Rob Neff
Honor Code SignatorySigned 27 Oct 2017 | 7,402 contributions | 224 thank-yous | 1,136 connections
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Born in Montana, grew up on a farm in Minnesota, became an engineer, currently in the Chicagoland area. My dad's side is German-from-Russia, my mother is half German from Germany, half English-Swedish-Scottish-? My wife is Bulgarian.
I like to improve old photos where possible, see an example here. This is my grandmother (middle), her siblings and parents, taken about 1950. It is creased and ripped and black and white. I was able to clean it up and then colorize it (using guesses for the colors of the dresses).
Since joining the WikiTree family in Oct, 2017, my mantra has been slow and steady. It took over a year to reach 1500 contributions, hit 2000 contributions in March of 2019, 4000 in February of 2021 and 6000 in March, 2022.
I have been a Wikipedia editor since 2006. Pretty decent at transcribing 18th and 19th century English handwriting.
In April of 2023 I was the "Member of the week", see my interview there.
Genealogists: We See Dead People |
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Kind regards from Black Forest
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Thanks for your message. I just added some additional sources to Mossberger-16 and updated the bio.
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Thanks for your contributions in 2021! Emma
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My 4x great grandfather, Eugene Gilchrist (1822-1902) was the brother of Mary Gilchrist Broadwell. I was adding Eugene's siblings today and saw that I can't add her because she's already in WikiTree. I am new at this, and thought perhaps you could add her parents, Eugene Gilchrist and Sarah Clark Gilchrist to her profile?
I’m your third cousin 1xremoved in the Lidströmline.
Would be nice to get in contact with you. I’ve Got a photo from the familyfarm From ab 1890 where you’re grandmothers grandfather Karl ” Charles” Lidström was born. The rescidential house is still standing ( under renovation for the moment)
Best regards!
Anita Lidström
Do you have Ungerecht relatives, or/and have seen that name before ? -It seems to be an unusual name, and hard to find.
Also, my family and I were very good friends with an elderly Neff couple in Westmoreland, NH. They were Unitarians, and Mr. Emory Neff had been a college Professor. They've both since passed away, but their children live in various parts of the world. Maybe they're distant cousins of yours ?
Ale Trtnik fixed the {Unsourced}} instructions. Thank you for pointing it out so it could be addressed! You're a great WikiTreer. :-) Regards, Natalie
you will see the template page with parameters. I will ask Ale if he can improve the Unsourced Profiles page instructions, though, as it is a bit confusing. Thanks for pointing that out! Natalie
Kylie
Project Coordinator - German Roots
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