*What were the names and birth dates for you, your parents and siblings?
*What cities did you live in? Do you remember your addresses?
*Who lived in your house?
*Where did you go to school?
*When did you come to this country? How did you get here? Where did you settle?
*What kind of work did you and other family members do?
*Was there religious observance in your home? If so, describe.
*Describe memories of other family celebrations.
*What family stories do you remember?
*Did your family take vacations? If so, where.
*What did your family do for fun?
*What lessons did you learn from your parents?
*How many siblings did you have and what stories do you remember about them?
*What did you and your friends do for fun and where did you hang out?
*Did you marry? If so, when, how old were you, and how did you and your spouse meet? Where did you live?
*Did you have children? What are their names and birth dates?
*What are you most proud of?
*What were the most difficult times in your life? What were the best of times?
*How would you like to be remembered?
The tapes of your interviews will become part of your family archives. Be sure to label all interview documents with the date, location and names of those involved. You may want to use excerpts from these interviews as journal inserts in your family albums.