Rich Moss (b. 1950s) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Rich L. Moss

Born 1950s.

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Son of Barry Claude Moss and Patricia Jean (Coombe) Moss

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Profile last modified 22 May 2024 | Created 31 May 2018

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Biography

Currently living on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia with my fiancée Jodie Mellish-114. Moved here May 2011.

Born and lived in Auckland, New Zealand for 54 years before moving to Australia 2011.

Occupations have included farm hand, labourer, Pay Clerk, Stores Clerk, Accounts Clerk, Receptionist.

Over 16 years as a volunteer with Youthline, Auckland, a youth crisis phone service. Includes phone counselling, mentor to new trainees and Senior Mentor to the Mentor Team, Supervision Group Facilitator.

Hobbies are landscape and weather photography, geneology, developing thoroughbred racing databases for personal betting, astronomy.

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Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about Rich:

Rich Moss is a Wonderful WikiTreer Apr 25, 2024.
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Rich Moss is a Wonderful WikiTreer May 8, 2022.

Comments: 38

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Margaret (Gale) Haining

Hi Rich,

We're contacting you for the annual Australia Project membership checkin. We really appreciate your involvement in the Project in the last year. Thank you so much for all your help to improve Australian profiles on WikiTree.

Please could you reply to this message, or send me a private message to let us know if you'd like to stay on in the Project, and if you'd like to make any changes to the teams that you belong to. The teams are listed on Australia Project Teams.

If you've moved on to other things for the moment, that's absolutely fine. We'd appreciate if you'd let us know so that we can remove you from the membership list.

Over the past year, Australia Project members have been more active on Discord. We're finding it a fun way to communicate as a project. If you're not on Discord yet, here's some information - Help:Discord. If you are already on the WikiTree Discord server, let us know, and we can send you an invite link to the dedicated Australia Project server (WikiAustralia) where all our chat channels are located. It's a great way to communicate with other members on your project team/s, or for any general questions.

We're always happy to receive any ideas or suggestions that you have to make our project even better.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

The Australia Project Leadership Team ~ Gillian, Margaret and Veronica

posted Nov 29, 2023 by Margaret (Gale) Haining

Rich Moss

Hi Margaret, hope all is well with you. Yes send me an invitation to the Australia discord and leave me on the membership list. I am currently working on my own project adding all interred in the Queensland Nambour Cemeteries to Wikitree if I can find relevant sources. Up to the 'B's now, I think this could take a while :)

Cheers, Rich

posted Nov 29, 2023 by Rich Moss

Margaret (Gale) Haining

Thanks Rich for responding to the check-in message, and for your ongoing contributions to WikiTree and the Australia Project, they are much appreciated! Wow, big project, Nambour cemetery, all the best with it! In a previous life I worked 20 years in Nambour, know it well.

I'll send you a Discord link by private message.

Regards, Margaret

posted Nov 30, 2023 by Margaret (Gale) Haining

Jen (Stevens) Hutton

Hi Rich,

It is once again time for our annual Ireland Project check-in. Please respond within the next three weeks to let us know:

If you would like to continue as an Ireland Project member. If your answer is yes, please tell us if you are happy with your current team, or if you would prefer to join a different one. If you are currently participating in more than one team we would appreciate you ranking them in their order of importance to you, from highest priority to lowest. This information will be helpful as we consider possible future changes to our team structure.
In the past, the project has had a very minimal membership requirement (one contribution per year) for badged members to meet. Do you believe this is adequate, or should this requirement be increased? What do you believe would be a reasonable commitment to expect from all project members?
How active have you been in the Ireland Project over the past year? Please choose one of the following options: a) I normally spend 1-5 hours per month helping achieve my team’s goals. b) I normally spend 6-10 hours per month helping achieve my team’s goals. c) I spend over 10 hours per month helping achieve my team’s goals. d) I am not able to contribute every month but have spent approximately ________ hours during the past year improving Irish profiles.
Please provide feedback on any things you’d like to see the project do more of in the future.

You can respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message on WikiTree. If we don’t hear from you within the next three weeks we’ll assume your interests have changed or you no longer are able to participate in the Ireland Project at this time, and your badge will be removed. If your circumstances change later you will be welcome to reapply for membership.

Many thanks for all that so many of you have contributed to the project in the past year, and very special thanks to those who answered the project’s call and gave generously of their time to be part of Team Seanchaithe during the most recent connect-a-thon. We are looking forward to hearing from you.

le dea-mhéin, Jen Hutton, Ireland Project co-leader

posted Jul 19, 2023 by Jen (Stevens) Hutton

Rich Moss

Hi Jen, I probably should pull out as an Ireland Project Member for now anyway. Haven't given it much attention lately and am working on a project of my own to add profiles of deceased members of a local graveyard that will keep me busy for a long time. My own research on my mother's Irish line has hit a brick wall and records are too difficult to find. I need a break I think to re-enthuse myself in this direction.

