In the 17th century, Zeitlofs was located in Niederfranken (Lower-Franconia, today northwest Bavaria) in an area called Dienheim, a cluster of about 15 villages owned by the Franconian Knights and in the possession of the Counts of Thüngen. On 28 June 1814, following the Napoleonic Wars, these Thüngen territories were awarded to the Kingdom of Bavaria. Zeitlofs is located north of Würzburg.
In the 17th century, Eckarts was located in Niederfranken (Lower-Franconia, today northwest Bavaria) in an area called Dienheim, a cluster of about 15 villages owned by the Franconian Knights and in the possession of the Counts of Thüngen. On 28 June 1814, following the Napoleonic Wars, these Thüngen territories were awarded to the Kingdom of Bavaria.
In the 17th century, Trübenbrunn was located in Niederfranken (Lower-Franconia, today northwest Bavaria) in an area called Dienheim, a cluster of about 15 villages owned by the Franconian Knights and in the possession of the Counts of Thüngen. On 28 June 1814, following the Napoleonic Wars, these Thüngen territories were awarded to the Kingdom of Bavaria.
Today, Trübenbrunn is administratively part of the municipality of Zeitlofs.
Volga German families settled in Keweenaw County, Michigan.
Volga German families settled on Camano Island in Washington.
Volga German families settled in Jackson County, Illinois.
Volga German families settled in Emery County, Utah.
Volga German families settled in Cambria, Wyoming. Cambria was a prosperous coal mining town that has since been abandoned.
Georg Daniel Geist arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Prinz Carl (Prince Carl) under the command of Skipper Christopher Losser.
Georg Daniel Geist is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.
It is not known in which colony he settled.
The Oranienbaum passenger list does not record from where Georg Daniel Geist came.
There are no known surviving male lines of this Geist family among the Volga German colonies.