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GENEALOGY FAMILY GROUP SHEET

Mildred Mae COLLINGWOOD

A traditional family group sheet showing the couple, their parents, vital events, and children in one research-friendly record.

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What is a Family Group Record?

A Family Group Record, sometimes called a Family Group Sheet, documents a single family unit in detail. While a pedigree chart looks backward at direct ancestors, a family group record looks sideways and downward, focusing on parents and their children.

It records the names, birth, marriage, and death information for both parents, along with details about their children. Looking at siblings and parents together can reveal naming patterns, gaps between births, migrations, remarriages, and other clues that are easy to miss when people are viewed one at a time.

Family group records also work as evidence containers. They give researchers a place to compare conflicting dates, document sources, and keep notes about why one conclusion seems stronger than another. Used together with pedigree charts, they help turn a collection of names into a connected family story.

Family 1

Husband / Partner

flag male ancestor Guy Clifford MAXSON
Born: 22 June 1896
Place: Wakonda, Clay Co., South Dakota, USA
Married / Joined: 26 June 1918
Place: Wakonda, Clay, South Dakota, USA
Died: 8 January 1950
Place: Bakersfield, California, USA
His Father
flag male ancestor Lewis Alban MAXSON
Born: 27 October 1863
Place: Sparta, Monroe, Wisconsin, USA
Died: 03 March 1939
Place: Wakonda, Clay Co. South Dakota, USA
His Mother
flag female ancestor Gertrude Maude NELLIS
Born: 17 January 1870
Place: Avon, Bahommas, South Dakota, USA
Died: 23 January 1942
Place: Wakonda, Clay Co. South Dakota, USA
Wife / Partner flag female ancestor Mildred Mae COLLINGWOOD
Born: 17 April 1899
Place: Wakonda, Clay Co., South Dakota, USA
Died: 26 April 1960
Place: Bakersfield, California, USA
Her Father
flag male ancestor Charles Larue COLLINGWOOD
Born: 28 November 1847
Place: Rockland Twp., Venango Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 28 January 1932
Place: Wakonda, Clay Co., South Dakota, USA
Her Mother
flag female ancestor Mary Elizabeth DICKERSON
Born: 25 August 1858
Place: , New York, USA
Died: 28 September 1929
Place:

Children

Listed in birth order when known. Select a child for the full genealogy record.

1. flag female ancestor  Ruth Althea MAXSON
Born 11 April 1921
Wakonda, Clay Co., South Dakota, USA
Married
22 September 1943

Clark, Nevada, USA
Died 21 January 2010
Woodland, Yolo Co., California, USA