These are some of the resources relevant to the Levegood, Levergood, Liebenguth, Löwenguth, Leibundgut (and other spellings) families that focus on a geographical area in Europe or that focus on these families in Europe. These are materials that we have found to be most important and useful in researching the family, plus some other materials that we have little personal knowledge of or that focus on families or family members that we have little personal knowledge of, but that we include in the hope that others might find them useful. Additional resources are found under Resources, are cited in the footnotes on individuals' pages in the Genealogical Report, and/or appear in the list of Sources in the Genealogical Report. Resources listed under German, Swiss German, and Alsacian languages may also be of interest.
Contents of this page
- France
- France, Haut-Rhin
- France, Bas-Rhin
- General
- Genealogy
- Immigration and emigration
- Maps, geography, and administrative units
Liebenguth, Löwenguth, and similar names- Germany
- Switzerland
France
France, Haut-Rhin
- Haut-Rhin. Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles
France, Bas-Rhin
France, Bas-Rhin: general
- Archives départementales du Bas-Rhin in Strasbourg
- Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg
- Société d'Histoire et d'Archéologie de Saverne et Environs
- Acker, Agnès, et al. Encyclopédie de l'Alsace. Strasbourg: Éds. Publitotal, 1982.
- Alsace. (Encyclopédie Bonneton.) 2001.
- Bloch, Marc. French Rural History: An Essay on its Basic Characteristics. Berkeley: University of California Press. 1966.
- France Research Outline. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Family History Library, Salt Lake City.
- Himly, François-Jacques. Chronologie de la Basse Alsace, 1er - XXe siècle. Strasbourg. 1972.
- Himly, François-J. Atlas des villes médiévales d'Alsace. (Publications de la Fédération des Sociétés d'Histoire et d'Archéologie d'Alsace 6.) Nancy: Berger-Levrault, 1970.
- Kiefer, Ludwig Albert. Pfarrbuch der Grafschaft Hanau-Lichtenberg: nach Urkunden. Straßburg: Heitz, 1890.
- Vogler, Bernard. Nouvelle histoire de l'Alsace, une région au coeur de l'Europe. Éditions Privat. 2003.
- Regesta Imperii "Als Inventar aller urkundlichen und historiographischen Quellen der römisch-deutschen Könige von den Karolingern bis zu Maximilian I. sowie der Päpste des frühen und hohen Mittelalters gehören die REGESTA IMPERII zu den großen Quellenwerken zur deutschen und europäischen Geschichte."
France, Bas-Rhin: Genealogy
- Cercle Généalogique d'Alsace; Bulletin du Cercle Généalogique d'Alsace.
- Roll, Claude R. Manuel illustré pour la généalogie et l'histoire familiale en Alsace. Le Verger Editeur. 1991.
- Wolff, Christian. Guide des recherches généalogiques en Alsace. Editions Oberlin Strasbourg. 1975.
- Alsace, very helpful guide in English, with a page on Alsace History. From Verein für Computergenealogie e. V.
- France GenWeb, including
- Le Bas-Rhin & la Basse Alsace, affiliated with Alsace GenWeb and France GenWeb
- FAQ Généalogique
- Hein, Gerhard. Familienbücher Krummes Elsaß. Available on CD-ROM from Genealogie-Service.de under the title Familienbücher Krummes Elsass. 1988. Many or all of Hein's volumes are also available from the Family History Library; search by author: Hein, Gerhard.
The villages in the Krummes Elsaß in which I found a
Liebenguth-type name using the CD-ROM set: Altweiler, Assweiler, Berg and Thal (combined in 1 volume), Burbach, Büst, Bütten, Diedendorf, Dossenheim sur Zinsel, Drulingen, Durstel, Erckartsweiler, Eyweiler, Harskirchen, Hirschland, Ingweiler, Keskastel, Lorentzen, Lützelstein, Neusaarwerden, Neuweiler, Örmingen, Pisdorf, Rauweiler, Saarwerden, Tiefenbach, Waldhambach, Weinburg, Weyer, Wimmenau, Wingen, Zollingen.
- Smith, Kenneth L. German Church Books, Beyond the Basics. Revised edition. Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 1993, 1999.
