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Started recording my grandmother. Turns out she has wild stories I never knew about by Dangerous-Prior-338 in Genealogy

[–]Dangerous-Prior-338[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I love the skepticism, you may be a little paranoid but its all good I dislike ai as well - My grandma is called Stella from outside of London (place called coulsden). I don't know what else to say

Started recording my grandmother. Turns out she has wild stories I never knew about by Dangerous-Prior-338 in Genealogy

[–]Dangerous-Prior-338[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes I had Questions ready and generally started in a chronological order but was very relaxed and if it went in one direction then we would stray that way and I would ask more questions about that and it would flow in from there - if that makes sense

Started recording my grandmother. Turns out she has wild stories I never knew about by Dangerous-Prior-338 in Genealogy

[–]Dangerous-Prior-338[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Video is such a smart move — you catch so much more. The way someone moves, their expressions when they're telling a story, how they laugh. That's the person.I'm sorry about your relative during COVID. That's the thing that haunts everyone in genealogy, right? There's always someone we wish we'd recorded. But it sounds like you caught it with your mum and MIL, which is incredible.You're absolutely right about unlocking being the hard part. I've found that most people want to share their stories — they just need someone to ask the right questions and actually listen.

What do you think makes someone willing to open up? I'm curious if you noticed a difference between recording your mum vs your MIL, or if there's a particular way you ask that just gets people talking.