A couple of years ago I left a notebook with my mother, and asked all family members to use it to record any stories she told, with no concern whether the stories were repeated or not as there were variations in the amount of detail that came out at each telling. As a result we have a lot more information about the family than we did two years ago, and my mother is used to the idea of someone recording her. Might I suggest that one of the things the younger members of the family could do at a reunion is take charge of some notebooks and write down some of the stories told-take care to delegate the charge to those who can write without too much difficulty-as it will connect their task with their past and they will learn a lot without being excluded from the occasion. The problem for the young is that family history is usually the domain of the older generations and they are expected to sit by and cheer others for persistence in tracking down someone or overcoming stumbling blocks. They also need to have the material available to them, so might I suggest the family tree work and stories be made into books and given to our children as their own, and make sure they all get a copy of the material they collected, and of any videos photographs etc. If they have their collections of family history they will use it. Kevin Brewer