France, Bas-Rhin: Immigration and emigration
- Bodmer, Walter. L'immigration Suisse dans le Comté de Hanau-Lichtenberg au
dix-septième siècle.
Strasbourg: Heitz, 1930.People with Liebenguth-type names who are claimed to have
possibly/probably immigrated to the Comté de Hanau-Lichtenberg from Switzerland in the 17th century, sorted by village in Alsace:
- Gundershoffen (p. 102)
- Hattmatt (pp. 45, 69, 109)
- Hunspach (p. 105)
- Schalkendorf (pp. 45-46, 91)
- Schillersdorf (p. 82, 117)
- Wingen-Klimbach (p. 98)
Burgert provides detailed summaries of European church records, passenger lists, and American church records. Includes entries on:
- Liebenguth, Hans Jacob; Schalkendorf; immigrated 1733; Tulpehocken, Berks Co. (pp. 338-340)
- Liebengut, Ulrich and Johan Peter; Hunspach and Langensoultzbach; immigrated 1733; Montgomery Co., Philadelphia Co., Berks Co. (pp. 341-343)
- Liebengut, Hans Jacob, Hans Jacob Jr., and Peter; Gumbrechtshoffen; immigrated 1750; Montgomery Co. (pp. 340-341)
Mention of Hans LeibundGuts, son of Thamion of Melchnau, married 1674
Anna Sutter, in Muttersholtz near Schlettstadt, Alsace (p. 304).
Mention of Hans Leibundgut of Melchnau (p. 132).
Perhaps relies on Bodmer (1930) in mentioning:
Hans Liebenguth from Melchnau who bought land in Schalkendorf (p. 63, 64);
Peter Liebenguth from Melchnau who bought land in Hattmatt (p. 63, 66).Mention of Ulrich Leibengut who married Anna Henni
and emigrated on the Charming Betsy (p. 202).
Based on Annette Kunselman Burgert's Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Northern Alsace to America.
France, Bas-Rhin: maps, geography, and administrative units
- Découpage de l'Alsace en Seigneuries, comtés, bailliages, villes Impériales etc... en 1789, juste avant la Révolution
- Les Communes de l'Alsace-Lorraine pendant l'occupation allemande de 1870-1918
- The Communities of Alsace: Administrative Breakdown of Alsace
- Insee - Code officiel géographique
- Modern maps of France from Mapquest
- Alexandria Digital Library Gazetteer
- GEOnet Names Server (GNS), "The GEOnet Names Server (GNS) provides access to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) and the U.S. Board on Geographic Names' (US BGN) database of foreign geographic feature names. The database is the official repository of foreign place-name decisions approved by the US BGN. Approximately 20,000 of the database's features are updated monthly. Geographic Area of Coverage: Worldwide excluding the United States and Antarctica. For names in the U.S. and Antarctica, visit the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) web site. The GNS contains 4.0 million features with 5.5 million names (approximate). The coordinate system for data served by GNS is WGS84."
France, Bas-Rhin: Liebenguth, Löwenguth, and similar names
- Eisenbeis, Henri. Eisenbeiß Family History and Genealogy.
Includes many Liebenguth and Löwengut-type names. Eisenbeis' note may be a good place for Leibundgut researchers to start. - Eisenbeis, Henri. Map of Leibenguths in Alsace.
- Fischer, Jean-Marc. Genealogie Liebenguth
- Ganter, André. Liebengut - Leibundgut. Translation
Germany
- GenWiki from the Verein für Computergenealogie e.V.
- Ahnenforschung.net from Genealogie-Service.de GmbH
- Burgert, Annette Kunselman. Eighteenth century emigrants from German-speaking lands to North America. Volume II: The Western Palatinate.
Birdsboro, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania German Society, 1985.
Includes Liebenguth-type names on pages 268, 351, 360.
- Germany Research Outline. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Family History Library, Salt Lake City.
- Jensen, Larry O. A Genealogical Handbook of German Research. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Family History Library, Salt Lake City.
- Smith, Clifford Neal and Anna Piszczan-Czaja Smith.
Encyclopedia of German-American Genealogical Research. New York: Bowker, 1976.
