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== Whom to Interview == | == Whom to Interview == | ||
Your first task is to decide whom to interview and why. You may want to interview someone who can provide information about a particular ancestor. Or you may want to do more general interviews with perhaps your oldest living relative, another member of your family, your town’s oldest resident, a neighbor, or anyone who may have ties to or information about your family. You should usually conduct interviews one on one. Some situations, however, such as extended family gatherings, may provide a unique opportunity to capture the memories of several people at one time. In this sort of situation, you might simply set up your video or tape recorder and introduce a discussion topic to the group, such as inviting them to share their favorite memories of Grandma. As the group shares their memories, individuals will tend to remember more than they would if they were interviewed alone. Keep in mind that you may not always be able to distinguish who is saying what on the recording on the group session, particularly if you only have an audio recording. And group noise may make parts of the interview inaudible. You can compensate for those disadvantages by using more than one recording device and by identifying the different voices as soon as possible after the recording session. | Your first task is to decide whom to interview and why. You may want to interview someone who can provide information about a particular ancestor. Or you may want to do more general interviews with perhaps your oldest living relative, another member of your family, your town’s oldest resident, a neighbor, or anyone who may have ties to or information about your family. You should usually conduct interviews one on one. Some situations, however, such as extended family gatherings, may provide a unique opportunity to capture the memories of several people at one time. In this sort of situation, you might simply set up your video or tape recorder and introduce a discussion topic to the group, such as inviting them to share their favorite memories of Grandma. As the group shares their memories, individuals will tend to remember more than they would if they were interviewed alone. Keep in mind that you may not always be able to distinguish who is saying what on the recording on the group session, particularly if you only have an audio recording. And group noise may make parts of the interview inaudible. You can compensate for those disadvantages by using more than one recording device and by identifying the different voices as soon as possible after the recording session. | ||
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'''Printable Lessons''' | '''Printable Lessons''' | ||
[https://familysearch.org/learn/researchcourses How to | [https://familysearch.org/learn/researchcourses How to Conduct Family History Interviews] | ||
== Ideas for Teachers == | == Ideas for Teachers == | ||
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== '''Appendix B—Open-Ended Questions''' == | == '''Appendix B—Open-Ended Questions''' == | ||
This is only a preliminary list of questions you can ask in an interview. The kinds of questions will vary depending on your circumstances and the person you interview. Modify the questions or add to them according to your needs. | This is only a preliminary list of questions you can ask in an interview. The kinds of questions will vary depending on your circumstances and the person you interview. Modify the questions or add to them according to your needs. A very comprehensive listing of questions (hundreds) can be found in the article [[Creating A Personal History|Creating a Personal History]].<br> | ||
• What is your earliest memory? <br>• What were some of your family’s traditions?<br>• What was the happiest day of your life?<br>• Tell a story your mother or father told you when you were young. <br>• What places have you visited?<br>• What family heirlooms do you have? <br>• What childhood games did you play? <br>• Tell about a childhood hiding place.<br>• What were Sundays like when you were growing up? <br>• Describe your feelings or testimony of Jesus Christ. How did you gain that knowledge?<br>• What prayers have you had answered?<br>• Describe the most serious illness or accident that you have had.<br>• Do you remember any of your grandparents? Any great-grandparents? What were their names? What were they like? <br>• What were your siblings like?<br>• What trips or vacations do you remember? <br>• What special events took place in your neighborhood while you were growing up? <br>• What was your hometown like?<br>• What were politics like there?<br>• How many people were in your family? Describe each family member.<br>• What kinds of household chores did you do as a child? Which did you enjoy? Not enjoy? <br>• What aunts, uncles, or cousins do you remember? What were they like? <br>• Tell about family traditions for holidays and birthdays.<br>• Did you belong to any clubs or social groups? What were they like? <br>• What were your favorite childhood activities?<br>• Did you serve in the military? If so, where and when? What was it like?<br>• What special school memories do you have? Who were your favorite teachers? <br>• What challenges did you face as a child?<br>• What challenges have you faced as an adult? <br>• How did you first meet your spouse?<br>• How did your father spend his time?<br>• How did your mother spend her time? <br>• Tell about ancestors you know about—names and dates and any stories about them. <br>• What are the names of your children? What are their birth dates, where were they born, and what were the circumstances of their births, and their lives? <br>• Tell about some of the most notable people in your hometown. <br>• Tell about some of your neighbors as a child, as a youth, and as an adult. <br>• What changes have you seen in your lifetime in technology, society, politics, and so on? <br>• Tell about the house in which you live. Where else have you lived?<br>• Tell about the house you lived in during your childhood. Do you remember addresses or phone numbers? | • What is your earliest memory? <br>• What were some of your family’s traditions?<br>• What was the happiest day of your life?<br>• Tell a story your mother or father told you when you were young. <br>• What places have you visited?<br>• What family heirlooms do you have? <br>• What childhood games did you play? <br>• Tell about a childhood hiding place.<br>• What were Sundays like when you were growing up? <br>• Describe your feelings or testimony of Jesus Christ. How did you gain that knowledge?<br>• What prayers have you had answered?<br>• Describe the most serious illness or accident that you have had.<br>• Do you remember any of your grandparents? Any great-grandparents? What were their names? What were they like? <br>• What were your siblings like?<br>• What trips or vacations do you remember? <br>• What special events took place in your neighborhood while you were growing up? <br>• What was your hometown like?<br>• What were politics like there?<br>• How many people were in your family? Describe each family member.<br>• What kinds of household chores did you do as a child? Which did you enjoy? Not enjoy? <br>• What aunts, uncles, or cousins do you remember? What were they like? <br>• Tell about family traditions for holidays and birthdays.<br>• Did you belong to any clubs or social groups? What were they like? <br>• What were your favorite childhood activities?<br>• Did you serve in the military? If so, where and when? What was it like?<br>• What special school memories do you have? Who were your favorite teachers? <br>• What challenges did you face as a child?<br>• What challenges have you faced as an adult? <br>• How did you first meet your spouse?<br>• How did your father spend his time?<br>• How did your mother spend her time? <br>• Tell about ancestors you know about—names and dates and any stories about them. <br>• What are the names of your children? What are their birth dates, where were they born, and what were the circumstances of their births, and their lives? <br>• Tell about some of the most notable people in your hometown. <br>• Tell about some of your neighbors as a child, as a youth, and as an adult. <br>• What changes have you seen in your lifetime in technology, society, politics, and so on? <br>• Tell about the house in which you live. Where else have you lived?<br>• Tell about the house you lived in during your childhood. Do you remember addresses or phone numbers? | ||
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