You may have to listen to a lot of stories before you get the data you need ... but it's up to the interviewer to stay on track.

If you're successful doing genealogy, there's a necessity to be organized. I also love working jigsaw puzzles and our genealogy is a great big jigsaw puzzle. And buy a computer with lots of memory.

I have 10 to 15 volumes of names just connected to (my immediate family). I got so carried away with this, I (researched) my cousins' (families).

I have only one brother, but both my parents had huge families. (One of my grandmothers had) 44 grandchildren. ... I have 60 first cousins.

I've heard people say, 'I wish I'd asked Mama.' When everybody dies, a certain amount of history is buried with that person. There's a window of time ... and when that person is gone, that window is closed.

This is very elementary. This is something someone can do to get started (plotting family history).