt-am-Main].  None of the following references mentions a locality, and none indicates which of the two countries is meant.  Said  by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be home^UC to a Lobauer family.  Said by the Graf FSL to be home^UC to a Glaese family.  Said by the the Rohleder FSL to be home^UC to a Pehr? family.  Said by the Straub FSL to be home^UC to a Steitz family.

Speyer^GS, [Kur-]Pfalz[sic]: said by the Seelmann FSL to be home^UC to a Zoeger family.  Neither Speyer country owed any allegiance to Kurpfalz in the 1760s so far as I have been able to find out.

Spickelhof, Prussia: an unidentified place which the GCRA found associated with a Gering family in 1797.

Spiecker^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  The family name was spelled both Spiegel (Nr12) and Spikart? (Gm20) in 1798 when the maiden name of the wife was later said to be Geier (Mai1798:Nr12).  A Luebeck ML says this Spiecker man married a Geil woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#1184).

Spiegel^FN: see Spiecker.

Spiegelberg^GL, Backnang Oberamt, Wuerttemberg: is some 6 miles N of Backnang city, and said by the 1816 Glueckstal census to be home^UC to the Heimerdinger family that went to Glueckstal.  Proven by Curt Renz as home to the Ackermann family that went to Gueldendorf, Odessa.

Spiegelhof? ^GL: an unidentified place said to have been home^UC to a Schwabe familyoung man (Lk12), an early settler in Zuerich.  Kuhlberg said this was in Isenburg but I could find no such placename in the German-speaking lands.

Spielberg^GL: an unidentified place said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to an Eckert woman, who married a Rau and then went to Huck (Mai&Marquardt#504).  Said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to Ulrich and Werth{Jacob} families.  Said by the Shcherbakovka FSL to be home^UC to the Zweizig family. There are at least 17 Spielbergs in the Germanies.  One is some 7 miles ENE of Buedingen,

Spielberg^GL said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to the Kraus woman who married a Gebel man from Petersroth (Mai&Marquardt:506).   By 1767 this couple was in Messer (FSL#77).  KS129 said this Spielberg was in the Pfalz I think Stumpp probably was wrong and that this was the town in Isenburg, some 7 miles ENE of Buedingen city.

Spielberg, Isenburg-Waechtersbach County: a parish center about 6 km NNW of Waechtersbach city.  This is most likely what the previous two entries refer to.

Spielmann^FN: said by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:660, 220) and by his passport to have been from^UC Reilingen, Mannheim [Amt], Baden.  But no record was found in Reilingen records by GCRA; see their book for more detail.

Spielmann/Spielman^FN: said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#16, Spielman) and KS:449 (Spielmann) to have come from^UC Reilingen, Mannheim [Amt], Baden.  See the GCRA book for a bit more.

Spielmann ^FN: said by the Stephan FSL to be from^UC Elbergen?.  For 17 67. 1796 and 1798 see T401-03 and Mai1798:Mv2850,Sp38,37; also spelled Spillman (Sv37).

Spielmann^FN: also see Spielman.

Spies^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Alsfeld, Darmstadt.  Later spelled Spiess.

Spiess^FN: said by the Cheisol FSL to be from^UC Saarburg, [Kur-]Trier, with Gross step-sons in one household.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Ls13, 27, 21, 31, Gf19.

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

Spiess^FN: also see Spies.

Spiester{Gottfried}: he must have been in Luzern when his daughter {Christina} left there to marry in Schoenchen (Mai1798:Mv1624, Sn26); there in 1798 her maiden name was spelled Spistran.  This family was not found in any FSL, nor is any earlier colony indicated for them, so they may well have been Luzern first settlers.

Spikart?^FN: see Spiecker.

Spikermann^FN: said by the Mariental FSL to be from^UC Geske. 

Spillman ^FN: see Spielmann.

Spindler^FN: said by the Urbach FSL to be from^UC Althausen.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Rh10.

Spindler ^FN: his wife, who had been the widow of Weber{Ernst}, was said by the Urbach FSL to be from^UC Erbstadt, [Hanau County,] Hessen[-Kassel Landgraviate]. 

Spindt^FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be step-children in the Spister household.  I could not find this them in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Spingler^FN: said by the Kraft FSL to be from^UC Zweibruecken (no locality mentioned).

Spiri^FN: listed by both the 1858 Kassel census (#246) and KS:450 without origin.  Also spelled Spiry. The GCRA found indications that they may have come from^UC or near Schönau, Bergzabern [Amt], Rheinpfalz.  See their book for more.

Spiry ^FN: see Spiri.

Spiss^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Bayreuth (no locality mentioned).

Spister^FN{Joseph}:  said by Kulberg104 to be a Catholic from Bamberg( no locality indicated).  Not found in T.  Said by the Ober-Monjou FSL (#2) to be from^UC Meisendorf, Bamberg with Spindt step-children in the household.   Spelled Speister in 1769, 1784 and 1798 (Mai1798: Mv2028, Mv2063 and Lz41 repectively).  The maiden name of the wife was given as Eck in 1784 (Mai1798:Mv2063) and Yeshin or Jess? in 1798 (Lz41).

Spistran: see Spiester.

Spital^GL, Friedberg Imperial City: see Friedberg.

Spital, Posen: aka Schoeneich.

Spithof ^FN: said by the Keller FSL to be the step-son of the Job family.   Spelled Spaedter in 1798 (Mai1798:Mv1865).

Spitsa..ton/Spitza..ton^GL, Yanauzen County: said by the Walter FSL to be home^UC to Gelfrit and Hilt families.  The Walter Research Group has confirmed in parish records that this is a Hill family from Altern (aka Spitzaltern), Hanau (now Hessen).

