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On November 22, 2017 in La Grange Park, Illinois, Declan Joseph Hynes (13) interviewed Barbara Ann Potucek. Throughout the interview Declan talked to Barbara about her life through her childhood, teenage years, work, marriage, kids and grandkids. Her life was...

“My childhood was actually great!” In November of 2018, ninth grade student, Olivia Foxman interviewed her grandmother, Shelly Foxman. Olivia learns about Shelly’s admirable  childhood post World War ll. Shelly’s story starts in 1951 in Chicago, but her family's story originates...

We reflected upon Richard's life while he was growing up and also his life today.

Talked about our childhood memories. Future adventures to come for us.

The Zimmerman Family discusses Florence’s childhood and life in Elgin, IL.

What do I put here? I interviewed my grandma I guess.

Talking with my dad about what his life was like growing up and how he learned from it. Also includes some key pieces of life-inspiration from him.

Grandma's childhood, and stories about other family members.

In this interview, we talked about how he was when he was young, when my parents met, when I was born, etc. As you can hear, while interviewing him he laughed while he was remembering the good times.

In this interview conducted November 25, 2018 in Delavan, Wisconsin, Nikita Hartzheim(14) interviews her pappa, Greg Kraft(73) about his life including his childhood, marriage and his time in the navy. Mr.Kraft talks about how he remembers the air aids of...

This was a 8 question interview talked about his life the ups and downs he had.

Jocelyne torres who is my sister talks about her childhooad and her favorite things and also in this 10 question interview but got cut short

In this interview, my grandma and I talked about everything from her childhood, her accomplishments, COVID-19, and even gave me a heart-to-heart pep talk.

We talked about his childhood, how he was always getting in trouble before he found his love for books and sports, and then his time in the army as an air force doctor.

What it means to be a father and the importance of family.

Discussion of my Canadian grandmother’s life.

Me talking to my father about him and his life.

In this interview, I asked my grandmother, Dianne Taylor, questions about her husband, childhood, jobs, and her family.

To start off the interview with my father I asked him questions about his childhood. He told about his school and summer life. Then I started asking questions about his wife and all thoes juicy details. Then we topped the...

About my mother’s childhood growing up. Whay she liked about it and what she took away from it.

Asked questions about my grandmas life.

We talked about life, what was satisfying and least satisfying. He reflected on life and the milestones that influenced his life.

Talked about childhood and how life for her was like

This is a conversation about an enduring love, an unspeakable loss and a grandfather's legacy. My husband and I sat with his father Tom, as he remembers the love of his life, Bunny Sheffler. Today marks the second year anniversary...

In this interview, conducted in November 2019 in Stickney, Illinois, Javy Rodriguez interviews his grandmother Irene Nevarez (59) about what it’s like to grow up in a Hispanic household in downtown Chicago, as she discusses important people in her life,...