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Life story in and around Hot Springs, NC. Born January 8, 1914, spent first 15 years in Grassy Creek area.

Just a girl learning about her mom's family history

Sunday November 16, 1975. Thomas Turkon interviewed his father, John Stephen Turkon, about his life and times. The interview took place in a 1972 Ford Custom 500 traveling from the family business, Shady Court Motel in Tonawanda, NY, to visit...

Erin Collins (32) interviews her father Henry Collins (63) about growing up in Upstate New York, the transition to Albany, Ga. and the many family stories.

I interview my 94 year old grandmother about her life and family history. She moved to the U.S. in the late 1920's from Czechoslovakia and raised a family in rural Ohio.

Jan interviews her mother Trudy about the dust bowl, her family and the time that Bonnie & Clyde stopped at their house.

Marion Kaslon talks to her daughters, Karen Schlam and Terri Gilbert, about her family history in Brooklyn, her father’s business savvy and meeting and marrying their father.

Her family left Germany in 1934 when she was 2. Eva's journey of discovery & passion for social justice began in the American South; then she found shared values at Antioch College and with the U.U.community...

In short, war has brought too many disasters to people. I hope there will be no more war in the future.

We talked about their childhood, their wedding and relationship, their children, and our ancestors

Marie C. Flatley talks to her grandson, Robert Maliff, about her experiences growing up during the depression and both World Wars, as well as hobby of betting on the horsetrack.

Richardina DeMaere tells her granddaughter Monique Belli about her childhood and young adulthood in Belgium and what it was like to come to the United States.

Ellen talks about growing up in Salt Lake City, her family, living in Canyon Rim and building the family cabin.

Immigration from Ireland and Scotland to America (1725). Pennsylvania to California.

My mother’s side of the family

Her family left Germany in 1934 when she was 2. Eva's journey of discovery & passion for social justice began in the American South; then she found shared values at Antioch College and with the U.U.community...

Mary was talking about her brother being born near TCU on the bank of the Trinity and more about her grandfather Herman Von Querner from Standahl, Saxony, Germany and his family, Mary’s uncles and aunts that were her father Will’s...

In short, war has brought too many disasters to people. I hope there will be no more war in the future.

Fiancis Pegahnagobow

Maya Elena Scott-Chung (45) and Susie Hoblet (47), parents at Kaiser Elementary School, discuss the myth of the Ozzie and Harriet “traditional family” and Suzy’s experience growing up in Italy, France and traveling worldwide; the struggles of the sandwich generation,...

My Great Uncle Joe: "I've had a gorgeous life." After the interview, he kept going. Looking at a 60" TV, he said the first TV he bought his father-in-law was a console with a 7" screen that received a single...

Oscar Elgert (92) tells friend Lorie Swearingen (53) about his family immigrating from Germany to Poland in the 1800s and then how he and his family immigrated from Poland in the 1920 when he was 7. He also talks about...