Doris, Do you know where 'your' Henry worshipped and births, deaths and marriages of extended family were recorded. If you can search the original Church books often birth locations back in Prussia are given which are not recorded on certificates. Meanwhile this database http://bindweed.man.poznan.pl/posen/search.php does not show any surnames spelt Tigges, but some soundalikes that may be worth looking at? Good luck, Bronwyn. On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Doris Wheeler <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you so much for checking. I do have both these references. There was > a > large group of the Tigges name in Iowa and nearby, but they seem not to be > related to my Henry. A William Tigges (older than Henry who came alone to > America) is also found in New Jersey, but I have found nothing more about > him. It is possible he is related. My main difficulty is trying to find his > village in Prussia. I have had people suggest places as widely separated as > Lienen in Westphalen, Nuremberg and Leipzig. Not being able to read German > has been a serious deterrent to finding records. In all the censuses, his > place of origin is listed only as Prussia. > > Best regards, > Doris > http://wc.rootsweb.com/~dorisw > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dorisw > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:15:41 EDT > > From: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Henry Tigges b. 1846/1847 Prussia > > To: [email protected] > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > > > Doris: I belong to Ancestry and found: Henry Tigges in hoboken says he > died > > Nov 1904 under a family tree of Kilgore-Mathews Family tree Then I > found > > a 1900 census for Henry Tigges (Henry Tixier) born Dec 1846 age 53 in > > Westwood Bergen NJ as a Boarder and came to USA in 1866. If this seems > to > > be a > > match, let me know and I can forward the info from Ancestry. Good luck > > Kathy > > in NJ > > > > > > In a message dated 4/23/2009 2:38:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > > [email protected] writes: > > > > My ancestor emigrated in 1866. He first settled in New York City, then > in > > Portland, Oregon and returned later to New Jersey. The only information > > that > > I have is that he is from Prussia. If anyone is researching this family > or > > has any information to share, I will be very grateful. > > > > Best regards, > > Doris Wheeler > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dorisw< > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Edorisw<http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dorisw> > > > > <http://freepages.genealogy.r > > ootsweb.com/%7Edorisw <http://ootsweb.com/~dorisw>>