GEDCOM Index
A simple website for sophisticated genealogists.


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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.



Blessing, David
…married Nancy Tarter or Darter or Tartar 21 DEC 1826
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe County, Virginia
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 Blessing, David.


Blessing, Jacob
…born 3 MAR 1828
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe County, Virginia
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Blessing, Mariah Louisa Eidson
…born 26 JUN 1850
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe County, Virginia
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Blessing, Sarah
…born 28 SEP 1833
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe County, Virginia
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Blessing, Susan
…born 31 MAR 1830
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe County, Virginia
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 Susan Blessing.


Brandstetter, Elizabeth
…died 15 FEB 1855
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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 Elizabeth Brandstetter.


Brown, Josiah
…born 1820
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Cassell, Catherina
…born 28 MAY 1822
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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 Catherina Cassell.


Cassell, Elizabeth
…born 15 DEC 1829
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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 Elizabeth Cassell.


Cassell, Henry
…born 6 JAN 1835
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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 Henry Cassell.


Cassell, Jacob
…born 19 FEB 1831
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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 Jacob Cassell.


Cassell, Jacob
…born 23 OCT 1790
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Cassell, Jacob
…died 18 JAN 1864
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Cassell, John
…born 7 DEC 1820
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Cassell, Joseph
…born 1 NOV 1804
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Cassell, Magtalena
…born 27 NOV 1824
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Cassell, Margaret
…born 27 OCT 1818
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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 Margaret Cassell.


Cassell, Margaret
EVENT: BUR
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Kimberling Church Cem, Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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 Margaret Cassell.


Cassell, Mary Molly
…born 27 NOV 1824
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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 Mary Molly Cassell.


Cassell, Susannah
…born 16 APR 1827
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Cassell, William
…born 11 MAR 1796
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Cassell, William F
…born 24 MAY 1837
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Cook, Elizabeth
…died 2 MAR 1807
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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 Elizabeth Cook.


Copenhaver, Samuel
…born 21 FEB 1783
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Foglesong, Adam Michael
…born 4 APR 1881
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Foglesong, Anna Catharina
EVENT: CH 18 MAR 1807
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Kimberling Church Cem, Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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 Anna Catharina Foglesong.


Foglesong, Elias
…died 24 OCT 1883
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Foglesong, Eliza Ann
…born 11 MAR 1875
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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 Eliza Ann Foglesong.


Foglesong, Gordon M.
…born 9 SEP 1858
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Foglesong, James Sidney
…born 26 MAR 1867
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Foglesong, Lillian Eva
…born 16 NOV 1872
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Foglesong, Mary Sophia
…died 13 JAN 1913
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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 Mary Sophia Foglesong.


Foglesong, Mary Sophia
EVENT: BUR
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Kimberling Church Cem, Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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 Mary Sophia Foglesong.


Foglesong, Molly
…born 29 JAN 1861
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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 Molly Foglesong.


Foglesong, Nora Virginia
…born 24 SEP 1875
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Foglesong, Samuel Vint
…born 2 APR 1873
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Foglesong, Thomas
…died 29 SEP 1911
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Monkey Run, Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Groseclose, John
EVENT: BUR
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Kimberling Church Cem, Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Huddle, Catherine Jane
…born 20 DEC 1837
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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 Catherine Jane Huddle.


Huddle, Jacob
…born 18 DEC 1835
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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 Jacob Huddle.


Huddle, John J
…born 13 JUL 1813
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Huddle, John J
EVENT: BUR
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Kimberling Church Cem, Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Huddle, John James
…born 15 OCT 1844
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Huddle, Louise C
…born 14 JUN 1841
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Huddle, Mary E
…born 25 MAY 1847
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Kimberling, Rosannah
…died 13 DEC 1838
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Kimberling, Rosannah
EVENT: BUR
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Kimberling Church Cem, Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Kinder, Catherine
…died 17 JAN 1875
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
St Paul Church, Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Kinder, John George
EVENT: BUR
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
St Paul Church, Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia, United States
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Reusch, Barbara
…born ABT 1777
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Reusch, Sarah Maria Magdalene
EVENT: BUR
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Kimberling Church Cem, Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Sea, Margaret
…died 23 OCT 1845
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Snavely, Barbara Ann
…born 6 APR 1782
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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 Barbara Ann Snavely.


Snavely, Catherine
…born 25 JAN 1786
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Snavely, Elizabeth
…born 4 JAN 1792
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Snavely, Henry B
EVENT: BUR
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Kimberling Church Cem, Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Snavely, Mary Magdalene
…born 6 JUN 1803
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Snavely, Mary Magdalene
EVENT: BUR
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Kimberling Church Cem, Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Tarter or Darter or Tartar, Nancy
…married David Blessing 21 DEC 1826
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe County, Virginia
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 Tarter or Darter or Tartar, Nancy.


Vogelgesang, Simon
…died 17 MAR 1791
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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Wilson, Anna
…died 1889
Place as shown in GEDCOM file:
Kimberling Church Cem, Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia
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 Anna Wilson.

Total: 61
Help other researchers (your new cousins) find your work. Upload your GEDCOM file today to
GEDCOMLIBRARY.COM
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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