Yes, my father and I wrote stories together after I had interviewed some of the relatives. Now my cousins children are asking me questions and will continue this on. I shared what I found with all the relatives and some of these are being handed down in the families.
This Christmas there was quite a discussion among my cousins children about who my grandparents were and where they came from. On the maternal side they were from Sweden.
I would encourage anyone to start asking the relatives simple questions. They love to be asked
and will usually tell you a lot even some of the secrets if you promise to be careful with them.
It was fun to compare what my cousins daughter had learned with what I already knew and then send her in the direction she wanted to go.
Maggie