Family history questions for Christmas: 75 open-ended, specific interview questions to elicit powerful memories & stories from the older generation.
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Family history questions for Thanksgiving: 55 open-ended, specific interview questions to elicit powerful memories & stories from the older generation.
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Encourage guests at your Thanksgiving gathering to share memories in addition to gratitude with these four ideas for holiday family history story sharing.
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Watch the 2012 film Stories We Tell as much for the dramatic exploration of one family's narrative as for the questions it raises about the malleability of truth.
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Conducting family interviews is a great way to gather the stories of family elders and preserve family history for the next generation. Here are a few tips.
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In his 1996 documentary Nobody’s Business, Alan Berliner interviews his father about family history. The result is a poignant study of the nature of memory.
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Family history is more than names on a chart; it's people's experiences that hold meaning. A curated list of resources for the genealogist who cares about story.
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Ignoring your instinct to preserve your family stories can be an expensive trade-off. And most of us know this—so we do we wait? The perils of procrastination.
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