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How to make a Family Group Sheet (FGS) Genealogy Lens

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How to make a Family Group Sheet (FGS) genealogy lens:

This lens provides guidance to Squidoo! lenscrafters who would like to enter their Family Tree information on Squidoo in a hierarchical structure using the format called the Family Group Sheet
Example Family Group Sheet printable FORM:
Example

Family Group Sheet lens structure

Modules your lens should contain

I try to name all my FGS lenses in a similar fashion:
www.squidoo.com/familygroupsheet(NAME)
ex. www.squidoo.com/familygroupsheetalbertarnold

I add the following modules to a lens when making a FGS template:

Introduction
Describing the Head of Family Group

WRITE (and ADD a Photo)
Describing Parents of Head of Family

WRITE (and ADD a Photo)
Describing Spouse(s)

Make a List
listing each child (as links to their FGS page)

Google maps
pointing to locations of origin

YouTube
Add any home videos or slide shows

Amazon
listing relevant books about or by family members or related genealogy topics.

Guestbook

I also add related lenses to my lens rolls.

I have also created a Lens Group called :
Genealogy - Barrer Family

A List of information contained in a FGS

Family Group Sheet descriptions typically provide names, dates, and locations for births, deaths, marriages, and other important life events (such as immigration, baptism, graduations, burials ...) for a particular head of household.

By providing LINKS to other FGSheets containing these same names/people, the FGS's create a Family Tree structure of data.

Names of
1. Head of family group (usually husband)
2. Spouses
3. Children
4. Parents
Dates of:
1. birth
2. marriage
3. death
4. other life events
Locations:
1. Address, City, County, State, Country, zip code
2. cemetary, plot number
3. Church name & sect
Links to other FGS:
1. Up to parents
2. Down to children
3. Across to spouses
Photographs (Videos) of:
1. People
2. Houses
3. Maps
4. heirlooms
5. national flags
6. churches
7. group pictures (reunions)

Link List

Example Family Group Sheet: A sample FGS Squidoo! Lens
Example FGS Lens Group: A sample Family Genealogy Squidoo! Group
The Bailey's Free Genealogy Forms: Great free genealogy forms page

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Merlyn63 Apr 10, 2009 @ 3:54 am | delete

This is a really nice idea Jan, have added it to the lensroll of my Trace Your Family History lens, as I think it will be something others would like to try. If I can make a suggestion, make the link to the sample FGS Lens more prominent as it makes it much easier to understand what your showing if you have viewed the sample. Great work though keep it up. Definately worth a 5*.

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Robin_Forlonge_Patterson Mar 12, 2009 @ 8:04 am | delete

Not clear at first reading how you produce that chart structure, but It's late at night so I think I need to try again another day. I'm lensrolling the lens to my first lens (currently ranked better than 8,000 overall), /squidoo.com/Genealogy-Wiki" target =>Familypedia is great for genealogy.
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