04 Interviewing Techniques - 16 Things to Write Down About Yourself

Source: Genealogy Insider by Diane Haddad

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Your full name and when and where you were born

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Your siblings' names, and when and where they were born

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Your parents' names, when and where they were born, what they were like, the kind of work they did, special memories about them

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The same for your grandparents and great-grandparents, if you knew them

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How your parents met

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Your childhood: the games and books you liked; your hobbies, sports and activities; where you went to school; favorite and least favorite subjects in school; what you wanted to be when you grew up; your chores around the house; trouble you got into

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Your high school years: school subjects you excelled at and struggled with, sports and activities, jobs, friends and dates, learning to drive, how you got along with your parents

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Your college years, job training, and/or transition into working life

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Experience serving in the military

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Adult relationships and/or how you met your spouse

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Where you settled as a young adult, your friends and activities, religious life, travel, work

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Being a parent: when and where your children were born, their names and how you chose them, what you loved and didn't love about having children

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Life lessons you've learned and advice you'd like to share

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Family stories passed down to you, that you in turn want to pass down to others

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Medical struggles that might also impact others in your family

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your genealogy discoveries