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GENEALOGY FAMILY GROUP SHEET

Martha Patty OLMSTEAD

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 photo of Robert O SALISBURY  Robert O SALISBURY
Born: 18 April 1781
Place: Hillsdale, New York, USA (Nobletown)
Married / Joined: 1805
Place: Cayuga County, New York, USA
Died: 25 October 1865
Place: Howard City, Cass, Michigan, USA
His Father
American Revolutionary War Soldier flag  Benanuel S SALISBURY
Born: 21 November 1760
Place: Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA (Adamsville)
Died: 13 November 1853
Place: Greenwich, Ohio, USA
His Mother
flag female ancestor Grace SPAULDING
Born: 13 March 1762
Place: Hinsdale, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 20 August 1843
Place: Scipio, New York, USA
Wife / Partner flag female ancestor Martha Patty OLMSTEAD
Born: 1787
Place: Canaan, New York, USA
Died: 20 February 1853
Place: Howard Twp., Cass Co., Michigan, USA?
Her Father
flag male ancestor Gideon OLMSTEAD
Born: 17 July 1747
Place: Brookfield, Massachusetts, USA (Podunk)
Died: June 1809
Place: Boyle, Ontario, New York, USA
Her Mother
flag female ancestor Annaka VAN DEUSEN
Born: 28 April 1748
Place: Salisbury, Connecticut, USA (Lakeville)
Died:
Place:

Children

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

1. flag male ancestor  Alexander Hamilton SALISBURY
Born 17 September 1805
Scipio, New York, USA
Died 12 March 1873
Buchanan, Berrien, Michigan, USA
2. flag male ancestor  Harpman SALISBURY
Born 1809
Cayuga County, New York, USA
Died 29 February 1864
Jasper Twp, Carroll, Iowa, USA
3. flag female ancestor  Anna Eliza (Aneliza) SALISBURY
Born 6 February 1813
Scipio, New York, USA
Died 5 October 1870
Cass Co., Michigan, USA
4. flag female ancestor  Harriet SALISBURY
Born 21 April 1813
Simpes, Oswego, New York, USA
Died 11 April 1902
Columbia Twp., Van Buren, Michigan, USA
5. flag male ancestor  Benanuel SALISBURY
Born 1820
, United States (USA) (American Colonies)
Died
6. flag female ancestor  Miranda SALISBURY
Born 1820
, Ohio, USA
Died January 1845
Cass Co., Michigan, USA
7. flag male ancestor  Pod SALISBURY
Born 1820
, United States (USA) (American Colonies)
Died
8. flag male ancestor  William David SALISBURY
Born 18 August 1822
, Ohio, USA
Died 3 August 1910
Dailey, Cass, Michigan, USA
9. flag male ancestor  Alvin (Alva) SALISBURY
Born 1828
, Ohio, USA
Died
10. flag male ancestor  Alfred SALISBURY
Born 1829
, Ohio, USA
Died 9 December 1902
Saginaw, Michigan, USA