Record Your Life ~ Preserve Your Memories
Suggested Questions
The following questions are suggested to help organize your unique interview!
Your basic information
Full name
Date and place of birth
Were you named after anyone?
Family - Parents
Who are/were your parents?
What were your mother and father’s names?
Describe your mother
Where was she from?
What did she do for a living?
What do you know about her history?
What was she like when you were growing up?
Describe your father
Where was he from?
What did he do for a living?
What do you know about his history?
What was he like when you were growing up?
Family – Siblings
Do you have siblings?
Tell me more about your siblings.
Family – Extended Family
Did you know your grandparents?
What were they like when you were growing up?
Do you have other extended family members that you engaged with when you were growing up?
(Cousins, Aunts, Uncles)
Growing Up
Where did you grow up?
What were you like as a child?
Describe the neighborhood that you grew up in.
What are your most memorable moments from growing up?
What were your nicknames growing up?
Who were the most important people in your life when you were growing up?
Did you like school?
What did you like most and least about your grade school, high school, and college years?
What subject was your favorite in school?
What’s the best piece of advice your parents ever gave you?
What was a difficult situation that your family overcame together?
As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Who were your best friends growing up?
What’s your favorite memory from childhood?
Who were you closest to in your immediate family?
Who was the funniest member in the family?
Who was the most competitive?
Did you have any family pets?
What was your first car?
What was your first concert?
Adult Family / Relationships
Tell me about your spouse(s) or significant other(s).
How did you meet your spouse or partner?
What was your first impression of him/her?
What do/did you most admire about your spouse?
Children
List the names and birthdates of your child(ren).
What’s your favorite memory of your child(ren)?
How have they influenced your life?
Tell me about your children and grandchildren.
What values do you hope that you have passed on to your children and grandchildren?
Influencers / Mentors
Who has influenced you the most in life?
Have you had mentors in life?
What advice have you received that has made the greatest impact on your life, and who gave you the advice?
Career
What was your first job?
How did you select your ultimate career?
What did/do you like about working?
What advice would you give someone just starting out in a career?
Culture – What are your interests and hobbies?
What are some of your favorite family traditions?
Interests in art, music, theater, etc.
Interests in sports and recreation
Travel
Languages spoken
Current life and activities
What incidents made you laugh the most?
Life Today
Who are the most important people in your life now?
What are the most challenging aspects of your life now?
What memories make you most proud?
What memories make you most thankful?
Reflections
What’s one thing you wish you could change about the world?
What's one of the best decisions you ever made, and why?
What would you like your children and grandchildren to remember about you?
If you could live your live over, what (if anything) would you do differently?
Which stage of life brought you the most happiness?
What advice about life would you offer a young person?
How would you describe the purpose of your life?
When people think about you, what would you like them to remember most?
Full name
Date and place of birth
Were you named after anyone?
Family - Parents
Who are/were your parents?
What were your mother and father’s names?
Describe your mother
Where was she from?
What did she do for a living?
What do you know about her history?
What was she like when you were growing up?
Describe your father
Where was he from?
What did he do for a living?
What do you know about his history?
What was he like when you were growing up?
Family – Siblings
Do you have siblings?
Tell me more about your siblings.
Family – Extended Family
Did you know your grandparents?
What were they like when you were growing up?
Do you have other extended family members that you engaged with when you were growing up?
(Cousins, Aunts, Uncles)
Growing Up
Where did you grow up?
What were you like as a child?
Describe the neighborhood that you grew up in.
What are your most memorable moments from growing up?
What were your nicknames growing up?
Who were the most important people in your life when you were growing up?
Did you like school?
What did you like most and least about your grade school, high school, and college years?
What subject was your favorite in school?
What’s the best piece of advice your parents ever gave you?
What was a difficult situation that your family overcame together?
As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Who were your best friends growing up?
What’s your favorite memory from childhood?
Who were you closest to in your immediate family?
Who was the funniest member in the family?
Who was the most competitive?
Did you have any family pets?
What was your first car?
What was your first concert?
Adult Family / Relationships
Tell me about your spouse(s) or significant other(s).
How did you meet your spouse or partner?
What was your first impression of him/her?
What do/did you most admire about your spouse?
Children
List the names and birthdates of your child(ren).
What’s your favorite memory of your child(ren)?
How have they influenced your life?
Tell me about your children and grandchildren.
What values do you hope that you have passed on to your children and grandchildren?
Influencers / Mentors
Who has influenced you the most in life?
Have you had mentors in life?
What advice have you received that has made the greatest impact on your life, and who gave you the advice?
Career
What was your first job?
How did you select your ultimate career?
What did/do you like about working?
What advice would you give someone just starting out in a career?
Culture – What are your interests and hobbies?
What are some of your favorite family traditions?
Interests in art, music, theater, etc.
Interests in sports and recreation
Travel
Languages spoken
Current life and activities
What incidents made you laugh the most?
Life Today
Who are the most important people in your life now?
What are the most challenging aspects of your life now?
What memories make you most proud?
What memories make you most thankful?
Reflections
What’s one thing you wish you could change about the world?
What's one of the best decisions you ever made, and why?
What would you like your children and grandchildren to remember about you?
If you could live your live over, what (if anything) would you do differently?
Which stage of life brought you the most happiness?
What advice about life would you offer a young person?
How would you describe the purpose of your life?
When people think about you, what would you like them to remember most?
We find that the suggested questions help to remind people of important events in life,
and generally open the discussion to much more.
and generally open the discussion to much more.
Schedule your recording session today. Your words in your voice.
Your family will thank you!
Your family will thank you!
