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GENEALOGY FAMILY GROUP SHEET

Joseph Chatfield ALCOTT

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

Born: 7 May 1771
Place: Wolcott, Connecticut, USA (Farmingbury)
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Died: 3 April 1829
Place: West Edmeston, Otsego, New York, USA
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Wife / Partner flag female ancestor Ann BRONSON
Born: 20 January 1773
Place: Old Lyme, Connecticut, USA (South Lyme)
Died: 15 August 1863
Place: West Edmeston, Otsego, New York, USA
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Children

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

Died 23 August 1879
Oswego, New York, USA
4. flag female ancestor  Pamelia ALCOTT
Died 11 February 1849
North East, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
5. flag female ancestor  Betsey ALCOTT
Died 12 November 1853
West Edmeston, Otsego, New York, USA
6. flag female ancestor  Phebe ALCOTT
Died 28 July 1844
8. flag male ancestor  Junius S ALCOTT
Died 16 April 1852