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GENEALOGY FAMILY GROUP SHEET

Geraldine Lorraine WINGEN

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 Retus Donald BELL
Born: 5 April 1921
Place: Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
Married / Joined: 24 March 1940
Place: Blue Earth, Minnesota, USA
Died: 29 May 1998
Place: Mankato, Blue Earth, Minnesota, USA
His Father
flag male ancestor Retus Leon BELL
Born: 19 March 1896
Place: , Washington, USA (state)
Died: 27 April 1952
Place: Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
His Mother
flag female ancestor Pearl Leana HERMAN
Born: 3 February 1900
Place: Settlers, Sioux, Iowa, USA
Died: 11 May 1996
Place: Redondo Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA
Wife / Partner flag female ancestor Geraldine Lorraine WINGEN
Born: 12 July 1921
Place: Spring Valley, Pierce, Wisconsin, USA
Died: 4 July 1966
Place: Mankato, Blue Earth, Minnesota, USA
Her Father
flag male ancestor Edward Charles WINGEN
Born: 7 June 1886
Place: Good Thunder, Blue Earth, Minnesota, USA
Died: 5 July 1946
Place: Mankato, Blue Earth, Minnesota, USA
Her Mother
flag female ancestor Margaret Winifred CONWAY
Born: 16 April 1885
Place: Elroy, Juneau, Wisconsin, USA
Died: 19 December 1975
Place: Mankato, Blue Earth, Minnesota, USA

Children

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

1. flag male ancestor  Robert Edward BELL
Born 23 December 1946
Blue Earth, Minnesota, USA
Died 30 September 2021
, Florida, USA