I would like to comment on the question as to what to leave future generations on voice recordings. Pick up your family photo album and start talking. "This was taken at Grandma and Grandpa Smith's house. You can see the big tree in the back, we had a tire swing there. Uncle John put it up for us one summer when we were visiting. We would visit there several times in the summer and at holidays. Grandma always cooked the fish we caught out of the lake, no matter how small. We each had our own fishing poles hanging up on the wall of the back porch, etc." Then say that was picture #1, make a TINY "1" in pencil on the back corner of the photo, and go on to #2. Sing. What old song did your folks sing? Were they gospel, lullaby, nonsense? Let's hear them. And if you can play an instrument, do that too. First tell the stories that were told to you, then tell the stories you know that your children are too young to remember (such as your childhood), then the stories of your children, grandchildren, etc. And the classics of course. How you spent your holidays, traditions that were passed along. Look around your place for the treasures you have saved from the past. Is that great-grandma's piano in the corner? Talk about it. Grandpa's pocket knife? Give the history of those things you treasure. This ought to be enough to get you started! Laura

Laura; What a wonderful idea!! Thank you very much....BH ----- Original Message ----- From: <Lilbitkrzy@aol.com> To: <CAMPBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 11:48 AM Subject: [CAMPBELL] Leaving Oral Histories >I would like to comment on the question as to what to leave future > generations on voice recordings. > > Pick up your family photo album and start talking. "This was taken at > Grandma and Grandpa Smith's house. You can see the big tree in the back, > we had a > tire swing there. Uncle John put it up for us one summer when we were > visiting. We would visit there several times in the summer and at > holidays. Grandma > always cooked the fish we caught out of the lake, no matter how small. We > each > had our own fishing poles hanging up on the wall of the back porch, etc." > Then say that was picture #1, make a TINY "1" in pencil on the back corner > of > the photo, and go on to #2. > > Sing. What old song did your folks sing? Were they gospel, lullaby, > nonsense? Let's hear them. And if you can play an instrument, do that too. > > First tell the stories that were told to you, then tell the stories you > know > that your children are too young to remember (such as your childhood), > then > the stories of your children, grandchildren, etc. > > And the classics of course. How you spent your holidays, traditions that > were passed along. > > Look around your place for the treasures you have saved from the past. Is > that great-grandma's piano in the corner? Talk about it. Grandpa's pocket > knife? > Give the history of those things you treasure. > > This ought to be enough to get you started! > > Laura > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >