The ROLL "FAME" Family Mitch Roll, Genealogist Dallas, Texas, USA E-mail: mitchroll@@gmail.com Phone: 972-239-3800

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From a historical perspective, the ROLL surname owes its origins to the Old High German word "hrod", meaning "fame" or "renowned". In the 1600's the ROLL family lived in Jockgrim, Rhineland-Pfalz, Germany which is in the west-central part of Germany near the French border. The family moved in 1809 to the towns of Rastadt, Sulz and Landau in Beresan, Cherson, South Russia . Four orphaned ROLL siblings (George , Sebastian , Monica ROLL SCHAFF , and Joseph ), emigrated to southwest North Dakota between 1891 and 1903. It is rumored they left behind two sisters. Other North Dakota ROLL emigrant cousins include Joseph ROLL [ERHARDT/KUNTZ] , Jacob John ROLL [BOPP/RISSLING] , Magdalena ROLL FEININGER , Margaret ROLL HERNER , and Marian ROLL REICHERT . To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the ROLL children's US citizenship, the ROLL families are planning a year 2008 family reunion in Bismarck, North Dakota. More than 1,000 descendants are expected to attend. See NEWS & UPDATES and subscribe to the ROLL Family/Reunion Listserve!

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ROLL Family Reunion  The reunion is scheduled to take place in Bismarck, North Dakota during the summer of 2008. This is a list of organizers for each family and the updated information on the ROLL 2008 Reunion. Check back often for news and updates. View the Johann Georg and Katherina MISCHEL ROLL Family Tree Chart, their Descendant Children List, the Reunion Team Leader List, and the Team Surname List.
Subscribe to the ROLL 2008 Reunion Listserve by sending an email to mitchroll@@gmail.com. This ROLL listserve is restricted to only relatives interested in sharing and receiving information regarding our ROLL reunion in 2008. This is a great way to send emails to your ROLL relatives. Make sure to tell all your family members with Internet access to subscribe!


Genealogy Forms  View and download your genealogy forms and instructions in a variety of formats.



German-Russian ROLL Family database - Jockgrim, Germany... South Russia... North Dakota. This database includes about 1,200 descendants of the nine German-Russian ROLL Children: (orphaned siblings George , Sebastian , Monica ROLL SCHAFF , and Joseph , and cousins, Joseph ROLL [ERHARDT/KUNTZ] , Jacob John ROLL [BOPP/RISSLING] , Magdalena ROLL FEININGER , Margaret ROLL HERNER , and Marian ROLL REICHERT .) This is only a PARTIAL listing! A much more extensive and detailed listing will be published later; in time for the ROLL 2008 Reunion.

German-Russian GARTNER Family Database UNDER CONSTRUCTION
German-Russian GARTNER Page

German-Russian HEIDT Family Database UNDER CONSTRUCTION
German-Russian HEIDT Page

German-Russian KOFFLER Family Database UNDER CONSTRUCTION
German-Russian KOFFLER Page

German-Russian MISCHEL Family Database UNDER CONSTRUCTION
German-Russian MISCHEL Page

German-Russian REICHERT Family Database UNDER CONSTRUCTION
German-Russian REICHERT Page

German-Russian SCHAFF Family Database UNDER CONSTRUCTION
German-Russian SCHAFF Page




Worldwide ROLL Family Project  This genealogy project encompasses the most extensive collection of ROLL names on the Internet. It includes thousands of ROLLs from around the world, spanning throughout Argentina, Austria, Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, Germany, Hungary, Israel, The Netherlands, Norway, Prussia, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, USA, etc.

WORLDWIDE ROLL Family database - Thousands of ROLLs categorized by country and state.




Other ROLL Families   There are approximately 2,200 ROLL families in Germany and about 2,500 in the United States. Non-German-Russian ROLL families are listed here.


ROLL "Stuff" - All Things "ROLL" - Please e-mail us anything relating to "ROLL". Example: ROLL-named/owned companies, organizations, products, logos, cities, Internet links, genealogy pages, history, biography (successful ROLLs), etc. Current worldwide categories include: ROLL wines, ROLL photos, ROLL locations (towns, streets, castles, etc.), ROLL companies, personal ROLL web pages, ROLL URLs, ROLL genealogy web pages, | ROLLs in politics, ROLLs in business, ROLLs in history/biographies, ROLLs in education, ROLLs in books/authors, ROLLs in art and entertainment, ROLL artwork, and ROLLs in sports


ROLL Font Letters - Over 2,000 different fonts with "ROLL" lettering you can copy and paste to your personal projects.




