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Ostermann Name Study

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About the Project

The Ostermann Name Study project serves as a collaborative platform to collect information on the Ostermann name. The hope is that other researchers like you will join the study to help make it a valuable reference point for other genealogists who are researching or have an interest in the Ostermann name.

As a One Name Study, this project is not limited to persons who are related biologically. Individual studies can be used to branch out the research into specific methods and areas of interest, such as geographically (England Ostermann's), by time period (18th Century Ostermann's), or by topic (Ostermann DNA, Ostermann Occupations, Ostermann Statistics). These studies may also include a number of family branches which have no immediate link with each other. Some researchers may even be motivated to go beyond the profile identification and research stage to compile fully sourced, single-family histories of some of the families they discover through this name study project.

Also see the related surnames and surname variants.

How to Join

To join the Ostermann Name Study, first start out by browsing our current research pages to see if there is a specific study ongoing or category listed that fits your interests. If so, feel free to add your name to the Membership list below, post an introduction comment on the specific team page, and then dive right in!

If a research page does not yet exist for your particular area of interest, feel free to start one. If in doubt or in need of assistance, please contact the Name Study Coordinator: Oliver Stegen PhD.

... ... ... is a member of the Ostermann Name Study Project.

Once you have joined, you can also show your project affiliation with the ONS Member Sticker:

{{Member|ONS|name=Ostermann}}

General Info on Ostermann

According to Forebears, the family name Ostermann „is derived from the Swedish, German and Ashenazic words oster/öster, meaning 'east', and mann/man, meaning 'man'.“

The name is mostly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Ostermann are found. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent reside.

According to Kroiß (2023), the earliest mention of the name (in its variant Osterman) was in 1389 in Lüneburg, Germany.[1]

The distribution of the name Ostermann spread in Germany between 1890 and 1996 from

  1. a broad band between Hamburg and Cologne, with smaller pockets in Palatinate, Alsace, Thuringia, and the lower Oder river, to
  2. widespread cluster bands throughout West Germany, from Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg and Lower Saxony in the North, via Northrhine-Westphalia, Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate in the middle, to Saarland, Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria in the South, plus a strong cluster in Berlin.[2]

Research Pages and Categories

At the start of the Ostermann ONS in January 2024, two research pages were started:

In the following months, more research projects were added:

See also project goals for further ideas. Help is always appreciated!

In addition, here is a list of categories with links and their Ostermann statistics (so far, only for some Germany and United States categories) which hopefully will inspire profile creation and further research pages:

Australia, Categories and Research

Austria, Categories and Research

Belgium, Categories and Research

Canada, Categories and Research

Denmark, Categories and Research

Finland, Categories and Research

France, Categories and Research

Germany, Categories and Research

Netherlands, Categories and Research

Poland, Categories and Research

Slovenia, Categories and Research

Sweden, Categories and Research

Ukraine, Categories and Research

United States, Categories and Research

Membership

For more detailed introductions, we have a Team Page in addition to the following simple list (in chronological order of joining):

  1. Oliver Stegen
  2. Siegfried Keim
  3. Jeff Jahn

Honorary Members

  • Anne Unfried (honorary member for her Ostermann start-up help in Rheinland-Pfalz and Saarland)

Related Surnames and Surname Variants

  • Osterman, only one N (e. g. in USA)
  • Oosterman, double O (e. g. in the Netherlands)
  • Österman(n), with umlaut Ö (e. g. in Sweden); NB: no distinction in WikiTree lists
  • Остерман, in Cyrillic (e.g. in Russia)
  • Easterman

Ostermann Notables

At the start of this study, the earliest Ostermanns on WikiTree were Barbara (Ostermann) Stintzing and Dionysi Ostermann, both born in 1613. Within days, they were overtaken, and as of 14 Jan 2024, the earliest Ostermann on WikiTree is now Johann Ostermann (born before 1575).

Other Ostermann notables that have their own Wikipedia article are:

Sources

  1. ↑ Kroiß, Daniel. Ostermann, 2023, in: Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands; http://www.namenforschung.net/id/name/777/1
  2. ↑ "Namensverbreitungskarte" (name distribution map) at https://nvk.genealogy.net/map/1996:Ostermann%20,1890:Ostermann
  3. ↑ Porth, Heinrich. Die Familien und Einwohner des Kirchspiels Hanstedt I, Ortsfamilienbuch 1679-1895. ISBN3-929864-06-1. Uelzen: 2005 (2. verbesserte Auflage)
  4. ↑ Kirchschlager, Andrea. "Bürgerbuch der Stadt Arnstadt 1700-1753". ISBN 978-3-937230-25-2. Stiftung Stoye, Marburg: 2016

Resources on WikiTree

Project Goals

At the start of the project, let‘s shoot for the moon ;-)

Achievement Timeline

An overview of the Ostermann ONS achievements can also be seen at our statistics table.

January 2024:

February 2024:

March 2024:

April 2024:

  • First quarter report on G2G




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