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To Our Children's Children Journal of Family Memories
by
Bob Greene
You collect a lot of memories over a lifetime. Here is the place to keep them.
First there was To Our Children's Children: Preserving Family Histories for Generations to Come. A collection of over one thousand evocative questions, the book offered a very personal, human approach to genealogy, awakening readers to the possibility of creating a family history through the simp...more
First there was To Our Children's Children: Preserving Family Histories for Generations to Come. A collection of over one thousand evocative questions, the book offered a very personal, human approach to genealogy, awakening readers to the possibility of creating a family history through the simp...more
Hardcover, 240 pages
Published
October 20th 1998
by Doubleday
(first published February 1st 1993)
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This book is a treasure has served as the basis for two things: understanding my family of origin, and to help my students understand their parents. The author lists questions by category, one for each chapter, that can be addressed to an individual, on which they may expand.
When my parents entered their 70s, I sent them one question per month, and at the end of the year, I compiled their responses for myself and for my siblings. This document remains a treasure of family history, now...more
When my parents entered their 70s, I sent them one question per month, and at the end of the year, I compiled their responses for myself and for my siblings. This document remains a treasure of family history, now...more
Bob Greene's book To our Children's Children is one of the most valuable books a family can have. I bring this book with me when ever I am visiting my eldest family members. This book has questions in it that I would never think to ask, and they are categorized by family, career, childhood, etc. These questions generate the most interesting stories you can get from your relatives that you will appreciate for years to come.
I was hoping to get ideas for making/writing a family tree book of Q/A. This did next to nothing for me. I might have gotten an idea for a question that led to an idea for a different and better question from here. But not much more.
Could be a great book but not what I was looking for.
Could be a great book but not what I was looking for.
Great questions for families to answer together, or for individuals to answer and present in gift format give to family members for keepsakes.
Call Number: 920 GRE
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I've been using this book for the past month to get info from my parents on their life stories. It's a great resource for that, and the questions really open up the floodgates of memory.
I often go back to this book to review it when I have opportunities to speak at length with family members. We've used it as a springboard to come up with family stories for our children.
A book of questions. If you are looking to preserve your family history this is a great starting point. A helpful tool for those looking to start cross generation conversations.
If you scrapbook and if you do "All About Me" pages, there are wonderful/thought provoking topics that you can incorprate onto the pages.
I like the idea, the concept behind the thing. But like anyone is ever going to fill it out? Ha!
Got one each for the surviving Grandmothers...
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Robert Bernard Greene, Jr., who writes as Bob Greene, is a journalist.
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