Available at amazon.com. Includes:
- clues as to the origins of German surnames (pp. 93-98)
- The Organization of the German Reich from 1495 to 1806 (pp. 106-112)
- Entities from the Reichsmatrikel of 1521 with changes to 1806 (pp. 112-113)
- Alphabetical Listing of Tenancies-in-Chief and Other Dependencies of the Kaiser (pp. 114-145)
- Smith, Kenneth L. German Church Books, Beyond the Basics. Revised edition. Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 1993, 1999.
- Neumann, Fridrich Julius. Orts-Lexikon des Deutschen Reiches. 3. neu bearb. u. verm. Aufl. Leipzig: Bibliogr. Institut, 1894.
- Meyerink, Kory L. "German gazetteers online", Digital Genealogist, January/February 2007, pp. 20-25.
- Cyndi's List: Germany / Deutschland
- Verein für Computergenealogie. GedBas.
Includes many relevant names, including:
Leibengut, Leibenguth, Leibundgut, Leibundguth, Leibundtguth, Levengood, Liebundgut.
Switzerland
Switzerland: general
- Schweizerisches Bundesarchiv
- Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek.
- Helveticat "ist der Online-Katalog (OPAC) der Schweizerischen Nationalbibliothek (NB), der Spezialbibliothek für Helvetica."
- Bibliographie der Schweizergeschichte.Includes a searchable database and some materials in PDF.
- Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Familienforschung (SGFF)
- Kirchliche Bestände in schweizerischen Archiven
- Geneal-Forum "Discussion board for all genealogists in France, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein."
- SwissGenealogy.com, "a genealogical center in Worb, Switzerland offering genealogical products together with research and publishing services for sale both to Americans and to Swiss."
- Picton Press, publishers of many books and CD-ROMs on Swiss genealogy
- Historisch-biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz, 1921.
Includes an entry on the Leibundgut family name: A numerous old family of this name settled in Aarwangen and Trachselwald, in the Canton of Bern in Bern, from Schoren, 1897. Damian Leibundgut, from
Melchnau (Bern), was hanged in Langenthal (Bern) as a participant in the Peasant's Rebellion on 13/23 June 1653. (My translation).
This is also an excellent source for information on places, people, events, etc. such as "Bauernkrieg", "Dreissigjæriger Krieg", "Aarwangen", "Langenthal", "Melchnau", etc. Sources for further reading are provided. - Stiftung HLS. Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz
Includes a biography of Hans Leibundgut (1909-1993), as well as other mentions of the name Leibundgut.
This is also an excellent source for information on places, people, events, etc. such as "Bauernkrieg (1525)", "Bauernkrieg (1653)", "Bubenberg, Adrian I. von", "Dreissigjähriger Krieg", "Aarwangen (Gemeinde)", "Langenthal", "Melchnau", etc. Sources for further reading are provided. - Familiennamenbuch der Schweiz = Répertoire des noms de famille suisses = Repertorio dei nomi di famiglia svizzeri.
Zürich: Polygraph. Verl, 1968-1971.
These volumes list the names of families (Geschlechter) which had the
Swiss Bürgerrecht in 1962. It lists the
Kanton and place in which the family had the Bürgerrecht and indicates whether it is an old family which already had the Bürgerrecht
before 1800, as well as other information. The places where one found old Leibundgut families include:
- Kanton Aargau: Brittnau
- Kanton Bern: Aarwangen, Affoltern im Emmental, Melchnau, Obersteckholz, Rüegsau, Schoren, Wyssachen
- Kanton Solothurn: Schnottwil
- Sites généalogiques Suisses sur Internet
- Swiss Roots: Genealogy provides access to several indexes, including some that include mention of Leibundgut-type surnames. They provide lots of other useful information as well.
- Ellis Island (revised by swissinfo/SRI)
Includes the following surname: Leibundgut - Swiss Family Name Handbook
Includes the following surname: Leibundgut - Men of Bern
Includes the following surnames:
Leib und gut, Leibundgut, Leibundguth, Leybundguth, Lieb und Gut - Schweizerisches Idiotikon: Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache.
The entry on "Leib" includes information on the expression "Leib und Gut". - Schweizerisches Geschlechterbuch = Almanach généalogique suisse
- Regesta Imperii "Als Inventar aller urkundlichen und historiographischen Quellen der römisch-deutschen Könige von den Karolingern bis zu Maximilian I. sowie der Päpste des frühen und hohen Mittelalters gehören die REGESTA IMPERII zu den großen Quellenwerken zur deutschen und europäischen Geschichte."
