Family Reunions

[Darcy]

Saturday, I will be going with my father and aunt to a family reunion on my paternal grandmother's side. These are folks that I've never met, for the most part. The older part of the family that I did know have passed on, and I haven't seen any of the few older 3rd cousins in 20+ years.

Since my Dad doesn't even know most of the people we'll be seeing, stories of his youth are going to be pretty slim. But I thought I would try to go with a check list just to get lineage information, and whatever else I can get.

Help with me with a checklist of the things that I might want to try to get by the time we leave. I will be taking my camera and notes.

[Wendy]

Hi Darcy

I do a lot of family history and I find drawing a rough family tree, then Using it to get people to give you more details works well. Also I ask people for stories about the people concerned and write notes from that.

Wendy

[troush]

Take some kind of recorder to record those stories...

I've gone with my dh to his family's reunions, so I just snap photos and share those for fun with the relatives since I'm more of an outsider...

-Trish