GEDCOM 101 - What is a GEDCOM and How Do I Use It?

GEDCOM 101 - What is a GEDCOM and How Do I Use It?:

"One of the biggest advantages to using the Internet for genealogy research is the ability it provides to exchange information with other researchers. One of the most common methods used for this information exchange is the GEDCOM, an acronym for GEnealogical Data COMmunication. In simple terms it is a method of formatting your family tree data into a text file which can be easily read and converted by any genealogy software program.

The GEDCOM specification was originally developed in 1985 and is owned and managed by the Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The current version of the GEDCOM specification is 5.5 (as of November 1, 2000) but the LDS Church will soon be releasing version 6.0XML."

This link points to several very well written pages about GEDCOM. If you want to learn more about this topic I think you will find that this is a good place to start.

Family Lines: The curse of the unfinished project ...

Family Lines: The curse of the unfinished project ...

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Conger, Charles Greenwood Barker

Summary of Charles Greenwood Barker CONGER - 26 Jul 2010
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Name: Charles Greenwood Barker CONGER
Sex: Male
Father: Seymour Beach CONGER (abt 27 Sep 1825 - 7 Aug 1864)
Mother: Mary Abigail BARKER (17 Nov 1828 - 5 Dec 1913)

Individual Facts
Birth 13 Jun 1849
Death 22 Aug 1906 (age 57)

Notes (Individual)
General:
Charles Greenwood Barker Conger

RESEARCHER: Charles Greenwood Barker Conger was one of the early Conger researchers. Little is known about him, other than he was a bachelor. He published the records of his line in a typeset volume in 1903. He probably obtained most of his data from the efforts of Samuel Hayes Conger. Apparently he worked for the government, as there are copies of several letters in the Conger files seen by Maxine Leonard that give his address as, Room 553, War Department, Washington, DC, dated 1899, before his book was published.

In one of these letters he mentions the "Conger Union" which he must have formed. He said his only interest was the tribe of Job, but that he kept names and addresses pertaining to other lines.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, page 1-a - Maxine Crowell Leonard)

MARRIAGE: Never married.


RESEARCHER-RELATIONSHIP: According to Robert Guilinger, Franklin Barker Conger (1889 - 1936) was living in Washington, DC and doing Conger research in the 1930's. He was the 1st cousin, 1 generation removed, of another researcher, Charles Greenwood Barker Conger. Their common ancestor was Rev. Enoch Conger.

RESEARCHER-RELATIONSHIP: Charles Greenwood Barker Conger and Shea Smith, the man who printed the 1903 Conger book, were 3rd cousins. There common ancestor being, Job Conger.


REFERENCE: Charles Greenwood Barker Conger was the compiler of "A Record of the Births, Marriages and Deaths of the Descendants of John Conger of Woodbridge, N.J. Through his Grandson, Job Conger of Woodbridge, N.J. and Albany Co., N.Y." This 165-page book was published in 1903. The page after the cover page lists: "Compiled by Charles G.B. Conger, Descendant, Washington, D.C.; Printed by Shea Smith, Descendant, Chicago, Ill., U.S.A. 1903." A copy of the book was found, by Richard E. Henthorn on 17 Aug 1999 at the DAR Library in Washington, DC. Much of the information in this book is not available in either volume of CFA. Mr. Henthorn believes he added all of the information from the book to his own genealogy file.

Unfortunately the book does not list place names and has few source citations. There is very little textual information in the book, with the exception of occasional lists of the units in which men served in the military.

There were approximately 1,820 people listed in Charles G.B. Conger's book that weren't listed in either volume of "The Conger Family of America."

Page 3 of the book, a brief introduction reads, as follows: "The following record, while not as complete as could be wished, is, it is believed, as accurate as patience and painstaking can make it, so far as it goes.

The collector of these "statistics" desires to acknowledge the kindness and courtesy of the various members of the family which have enabled him to collate this record. To some he is deeply indebted for a more active interest, without which the record would not have been possible. To mention all of these would make too long a list; to speak of a few would be unjust to the others.