- Smith, Kenneth L. German Church Books, Beyond the Basics. Revised edition. Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 1993, 1999.
- Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie.
Includes biographical sketch of Hans Leibundgut, 1909-1993, of Switzerland.
Switzerland: guides to Swiss genealogy
- Bahn, Peter. Familienforschung, Ahnentafel, Wappenkunde. Falken-Verlag, 1990. ISBN 3-8068-0744-2.
- Basic Information for Swiss Research
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Records of Genealogical Value for Switzerland. Series C, No. 2, 1982. 16 pp.
- Grundlagen der Familienforschung in der Schweiz. 1996. Available: Schriftenverkaufsstelle SGFF, Werner Hug, Unterwartweg 23, CH-4132 Muttenz.
- Rohrbach, Lewis Bunker. Introductory Guide to Swiss Genealogical Research. Picton Press, 2004.
- Theus-Bieler, Valentin. Handbuch der Genealogie Aufbau einer familienkundlichen Sammlung. 2001. Available: Schriftenverkaufsstelle SGFF, Werner Hug, Unterwartweg 23, CH-4132 Muttenz.
- Swiss Genealogy a guide from Allen County Public Library
- Swiss Genealogy on the Internet
- Schweiz. From the Verein für Computergenealogie
- Switzerland Family History
- Cyndi's List: Switzerland / Suisse / Schweiz
Switzerland: Swiss peasant war of 1653
- Balsiger, Hans. "Der Oberaargau im schweizerischen Bauernkrieg 1653", Das Jahrbuch des Oberaargaus: Beiträge zur Geschichte und Heimatkunde 46 (2003), pp. 163-188.
- "Bauernkrieg", in Historisch-biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz, 1921.
- Henzi, Hans. "Das Ende des Bauernkrieges 1653 in Herzogenbuchsee: Der Gefechtsplan von Johann Willading", Das Jahrbuch des Oberaargaus: Beiträge zur Geschichte und Heimatkunde, 1973, pp. 153-162.
- Henzi, Hans. "Das Ende des Bauernkrieges 1653 in Herzogenbuchsee: Schriftliche Quellen", Das Jahrbuch des Oberaargaus: Beiträge zur Geschichte und Heimatkunde, 1974, pp. 174-208.
- Holenstein, André. "Der Bauernkrieg von 1653 – Ursachen, Verlauf und Folgen einer gescheiterten Revolution mit kommentierter Transkription des Bundesbriefes", Berner Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Heimatkunde, 66. Jahrgang, 2004, Heft 1.
- Indermühle, Hans and Karl H. Flatt. "Das Gefecht zu Herzogenbuchsee",
Das Jahrbuch des Oberaargaus: Beiträge zur Geschichte und Heimatkunde, 1974, pp. 209-221.
Mention of Damian Leibundgut of Melchnau (p. 219).
- Messmer, Kurt. Die Entlebucher – der «Ursprung alles Übels»: 350 Jahre schweizerischer Bauernkrieg 1653. (Ein historischer Beitrag mit Veranstaltungskalender zum Gedenken an den bedeutendsten Aufstand der alten Schweiz.) Beigelegt in der Neuen Luzerner Zeitung (Stammausgabe), 15 March 2003.
- Stiftung HLS. "Bauernkrieg (1653)", in Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz
- Suter, Andreas.
Der schweizerische Bauernkrieg von 1653: Politische Sozialgeschichte - Sozialgeschichte eines politischen Ereignisses.
(Frühneuzeit-Forschungen, Band 3.) Tübingen: Bibliotheca academica Verlag, 1997.
Includes a 4-page "Summary in English". - Swiss peasant war of 1653
- Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek Luzern. Handschriften, Drucke und Bilder zum Bauernkrieg 1653. (Der Beitrag der Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek Luzern zum Gedenkjahr "Schweizerischer Bauernkrieg 1653-2003")
Switzerland: Swiss emigration
- Blatter, Friedrich.
Wer ist Schweizer Abstammung: Zur Wiederbevölkerung des Saarlandes nach dem Dreißigjährigen Kriege.
Auszug aus "Geschichte und Landschaft der Saar" 1950.