Current and Historical Maps  Here are many detailed maps of Germany , Russia , Europe , Poland , South America , and the United States . Of particular interest are USA maps of the towns bearing the "ROLL" name and maps of the 3 emigrant ROLL brother's homestead locations!




Emigration and traveling experiences  of our forefathers. View the immigration papers, trains, ships and sights our ancestors experienced during their emigration years.




Germans from Russia Links  A list of German-Russian research web sites, surname databases, Germany travel sites, and helpful tools such as foreign language translators and genealogy search engines.




Villages of our Forefathers  Homes, villages, and towns of our Forefathers spanning three continents. (Under construction)




Churches of our Forefathers  Reminisce through the spiritual pictures of the German, Russian, and American churches where our ancestors prayed and worshiped.




German Coat of Arms  View Coat of Arms for the ROLL-related families, and both German and Russian Royalty/states. The science that deals with coats of arms and genealogies is called "Heraldry".





Mitch Roll Links  Links to Roll International and Preston Roll's web pages. Included is a pictorial view of Mitch's ancestors and descendants. Mitch's great grandparents are Sebastian ROLL born 1873 in Rastadt, Beresan, Cherson, South Russia & Anna Mary SCHAFF born 1878 in Speier, Beresan Cherson, South Russia. His grandparents are Michael ROLL born 1899 in Mott, North Dakota & Rosa REICHERT born 1902 in Odessa, Cherson, South Russia. William J. ROLL born in Burt, North Dakota & Rose Mary GARTNER born in Glen Ullin, North Dakota are his parents.




German-Russian Recipes  Cook and eat the foods of your ancestors...please send us your favorite German-Russian recipes!



Genealogy Trivia  Genealogy-related stories, facts, reflection, amusement and jokes. Definitely check out the "Two German Brothers" story.







Currency of our Forefathers  A display of paper and coin money used by our ancestors in Germany, Russia, Argentina, Canada, and the United States. Included is a table of historical values of the US dollar dating back to 1820. Stamps are also exhibited. (This page is under construction)




Unknown Pictures  Are you good at remembering faces and names? Here are pictures of ancestors we need to identify. E-mail us if you know their names or want to add your own "unknown person's" picture.



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VITAL STATS OF THE ROLL FAMILY:

• The Rhineland-Pfalz ROLL ancestors mainly came from the following German Towns: Germersheim, Herxheim, Hordt, Jockgrim, Kuhardt, Leimersheim, Rulzheim
• The Baden-Wurttemberg ROLL ancestors mainly came from the following German Towns: Dimbach, Durmersheim, Hilsbach/Sinsheim, and Kirckhausen/Heilbronn
• The South Russia/Ukraine ROLL ancestors mainly emigrated from Germany to the following South Russia, Beresan, Cherson Villages: Christina, Felsenberg, Karlsruhe, Katherinental, Landau, Munchen, Rastadt, Speyer/Speier, and Sulz
• The German and South Russia ROLL ancestors mainly emigrated to the following areas around the world: 1) North America - Montana, North Dakota, New York, Washington; 2) Canada; 3) South America - Argentina
• Primary ROLL Ancestor Surnames: Berger, Braun/Brown, Burger, Degele, Dornstauder, Erhardt, Ferderer, Fitterer, Gartner/Gärtner/Gaertner/Gertner, Heidt/Heid, Herner/Hörner/Hoerner, Hoersch, Koffler, Kuhn, Kuntz/Kunz, Lanz/Lantz, Mischel, Reichert, Roll, Schaff/Schaf/Schaaf, Schmidt, Schwebel, Stroh, and Zander/Sander
• ROLL Ancestor Surname List: Aalto, Abel, Acuna, Adam, Adams, Allen, Amann, Anderson, Askeland, Axelson, Bacher, Bader, Badinger, Bail, Bartos, Bauer, Baumgartner, Bayer, Bechard, Beehler, Bender, Benson, Bentler, Berger, Bernhardt, Binstock, Bittner, Blackman, Boeckel, Boehm, Boespflug, Bohl, Bopp, Bosch, Bossert, Bowers, Bowrf, Boyer, Brabec, Brady, Brandner, Braun, Bresnahan, Brooks, Brown, Bryson, Buller, Burger, Burnhardt, Burns, Byers, Buschall, Cain, Calhoun, Carroll, Causley, Celmer, Charter, Christenson, Clark, Cleveland, Cole, Coley, Collins, Connor, Cornett, Currin, Cotter, Cruz, Curtis, Daniels, Dauenhauer, Davis, Decker, Degele, Deichert, Derschen, Diehl, Dietz, Dilley, Dillman, Dobbs, Dogendorf, Doherty, Doll, Doherty, Dornstauder, Dreiske, Dschaak, Dryer, Dschaak, Duscherer, Dworshak, Eckroth, Eddy, Edwards, Ehlis, Eichenbies, Eisely, Ekert, Emineth, Emly, Endsley, Erhardt, Erickson, Ermentraut, Espeland, Faller, Farnes, Feiler, Feininger, Feist, Ferderer, Fergel, Fetch, Fett, Ficek, Fichter, Finch, Fitterer, Fleck, Fleming, Folda, Foley, Fonseca, Forsch, Frank, Frenzel, Fridel, Friedt, Gabel, Gartner, Gaub, Gebnard, Gee, Geiger, Gerhardt, Gerle, Gibson, Giuer, Glasser, Goltz, Gordon, Gosnell, Gratz, Greer, Gresser, Gridder, Grieser, Grob, Grosmen, Grosz, Guttenkust, Haas, Hall, Hamann, Hammel, Hanson, Harinosma, Harm, Harris, Hartfield, Hasse, Hatzenbuehler, Haugen, Halvorson, Hawkins, Heck, Hecker, Heidecker, Heidlebaugh, Heidt, Heim, Heinrich, Heinzman, Helbling, Helfrich, Hellman, Helman, Hemerling, Henninger, Herman, Herner, Herron, Hetch, Hewson, Hierschler, Hinckel, Hoerner, Hoersch, Hoff, Hoffer, Hoffman, Holliday, Holzer, Houn, Hovey, Humeston, Hunke, Huschka, Hutzenbiler, Huzley, Ibach, Jaeger, Janning, Jenson, Janorsche, Jobs, Johnson, Johorson, Jones, Jordan, Josephson, Joubert, Jutz, Kadrmas, Kaiser, Kautzman, Keely, Keller, Kempenick, Kerby, Kern, Kessel, Kilen, Kilzer, King, Kirschmer, Klein, Knaup, Knittel, Knoll, Knutson, Knutzen, Koch, Koepplin, Koffler, Kohl, Koppinger, Koschielnick, Kostelecky, Kranick, Krause, Krous, Krum, Kudrna, Kuhlwein, Kuhn, Kukus, Kuntz, Kupa, Kupper, Kuss, Lambrecht, Lang, Lantz, Larson, LeClaire, Lee, Leingang, Lewis, Lindemann, Love, Luckenbuck, Lutz, Lynch, Maier, Magelky, Mann, Markel, Marthaller, Marthe, Martin, Matte, Mattern, May, Mayers, Mayville, McCutchin, McGarry, McNeill, Meduna, Meehl, Meek, Meier, Meisch, Mellott, Mereness, Meyer, Meyhoft, Miller, Milsap, Mischel, Moline, Moreno, Morgan, Morrel, Morris, Moss, Mueller, Munson, Nasgowitz, Nedmore, Nelson, Nitschke, Nordian, Obritschkewitsch, Olmsted, Olson, Oster, Overlander, Parker, Pechtl, Pekas, Pendergraft, Peterson, Pfleger, Poh (Poe), Popp, Post, Praus, Pulkraleck, Quick, Rankin, Reed, Reichert, Reihl, Reimann, Reinle, Reis, Reisenauer, Reisenhauer, Reisinger, Reisling, Reiter, Renner, Ressler, Rice, Richter, Rissling, Roach, Roberts, Rodacker, Rohr, Roll, Rose, Roshau, Rustad, Rouw, Sabo, Sailer, Sample, Sauvageau, Savage, Schaff, Schaiesky, Schall, Schantz, Scheeler, Schepis, Schleer, Schloss, Schmidt, Schneider, Schroeder, Schultz, Schulz, Schumacher, Schutzle, Schutzman, Schwab, Schwebel, Schwein, Schwindt, Scott, Seitz, Selfridge, Senn, Shafer, Sherman, Simonis, Sims, Sippert, Sitter, Skalsky, Skillman, Skjid, Slack, Smick, Smith, Springel, Staiger, Stebner, Steiner, Stekar, Sticka, Stilchuk, Stockert, Stolz, Straub, Strecker, Stroh, Stroud, Stumf, Surbin, Svihovec, Swearingen, Swett, Sziller, Tabison, Taylor, Ternes, Thielke, Thierien, Thom, Thoma, Thomas, Topping, Toth, Tusco, Van Lishout, Vetter, Vogel, Volk, Voll, Wagner, Walters, Wandler, Wanner, Wardel, Waston, Weiler, Weisenberger, West, Westley, Wetsch, White, Wilhelm, Wilm, Wilmart, Wirtz, Wixel, Wolf, Wright, Young, Zander, Zentner, Zimmerman

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