Dear Karl, I am so sorry! I found this in my Drafts folder and realized I had never sent it. Please forgive me. I am very grateful for your help, truly. Thank you very much indeed. This confirms another bit of information I had received some time ago without a source. I have been unable to find any church records whatsoever in America for this family so I could not even narrow my search to Protestant or Catholic. The woman he married in New York was from Stargard, which I understand is now in Poland, but their marriage record and the birth of their daughter in New York have not yet turned up in any of my searches. I do find the bride's father in several records, and he was careful to identify his native village as Stargard. I surely wish my other ancestors were as considerate.:-) Best regards, Doris > > Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:27:07 -0500 > From: "Karl Roussin" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] PRUSSIA-ROOTS Digest, Vol 4, Issue 97 > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Doris > Following from the IGI , is a record of a Henry W. Tigges; > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > HEINRICH WILHELM TIGGES Pedigree > Male > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Event(s): > Birth: 15 NOV 1846 > > Christening: 18 NOV 1846 Roemisch-Katholisch, Steinheim, > Westfalen, Preussen > > Death: > Burial: > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Parents: > Father: FRANZ TIGGES Family > Mother: ELISABETH POTT > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Messages: > Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in > the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the > birth or christening date. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Source Information: > Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: > Type: > > C980313 1834 - 1867 1052663 Film NONE > > > Also there is another Henry W. Tigges , born in 1844 , that is recorded > in the IGI . > He is recorded as being in the Evangelistic church. > > Karl Roussin > ======================================= > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Doris Wheeler" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 7:15 AM > Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] PRUSSIA-ROOTS Digest, Vol 4, Issue 97 > > > > 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://wc.rootsweb.com/%7Edorisw> > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dorisw<http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Edorisw> > > >