Blog posts with the tag 'Oral history'

Relatives who won’t tell…

photo of some of Slater family

This week’s #52ancestors set topic is “close up”. I’m struggling to find a suitable ancestor but the theme also reflects the difficulty you may encounter when relatives close up and won’t tell. So that is my inspiration!! Barbara Ina Slater (1927-2010) Auntie Barbara was my mother’s younger sister, she lived with her parents, James and  |  more…

“I mind hid fine” – hearing granny’s stories again, some oral history

How often do you say, “How I wish I had listened more carefully to granny’s stories”? For “granny” substitute parents, grandad, great uncle, great aunt, and many others of the older generations. I certainly have a list of questions for several deceased relatives. There are two stories where I don’t have to rely on my  |  more…