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Has anyone ever done a recorded interview with a family member? (self.genealogy)

submitted 10 months ago by Pacrat173 to c/genealogy

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This is something I’ve always wanted to do since I’ve started genealogy research for my family.

When I was way younger I had 2 great grandmothers I didn’t know what a great grandmother was until I was older to me they were just my grannies. I lost one of them years ago and there isn’t a lot about her out there. Someone I knew in my lifetime and I’ve had to dig deep to find records about her.

I’ve still got family left who know a lot about my family history and I’d like to interview them before I don’t have a chance anymore has anyone done this themselves?

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[–] Chee_Koala 2 points 10 months ago

We did this when we were informed that my dad had to be leaving us very soon, and just asked some more questions about the past while recording :). It's such a luxury to be able to hear them even when they're gone. We also have our grandparents and parents reading a book to us on tape -> into mp3.