As many of you will find out, asking our elders for their personal history can be a bit awkward. They don't see that they have done anything worth talking about usually, but if you can get someone to say nice things about their husband, sister, brother, etc you will find out a lot more!
When my grandmother was visiting with her siblings just a few years before her death I learned more about her than all my years of taking care of her put together! So, group settings work well if you can get one of them to start with a "remember when?"
This is how I found out that my Baptist Preacher Uncle once took his little brother and hung him by his suspenders from a fence post! Then he forgot all about the little guy until he got home and his mom asked where his little brother was. His mom said he lost all his color and went running across the pasture to rescue him!
Imagine what is in your history you will never hear about, unless you ask!