Thanks and wishing the Project well

Rich

posted Jul 30, 2023 by Rich Moss

Florian Straub

Dear Germany Project member,

it's annual check-in time 2023. If you still wish to remain a member of the Germany Project, please reply to this post, by stating this intention. If we don’t hear from you in the next 30 days, your membership badge will be removed. In this case please don't be offended ... you're welcome to rejoin at any time. Please also note, that in order to receive help, with researching your German ancestors, membership is not mandatory. Just ask your questions in the G2G forum and tag them with Germany in order for knowledgeable people to see them.

If you wish to remain a member, we would like to learn more about your perception of the Germany Project in order to achieve a future development according to our members needs and wishes. For this, we created a survey, which we kindly ask you to fill-in.

In case you want to communicate, discuss and receive help about WikiTree in German, you might want to check out the WikiTree category at Compgen’s Discourse as well as the German Discord server Ahnenforschung.

Of course there’s still the official WikiTree Discord server, where we usually talk English. Feel free to learn more about Discord and the server at Help:Discord.

Kind regards from Black Forest

Flo (Project Coordinator Research/Resources)

posted May 05, 2023 by Florian Straub

Rich Moss

Hi Florian, thanks for your message. I would like to leave membership of the Germany Project as my focus has been in other areas currently. I don't think I am doing it justice to stay though may re-join in the future.

Cheers, Rich

posted May 12, 2023 by Rich Moss

Florian Straub

Thanks for your honest feedback, I will then remove your badge.

posted May 12, 2023 by Florian Straub

Bill Feidt

Rich Moss reached the Red Hot Effort milestone by sourcing 100 profiles in the April 2023 Sourcerers Project Sourcerers' Challenge.

Rich, thanks for your sourcing efforts this month.

posted May 01, 2023 by Bill Feidt

Bill Feidt

Rich Moss reached the Blue Skies milestone by sourcing 50 profiles in the March 2023 Sourcerers Project Sourcerers' Challenge.

Rich,thanks for your efforts to improve our shared tree.

posted Apr 01, 2023 by Bill Feidt

Bill Feidt

Rich Moss reached the Blue Skies milestone by sourcing 50 profiles in the February 2023 Sourcerers Project Sourcerers' Challenge.

Rich, thanks for your work to improve our shared tree.

posted Mar 01, 2023 by Bill Feidt

Rich Moss

Thank you Bill, I have lifted my game and have learnt how to use the WikiTree Sourcer to create inline citations and biographies. It is so much faster now. Much appreciated

Rich

posted Mar 01, 2023 by Rich Moss

Debi (McGee) Hoag

We appreciate your consistent work in improving WikiTree through the Sourcerers Project in 2022!

Rich Moss was awarded the Golden Achievement Milestone for at least one sourced profile tracked every month since you received the Sourcerers Badge in the 2022 Sourcerers Project Sourcerers' Challenge.

posted Jan 01, 2023 by Debi (McGee) Hoag

Margaret (Gale) Haining

Hi Rich,

It's time for the annual Australia Project membership checkin. Thank you so much for contributing to the project and Australian profiles on WikiTree during the last year. We really appreciate you!

If you would like to stay in the project, please reply to this message or send me a private message to let us know that you would like to stay on. Alternatively, if your WikiTree and research interests have moved away from Australia, please let us know and we can remove you from the membership list for the moment. You will, of course, be very welcome to rejoin the project down the track whenever you want to.

We are also keen to know if you want to make any changes to the team or teams that you want to focus on. Take a look on Australia Project Teams to see what teams there are to choose from. If you want to discuss this, or have any questions or suggestions about the Australia Project we'd love to hear your ideas.

Thanks for taking the time to get back to us!

Kind Regards

Margaret Haining Membership Coordinator

posted Nov 22, 2022 by Margaret (Gale) Haining

Rich Moss

Hi Margaret, yes I will stay in the Australian Project. Have been adding many new profiles and need to get back to updating unsourced profiles sometime soon.

Cheers, Rich

posted Nov 22, 2022 by Rich Moss

Margaret (Gale) Haining

Thank you for responding to the check-in message, and for your ongoing contributions to WikiTree and the Australia Project, they are much appreciated!

Regards, Margaret

posted Nov 24, 2022 by Margaret (Gale) Haining

Traci Thiessen

Hi,

It’s Germany Project check-in time again! Please respond within the next 2 weeks and let me know if you’re still interested in participating with the Project. Remember, the only requirements for membership in the Germany Project are (1) that you work on at least one German profile every 6 months and (2) that you respond to this check-in.

Since you’re not working with one of our Sub-projects or Teams yet, please look at our main Project page for a full list and let me know which team you’d like to join.

Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message on WikiTree. In your response, we welcome any feedback you may want to give on the project (what you like about it, what you’d like to see us do, what we could change, etc.)

If you ever have any questions, please ask. I look forward to hearing from you soon!

I look forward to hearing from you soon!

Traci ~ Germany Project co-leader

posted Apr 15, 2022 by Traci Thiessen

Rich Moss

Hi Traci, thanks for the check in. I didn't know what I could do with the Germany Project as many sources are in German and it looked overwhelming. However, I just took an unsourced profile and found birth/christening and marriage details on Family Search so I can contribute to adding sources. Therefore I would like to continue with the team please. Probably best to join the Germany Profile Improvement Team - Subgroup Sourcerers.

Cheers, Rich

posted Apr 22, 2022 by Rich Moss

Traci Thiessen

Thanks for responding Rich! I've added you to our Sourcers team. Best, Traci

posted Apr 22, 2022 by Traci Thiessen
edited Apr 22, 2022 by Traci Thiessen

Rich Moss

Thanks Traci. Much appreciated

posted Apr 22, 2022 by Rich Moss

Jen (Stevens) Hutton

Hi Rich,

It’s time for our annual Ireland Project check-in! Please respond within the next two weeks to let me know:

If you are happy with the team you’re on or if you’d like to make a change. It is now required that all members with an Ireland project badge work on at least one of the project’s team(s), so if you’ve not yet signed up please do so in your reply to this check-in.

What you think the project is doing well, and what (if any) changes you would like to see us make? Are there any teams you would like to become more active in?

Would you be interested in helping to work on an Ireland Project newsletter?

Please give us some feedback on the use of google group and discord. Do you use one or both of these? If you don’t use either of them, what is the best way for us to ensure you receive project communications? If you would like to join us on either one, just let us know in your response and we will get you signed up.

Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message on WikiTree. If we don’t hear from you within two weeks, we will assume you are no longer interested in participating in the Ireland Project, and your badge will be removed. If you wish to reapply for membership later, we will be happy to have you back. Many thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you!

Sincerely,

Jen Hutton, on behalf of the Ireland Project

posted Mar 24, 2022 by Jen (Stevens) Hutton

Rich Moss

Hi Jen, I joined the Diaspora group and also Google groups. I have yet to dive into the group too much as I have been busy updating and re-formatting my own tree and many other non-family profiles I have created, including Ireland. However, I will be looking at the list of maintenance needs some time soon and contributing further to those that need corrections or sources added.

Cheers, Rich

posted Mar 25, 2022 by Rich Moss

Gillian Thomas

Hi Rich, welcome to the Australia Project. Thanks so much for joining us! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me, or to post to the Australia Project google group. I look forward to working with you. Gillian, co-Leader, Australia Project.

posted Feb 19, 2022 by Gillian Thomas

Rich Moss

Thank you Gillian, I appreciate that. I am sure I will learn heaps in this group and develop my skills further. Cheers, Rich

posted Feb 19, 2022 by Rich Moss

Traci Thiessen

Hi,

The Germany Project Leaders are doing their semi-annual check-in with all project members and we want to verify that you’re still interested in being a member of the Project. Please respond by private message and let me know.

Are you currently working with one of our Sub-projects or Teams? If not, take a look at our main Project page for a full list.

We really appreciate your contributions on WikiTree, and thank you for all your hard work. If you have any questions, please ask. We would also love to hear any feedback you may have for the project.

I look forward to hearing from you soon!

Traci ~ Germany Project co-leader

posted Oct 19, 2021 by Traci Thiessen

Virginia (Butter) Fields

Hello Rich,

Thanks for taking the Pre-1700 Quiz!

Pre-1700 ancestors can be shared by many descendants, so collaboration is essential. You can learn more about joining the community in How To #3 and in the Project FAQ.

I see that you have already joined the Germany Project - thanks! The England Project may also fit your research focus. If not, use the Pre-1700 Projects list to find other possibilities. Review the project page to learn about resources and guidelines as well as how to collaborate with the project members.

Have questions? Ask in the comments section of my profile.

Remember to cite reliable sources in pre-1700 profiles that you manage or edit. (See: Pre-1700 Reliable Sources).

Ginny ~ Pre-1700 Greeter

posted May 06, 2021 by Virginia (Butter) Fields

Traci Thiessen

Hi Rich,

Thanks for joining the Germany Project! I've awarded you a project member badge.

Please read the Germany project page and add GERMANY to your list of followed G2G tags. I've received and approved your request to join our Google Group, where our project communicates.

The Germany Project has several teams that cover regional, functional, historical and migrational interests. Please check them out and let me know if you'd like to join any of our teams.

It's difficult to find German ancestors unless you know which region of the country they are from ... do you have that info on your Schaare and Heitefusz ancestors?

We look forward to working with you!