It is a tradition of the Conger family, which for good reasons seems worthy of belief, that the family came from Alsace (then a French province) to Holland about the date of the massacre of St. Bartholomew, the name being Koniger, and the family of German origin. From Holland the Konigers went to England, and the name was anglicized into Conger. It is said the Congers are numerous in Lincolnshire and in the neighborhood of Bristol.

John Conger, "primus," was probably one of the soldiers of the Commonwealth Army, and came to Woodbridge, N.J. in 1667, with his wife, Mary and one son, Enos. He was not one of the original proprietors who founded Woodbridge, but was one of the first settlers and participated in the first distribution of lands, his patent to 170 acres bearing date March 18, 1669. He held various offices of trust in the township, became a member of the first (Presbyterian) church and died about September, 1712."
[Note: Koniger was spelled with the two dot accent mark above the "o" in the type set version of page 3. REH]

OBITUARY: Washington Star, Washington, DC (CFA I, p. 238)

Conger, Job

Summary of Job CONGER - 26 Jul 2010
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Name: Job CONGER
Sex: Male
Father: Job CONGER (9 Jun 1694 - 1758)
Mother: Mary Keziah THORP (abt 1694 - )

Individual Facts
Birth bet 1725-1728 Rahway, Union Co., NJ
Death abt 1802 (age 77) , Albany Co., NY

Marriages/Children
1. Lydia CODDINGTON
Marriage abt 1750/51 (age 26) Rahway, Union Co., NJ
Children
Keziah CONGER (1751/52 - )
Mary CONGER (abt 1754 - )
Reuben CONGER (4 Apr 1756 - abt 7 Apr 1829)
Uzziah CONGER (14 Jan 1758 - 12 Jul 1834)
James CONGER (11 Jan 1760 - 11 Nov 1813)
Nancy CONGER (1763/64 - )
William CONGER (27 Apr 1766 - 30 Sep 1840)
Elizabeth CONGER (1769 - )

Notes (Individual)
General:
Job Conger

PARENTS: Job Conger and Mary Keziah Thorp

BIRTH: Abt. 1728, per Harold Murton Hyde
BIRTH: 1728 according to Charles G.B. Conger.

EMIGRATION: Job Conger, Jr. removed to Albany County, New York. CFA I, p. 275

MARRIAGE: 1751 to Mary Carrington, according to Charles G.B. Conger.

EMIGRATION: In 1759 Job and Lydia Conger moved to Nine Partners (Now Millbrook, NY) where a syndicate in which he had an interest had purchased land. His younger brother, Moses Conger, went with them. After several years Moses moved to Danby, Vermont and Job moved to Albany Co., NY. (From Franklin Barker Conger's notes.)
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, 276 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)

Conger, James

Summary of James CONGER - 26 Jul 2010
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Name: James CONGER
Sex: Male
Father: Job CONGER (bet 1725 and 1728 - abt 1802)
Mother: Lydia CODDINGTON (abt 1732 - abt 1800)

Individual Facts
Birth 11 Jan 1760 Rahway, Union Co., NJ
Death 11 Nov 1813 (age 53) , Albany Co., NY

Marriages/Children
1. Elizabeth MC_NAB
Children
Margaret CONGER (abt 1786 - 1872)
William CONGER (7 Mar 1788 - 30 Sep 1871)
Uzziah CONGER (22 Aug 1789 - 13 Mar 1864)
John CONGER (abt 1792 - )
Hugh CONGER (9 Jan 1796 - 31 Mar 1848)
Lydia CONGER (1800 - )
Christian CONGER (7 Feb 1805 - 28 Feb 1864)

2. Sally DALY
Children Samuel CONGER (abt 1808 - )
Betsey CONGER (abt 1810 - )

Notes (Individual)
General:
James Conger

PARENTS: Job Conger & Lydia Coddington

MILITARY: James Conger served as a Private with Capt. John Van Wies (3d
Rensselier) Co., Schuyler's 1st Albany Reg. N-Yr Troops, Rev. War.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 251 - Maxine Crowell
Leonard)

MILITARY: Van Wie's (3d Rensselaerwyk) Company, Schuyler's (1st Albany Co.)
Regiment New York Troops, Revolutionary War. See p. 347, Vol. I, Archives of
New York. Per Charles G.B. Conger.

