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GENEALOGY FAMILY GROUP SHEET

Dorcas CHIDESTER

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 Josiah THOMPSON
Born: 23 November 1780
Place: Clinton, Dutchess, New York, USA
Married / Joined: 1804
Place: Greenfield, Saratoga, New York, USA
Died: 18 December 1849
Place: Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora)
His Father
flag male ancestor Daniel THOMPSON
Born: 30 May 1742
Place: Mendon, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 24 June 1807
Place: Stillwater, New York, USA
His Mother
flag female ancestor Mary HOAG
Born: 10 April 1746
Place: Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 23 October 1803
Place: Stillwater, New York, USA
Wife / Partner flag female ancestor Dorcas CHIDESTER
Born: 4 July 1782
Place: Clinton, Dutchess, New York, USA
Died: 9 March 1857
Place: Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora)
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Children

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

1. flag female ancestor  Hannah THOMPSON
Born 15 December 1806
Saratoga, New York, USA (Schuylerville) (Victory)
Married
15 June 1823

Died 25 April 1873
Plainfield, Calhoun, Michigan, USA
2. flag male ancestor  Daniel THOMPSON
Born 1808
Saratoga, New York, USA (Schuylerville) (Victory)
Died 1841
Cayuga County, New York, USA
3. flag female ancestor  Lydia THOMPSON
Born 1810
Saratoga, New York, USA (Schuylerville) (Victory)
Married
1830

Died 1849
Lyons, Ionia, Michigan, USA
4. flag female ancestor  Mary THOMPSON
Born 13 May 1812
Saratoga, New York, USA (Schuylerville) (Victory)
Died 25 July 1843
Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora)
5. flag female ancestor  Sarah C THOMPSON
Born 13 May 1812
Saratoga, New York, USA (Schuylerville) (Victory)
Died
6. flag male ancestor  Morris THOMPSON
Born 2 March 1814
Saratoga, New York, USA (Schuylerville) (Victory)
Died 13 March 1897
Dexter, Michigan, USA
7. flag male ancestor  Benjamin Chidester THOMPSON
Born 8 September 1815
Scipio, New York, USA
Married
11 December 1842

Lyons, Ionia, Michigan, USA
Died 16 February 1905
Reardan, Lincoln, Washington, USA
8. flag female ancestor  Cynthia THOMPSON
Born 6 August 1817
Scipio, New York, USA
Died 1849
9. flag female ancestor  Dorcas Jane THOMPSON
Born 25 April 1819
Scipio, New York, USA
Married
21 July 1847

Lyons, Ionia, Michigan, USA
Died 26 March 1905
South Haven, Michigan, USA
10. flag female ancestor  Catharine P THOMPSON
Born 18 November 1820
Venice, Cayuga, New York, USA
Married
28 January 1844

Scipio Township, Seneca, Ohio, USA
Died 2 March 1890
Sparta, Kent, Michigan, USA
11. flag male ancestor  John M THOMPSON
Born 4 October 1821
Scipio, New York, USA
Died 27 April 1912