Be sure to share any answers your get from these questions with family members and attach to your family history for generations to enjoy!
A Day with ______________________________ __________________
- What name were you given when you were born?
- Did you live in the city you were born in very long? What brought your family there?
- Do you know why you were given your name?
- Tell me about what your parents and grandparents were like? Hard Working? Ill or healthy? Kind or Harsh?
- What about your brothers and sisters? Were you close to them? What did you like most and least about them?
- Did you live close to them growing up or when you were raising your family?
- What was your home like growing up? Did you move often or have a favorite room?
- Did you have a nickname growing up? Who gave it to you?
- Throughout your life, did your friends change? Tell me about friends in childhood and friends as an adult.
- Did you travel? Where and why?
- What did your first car look like and what happened to it?
- What kind of school did you go to growing up? What was your favorite subject in school/high school/college?
- Did you serve in the service?
- If not, how do you feel about not serving?
- What was your first job?
- What was your favorite job?
- When you were my age, what were you doing?
- Did you have a favorite boss or one you could not stand?
- What kind of music did you like? What kind of music do you still like?
- How did you and your spouse meet?
- How did you know you were in love?
- What was your first date?
- What did you find challenging during the first years of your marriage?
- What was your secret for staying together?
- What were your children like when they were little? When they were my age?
- What were holidays like when you were young?
- What would you change about how holidays are celebrated now? Or do you like them better?
- What were some of your hobbies growing up?
- What do you enjoy now?
- What are your hopes for your family?
- What invention shocked you the most?
- What is the most important thing you’ve learned during your life?