GEDCOM Index
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A lot of old material was deleted on 9 June 2022 because the GEDCOM files hosted elsewhere were gone from those other websites. More material is gradually being added as I find GEDCOM files.


Instructions: RIGHT-click on the “Obtain the GEDCOM file” link. (Ctrl+click on a Mac). Select “Save Target As” or “Save Link As” to download the GEDCOM file from that website, onto your hard drive. Open the GEDCOM file in a new folder in your genealogy software. We also encourage you to visit, after your download, the home page of the host site. Trim the URL and paste it into your browser’s location window.



Berg, Carl A.
…married Rynilda Haferbier 1 Sep 1936
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Preston, Jackson County, IA
Obtain the GEDCOM file in a new tab from that website (free). Open it in a new folder in your genealogy software. Then search ($) Archives for Berg, Carl A..


Christensen, Christiana
…died 1920
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Preston, Jackson County, IA
Obtain the GEDCOM file in new tab from that website (free). Open it in a new folder in your genealogy software. Then search ($) Archives for Christiana Christensen.


Christensen, Christiana
EVENT: BUR
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Preston, Jackson County, IA
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DETERMAN, Eva
…married Charles Franke 2 JUN 1897
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Preston, Jackson County, Iowa
Obtain the GEDCOM file in a new tab from that website (free). Open it in a new folder in your genealogy software. Then search ($) Archives for DETERMAN, Eva.


DETERMAN, John Anthony "Tony" "A.J."
…married Maria Theresa JOST 8 SEP 1897
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Preston, Jackson County, Iowa
Obtain the GEDCOM file in a new tab from that website (free). Open it in a new folder in your genealogy software. Then search ($) Archives for DETERMAN, John Anthony "Tony" "A.J.".


DETERMAN, John B.
…married Marie Sophie Mertens 15 OCT 1912
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Preston, Jackson County, Iowa
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Franke, Charles
…married Eva DETERMAN 2 JUN 1897
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Preston, Jackson County, Iowa
Obtain the GEDCOM file in a new tab from that website (free). Open it in a new folder in your genealogy software. Then search ($) Archives for Franke, Charles.


Gosch, Dorothea
…married John Koch 25 Sep 1895
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Preston, Jackson County, IA
Obtain the GEDCOM file in a new tab from that website (free). Open it in a new folder in your genealogy software. Then search ($) Archives for Gosch, Dorothea.


Gosch, Ella
…married John Haferbier 25 Oct 1911
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Preston, Jackson County, IA
Obtain the GEDCOM file in a new tab from that website (free). Open it in a new folder in your genealogy software. Then search ($) Archives for Gosch, Ella.


Gosch, Frank Friedrich
…married Gebke Charlotte Louise "Carrie" Schlomer 16 Sep 1908
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Preston, Jackson County, IA
Obtain the GEDCOM file in a new tab from that website (free). Open it in a new folder in your genealogy software. Then search ($) Archives for Gosch, Frank Friedrich.


Gosch, Josephine
…married Peter F. Hoop 12 May 1914
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Preston, Jackson County, IA
Obtain the GEDCOM file in a new tab from that website (free). Open it in a new folder in your genealogy software. Then search ($) Archives for Gosch, Josephine.


Haferbier, John
…married Ella Gosch 25 Oct 1911
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Preston, Jackson County, IA
Obtain the GEDCOM file in a new tab from that website (free). Open it in a new folder in your genealogy software. Then search ($) Archives for Haferbier, John.


Haferbier, Lester John William
…born 13 Jun 1921
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Preston, Jackson County, IA
Obtain the GEDCOM file in new tab from that website (free). Open it in a new folder in your genealogy software. Then search ($) Archives for Lester John William Haferbier.


Haferbier, Rynilda
…married Carl A. Berg 1 Sep 1936
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Preston, Jackson County, IA
Obtain the GEDCOM file in a new tab from that website (free). Open it in a new folder in your genealogy software. Then search ($) Archives for Haferbier, Rynilda.


Hoop, Norman Peter
…born 18 Jun 1917
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Preston, Jackson County, IA
Obtain the GEDCOM file in new tab from that website (free). Open it in a new folder in your genealogy software. Then search ($) Archives for Norman Peter Hoop.


Hoop, Peter F.
…married Josephine Gosch 12 May 1914
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Preston, Jackson County, IA
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Jensen, Erwin E.
…died 1 Mar 1998
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Preston, Jackson County, IA
Obtain the GEDCOM file in new tab from that website (free). Open it in a new folder in your genealogy software. Then search ($) Archives for Erwin E. Jensen.


Jost, Clara Katherine
EVENT: BUR UNKNOWN
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Preston, Jackson County, Iowa
Obtain the GEDCOM file in new tab from that website (free). Open it in a new folder in your genealogy software. Then search ($) Archives for Clara Katherine Jost.


Jost, Clara Katherine
…married Glenn Orr White 26 DEC 1911
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Preston, Jackson County, Iowa
Obtain the GEDCOM file in a new tab from that website (free). Open it in a new folder in your genealogy software. Then search ($) Archives for Jost, Clara Katherine.


JOST, Maria Theresa
…married John Anthony "Tony" "A.J." DETERMAN 8 SEP 1897
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Preston, Jackson County, Iowa
Obtain the GEDCOM file in a new tab from that website (free). Open it in a new folder in your genealogy software. Then search ($) Archives for JOST, Maria Theresa.


Ketelsen, Harlan Henry
…married Verona Louise Thielen 22 MAR 1953
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Preston, Jackson Co., Iowa, USA
Obtain the GEDCOM file in a new tab from that website (free). Open it in a new folder in your genealogy software. Then search ($) Archives for Ketelsen, Harlan Henry.