Ergänzt von Barbara Zbären.
Mentions the following names:
Leibenguth, Leibundgut, Lieb und Guth, Liebenguth, Löbenguth, Löwenguth, etc.
Includes mention of Fritz Leibenguth and Peter Liebeguth in Hattmatt. - Bodmer, Walter. L'immigration Suisse dans le Comté de Hanau-Lichtenberg au
dix-septième siècle.
Strasbourg: Heitz, 1930.People with Liebenguth-type names who are claimed to have
possibly/probably immigrated to the Comté de Hanau-Lichtenberg from Switzerland in the 17th century, sorted by village in Alsace:
- Gundershoffen (p. 102)
- Hattmatt (pp. 45, 69, 109)
- Hunspach (p. 105)
- Schalkendorf (pp. 45-46, 91)
- Schillersdorf (p. 82, 117)
- Wingen-Klimbach (p. 98)
Mention of Hans LeibundGuts, son of Thamion of Melchnau, married 1674
Anna Sutter, in Muttersholtz near Schlettstadt, Alsace (p. 304). Mention of Leibundgut-type names in Vol.2, pp. 1-2.
Mention of Hans Leibundgut of Melchnau (p. 132).
Apparently relies on Bodmer (1930) in mentioning:
Hans Liebenguth from Melchnau who bought land in Schalkendorf (p. 63, 64);
Peter Liebenguth from Melchnau who bought land in Hattmatt (p. 63, 66).Mention of Ulrich Leibengut who married Anna Henni
and emigrated on the Charming Betsy (p. 202).
Based on Annette Kunselman Burgert's Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Northern Alsace to America.
Switzerland: maps, gazetteers, and geography
- Knapp, Charles, Maurice Borel, and V. Attinger. Geographisches Lexikon der Schweiz. Neuenburg: Attinger, 1902. Available from Swiss Roots.
- Datenbank Schweizer Ortsnamen. Under construction.
- GEOnet Names Server (GNS), "The GEOnet Names Server (GNS) provides access to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) and the U.S. Board on Geographic Names' (US BGN) database of foreign geographic feature names. The database is the official repository of foreign place-name decisions approved by the US BGN. Approximately 20,000 of the database's features are updated monthly. Geographic Area of Coverage: Worldwide excluding the United States and Antarctica. For names in the U.S. and Antarctica, visit the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) web site. The GNS contains 4.0 million features with 5.5 million names (approximate). The coordinate system for data served by GNS is WGS84."
- Alexandria Digital Library Gazetteer
- Alte Landkarten der Schweiz
- Die Eidgenossenschaft 1536-1798 (historical map)
- Modern maps of Switzerland
- Die Ortschaften des Freistaates Bern 1838-44 from Carl Jakob Durheim. Die Ortschaften des eidgenössischen Freistaates Bern: Ein vorzüglich dem Geschäftsstande gewidmetes und auf Befehl des Tit. Regierungsrathes gedrucktes Verzeichniss der Städte, Flecken, Pfarr- und andern Dörfer, Weiler ... Postbureau's, Landjägerposten; so wie der vorzüglichsten Alpen... der Schulkommissariats= und der Militär=Kreise. Bern: Haller, 1838.
- Zinsli, Paul. Ortsnamenbuch des Kantons Bern [alter Kantonsteil]. Bern: Francke. 1976-.
Three volumes of this set have been published. I have examined two of the three volumes. Of potential interest to Leibundgut researchers:
Volume 1, A-F: Aarwangen (col. 45), Affoltern (col. 11), Eriswil (col. 92-93)
Volume 2, G-K/CH.
Lemmaliste are available for the first three volumes. - Localities Within the Parishes of the Canton Bern, Switzerland
- Kanton Bern. Geoportal des Kantons Bern.
Kartenangebot des Kantons Bern. The coordinates appear at the bottom left as CH1903 which can be reprojected to
GPS-Koordinaten (WGS84) using "Koordinatenpunkt Bestimmen". For example,
- Gemeinden des Kantons Bern (includes parcel boundaries)
- Richtplan-Informationssystem (topos)
- AGR - Richtplan-Informationssystem des Kantons Bern
- Historische Karten des Kantons Bern
Switzerland, Aargau
Switzerland, Bern
- Kanton Bern
- Staatsarchiv des Kantons Bern.
