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Jenny Rask: 2020-08-25 Jenny Rask (49), Interviews father Gene Rask (88), about the births of his brothers and their relationship with their father growing up in Butte, Montana. Gene talks about his father's advice to his children, his parenting style...

In this interview, conducted on November 30, 2017, in Arab, Alabama, Adrianne Smith (16) interviews her grandfather James Hendrix (81) about what life was like in 1930s Fayette, Alabama. He talks about how he lived through the depression and how...

Asked my dear grandma questions about her childhood, her family, how she and my grandpa met, and who's made an impact on her life. Transcript (Translated into English, some parts paraphrased): Joanne: Hi, my name is Joanne Chua. I am...

My grandfather is very smart and has a great sense of humor.

This is an interview with our 93 year old grandmother about her life growing up in the mountains.

My grandpa talks about child hoood through teenage/young adult age all the way to middle aged life.

Interview of my stepfather Fred Garnon at cook Forest Pennsylvania

Martha Carroll, interviewed by her son Steve, in December, 2019 about her memories of fairly early childhood in Lexington Virginia.

My grandmothers life in the country. She talks about how she lived, what her parents were like her views on god. Also she shares some childhoods stories.

Jenny Rask: 2020-08-30 20:10:01 Jenny Rask (49) talks with father Gene Rask (88) about his own father's political views and how they developed. His father's personality and education. Advice his father gave him. His father's ambitions and work in Butte,...

My mother, Mary Esther Ford (née Bazaldua) discusses her mother’s upbringing (Zoila Michaela Bazaldua) in the 1920s and 1930s in Sinton, Texas.

Barbara Hilbush, my grandma and mother of three, speaks briefly about her experience growing up in a gender defined era, where it was hard for women to embrace independence and courage.

Edward Johnstone shares what life was like as a Navy Photographer in the 1940s and 1950s

Growing up on a farm, getting a pilot's license, and getting the family together for Christmas are just a few things discussed in this nostalgic interview.

My grandma was born in Boston, and she later moved to New Hampshire. She attended University of Michigan when her husband Ian was fighting in the Gulf War. She remembers all of the political turmoil that was happening when she...

In this interview, conducted on November 22nd 2018 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Andrew Cook (17) interviews his great aunt, Shirley Lowe (80) about her childhood during the Great Depression and how the world has progressed. She also talks about the technological...

Bob Resnick (87) talked with his daughter-in-law Audrey Resnick (61) about his childhood memories in Los Angeles, his courtship and marriage to Renee, and his experiences in the Navy Reserve, stationed in Hawaii (while Hawaii was still a territory).

Adoption and College

We came to have many photo albums from my grandmother, Lotte Kramer, and her mother, Ella Faller, from the 1910s-1940s. Jean Kramer, my mom, looks at the album and narrates who the people are and family history, including time in...

Marion talks about her life, especially her younger years. A special story about Christmas, stories she would tell me as a kid (about her grandma). Her experiences as a home away from home for West Point Cadets. Grandma was the...

My father, Carl Carroll, talks about what life was like growing up on a farm with his grandparents in the 1930s near Brownsburg Virginia.

This interview is mainly focused on the childhood and youth of my grandmother, Caroline Carlson. She was born in 1834 and has many good stories to share. She has lived in Evanston, Illinois, New York City, and Canada. *please note...

This Nurse, Wife, Mother, and Grandmother talks about her childhood in the Philippines and her path to the US.

Doris Mehlisch Lemker talks about farm chores, school and 6 on 6 girls basketball in the 30’s and 40’s.

My grandma is the best thing ever to happen to me