Family stories
How to interview older relatives
How to prepare for interviewing older relatives, which open questions bring out stories, and how to turn a conversation into leads you can check in records.
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Short, practical guides for family historians: sorting DNA matches, reading old records, interviewing relatives and looking after the photographs and papers you inherit.
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Family stories
How to interview older relatives
How to prepare for interviewing older relatives, which open questions bring out stories, and how to turn a conversation into leads you can check in records.
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