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Open questions

This is the curated question list; edit it here.

It appears, with every conflict, in To-do, section 1.

Ramseyer side

  1. Rebecca Smiley’s parents — strong inference only; find her 1932 death certificate, 1877 marriage record, or the 1860/1870 census. Rebecca Smiley (1856–1932)
  2. David Schrock’s parents — published (1912) and family (1986) sources agree; a civil record (1860 census, 1903 death register, Moses’s estate) would make it fully documented. David Schrock (1858–1903)
  3. Barbara Reich’s parents (Jacob Reich and Louise Eckinger) — Stark County censuses 1830/1840, probate, Leah Reich Yoder’s obituary; birthplace Stark County vs ‘Germany’. Barbara Reich (1826–1894)
  4. The 2002 Ramseyer family record — read it (Christopher’s copy). Family Record of Johannes and Barbara (Kaufman) Ramseyer 1780-2002
  5. Peter Ramseyer’s birth day — 5 Oct (headstone) vs 5 Nov (French index). Peter Ramseyer (1822–1880)
  6. Early Ramseyers — verify Staker’s chain in the Signau/Eggiwil registers. Christian Ramseyer (bapt. 1700)
  7. Nathan Smiley’s Irish birth — Luthy’s source; Troyer foster family; censuses. Nathan Smiley (1797–1872)
  8. Bishop Jacob Mast’s parents — Guggisberg registers. Jacob Mast (1738–1808)
  9. The Hochstetler father–son link (Täuferlehrer → immigrant) and the immigrant’s wife’s name. Jacob Hochstetler (1712–1776)

Neuenschwander side

  1. Which Christen Neuenschwander? Candidate A (son of Johannes, 6 Sep 1812) vs B (son of Peter, 23 Nov 1812). Christian P. Neuenschwander (1812–1884)
  2. Peter Neuenschwander’s parents and the Langnau baptisms of his four sons. Peter Neuenschwander (d. before 1791)
  3. The Fuhrimann women — were Catharina, Barbara and Anna Fuhrimann related? Anna’s father’s name (Moutier 1820 marriage).
  4. Stauffer, Habegger, Sprunger, Moser, Reusser — Swiss/Jura origins; Abraham Sprunger’s link to Peter Sprunger (1757–1840).
  5. Iowa years of Christian and Anna Neuenschwander (about 1849–50s) — which county?

Miller side

  1. Who was immigrant ‘Daniel’ Miller? Version A (1911/1912 books) vs Version B (AAMG/WikiTree). Check the Patience, Phoenix and Francis and Elizabeth lists and AAMG pp. 269–270. Christian Daniel Miller (c.1734–1777)
  2. Daniel D. Miller’s parents (Eli’s grandfather). Daniel D. Miller (1806–1865)
  3. Hummel and Gonser origins — Salem Reformed Church, Holmes County. William C. Hummel (1837–1912)
  4. Lula Klinglesmith — who was Maggie Kuhns’s ‘sister’? Maggie Mae Kuhns (1890–1970)
  5. The English ancestor. English ancestor recollection (Miller side)

Wiebe side

  1. Check the Reid tree against the Heubuden registers (1772–1806 images at MLA) and GRANDMA. Heubuden church registers (MLA images)
  2. Jacob Wiebe of Altenau — is the 1776 Jacob Wieb a forebear? Jacob Wiebe (c.1815)
  3. Pre-Prussian origin — only Y-DNA can go further. ChatGPT, 2026-10-31: documentary research remains possible; test the correspondence, leases and cross-border records in Wiebe before Prussia - names and faith networks. Where the Wiebes came from

Edna

  1. Dissertation title and year; years in India; MS 300 contents. Edna Ramseyer Kaufman (1910–2001)

Studies for later

  • Church discipline near Danzig. Find again the source reviewed in late October 2026 that lists why members were excommunicated and later readmitted (probably the Heubuden or Ladekopp church books). Extract every case and summarize the reasons statistically: the share of excommunications for each reason, and how many were readmitted. task/ai
  • Historical place names. Give every place the name and country it had when the family was there, keeping today’s name alongside, and use the historical country in statistics. For example, the Vistula delta villages (Marienburg, Heubuden, Ladekopp and others; births 1707–1878) were Prussia, not Poland: Royal Prussia under the Polish crown until 1772, then the Kingdom of Prussia. Check the other periods too, such as the Bernese Jura under France (1793–1815) and Montbéliard under Württemberg (until 1793). Update the place notes, their country values and the statistics tool together. task/ai
  • Remove the duplicate Pedigree collapse dashboard. Pedigree collapse (the note) and Pedigree collapse.base (the table it embeds) both appear as “Pedigree collapse” in Dashboards. Keep one: fold the intro line into the base’s view, or give the base a distinct name, and update the links in Double ancestors and the person notes. The website already hides the second entry. task/ai
  • Show how each double ancestor connects twice. On every pedigree-collapse person note, draw both lines of descent from the person down to Christopher, generation by generation, side by side (for example two short chains or a small chart), with the ahnentafel number for each route. Today the note only lists the numbers and relationships, which doesn’t make the two paths clear. task/ai

Record compiled 31 October 2026.

About this research

Supporting documentation is linked throughout. This project is an exercise in AI-assisted research and development, and I haven’t manually verified every link or conclusion. All transcriptions and translations of Swiss parish records were made with AI, and their accuracy should be treated accordingly.

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