Happy Thursday Family History Nerds! We are halfway through National Family History Month! I hope you’ve been enjoying the content so far – there’s still plenty more to come right up until August 31, so stay tuned. This week, we’re talking about oral family history – specifically what questions you should and could be asking. A few years ago I shared a post about why you should be recording your oral family history and how to go about it, and within that post I shared a handful of inspiration questions to get you started. So this time around, I wanted to compile a fairly substantial list of questions, spanning all periods and areas of one’s life, to help get your started with your oral family history journey, or at least give you some more inspiration for questions. Firstly, this is by no means a comprehensive list of questions – you can literally as ANYTHING. But this list is a really great starting point if you’re unsure about what to ask or if you’re looking for a little bit of inspiration to get you started or flesh out your list own list of questions. If you already have a bit of an idea about the life of your family member, or stories about the family tree you want clarity on, then it’s a really good idea to tailor your questions more to each individual. Don’t forget that some of the best questions and stories are the ones that you haven’t prepared for, so be sure to also ask follow-up and clarifying questions about the stories you’re being told. While you might feel like you have to stick to the questions you have prepared, sometime you’ve just got to let the stories prompt where you go next... growing up
education
marriage
career
family & children
historical events
holidays & vacations
military service
miscellaneous
Hopefully these questions have given you a really great jumping point for learning more about your family’s history, which will help you better further your research. AND don’t forget to conduct a little interview with yourself using these questions! Either get another family member to interview you, interview yourself, or just write down your own answers. It’s so easy to overlook our own stories and memories because we get so caught up in learning about everyone else’s, so make sure you add yourself to your list of people to interview. Let me know of any other questions you’ve asked in family history interviews below, or what kind of stories you’ve learnt. Happy interviewing! Victoria :) Genealogy Document Bundle
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