Lorenzo Carrillo
Linda, that’s what I always do with my other great grandparents. Mentioning names and places or events gets their memories back on track and talking about things I like to hear from them about their childhood and families. Its kind of hard thought because they’re in their 90s and forgetting but reminding them helps.
Nuestros Ranchos:
In preparation for the first ever family Reunion of the Gutierrez family, we have decided to write a book of our history. We prepared Elder Interview sheets in English and Spanish so that the family members could interview the elders. I am willing to share our Elder Interview sheet if any of you ar interested.There are 10 branches of Norberto & Margarita Gutierrez from Jalostotitlan. My cousins and I personally interveiwed the 5 children of my grandmother and videotaped them. We used the transcript for our Chapter. Unfortunately, one of the Tios died 3 weeks later. We also did the DNA testing and the oldest living survivor gave a cheek swab. He, too, died last month. Our reunion is July 16 and we expect between 800 and 1,000 persons! The living history, as recorded in Our Book, will be a keepsake for all of our descendants. I recommend that you do your Elder interviews while you still have your familiy.
En preparacion para la primera Reunion de la Familia Gutierrez, nosotros decidimos escribir un libro de nuestra historia. Preparamos unas hojas titutladas “Elder Interview” para la entrevista de los mayores de la familia. Las preguntas estan en Ingles y Espanol. Si alguien quiere copia de las Preguntas Para Entreviste del Mayor, se la podemos enviar. Hay 10 ramas (hijos) de Norberto y Margarita Gutierrez de Jalostotitlan. Mis primos y yo entrevistamos personalmente a los 5 hijos de mi abuelita. Grabamos la entrevista en video. Usamos la informacion para escribir nuestro capitulo. Desafortunadamente uno de los Tios fallecio 3 semanas despues. Tambien hicimos es estudio a ADN del mayor sobreviviente de la familia. El fallecio unos meses despues. Nuestra reunion se llevara a cabo el 16 de julio y esperamos de 800 a 1000 personasy la historia viviente, aun ya escrita en Nuestro Libro, sera nuestro tesoro y de nuestros desendientes. Recomiendo que hagan sus entrevistas
mientras tienen a sus familiares.
Eloise Reyes
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Lorenzo Carrillo
Linda, that’s what I always do with my other great grandparents. Mentioning names and places or events gets their memories back on track and talking about things I like to hear from them about their childhood and families. Its kind of hard thought because they’re in their 90s and forgetting but reminding them helps.
Eloise,
Yes, please share.
In regards to interviewing older family members-my grandmother is 90 and in interviewing her, I started with having her verify information I heard from someone else just to get her talking and so I can help her if needed. Recording is a must because interruptions (so that you can write down things) can interfere with the flow of information. I also started a family page on myfamily.com (affiliated with ancestry.com) and I change the monthly discussion in order to gather information from the younger generations. This month is “How did you spend your summer in childhood? With who? What did you do?” Sherri Mora
Sherri,
That’s wonderful. The Elder Interview questions cover different topics – early childhood, school, historical events, immigration, etc. Attached is a form in Word format so you can change it as you see fit. Joseph Puente will be putting it on Nuestros Ranchos. I’m going to look at myfamily.com. Thank you.
Eloise Reyes
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Sent: Fri, Jun 17, 2011 4:20 pm
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Living history
Eloise,
Yes, please share.
In regards to interviewing older family members-my grandmother is 90 and in interviewing her, I started with having her verify information I heard from someone else just to get her talking and so I can help her if needed. Recording is a must because interruptions (so that you can write down things) can interfere with the flow of information. I also started a family page on myfamily.com (affiliated with ancestry.com) and I change the monthly discussion in order to gather information from the younger generations. This month is “How did you spend your summer in childhood? With who? What did you do?” Sherri Mora
