{"id":93,"date":"2014-01-14T20:00:52","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T01:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/443.nmdprojects.net\/blog\/?page_id=93"},"modified":"2014-01-14T20:00:52","modified_gmt":"2014-01-15T01:00:52","slug":"interview-questions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/443.nmdprojects.net\/blog\/interview-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"

For more family history interview tips, see\u00a0How to Interview a Relative<\/a>. Then scroll down for the family history interview questions below.<\/p>\n

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  1. What is your full name? Why did your parents select this name for you? Did you have a nickname?<\/li>\n
  2. When and where were you born?<\/li>\n
  3. How did your family come to live there?<\/li>\n
  4. Were there other family members in the area? Who?<\/li>\n
  5. What was the house (apartment, farm, etc.) like? How many rooms? Bathrooms? Did it have electricity? Indoor plumbing? Telephones?<\/li>\n
  6. Were there any special items in the house that you remember?<\/li>\n
  7. What is your earliest childhood memory?<\/li>\n
  8. Describe the personalities of your family members.<\/li>\n
  9. What kind of games did you play growing up?<\/li>\n
  10. What was your favorite toy and why?<\/li>\n
  11. What was your favorite thing to do for fun (movies, beach, etc.)?<\/li>\n
  12. Did you have family chores? What were they? Which was your least favorite?<\/li>\n
  13. Did you receive an allowance? How much? Did you save your money or spend it?<\/li>\n
  14. What was school like for you as a child? What were your best and worst subjects? Where did you attend grade school? High school? College?<\/li>\n
  15. What school activities and sports did you participate in?<\/li>\n
  16. Do you remember any fads from your youth? Popular hairstyles? Clothes?<\/li>\n
  17. Who were your childhood heroes?<\/li>\n
  18. What were your favorite songs and music?<\/li>\n
  19. Did you have any pets? If so, what kind and what were their names?<\/li>\n
  20. What was your religion growing up? What church, if any, did you attend?<\/li>\n
  21. Were you ever mentioned in a newspaper?<\/li>\n
  22. Who were your friends when you were growing up?<\/li>\n
  23. What world events had the most impact on you while you were growing up? Did any of them personally affect your family?<\/li>\n
  24. Describe a typical family dinner. Did you all eat together as a family? Who did the cooking? What were your favorite foods?<\/li>\n
  25. How were holidays (birthdays, Christmas, etc.) celebrated in your family? Did your family have special traditions?<\/li>\n
  26. How is the world today different from what it was like when you were a child?<\/li>\n
  27. Who was the oldest relative you remember as a child? What do you remember about them?<\/li>\n
  28. What do you know about your family surname?<\/li>\n
  29. Is there a naming tradition in your family, such as always giving the firstborn son the name of his paternal grandfather?<\/li>\n
  30. What stories have come down to you about your parents? Grandparents? More distant ancestors?<\/li>\n
  31. Are there any stories about famous or infamous relatives in your family?<\/li>\n
  32. Have any recipes been passed down to you from family members?<\/li>\n
  33. Are there any physical characteristics that run in your family?<\/li>\n
  34. Are there any special heirlooms, photos, bibles or other memorabilia that have been passed down in your family?<\/li>\n
  35. What was the full name of your spouse? Siblings? Parents?<\/li>\n
  36. When and how did you meet your spouse? What did you do on dates?<\/li>\n
  37. What was it like when you proposed (or were proposed to)? Where and when did it happen? How did you feel?<\/li>\n
  38. Where and when did you get married?<\/li>\n
  39. What memory stands out the most from your wedding day?<\/li>\n
  40. How would you describe your spouse? What do (did) you admire most about them?<\/li>\n
  41. What do you believe is the key to a successful marriage?<\/li>\n
  42. How did you find out your were going to be a parent for the first time?<\/li>\n
  43. Why did you choose your children’s names?<\/li>\n
  44. What was your proudest moment as a parent?<\/li>\n
  45. What did your family enjoy doing together?<\/li>\n
  46. What was your profession and how did you choose it?<\/li>\n
  47. If you could have had any other profession what would it have been? Why wasn’t it your first choice?<\/li>\n
  48. Of all the things you learned from your parents, which do you feel was the most valuable?<\/li>\n
  49. What accomplishments were you the most proud of?<\/li>\n
  50. What is the one thing you most want people to remember about you?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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