Family Search Questions
I found this list on Pinterest from Family Search. I thought it would be a great idea (for anyone and everyone) who would be interested in leaving more of a descriptive story for our descendants than just census reports and birth and death certificates for them to find. All you would have to do (if you want to), is answer one question a week. It can be as short or as long as you want.
January 1, 2014
1. What is your full name? Why did your parents give you that name?
January 10, 2014
2. When and where were you born? Describe your home, your neighborhood and the town you grew up in.
January 17, 2014
3.Tell me about your father (his name, birth date, birthplace, parents, etc.) Can you share some memories you have of your father?
January 31, 2014
4. Tell me about your mother (her name, birth date, birthplace, parents, etc.) Can you share some memories you have of your mother?
February 9, 2014
What kind of work did your parents do (farm, salesman, manager, seamstress, nurse, stay at home mom, professional/laborer, etc.)
February 17, 2014
6. Have any of your family members died yet? If so, what do remember of their death and what were the circumstances of their death?
February 21, 2014
7. What kind of hardships or tragedies did your family experience while you were growing up?
February 28, 2014
8. What are the names of your brothers and sisters? Describe one or more things that stand out in your mind about each of your siblings.
March 7, 2014
9. What were some of the family traditions that you remember?
March 22, 2014
10. Did your family have special ways of celebrating specific holidays?
March 31, 2014
11.Share a few memories of your grandparents.
April 4, 2014
12. Did your grandparents live close by? If so, how much were they involved in your life? If they lived far away did you ever travel to visit them? What was that like?
April 11, 2014
13. Do you have any aunts, uncles, or cousins who really stand out in your mind? Write something about them (names, personalities, events that you remember doing with them, etc.)
April 19, 2014
14. Where did you go to school? What was school like for you?
April 25, 2014
15. What were your favorite subjects in school? Why?
May 2, 2014
16. What subjects did you like the least? Why?
May 9, 2014
17. If you went on to get a college or vocational education, what school did you go to? What did you study? What memories do you have of those years?
June 4, 2014
18. What do you see as your personal strengths?
19. What were some of the challenges you faced growing up?
20. What medical issues have you had to deal with throughout your life?
June 7, 2014
21. Was religion an important part of your family life? If so, what religion did your family practice and what did it mean to you? Is it still an important part of your life today? If religion was/is not a part of your life, why isn’t it?
June 16, 2014
22. Who were some of your friends in school? What were they like? What ever happened to them?
June 20, 2014
23. What foods do you like? Dislike?
June 28, 2014
24. Where there two or three dishes your mother or father made that makes you smile every time you think of them?
July 11, 2014
25. How did you meet your spouse?
26. How would you describe your spouse?
July 19, 2014
27. What was your courtship like?
July 25, 2014
28. Share some stories about your spouse?
July 31, 2014
29. How many children do you have? What are their names? Share a few memories about each of your children.
August 22, 2014
30. What were some of the major community, national and world events you lived through?
31. How did some of these events change your life?
32. What are some of your life philosophies or life views that you would share with others.
August 29, 2014
33. What are some of the personal values that are very important to you? What have you done (are you doing now) to teach these values to your children?
September 7, 2014
34. Thinking of people throughout the world and throughout time. List at least 5 people who you would categorize as truly great men or woman. What did they do to be great in your mind?
September 12, 2014
35. List 20 or more things that make you happy.
September 20, 2014
36. List 20 things or more that you think the world would be so much better off without.
September 26, 2014
37. List 20 interesting things you’ve experienced in your lifetime.
October 3, 2014
38. If you could spend a day with any famous person in the world, who would it be and what would you do during your day with him/her?
1. What is your full name? Why did your parents give you that name?
January 10, 2014
2. When and where were you born? Describe your home, your neighborhood and the town you grew up in.
January 17, 2014
3.Tell me about your father (his name, birth date, birthplace, parents, etc.) Can you share some memories you have of your father?
January 31, 2014
4. Tell me about your mother (her name, birth date, birthplace, parents, etc.) Can you share some memories you have of your mother?
February 9, 2014
What kind of work did your parents do (farm, salesman, manager, seamstress, nurse, stay at home mom, professional/laborer, etc.)
February 17, 2014
6. Have any of your family members died yet? If so, what do remember of their death and what were the circumstances of their death?
February 21, 2014
7. What kind of hardships or tragedies did your family experience while you were growing up?
February 28, 2014
8. What are the names of your brothers and sisters? Describe one or more things that stand out in your mind about each of your siblings.
March 7, 2014
9. What were some of the family traditions that you remember?
March 22, 2014
10. Did your family have special ways of celebrating specific holidays?
March 31, 2014
11.Share a few memories of your grandparents.
April 4, 2014
12. Did your grandparents live close by? If so, how much were they involved in your life? If they lived far away did you ever travel to visit them? What was that like?
April 11, 2014
13. Do you have any aunts, uncles, or cousins who really stand out in your mind? Write something about them (names, personalities, events that you remember doing with them, etc.)
April 19, 2014
14. Where did you go to school? What was school like for you?
April 25, 2014
15. What were your favorite subjects in school? Why?
May 2, 2014
16. What subjects did you like the least? Why?
May 9, 2014
17. If you went on to get a college or vocational education, what school did you go to? What did you study? What memories do you have of those years?
June 4, 2014
18. What do you see as your personal strengths?
19. What were some of the challenges you faced growing up?
20. What medical issues have you had to deal with throughout your life?
June 7, 2014
21. Was religion an important part of your family life? If so, what religion did your family practice and what did it mean to you? Is it still an important part of your life today? If religion was/is not a part of your life, why isn’t it?
June 16, 2014
22. Who were some of your friends in school? What were they like? What ever happened to them?
June 20, 2014
23. What foods do you like? Dislike?
June 28, 2014
24. Where there two or three dishes your mother or father made that makes you smile every time you think of them?
July 11, 2014
25. How did you meet your spouse?
26. How would you describe your spouse?
July 19, 2014
27. What was your courtship like?
July 25, 2014
28. Share some stories about your spouse?
July 31, 2014
29. How many children do you have? What are their names? Share a few memories about each of your children.
August 22, 2014
30. What were some of the major community, national and world events you lived through?
31. How did some of these events change your life?
32. What are some of your life philosophies or life views that you would share with others.
August 29, 2014
33. What are some of the personal values that are very important to you? What have you done (are you doing now) to teach these values to your children?
September 7, 2014
34. Thinking of people throughout the world and throughout time. List at least 5 people who you would categorize as truly great men or woman. What did they do to be great in your mind?
September 12, 2014
35. List 20 or more things that make you happy.
September 20, 2014
36. List 20 things or more that you think the world would be so much better off without.
September 26, 2014
37. List 20 interesting things you’ve experienced in your lifetime.
October 3, 2014
38. If you could spend a day with any famous person in the world, who would it be and what would you do during your day with him/her?