In between your breakfast and the breakfast of your most distant ancestor are thousands of fascinating stories, facts and tidbits. History is a celebration of passing time. When writing your family history, imagine that your great-grandchild will pick it up 100 years from now when all or most evidence of today, yesterday and the generations before that you remember or have access to learning about are a blurry memory. And, don t forget your children. Get them to talk about themselves by stimulating memories.
Nothing beats the smell of freshly baked bread or molasses cookies to get someone talking.
Inquire if the companies for which your ancestors work have had histories written about them. That s really what a family history is, anyway, isn t it. Don t forget the Cookbooks and favourite, family-traditional recipes for pickles. Chapter on Religion - Revivals, outdoor mass, eating meat on Friday, prayer meetings, Sunday school picnics. Don t forget the music.