·	Please state  your full name

·	When and where were you born?

·	When did you come to live in the community where you live now?

·	Are you married? Do you have children?

·	Tell me something about your childhood family – did your parents also live here?

·	What were their names? Do you know your mother’s maiden name?

·	What are some of your special memories growing up in that community?

·	Where did you go to school and what was that like?

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·	Where did the family shop and buy things they needed?

·	What were the names of y our parents?

·	Can you describe the house where you grew up?

·	Who was the teacher where you went to school?

·	Where did the family go to church?

·	What was life like for children?

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·	What kinds of games did you play?

·	Did you have to do family chores?  What did you do?

·	Can you describe your favorite music when you were  a child?

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·	Do you remember the World War?  Did anybody in the family have to leave and fight?

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·	Did you know your grandparents?  What were their names?

·	Who was the oldest person you remember when you were a child?

·	Were any members of the family ever slaves and did they ever talk about it?

·	Did they ever mention the name of the old slave master?  Where did they live?