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Take a gift of some fruit or whatever the custom is on your island. Do it when you first do the interview and when you ask them to review the copy. | Take a gift of some fruit or whatever the custom is on your island. Do it when you first do the interview and when you ask them to review the copy. | ||
Ask for permission to share what you have written with others. | Ask for permission to share what you have written with others. | ||
== Ideas for informal questions to ask == | == Ideas for informal questions to ask == | ||
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*Do you remember any of your ancestors who are no longer living? <br> | *Do you remember any of your ancestors who are no longer living? <br> | ||
*What do you remember about them? <br> | *What do you remember about them? <br> | ||
*How many children do you have? What are their names? Who did they marry?<br> | *How many children do you have? What are their names? Who did they marry?<br> | ||
*Where do your descendants live now?<br> | *Where do your descendants live now?<br> | ||
*What is your husband or wife’s name?<br> | *What is your husband or wife’s name?<br> | ||
:-What do you recollect about the time of your marriage?<br> | |||
:-Where and when were you married? <br> | :-What do you recollect about the time of your marriage?<br> | ||
:-Where and when were you married? <br> | |||
:-What was or is special about your husband or wife?<br> | :-What was or is special about your husband or wife?<br> | ||
*What religion do you belong to? <br> | *What religion do you belong to? <br> | ||
:-What religion did your parents belong to?<br> | |||
:-How did they learn the gospel or become a Christian, and when were they baptized?<br> | :-What religion did your parents belong to?<br> | ||
:-How did they learn the gospel or become a Christian, and when were they baptized?<br> | |||
:-If they are LDS, have they attended the temple, and when?<br> | :-If they are LDS, have they attended the temple, and when?<br> | ||
*What events in your life (birth, adolescence, new name, moving to another place, church ordinances such as baptism, christening, confirmation, marriage, employment, schooling, hospitalization, land ownership, military service, being made chief, etc.) were likely to have been recorded? | *What events in your life (birth, adolescence, new name, moving to another place, church ordinances such as baptism, christening, confirmation, marriage, employment, schooling, hospitalization, land ownership, military service, being made chief, etc.) were likely to have been recorded? | ||