Traci Thiessen ~ Germany Project co-leader

posted Feb 03, 2021 by Traci Thiessen

Rich Moss

Thanks Traci. Jacob (Schaare-12) and Sophie (1845-1905) both died in New Zealand. Jacob arrived in NZ on the Friedeburg which sailed from Germany on 7 May 1875 and arrived in Napier 24 August 1875. He was born in Hanover about 1845. He was a farmer. He married Charlotte Frederike Peters (Peters-11924) after Sophie's death. My page for Jacob has further detailed information. Have given information to Dieter Lewerenz of the Germany Project too. Much appreciated

posted Feb 03, 2021 by Rich Moss

Traci Thiessen

Glad you could join us, Rich. If Dieter already has your info, you couldn't have better help!

posted Feb 04, 2021 by Traci Thiessen

Rich Moss

Yes a very generous and helpful person I am led to believe. He responded quickly. Hopefully I can get past this wall. My heritage is important to me now. Cheers.

posted Feb 04, 2021 by Rich Moss

Wendy (Skillings) Taylor

Hi Rich

As you have been a member of WikiTree for a few weeks now, I thought I would check in to see how you are getting on with the site.

Has the New Member How-To been helpful, or left you with any questions?

I am here to help with any problems or queries you may have. To contact me, be sure to use the "reply" link for this comment so that I will be notified. Alternatively, you can click my name to visit my profile, where you can send a private message, or post a comment on my profile page.

Sometimes links don't work in emails. If that's happened to you, check the public comments on your profile. The links will work from there.

Wendy ~ WikiTree Greeter

posted Apr 23, 2020 by Wendy (Skillings) Taylor

Rich Moss

Thanks Wendy, have been learning and have a good start to my family tree. Have made mistakes but have sorted them. Still trying to find sources to info. I have added. Difficult when a lot is in pay sites. Anyway, have found out my father's grandfather abused his family and was in jail, another ancestor and his wife were killed by a falling tree and another had an illegitimate son who killed himself and his wife. All are documented in the newspapers. Has taken 2-3 years to track this down, getting better in doing this. Still sorting out how to best layout info. and have adopted another profile. Have been in contact with a woman who shares the same ancestor and she has heaps of info. she can send me.

It is addictive and I love doing the detective work. Thanks for your checking in with me, appreciate it.

Cheers, Rich

posted Apr 23, 2020 by Rich Moss
edited Apr 23, 2020 by Rich Moss

Wendy (Skillings) Taylor

Goodness! Such stories! In my research, I found a distant cousin and his family had been murdered and in another branch found a husband who had killed his wife.

Give me a shout if you need help finding sources, or ideas for layout, but not this weekend, as I will be quite busy with the Clean-a-thon.

Take care, keep safe Wendy

posted Apr 24, 2020 by Wendy (Skillings) Taylor

David Selman

Hey Rich,

I see that you mentioned adoption in your tags/bio. By adding your branches to our shared tree, there may be an opportunity for someone to find you! Adoptees: How to Set Up Your Profile is a WikiTree help page specifically designed for new members who indicate they are adoptees. It is also helpful for non-adopted members who have adoptees in their family tree. The page includes links to more resources, like our Adoption Angels Project, basic search techniques, information on DNA, etc.

Good luck!

David ~ WikiTree Greeter

posted Apr 09, 2020 by David Selman

Rich Moss

Thanks David, it was my father who was adopted.

Thanks for your checking in with me.

Cheers, Rich

posted Apr 23, 2020 by Rich Moss

David Selman

Hi Rich,

A warm welcome to WikiTree. You are now a member and can add your family to the big tree!

Click here to start with our New Member How To Pages. They will save you time, energy and frustration as you add your family profiles.

I hope you enjoy WikiTree as much as I have. You never know when you will find a lost family member or ancestor. Or maybe find a hidden family secret about an ancestor. Genealogy to me is like being a detective looking for clues into the past.

Please let me know if you have any questions. I'm always happy to help!

David ~ WikiTree Greeter

PS. Sometimes links don't work in emails. If that's happened to you, check the public comments on your profile as the links will work from there.

posted Apr 09, 2020 by David Selman

Rich Moss

Have found out my father's grandfather abused his family and was in jail, another ancestor and his wife were killed by a falling tree and another had an illegitimate son who killed himself and his wife. All are documented in the newspapers

Cheers, Rich

posted Apr 23, 2020 by Rich Moss

David Selman

Welcome to WikiTree!

Just a note to say hello and to let you know that I'm available to answer questions about WikiTree.

You can contact me by clicking the link to my name above this message, then sending a private message or posting a comment on my profile page.

Thank you, David ~ WikiTree Greeter

P.S. If you ever get a "Page Not Found" error when you click a link in a WikiTree email, you can usually find a functioning link in the public comments section of your profile page.

posted Jun 01, 2018 by David Selman

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