Josie, I don't know if it's any help but I have a Tilgner in my family tree - Charlotte Tilgner, born 21 Jan 1880 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany. She is the second wife of my great grandfather, who was a Lutheran minister. She is not related to me so I don't have much further information about her and her family. In fact, if you search on FamilySearch.org, the LDS site, for Tilgner in Germany, the vast majority seem to come from Silesia (now part of Poland). Best of luck to you! Bea Cholewa > > On 5/24/07, Rod & Josie Butterfield <r_j_butterfield@bigpond.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> I am looking for family history on a Joseph TILGNER,who came from >> Kaltevorwek,Preussen. >> I think he was born abt 1823,he came to Australia on the Bielefeld which >> left Hamburg 6 august 1855 and arrived port Adelaide south Australia in >> November 1855.That's all I know about him,so if anyone can shed some light >> on him and his family.that would be great and I do appreciate your help. >> thanks and regards >> Josie >> >> ------------------------------