It's appropriate to capture these memories.  One thing I did to capture some of my mother's memories before her death was to write down some questions and tape record a session with her.  My mother was in her 20s when World War II started and lived near Trafalgar Square in London for a few years while serving as a WAAF. It was not as easy to do as I had hoped.  My mum was showing signs of early Alzheimer's.  Her memory of her youth was strong, but she'd quickly forget the questions I had asked.  I noticed, too, that her accent thickened the further back we went in time.  And she mumbled more.  She cried during a lot of it, even when the events were pleasant ones.  I was very uncomfortable, but stuck with it.  She had been in a teenage dance troupe that toured England, Clifton's Cabaret Kids, an had once been in a show with Louis Armstrong.  She remembered him vividly, although she wasn't on the stage at the same time as he. My mum took a job in a chocolate shop as a young woman, thinking she'd love to be able to sample the wares they sold.  But she said that after a week, she couldn't stand the smell of chocolate any more and left after three weeks.  It was years before she could eat chocolate again. So I'm recommending everyone on the list find mum or dad or some relative willing to talk about the old times, record them and save it for prosperity.  It would be great if you could save it on the Internet in a Portable Document file, maybe with a few photos, but the tape itself will be worth more than gold to you after this person passes on.     Lou