Researching David Conte
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 11 people with the Conte surname? In that year Conte was ranked number 3568 for popularity in the UK. |

The name David means "beloved" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of David Conte on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of David Conte in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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DNA
Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Conte ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for David Conte and the Conte Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Conte Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Conte family tree.
Study Parish Records for David Conte at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of David Conte using the FreeBMD database.
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Explore the LDS Database for records about David Conte.
Research the Conte surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Conte Military records.
Conte Genealogy Databases
Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.
Look at the WikiTree database for user contributed records for David Conte.
Study MyTrees for information on the Conte family and people looking to contact living Conte relations.
Explore One Great Family for Conte records submitted by people who are already researching the Conte Family Tree.
Find David Conte from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Conte Forums
There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.
Research the Conte surname using Genealogy.com forums .
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 9115 people with the Conte surname in the USA? Conte is ranked number 154 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Conte Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on David Conte. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called David Conte
David Conte
David Conte (born 1955) is an American composer who has written over 150 works published by E.C. Schirmer (a division of ECS Publishing), including six operas, a musical, works for chorus, solo voice, orchestra, chamber music, organ, piano, guitar, and harp. Conte has received commissions from Chanticleer, the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Harvard University Chorus, the Men’s Glee Clubs of Cornell University and the University of Notre Dame, GALA Choruses from the cities of San Francisco, New York, Boston, Atlanta, Seattle, and Washington, D.C., the Dayton Philharmonic, the Oakland Symphony, the Stockton Symphony, the Atlantic Classical Orchestra, the American Guild of Organists (2004, 2009, 2014, 2015), Sonoma City Opera, and the Gerbode Foundation (for his opera America Tropical). He was honored with the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) Brock Commission in 2007 for his work The Nine Muses, and in 2016 he won the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Art Song Composition Award for his work American Death Ballads.
Source: David Conte, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Conte
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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