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Just a few questions with Maria Lauderdale

Tom Sitter about WW2

A quick story of how Theda met the love of her life during world war two while serving in the navy.

This interview is about my grandmother in Ireland and what it was like when she first came to America.

Monique tells the stories from her childhood

Interview of Gregory Kent Laughlin by Robert Charles Laughlin in Alabama on 11/24/18. The interview deatils the personal life, thoughts on history, and family past of Gregory Kent Laughlin.

This is a conversation between my Grandmother (Nanay) and I. We talk about her life growing up and the hardships she faced as a little girl in the Philippines during World War ll.

This is the life of my grandfather Lawrence Reinhard

90 years of living- farming in Montana, chemistry, WWII and more

My great grandmother talks about her life in the 30s and 40s

Grace talks about her very interesting family history

In this interview I discuss with my father his fathers involvement in WWII and how it’s affected his life.

My Spanish father shares our family story relating to the Basque Country and the Spanish Civil War.

"A South Carolina Christmas" recounts the memories of my Mother, Edna Beck Sitler, as she recalls the rituals of celebrating Christmas in her small South Carolina community, Stiefeltown, still in the depths of The Great Depression. Professionally recorded before her...

On January 10th 2016, I interviewed my 90 year old grandmother about growing up in Germany and escaping the Holocaust.

We talked about my grandpa’s military service, and his childhood.

I read an except from a book I gave my grandfather many years before he passed away to share memories of his life. This thought on World War II always brings tears to my eyes. He was such a strong...

This eighty-minute 1974 interview of Anna Gertrude (Steinmetz) Paulus by her daughter Roman Catholic Sister Roma (Florence "Nancy") Paulus was recorded two years before Anna's death at age 86. Also present was son Bertram "Bob" Paulus. After some family singing,...

The story of my grandfather who went from a kid struggling in school, to a cook in the military, then to a funeral director, and finally to a school psychologist.

Jean Braggs (83, living in Berkshire, England) talks with her granddaughter, Ellie Braggs (15, living in California, U.S.A.), about what it was like when she was evacuated from London during World War ll. Although Jean was only a baby when...

An encapsulation of my mom, Patricia Gordon's, amazing life!

Ryland (Ry) Rogers discusses his life including his engineering career at Xerox and his love of nature.

We talked about my grandfather’s family history and his childhood.

A middle school student interviews her grandpa about his life as a child. He grew up in the Great Depression and describes what it was like. He also talked about how he was in the navy and what it was...

I interviewed my 80 year old grandpa! It was really interesting to hear about history through his perspective! (He did answer some of my questions before I could ask them :) )