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Family History Questions
What did you do during summer vacations when you
were small?
Who did you visit?
Where did they live?
How old were you when your grandparents died?
Do you remember any of their sisters or brothers?
Did they ever talk about their parents, where they came from, where they're buried?
What kind of work did your parents do?
Did they speak a foreign language?
Did they have favorite or pet names for anyone which might indicate where they came from?
What church did they belong to?
Did anyone serve in the military? Civil War?
What is your full name and why were you named it?
Were you named after somebody else?
Did you have a nickname as you were growing up?
If you did, what was it and why did they call you that?
Have you had other nicknames as an adult?
Where were you born and when?
Do you remember hearing your grandparents describe their lives? What did they say?
Do you remember your great-grandparents? What do you know about them?
Who was the oldest person you can remember in your family as a child? What do you
remember about them?
Do you remember your family discussing world events and politics?
Were there any family secrets? (Children born out-of-wedlock or adopted)
What were your schools like?
How did you get to school?
How many years of education have you completed?
Do you have a college degree? If so, what was your field of study?
Name a good friend that you have known for the longest period of time? How many years
have you been friends?
How did you meet the person that you would later marry? Describe them?
Do you remember where you went on the first date with your spouse?
How long did you know them before you got married?
When and where did you get married?
Describe your wedding ceremony. Who was there?
Did you have a honeymoon? If so, where did you go?
How would you describe your spouse? What do (did) you admire most about them?
How long have you been married (or were you married)?
How many children did you have all together?
What were their names, birth dates and birthplaces?
What was your first job?
What kinds of jobs have you had?
Who was the person that had the most positive influence on your life? Who were they and what did they do?
Is there a person that really changed the course of your life by something that they did?
Who were they and what did they do?
What wars have been fought during your lifetime? How did you feel about them?
If you served in the military, when and where did you serve and what were your duties?
If you served in the military, were you ever injured in the line of duty?
What were the circumstances and what were your injuries?
How tall are you?
What color was your hair as a young child and then as an adult?
What color are your eyes?
Where have you lived as an adult? List the places and the years that you lived there.
Why are you living where you are today?
Do you wish you lived somewhere else (If so, where would it be)?
Do you have any health problems that are considered hereditary in nature? If so, what are they?
Have you ever met any famous people? Describe what happened.
What organizations and groups have you belonged to?
Have you ever won any special awards or prizes? What were they for?
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