Ketelsen, Harlan Henry
…married Verona Louise Thielen 22 MAR 1953
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Preston, Jackson Co., Iowa, USA
Obtain the GEDCOM file in a new tab from that website (free). Open it in a new folder in your genealogy software. Then search ($) Archives for Ketelsen, Harlan Henry.


Koch, Henry Detlof
…married Lula Miller 26 Dec 1923
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Preston, Jackson County, IA
Obtain the GEDCOM file in a new tab from that website (free). Open it in a new folder in your genealogy software. Then search ($) Archives for Koch, Henry Detlof.


Koch, John
…married Dorothea Gosch 25 Sep 1895
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Preston, Jackson County, IA
Obtain the GEDCOM file in a new tab from that website (free). Open it in a new folder in your genealogy software. Then search ($) Archives for Koch, John.


Mertens, Marie Sophie
…married John B. DETERMAN 15 OCT 1912
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Preston, Jackson County, Iowa
Obtain the GEDCOM file in a new tab from that website (free). Open it in a new folder in your genealogy software. Then search ($) Archives for Mertens, Marie Sophie.


Miller, Lula
…married Henry Detlof Koch 26 Dec 1923
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Preston, Jackson County, IA
Obtain the GEDCOM file in a new tab from that website (free). Open it in a new folder in your genealogy software. Then search ($) Archives for Miller, Lula.


Schlomer, Gebke Charlotte Louise "Carrie"
…married Frank Friedrich Gosch 16 Sep 1908
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Preston, Jackson County, IA
Obtain the GEDCOM file in a new tab from that website (free). Open it in a new folder in your genealogy software. Then search ($) Archives for Schlomer, Gebke Charlotte Louise "Carrie".


Schmidt, Herman A.
…born 16 Jul 1882
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Preston, Jackson County, IA
Obtain the GEDCOM file in new tab from that website (free). Open it in a new folder in your genealogy software. Then search ($) Archives for Herman A. Schmidt.


Schneckloth, LaVonne
…died 29 Jun 2002
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Preston, Jackson Co., Iowa
Obtain the GEDCOM file in new tab from that website (free). Open it in a new folder in your genealogy software. Then search ($) Archives for LaVonne Schneckloth.


Thielen, Verona Louise
…married Harlan Henry Ketelsen 22 MAR 1953
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Preston, Jackson Co., Iowa, USA
Obtain the GEDCOM file in a new tab from that website (free). Open it in a new folder in your genealogy software. Then search ($) Archives for Thielen, Verona Louise.


Thielen, Verona Louise
…married Harlan Henry Ketelsen 22 MAR 1953
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Preston, Jackson Co., Iowa, USA
Obtain the GEDCOM file in a new tab from that website (free). Open it in a new folder in your genealogy software. Then search ($) Archives for Thielen, Verona Louise.


White, Glenn Orr
…born 31 JUL 1887
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Preston, Jackson County, Iowa
Obtain the GEDCOM file in new tab from that website (free). Open it in a new folder in your genealogy software. Then search ($) Archives for Glenn Orr White.


White, Glenn Orr
EVENT: BUR UNKNOWN
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Preston, Jackson County, Iowa
Obtain the GEDCOM file in new tab from that website (free). Open it in a new folder in your genealogy software. Then search ($) Archives for Glenn Orr White.


White, Glenn Orr
…married Clara Katherine Jost 26 DEC 1911
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Preston, Jackson County, Iowa
Obtain the GEDCOM file in a new tab from that website (free). Open it in a new folder in your genealogy software. Then search ($) Archives for White, Glenn Orr.

Total: 34
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GEDCOM Index and GEDCOMLIBRARY.COM are simple websites for sophisticated genealogists. On 9 July 2022, the process of consolidating GEDCOMINDEX.COM into GENEALOGY.BIO began.
The roles of different genealogy websites:


Ancestry.com: Costs money. Provides lots of records. You can upload a GEDCOM file, but they jealously guard it and let other customers read pieces of material from it. They cannot download the GEDCOM file. Nobody else can correct or otherwise change your material. When you message new cousins, often they don’t know what a GEDCOM file is.

FamilySearch.org: Free. Provides lots of records, and even more are available if you access the site from a Family History Center. You cannot upload a GEDCOM file, so you have to add each person individually. This is lots of work but it can help you catch blunders. Other users can change your material, and sometimes they get it wrong.

GEDCOMlibrary.com and GENEALOGY.BIO: Free. Provide no records. Simple websites for sophisticated genealogists. These help researchers find each other through GEDCOM files. https://genealogy.bio/GEDCOM_Index indexes thousands of GEDCOM files (on other websites) by place name, helping you find the researcher working on the same ancestors. You will still need access to records to verify what is in those GEDCOM files. Upload your GEDCOM files today.

Other websites: There are other websites that want your GEDCOM file but they also jealously guard it. They don’t let other people download the whole GEDCOM file. Accessibility shouldn’t be a problem unless you want royalties.

REMEMBER! After you download a GEDCOM file, open it in a NEW FOLDER in your genealogy software!

This site indexes thousands of different GEDCOM files found on other web sites. GEDCOM files are special genealogy files that can be imported into any genealogy software.

Be sure to check Sorted By Name.com to find transcription projects where your ancestors are listed, even if you don’t yet know where they went.

What you should know about GEDCOM files:
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A note to beginners: This site only helps you find the evidence you need, and you still need to verify everything.

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