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GENEALOGY FAMILY GROUP SHEET

Oliver GRANT

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

His Father
Died: 1 June 1798
Place: North Stonington, Connecticut, USA
His Mother
Died: February 1780
Place: North Stonington, Connecticut, USA
Wife / Partner flag female ancestor Hannah FANNING
Born: 1758
Place: Groton, Connecticut, USA
Died: 14 December 1848
Place: North Stonington, Connecticut, USA
Her Father
Born: 23 December 1715
Place: Groton, Connecticut, USA
Died: February 1758
Place: Groton, Connecticut, USA
Her Mother
Died:
Place:

Children

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

3. flag male ancestor  George GRANT
Died 1812
Green Bush, New York, USA
7. flag male ancestor  Wheeler GRANT
Died 4 May 1866
Dryden, Tomkins, New York, USA