Mornin', Took a drive in the country yesterday and was listening a segment of Genealogy Gems with Lisa Cooke who was chatting with a genealogist. One of the genealogist's comments was that one of the most important things we can do for our research is to interview our oldest relatives .... Now... While we Can. That got me thinking and so once again I invite each of you to look at your family: parents, grandparents, aunt, uncles, cousins.... and ask yourself: Who might have valuable information, memories, stories... that I could preserve for future generations by conducting an interview ..... now? In our collection of published discussions there is an interview form. On our website is an interview form. If you can't think of the questions yourself, use that form to get you going. If you have a teenager you'd like to get involved, bring him or her to the interview. Give them some questions to ask. Let them hear the family stories first hand. Your relative will be honored by the attention your are paying to them.... by the respect you are giving them by taking an interest in their lives. And, if you are so inclined, please share the results with us. And here's yet another thing to keep in mind: we are the "older generation" for others to come. Project into the future. Someday someone will be searching for information on us, just as we are searching for information on our past generations. Why not leave an accurate account... complete with names, dates, observations? So...Write down your own memories. Tell about your families. Leave your memories for those who will be someday searching. But be specific. Be accurate. Be thorough. That's it... Keep in touch, cousins. R

What timing you have, Renee'! The Gaudet side of my family is meeting on October 23 for a reunion at my cousin's north of New Orleans. My mother's generation is the oldest and 2 of the 12 first cousins are already gone. I am going to send the interview questions to them before we meet and collect as much additional info the day of. Thanks for the nudge to get something done NOW, before time marches much further on, Laurie If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other - Mother Teresa. -----Original Message----- From: Degruy List Administrator <listadministratordegruyl@earthlink.net> To: GEN DEGRUY Mailing list at Rootsweb <degruy@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, Oct 14, 2010 7:49 am Subject: [DEGRUY] Some musings about Interviews Mornin', Took a drive in the country yesterday and was listening a segment of Genealogy Gems with Lisa Cooke who was chatting with a genealogist. One of the genealogist's comments was that one of the most important things we can do for our research is to interview our oldest relatives .... Now... While we Can. That got me thinking and so once again I invite each of you to look at your family: parents, grandparents, aunt, uncles, cousins.... and ask yourself: Who might have valuable information, memories, stories... that I could preserve for future generations by conducting an interview ..... now? In our collection of published discussions there is an interview form. On our website is an interview form. If you can't think of the questions yourself, use that form to get you going. If you have a teenager you'd like to get involved, bring him or her to the interview. Give them some questions to ask. Let them hear the family stories first hand. Your relative will be honored by the attention your are paying to them.... by the respect you are giving them by taking an interest in their lives. And, if you are so inclined, please share the results with us. And here's yet another thing to keep in mind: we are the "older generation" for others to come. Project into the future. Someday someone will be searching for information on us, just as we are searching for information on our past generations. Why not leave an accurate account... complete with names, dates, observations? So...Write down your own memories. Tell about your families. Leave your memories for those who will be someday searching. But be specific. Be accurate. Be thorough. That's it... Keep in touch, cousins. R This is a "discussion" list. Individual messages cannot be assumed to be "fact." All data should be verified. Be Generous. Share Your Family Research. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEGRUY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Fabulous, Laurie! Good luck! And I love your Mother Teresa quote. BTW, I went to school with an Adele Gaudet. Wonder if she related. R On 10/14/10Thursday 1:24 PM, Laurie Main wrote: > What timing you have, Renee'! > > > The Gaudet side of my family is meeting on October 23 for a reunion at my cousin's north of New Orleans. My mother's generation is the oldest and 2 of the 12 first cousins are already gone. I am going to send the interview questions to them before we meet and collect as much additional info the day of. > > > Thanks for the nudge to get something done NOW, before time marches much further on, > > > Laurie > > > If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other - Mother Teresa. > >