☛ Do any illnesses run in the family?

☛ Did your family have any traditions?

☛ Can you remember any stories that were told to you as a child (fictional, folklore, or real life)?

☛ What events stand out to you from your childhood?

☛ What inventions or developments changed your life, and how?

☛ What were your parents’ occupations?

☛ Where did your parents work?

☛ Did you work? Where?

☛ Did anyone in your family serve in the military?

☛ Did anyone in your family hold a public office?

☛ Did anyone in your family play a musical instrument?

☛ What was your favorite song?

☛ What were your family's favorite meals? Are there any special family recipes?

☛ Were certain foods eaten or avoided on certain occasions?

☛ Were you ever mentioned in a newspaper?

☛ What kinds of organizations did your family belong to?

☛ What special skills do you have?

☛ How did you choose your profession?

☛ When did you move away from home?

☛ Have you ever been married? If so, to whom? When?

☛ Where did you meet your husband/wife?

☛ What qualities drew you to him/her?

☛ Did you exchange any special gifts?

☛ How long did you date before getting married?

☛ Where did you get married?

☛ Who participated in your wedding?

☛ Did you have a reception? Was there music? What songs were played?

☛ Do you have a copy of your wedding invitation?

☛ Was there an announcement in the newspaper? Which paper?

☛ How many children do you have?

☛ How many are still living?

☛ What stories did you tell your children when they were growing up?