CHURCH_AFFILIATION: Member of the 1st Presbyterian Church in Albany.

Conger, Reuben

Summary of Reuben CONGER - 26 Jul 2010
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Name: Reuben CONGER
Sex: Male
Father: Job CONGER (bet 1725 and 1728 - abt 1802)
Mother: Lydia CODDINGTON (abt 1732 - abt 1800)

Individual Facts
Birth 4 Apr 1756 Rahway, Union Co., NJ
Death abt 7 Apr 1829 (age 73) , Albany Co., NY

Marriages/Children
1. Magdaline DE_VOE
Marriage 1780 (age 24)
Children
Lydia CONGER (abt 2 Nov 1782 - 3 Mar 1868)
Job CONGER (21 Aug 1785 - 2 Aug 1854)
Benjamin CONGER (17 Feb 1787 - 16 Apr 1865)
David CONGER (28 Aug 1790 - 24 Feb 1880)
Esther CONGER (16 Oct 1792 - 23 Dec 1838)
John CONGER (1 Dec 1794 - 16 Aug 1872)
Paulina CONGER (4 May 1798 - 11 Mar 1876)
Elizabeth CONGER (4 Jan 1800 - abt 25 Apr 1877)
Jotham CONGER (17 May 1803 - 25 Jul 1837)

Notes (Individual)
General:
Reuben Conger

MILITARY: Served as a Sgt. in Capt. John Van Weis' 3rd Rensselier Company of Gen. Schuyler's 1st Albany Regt., New York, 1776
(Source: Conger Confab, Vol. II, Mar 1996 - furnished by Robert Guilinger)

Problem: Was the date of death 7 Apr 1829 or 4 Jul 1820? Both dates listed, in CFA I. Ancestral File lists, 7 Apr 1828. Charles G.B. Conger lists, 7 Apr 1829.

MILITARY: Sergeant of Van Wie's Company (5th Rensselaerwyk) of Schuyler's (3d Albany Co.) Regiment, New York Troops. Revolutionary War. See p. 347, Vol. 1, Archives of New York. Per Charles G.B. Conger and CFA I, p. 433.

Conger, William

Summary of William CONGER - 26 Jul 2010
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Name: William CONGER
Sex: Male
Father: Job CONGER (bet 1725 and 1728 - abt 1802)
Mother: Lydia CODDINGTON (abt 1732 - abt 1800)

Individual Facts
Birth 27 Apr 1766 Rahway, Union Co., NJ
Death 30 Sep 1840 (age 74)

Marriages/Children
1. Margaret MC_NAB
Marriage 1791 (age 25)
Children
Kate CONGER (1792 - 11 Mar 1813)
Mary CONGER (1794 - )
Nancy CONGER (19 Mar 1796 - 11 Apr 1868)
William CONGER (14 Jun 1798 - 5 Oct 1869)
James CONGER (1800 - Nov 1830)
Margaret CONGER (1801/2 - Dec 1880)
Hugh CONGER (bet 30 Mar 1802 and 1804 - 29 Nov 1869)
John CONGER (25 Aug 1806 - 25 Mar 1874)
David CONGER (14 Mar 1809 - 4 Jul 1876)
Alfred CONGER (1811 - 6 Jan 1865)
Katherine CONGER (abt 27 Apr 1813 - 21 Jan 1882)

Notes (Individual)
General: PARENTS: Job Conger and Lydia Coddington