Creating record of history

What was your mom's childhood like? How did your aunt meet your uncle? Recording conversations with loved ones is a way to preserve a family's history and collect stories to pass down to future generations. 

- SOLCYRÉ BURGA

Here's how to get started.

COME PREPARED

Determining what you'll talk about ahead of time can help guide the conversation. Pamela Henson, a historian at the Smithsonian, says to talk to family members to see if there are any scrapbooks or records that list when your relative was born that you can use for research.