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The Art of Capturing your Family’s Oral History
Presenter: Edward Wons Senior Partner at JPC Media LLC
Preparing for the Interview
Information you should gather as part of the pre-interview process.
- Develop a list of relatives who have passed away that the person being interviewed
might have known.
- Signifjcant Life Events
- Talk to other Family Members about questions that should be asked.
- Identify Favorite family stories
- Family Photographs
- A list of stories you may have heard before, maybe many times before.
Try to go back in time. Think about what was happening at the time for the person being interviewed and the people you want to learn more about.
- What historical events were occurring at the time.
- What were some of the cultural norms or expectations that may have infmuenced a