Personal history

If you want to find out more about your family, download the life history questions and make time to interview your family members. Learn some fun facts.

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Senior family members are often the best genealogy resource. Here are family history interview questions to ask to discover more about generations past.

I've always been a fan of a good memoir. If you ask me, there is no better way to truly get to know someone and what they are all about. If you're considering jotting down a personal history of your own, consider including some of these story ideas to better pad your story.

If you are really intent on getting your personal history done in depth, here's a cheat sheet for you! You can do it all in one fail swoop if you have hours on end, or do it in sections at a time. You can write your answers down, do an audio and/or visual recording, or use these as starting points for scrapbook pages, poems, songs, etc. You can also use these questions to interview an older loved-one before s/he passes. ***I put a lot of time and effort into this list. Please feel free to…

In February 2016, we launched a Daily Writing Challenge to encourage everyone to begin a daily habit of writing, for at least 15 minutes a day. The goal was to have a collection of stories about your life (or that of a loved one) in rough form by the end of 2016. If you missed out on the Daily Writ

Join me on my quest to make it a habit to write in my journal every day! On Sunday, I taught a lesson (YW Lesson 19) on keeping a personal history which made me realize how important it really is. Especially because I have a terrible memory! I want to leave something behind that my …

Make sure you leave behind a personal history for your posterity - here are a few ways to record personal history. There's something for everyone!