Questions to ask your family members:
How much do you know about our family history from the days before you were born?
Describe the first home you remember vividly, and the town that you lived in.
What is your earliest memory?
Give a physical description of your parents, and your sibling(s).
Give a character description of your parents, and your sibling(s).
What was it like going to school for you, especially compared to today.
What do you remember about church?
What special family memories do you have (holidays, parties, hunting/fishing/camping, other events)?
Were you and your family considered to be poor or wealthy?
What did you do for fun? Did you have any special places you went to (tree house, swimming holes, etc.)?
What kind of child were you? A loner? Popular?
Did you read, paint, do any other things for hobbies?
Did you have any serious illnesses as a child?
Who was your first love? Your first kiss? First date? How old were you? How did you meet your spouse? What was your first impression of them? Did it change over time?
Tell us about your work.
Tell us about raising your children.
What were your children like when they were little?
Who influenced you most in your life?
Was there a major turning point in your life? Or more than one?
What was the one thing in your life that made you most happy?
What do you most regret most not doing?
What advice or philosophy of life would you want to pass on to your children and grandchildren?
Is there anything else you want to be sure you want your descendants to know about you? Any lessons about your life that you want to be sure they remember?
Describe the first home you remember vividly, and the town that you lived in.
What is your earliest memory?
Give a physical description of your parents, and your sibling(s).
Give a character description of your parents, and your sibling(s).
What was it like going to school for you, especially compared to today.
What do you remember about church?
What special family memories do you have (holidays, parties, hunting/fishing/camping, other events)?
Were you and your family considered to be poor or wealthy?
What did you do for fun? Did you have any special places you went to (tree house, swimming holes, etc.)?
What kind of child were you? A loner? Popular?
Did you read, paint, do any other things for hobbies?
Did you have any serious illnesses as a child?
Who was your first love? Your first kiss? First date? How old were you? How did you meet your spouse? What was your first impression of them? Did it change over time?
Tell us about your work.
Tell us about raising your children.
What were your children like when they were little?
Who influenced you most in your life?
Was there a major turning point in your life? Or more than one?
What was the one thing in your life that made you most happy?
What do you most regret most not doing?
What advice or philosophy of life would you want to pass on to your children and grandchildren?
Is there anything else you want to be sure you want your descendants to know about you? Any lessons about your life that you want to be sure they remember?