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Albert Barnes (70) talks with his daughter Sarah Barnes (49) about his life as a family man and attorney, and describes what it has been like to know he is adopted but not know his birth family until he was...

I interviewed my grandfather about his time serving in the U.S. Navy and about his heritage during the Great Depression.

Nelson grew up in a Pittsburgh black family with several generations of professionals with graduate degrees and shares the discrimination that they faced during Jim Crow and during the Civil Rights Movement.

My friend Dick Hermann, an attorney, author, and columnist writes often about his passion for education reform. We talked about this.

Miriam (Mimi) Dunham is a wife, mother of 5, sister and grandmother. She reflects on her parents and childhood, proudest moments and some of her regrets. (Apologies for some spotty audio issues!)

Ross Goff (1922-2000) recalled his childhood in Tunnelton and Morgantown, WV during the Great Depression. He served in the U.S. Army Mar 1944 - Mar 1946 in Co K, 11th Regt, 3rd Platoon, 3rd Squad. Fought in four campaigns, including...

Chuck Niswonger (who I am named after) recalls his life growing up in the 30's and inlisting in the Navy for World War 2. He met my great grandmother when he was 26 and she was 19. They are 7...

I’ve got Dad (born 1939 in Colorado, USA) trapped after Thanksgiving...I ask him about his life since meeting my mom (Anke Breier Keltz, born 1940 in Germany) and what it was like to marry a German in post-WWII United States.

Escape from Austria prior to the beginning of the Second World War

This is an interview between my grandmother Lauretta Alberti and myself. The questions were compiled by the extended family and the interview occurred during a family reunion over the 2015 Thanksgiving weekend.