Spitz^FN: said by the Bettinger FSL to be from^UC Burg Gemuenden.  I could not find them in  Mai1798es.

Spitzaltern^GL, Hanau County: (aka Altern) is some 16 miles S of Hanau, Hessen; see Spitsa..ton, Yanauzen County.

Spitzenalten(?)^GL, Schatanu(?): an unidentified place said by the Dobrinka FSL to be home^UC to a Rau family.  This most likely is the same as the preceding entry.

Spitzer^FN:  listed in the Bergdorf 1858 census (KS:664) without origin. The GCRA believes him to be one of the “Warsaw Settlers” who probably came from somewhere in the province of Posen in the Duchy of Warsaw, but they have been unable to identify specific places.

Spitzer^FN: listed by the 1816 Kassel census (#92) but said by KS:450 to be from Polen.  The GCRA thinks they probably were from Posen province; see their book for more.Spitznagel^FN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:674, 677) with no origin.

Spitzwiese^FN: see Spitzwieser.

Spitzwieser^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Reit, [Kur-]Bayern.  Spelled Spitzwiese in 1788 (Mai1798:Mv346).

Splavnucha, Splavnukha, or Splawnucha^VV: variant spellings of the Russian name of Huck^VV.

Spoeck^GL, Karlsruhe [Amt], Baden: is some 9 miles NE of Karlsruhe city, and said by the 1816 Bergdorf census to be home^UC to a Kroll family. See the GCRA book for more detail.

Spoehr^FN: left Nagold, Wuerttemberg for Russia in the 1817.

Spohr{Caspar}:  said by Recruiter Beauregard’s list to have been from^UC Oerlenbach  (Lk152).  Spelled Spor in 1767 (T2732).  Not found in any FSL and I could not find them or any likely descendant associated with any Volga colony.

Sponheim^GL, Kurpfalz: is some 5.5 miles W of Bad Kreuznach.

Sponheim County^GL,  Baden Margraviate: the full name was Sponheim-Starkenberg County but it was usually refered to as this short form.

Sponheim-Starkenberg County^GS: its lands were scattered mostly to the NW and N of the Nahe River but two or three bits were to the S of it.  The quasi-indendent portion of this country was under the control of a Baden Margraviate 1444 to 1776, when the whole was subsumed into Kurpfalz. Its scattered lands ran from around Kirchberg (which may have been its northern seat) and others intermittently along the Nahe River from W of Birkenfeld on NE towards just beyond Winterburg.

Sponsheim?, Kurpfalz: an unidentified place said by the Keller FSL to be home^UC to a Lemrich family and possibly a Kastell family.  The only Sponsheim I can find is 3 miles SSE of Bingen city, but it seems to have been in Kurmainz, not Kurpfalz.

Spor: see Spohr.

Spory^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Zuerich, Schweiz.

Sprecht^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be a step-son in the Sibelius household.   Spelled Specht in 1798 (Mai1798:Nm19,Mv1927).

Specht^FN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be an orphan boy in the Bickel household.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sm46.

Spreier^FN: see Spreuer.

Sprendlingen^GL, Isenburg[-Birstein Principality]: is between Dreieich and Langen S of Frankfurt-am-Main,  According to the Frank FSL, it was then in the state of Isenburg and was home^UC to Leonhard, Schickedans?, Schmidt, and Stroh families.  The Buedingen ML says it was home^UC to a Leonhard woman who married a Wittwaeger man in 1766; later the couple went to Frank (Mai&Marquardt#638).  The Sprendlingen origins of Leonhard, Schmidt and Schickendans have been confirmed.  Sprendlingen was also the birthplace of the Wittwaenger man who went to Frank.  Said by the Kolb FSL to be home^UC to Mueller and perhaps Stellwag families.  Said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to the Lehnhart woman who married an Proester man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Norka; Stumpp said this was near Offenbach, Hessen (Mai&Marquardt#686).

Sprenger^FN: see Springer.

Spretz^FN: said by the Kano FSL to be from^UC [Anhalt-]Zerbst [Principality] (no locality mentioned).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Spreuer^FN: said by the Dietel FSL to be from^UC Wettersborn(?), Baden-Baden.  In 1798 spelled Spreier (Mai1798:Dt67, 22).

Spring^FN: said by the Galka FSL to be from^UC Kulzfeld.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Db68.

Springe Reinfeld^GL, Hessen: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Looss family.

Springel^FN: said by the Kraft FSL to be from^UC Queckborn(?), Darmstadt.

Springen, [Katzenelnbogen County], Hessen[-Kassel Landgr.]: said by the Susannental FSL to be home^UC to  Asmus{M.Elisabeth and J.Philipp} families.  The same place as the next entry.

Springen?, [Katzenelnbogen County], Hessen-Kassel [Landgraviate]: is 19 km NW of Wiesbaden city centre and was said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to a Weil bachelor.

Springen, Nassau[sic?]:  said by the Rothammel FSL to be home^UC to Bernhard families and maybe to a Lauer family.  Nassau surely is a mistake and this must be the same place as the previous entry.

Springer^FN: listed by both the 1816 Kassel census (#16) and KS:450 without origin.  Using FHL#193,930 and 457,537, the GCRA proved they were from Niederhorbach, Bergzabern [Amt], Pfalz.  Also spelled Sprenger.  See their book for more.

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

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

Springer^FN: said by the Louis FSL to be from^UC Sierck, Lothringen.

Spruer^FN: see Spreuer.

SPV: a Saint Petersburg area German village or parish.

Srednaja Rogatka^SPV, popularly known as the Zweiundzwanziger Kolonie, was in the parish of Neu-Saratowka east of St. Petersburg (Gieg1).

05/2012 update