- "Unsere Bibliotheksbestände finden Sie im Katalog IDS Basel/Bern (Neuerwerbungen)."
- Türler, H. "Inventar des Staatsarchivs des Kantons Bern", in Allgemeinen geschichtsforschenden Gesellschaft der Schweiz (hrsg.), Inventare schweizerischer Archive, [=Beiheft zum Anzeiger für schweiz. Geschichte], I. Teil, Bern, 1895, S. 37-64.
- Universitätsbibliothek Bern. Offers DigiBern, including
- Illustrierte Berner Enzyklopädie
- Das Jahrbuch des Oberaargaus. See also Sachregister beginning 1958.
- Berner Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Heimatkunde
- Geschichte des Kantons Bern seit 1798
- BERNHIST - Historisch-Statistische Datenbank des Kantons Bern
- Der Topographische Atlas der Schweiz (1870-1949) (Siegfriedkarte digital), 1:25 000 und 1:50 000
- Genealogisch-Heraldische Gesellschaft Bern
- Historischer Verein des Kantons Bern
- Die Zivilstandsämter des Kantons Bern
- Historischer Verein des Kantons Bern. Bibliographie der Berner Geschichte. "Die Titelaufnahmen sind ab dem Jahresheft 1995 im Online-Katalog IDS Basel/Bern verzeichnet"
Switzerland, Bern: Oberaargau and Melchnau region
- Burgruine Grünenberg Melchnau. Includes a lengthy bibliography.
- DigiBern, including
- Das Jahrbuch des Oberaargaus. See also Sachregister beginning 1958.
- Balmer, Werner.
"Melchnau im 17. Jahrhundert nach dem Dorfbuch",
Das Jahrbuch des Oberaargaus: Beiträge zur Geschichte und Heimatkunde 1959, pp. 110-116.
Mention of Leibundgut-type names on pp. 113, 115. - Dubler, Anne-Marie. "Die Region Oberaargau: Entstehung, Begriff und Umfang im Wandel der Zeit", Das Jahrbuch des Oberaargaus: Beiträge zur Geschichte und Heimatkunde 44 (2001), pp. 74–139.
- Flatt, Karl H. "Die oberaargauischen Pfarreien", Das Jahrbuch des Oberaargaus: Beiträge zur Geschichte und Heimatkunde 1962, pp. 72-79.
- Flatt, Karl H. "Die Oberaargauischen Zölle zur Zeit des Ancien Regime", Berner Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Heimatkunde 1962, Heft 1, pp. 23-36.
- Flatt, Karl H. "Quellen der Oberaargauer Geschichte", Das Jahrbuch des Oberaargaus: Beiträge zur Geschichte und Heimatkunde 1961, pp. 182-187.
- Jufer, Max, Martin Lerch, Emil Schaffer, and Rudolf Wirth. Der Amtsbezirk Aarwangen und seine Gemeinden.
Langenthal: Merkur Druck. 1991.
Mention of the Leibundgut name on pp. 177, 178. - Kasser, Paul. "Die Herren von Aarwangen", Neues Berner Taschenbuch, pp. 39-100, 1908.
Treats the period c. 1224-1350 A.D. - Kasser, Paul. "Geschichte des Amtes und des Schlosses Aarwangen", Archiv des Historischen Vereins des Kantons Bern, XIX. Band, Erstes Heft, pp. 57-236, und Zweites Hefte, pp. 237-446.
1908-1909.
Includes the following Leibundgut-type names:
- Kl. Leibundgut (p. 190)
- Friedrich Leibundgut (p. 192)
- Uli Leib und Guth der Jung, Uli Laib und Guts (p. 213)
- Petter Lyb unnd Gut (p. 217)
- Ulli Leibundgut (p. 220)
- Niklaus Leibundgut (p. 232)
- Ulli Lyb und Gut (pp. 260-261)
- Hans Ulli Leibundgut, Damian Leibundgut (p. 261)
- Damian Lyb und Gut (p. 275)
- Fritz Leibundgut (p. 308)
- Damian Leibundgut (p. 314)
- Mr. Livingood, "Hans Liebengut" (p. 319)
- Uli Lybundguth, Peter Lybundguth (p. 441)
- Damian Lyb und gut (p. 444)
- Kuert, Simon. "Der Oberaargau und der Aufstand des gemeinen Mannes von 1525", Das Jahrbuch des Oberaargaus: Beiträge zur Geschichte und Heimatkunde 43 (2000), pp. 169-202.
