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GENEALOGY FAMILY GROUP SHEET

Polly CUMMINGS (COMMINS) (CUMMINS)

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: 15 April 1807
Place: German, Chenango, New York, USA
Married / Joined: 5 February 1837
Place: German Flatts, New York, USA
Died: 13 May 1901
Place: Willet, Cortland, New York, USA
His Father
Born: 10 August 1784
Place: Pelham, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 5 September 1849
Place: German, Chenango, New York, USA
His Mother
Died: 24 March 1858
Place: Earlville, New York, USA
Born: 30 November 1809
Place: Smithville Center, Chenango, New York, USA
Died: 16 October 1882
Place: German, Chenango, New York, USA
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Children

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

Born 3 January 1838
Owego, Tioga, New York, USA
Died 14 January 1916
Elmira Heights, Chemung, New York, USA
Born 21 February 1842
German, Chenango, New York, USA
Died 1930
Smithville Flats, Chenango, New York, USA
Died 10 February 1917
Lower Cincinnatus, Cortland, New York, USA
Born 14 February 1845
German, Chenango, New York, USA
Died 16 May 1935
Homer, New York, USA