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=== Parent's Ancestry === | === Parent's Ancestry === | ||
'' | ''Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good ol age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.'' (Genesis 25:8) | ||
It’s always a good idea to tell what you know about your ancestry. You may be the only source of information, for example, about your grand parents which your grand children will ever have. You are the bridge between these generations. | |||
<br>In addition, these questions give you a chance to not only pass on what you know about them but how they may have effected your life. Your decendents will be just as interested in these people as they are in you. Again, you may be the only source of information about them. | |||
<br>If you were not all that familiar with your family’s ancestry, you may want to go to other family members and ask them these questions. | |||
==== Father's Ancestry ==== | ==== Father's Ancestry ==== | ||
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=== Parent's History === | === Parent's History === | ||
''The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children.'' (Clarence Darrow) | ''The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children.'' (Clarence Darrow) | ||
<br>Now I admit that these questions are very superficial. If you want to make a far more detail history of your parent’s then you may want to interview them using all the questions in this guide. | |||
==== Father's History ==== | ==== Father's History ==== | ||
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=== Your Family === | === Your Family === | ||
''A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.'' (Ogden Nash) | ''A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.'' (Ogden Nash) | ||
<br>Tell us about the family you grew up in. While you’re at it try to get audio or better yet, video recordings of them to pass down. Consider giving these records to your children too. | |||
==== Brothers and Sisters ==== | ==== Brothers and Sisters ==== | ||
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*How did they all turn out? | *How did they all turn out? | ||
*If some or all of them are dead, tell what happened. | *If some or all of them are dead, tell what happened. | ||
*Describe their families. | *Describe their families. | ||
==== Vacations and Holidays ==== | ==== Vacations and Holidays ==== | ||
''I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up - they have no holidays.'' (Henny Youngman) | ''I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up - they have no holidays.'' (Henny Youngman) | ||
*What religious holidays did your family celebrate during the year? | *What religious holidays did your family celebrate during the year? | ||
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*How were state holidays celebrated such as Thanksgiving, 4th of July, Memorial, Labor Day, New Years Eve, etc? | *How were state holidays celebrated such as Thanksgiving, 4th of July, Memorial, Labor Day, New Years Eve, etc? | ||
*How were birthdays and anniversaries celebrated in your family? | *How were birthdays and anniversaries celebrated in your family? | ||
*Was anything done special for such birthdays as the 8th, 12th, 16th, 18th or | *Was anything done special for such birthdays as the 8th, 12th, 16th, 18th or 21? | ||
*Describe family vacations? | *Describe family vacations? | ||
*Which was your favorite vacation? | *Which was your favorite vacation? | ||
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==== Other Family Members ==== | ==== Other Family Members ==== | ||
''Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.'' (Jane Howard) | ''Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.'' (Jane Howard) | ||
*Did you have any association with grandparents, great grand parents, aunts, uncles and cousins? | *Did you have any association with grandparents, great grand parents, aunts, uncles and cousins? | ||
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==== Death of Family Members and Friends ==== | ==== Death of Family Members and Friends ==== | ||
''The undiscovered country from whose bourn No traveler returns.'' (Shakespear) | ''The undiscovered country from whose bourn No traveler returns.'' (Shakespear) | ||
*Who were the family members and friends whose death you can remember that had an affect on you? | *Who were the family members and friends whose death you can remember that had an affect on you? | ||
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=== Teenage Years === | === Teenage Years === | ||
''The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.'' (Quentin Crisp) | ''The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.'' (Quentin Crisp) | ||
<br>These are questions which deal with what you were learning in the teenage years when you were trying to find yourself and your place in this world. | |||
*Did you have a hobby at this time? | *Did you have a hobby at this time? | ||
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=== EARLY RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCES === | === EARLY RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCES === | ||
''Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favors you have received.'' (Seneca) | ''Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favors you have received.'' (Seneca) | ||
<br>Religion plays a large roll in many of our lives. The questions here are for members of The Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-day Saints. However, they can be reworded if you are a member of some other Christian denomination. | |||
==== Early Years ==== | ==== Early Years ==== | ||
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=== Young Adult === | === Young Adult === | ||
''When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not.''(Mark Twain) | ''When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not.''(Mark Twain)<br> | ||
You may have by now made a career choice and were pursuing higher education or additional training in your field of interest. Maybe the military interrupted your plans. You probably were thinking about marriage, too. Here are questions that relate to these major life decisions. | You may have by now made a career choice and were pursuing higher education or additional training in your field of interest. Maybe the military interrupted your plans. You probably were thinking about marriage, too. Here are questions that relate to these major life decisions. | ||
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=== Beginnings of Family Life === | === Beginnings of Family Life === | ||
''Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other never forgets them.'' (Ogden Nash) | ''Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other never forgets them.'' (Ogden Nash) | ||
<br>Discribing the beginning of your own family You can describe the birth of each child and tell them about their very early roll in the family. This can be of great importance to your children. Much of this material they will probably use when they get around to writing their own personal histories. | |||
==== First Child ==== | ==== First Child ==== | ||
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=== Family Changes === | === Family Changes === | ||
''We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.'' (Harrison Ford) | ''We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.'' (Harrison Ford) | ||
<br>Not all relationships go smoothly. Here are questions if you were divorce and remarriaged. | |||
==== Divorce ==== | ==== Divorce ==== | ||
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=== Ages 30 - 40 === | === Ages 30 - 40 === | ||
''Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.''(Groucho Marx) | ''Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.''(Groucho Marx) | ||
<br>Life may be settling down to routine by now and you are playing the game of getting ahead in life. Here you can also describe your efforts to teach your children and watch them grow up. For many, thirty marks the end of youth and the real beginning of adulthood. | |||
*How did you feel on your thirtieth birthday? | *How did you feel on your thirtieth birthday? | ||
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=== Ages 40 - 50 === | === Ages 40 - 50 === | ||
''A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time.''(Oliver Wendell Holmes) | ''A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time.''(Oliver Wendell Holmes) | ||
<br>Your probably thinking about how your life as been up to this point. Here you can tell about your successes in your occupation and/or family. | |||
*How did you feel about turning forty? | *How did you feel about turning forty? | ||
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=== Ages 50 -65 === | === Ages 50 -65 === | ||
''I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming... suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened before you.'' (Agatha Christie) | ''I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming... suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened before you.'' (Agatha Christie) | ||
<br>Some go through “mid life crisis” at about this time. You may wonder if you should have taken a different course. You may feel deeply about some failures you have endured. Here is the place to tell about that. | |||
*How did you feel about turning fifty? | *How did you feel about turning fifty? | ||
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=== Retirement === | === Retirement === | ||
''It is time I stepped aside for a less experienced and less able man.'' (Scott Elledge) | ''It is time I stepped aside for a less experienced and less able man.'' (Scott Elledge) | ||
<br>Some look forward to this time in their life. They think they can now take it easy and let the world worry about all the things it likes to worry about. But many find life even busier. | |||
*When did you retire? | *When did you retire? | ||
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=== Final Words === | === Final Words === | ||
''You may have deceived yourself, but experience is not trying to deceive you. ''(C. S. Lewis) | ''You may have deceived yourself, but experience is not trying to deceive you. ''(C. S. Lewis) | ||
<br>Here you can put any words of wisdom, sum up things learned and say something to each important person in your life. | |||
*Say something to each of your children individually. | *Say something to each of your children individually. | ||