Sometimes the best description for a book is a short one. There is not always a need to elaborate on what simply is. So it is, with Your Life & Times: How to Put a Life Story on Tape—An Oral History Handbook. Despite its long title, this book can be summarized in just a few words. This book offers a collection of chronologically arranged questions, covering Birth through Retirement, useful in interviews one’s family, including themselves. In addition, there is a special section on special interst items, such as religion, travel, and family pets.
This guide 8.5″ x 11″, 50 page guide also includes, “helpful tips for easy taping,” and “suggested variations including videotaping, creating a Memorial to a loved one, chronicling a family’s history, turning memories into treasured gift books, [and more.]” In short, this book will help the reader record their own oral history, or interview other, by answering a series of simple questions.
Table of Contents
Before you Begin
My Life and Times
- My Earliest Years
- Starting School
- Growing Up
- High School Years
- College or Trade School
My Family
- My Father and Mother
- My Aunts and Uncles
- My Parents Together
- My Brother and Sisters
- My Spouse
- Courting Days
- Our Marriage
- My Children
- How They Grew
- Daughter or Son-in-Law
- My Grandchildren
Working Life
- Military Service
- My Work History
- My Business
- Retirement Plans
- Retirement Days
Appendix
- Moving Homes
- Vacations
- Travels
- Pets
- Automobiles
- Communications
- Favorite Foods and Recipes
- Hobbies
- Religion
- Philosophy of LIfe
Dedication
Some Advice for Those Who Want to Search into the Past
Your Life & Times: How to Put a Life Story on Tape—An Oral History Handbook can be ordered from Family Roots Publishing; Price: $8.77.