- Kuert, Simon. "Der kirchliche Oberaargau vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart", Das Jahrbuch des Oberaargaus: Beiträge zur Geschichte und Heimatkunde 44 (2001), pp. 115-139.
- Leibundgut-Mosimann, Alice. Affoltern im Emmental: Kurze Geschichte der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung einer Landgemeinde. Affoltern im Emmental: Ersparniskasse, 1973. Vortitel: "Zum hundertjährigen Bestehen der Ersparniskasse Affoltern i.E., 1873-1973".
Mentions of Leibundgut-type names:
- Fridli Lybundgut, 1553 (p. 15)
- Leibundgut family (p. 15)
- Ulrich Leibundgut (p. 21)
- Fridli Libundgut (p. 22)
- Hans Leibundgut (p. 23)
- Fridli Lybundgut, 1553 (p. 25)
- Christen Leibundgut (p. 25)
- Caspar Leibundgut, 1732 (p. 25)
- Leibundgut family (p. 25)
- Andreas Leibundgut, 1808 (p. 26)
- Hans Heiniger-Leibundgut, Hans (p. 27)
- Leibundgut (p. 28)
- Leibundgut (p. 36)
- Uli Leibundgut (p. 43)
- Jakob Leibundgut, 1798 (p. 43)
- Möri, Daniel. "Zur Baugeschichte des Schlosses Aarwangen", Das Jahrbuch des Oberaargaus: Beiträge zur Geschichte und Heimatkunde 47 (2004), pp. 153-172.
- Tanner, Rolf. "Wilhelm Tell und Patrizierlandsitz: Zwei Bauten aus der Endzeit der Mediation in Melchnau", Das Jahrbuch des Oberaargaus: Beiträge zur Geschichte und Heimatkunde 45 (2002), pp. 114-125.
- Wenger, Lukas, et al. Melchnau auf dem Weg: 900 Jahre Melchnau. Langenthal: Merkur Druck, 2000.
Extracts from the book are available on Wenger's website,
Melchnau auf dem Weg.
Includes
- Mentions of the name Leibundgut on pp.
21, 24, 81, 98, 102, 106, 112, 114, 163. Of those, the mentions on pp. 21, 24, 81, 112, 114, and 163
involve matters that are not current.
- "Burger von Melchnau", including the family Leibundgut, p. 21
- "Einige bekannte Wappen der Burger-Geschlechter", including the family Leibundgut, p. 22-25
- "Uebersichts-Karte des Dorfes und Gemeindekezirks Melchnau", 1847, pp. 154-155
- List of sources, pp. 162-164
- Bibliography, pp. 165-166
- Wenger, Lukas. Die Freiherren von Grünenberg.
- Karte Region Oberaargau
Switzerland, Luzern
Switzerland: Leibundgut and similar names
- Eisenbeis, Henri. Eisenbeiß Family History and Genealogy.
Includes many Leibundgut-type names. Eisenbeis' note may be a good place for Leibundgut researchers to start. - Lerber, Theodore von. Leibundgut family; church records, Switzerland, 1650-1750. Washington, D.C., 1952. 25 pages, typed. Available from the Family History Library, FHL Intl Film 232856.
"The names listed in the following pages were copied from church records of the towns in Switzerland set forth in the
index by Theodore von Lerber of Bern, Switzerland, and presumably list all the names Leib und Gut, and its variations,
found in those towns in the period 1650-1750. The record was obtained by Charles A. Livengood, of Washington, D.C., a
descendant of Hartman Leibengut." Includes parents, children, christening date, and parish of records from
the villages of Aarwangen, Affoltern im Emmental,
Eriswil, Langenthal, Lotzwil, Melchnau, Rüegsau, Wohlen.
Also includes a list of Leibundguts who emigrated, from
Walter Bodmer, L'immigration Suisse dans le Comté de Hanau-Lichtenberg au
dix-septième siècle.; and a quote concerning a Leibundgut emigration from Switzerland to Alsace, from
Albert Bernhardt Faust and Caius Marcus Brumbaugh's
Lists of Swiss emigrants in the eighteenth century to the American Colonies, Volume II. (p. 25)
- Wyss, Alfred. "Die Familie 'Leibundgut' auf dem Neuscheuerhof St. Urban", Der Hinterländer: Heimatkundliche Beilage des Willisauer Boten (Willisau, Canton Luzern, Switzerland) 11.2:10-13, 1972.
The author traces a line of the Leibundgut family of Switzerland through 7 descendant generations.
According to the article, in part: (my translation)
- Johannes Leibundgut, 1722-1788, lived in Aarwangen. Johannes’ grandson Caspar-Adolf (b. 1857) moved to America. His descendants still live today under the name Livingood in Ohio. In 1906 one descendant visited his relatives in St. Urban and described how his father Caspar-Adolf emigrated from Aarwangen to Schalkendorf and then later to the USA.
- Hans Jacob Leibundgut, 1752-1822, lived in Mumenthal.
- Johann Jakob Leibundgut, 1774-1840.
- Johannes Leibundgut, 1797-1871, lived in Roggwil and Mumenthal.
- Johann, 1825-1890, married1 Elisabeth Grütter, and then married2 Josefine Affolter.
Switzerland: Meaning and origin of the surname
- Schweizerisches Idiotikon: Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache. The entry on "Leib" includes information on the expression "Leib und Gut".
- Typische Schweizer Namen. DRS 3 Namenwoche is a Swiss radio program in which the origin of names is discussed. In this program from 18.2.2008, Martin Graf from the Schweizerisches Idiotikon: Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache discusses the name "Leibundgut", among others. He stated that "Leibundgut" is a legal term which means "sich mit Leib und Gut jemandem verdingen". The name might have been carried by someone who had to give up everything and sign himself - including his life and all his worldly goods - over to someone else for life.
- Ganter, André. Liebengut - Leibundgut. Translation Ganter discusses the meaning of "Leib und Gut" as related to mainmorte and servility.
- Levegood, Lynne L. Genealogy of the Levegood, Levergood, Levengood, Livergood,
Livengood, Livingood Family: "Americans for over Two Centuries". Floral Park, N.Y. 1935.
Available from the Family History Library, Film 482074, item 5, and Film 877535, item 4. It may also be available for purchase from Higginson Book Co. or
Quintin's Family History Centre
or for a fee from
Ancestry.com.
Levegood includes a number of letters from family members telling of their family history and traditions. Among them is a letter from Charles J. Livingood, who tells of the statue of Count Adrian von Bubenberg in Bern which is inscribed "Mein Leib und Gut ist euer eigen bis zum Tod". Livingood continues, "Doubtless it is that Bubenberg who said to his people: 'my life and goods are your very own until death'. What is more natural than to suppose that this battlecry was given to us, Bubenberg’s retainers or followers, as a family name?" - Joe Leavengood has generously given me permission to include his family's tradition
about the origin of the surname. To quote Joe:
The way I learned it, there was a Baron Adrian Von Bubenberg who was a leader in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland in the 1400's, who as a military leader was instrumental in leading the resistance to a French attack on a nearby Swiss town. His success led to his further commendable activity in Swiss Confederation politics, and he eventually died as a widower with only a daughter and no sons. Supposedly he went off to the Crusades and never came home, but I've never seen any documentation of that.
When he departed Bern, he supposedly gave his lands and wealth to the peasants there, and in a speech to them said "My life and goods are forever in your hands." Another translation has it as "My life and fortune are yours unto death." This was an oblique reference to the phrase to describe legal serfdom status [...], but it had more to do with Bubenberg metaphorically lowering himself to equality to serfs than anything else- the concept that we are all servants of God. Von Bubenberg is honored with a statue in Bern with this quote inscribed on it, and I have traveled to Bern and seen it for myself. You can read more about it at the Wikipedia article about him at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_von_Bubenberg, and it includes the quote and mentions the statue.
These Swiss farm and trade folks suddenly had title to a little land, and thus had a little status, so they needed to have a last name. They chose to adopt as a surname the phrase that had been elevated from relative lowliness by Von Bubenberg's gesture: variations on "Leib und gut."