Margaret talks about her parents and says she could not have wished for better or more caring parents.
Ruth shares her memories of her father - John Payne.
Pat has no personal memories of her parents because of the circumstances surrounding her birth.
Helen traces the llives of her parents, George Michael Walker and Joan Mary Gibbs. They were married in 1950 in UK and emigrated to Australia, George in 1952 and Joan in 1951. George worked for BHP Whyalla until his retirement and Joan raised their children and immersed herself in the local...
Joyce recalls her grand parents from both sides of her family. She has done some excellent research about all her ancestors and their many talents.
Graham talks about his grandparents in Adelaide, South Australia.
Annette tells the story of one of her ancestors linked to the famous Coutts banking family and who was, at her time, the richest woman in Britain - Baroness Angela Burdett-Coutts. Â
Bill recalls his grandparents as far back as 1860.
Judith tells the stories about her grandparents....
Ruth recalls her grandparents
Being an orphan Pat has few memories of her parents, let alone her grandparents. Here Pat recalls what she has managed to learn about her grandfather - the Laughing Policeman.
Margaret talks about her grandparents. One of her grandfathers dies when his fishing trawler was lost at sea leaving his wife to bring up five children in Grimsby. A story of courage and perseverence.
Jill Sayner recalls her grandfather, R H Tilbrook, who was the proprietor of the "Northern Argus" in Clare, South Australia. The paper was founded by his father ( H H Tilbrook) who was also noted for his early photographic work.
Helen did not know her maternal grandparents, John Edward Gibbs and Millicent Read. However she tells an interesting story of their lives as well as the feats of some on their more notable ancestors.
My grandfather, Petillo Emmett Leatherwood, loved history because he lived it. Growing up quite literally at his knee, I lived history vicariously and learned to love it, too. He was born in 1873 on a tenant farm in Bastrop County, TX. Orphaned by the death of his father at the age...
In 2011, Chad Peterson developed his Eagle Project as an oral history collection of "Salem Remembered". He and others interviewed several long-time residents of Salem, Utah and asked a series of questions. They responded with their answers. These are the questions he asked: (1) What is your name? (2) What at...
The Salem Pict-Oral History Project is designed to preserve the living legacy of the community of Salem, Utah. It is a prototype and the first community project of its kind utilizing the official archive of the Living Legacy Project, LegacyStories.org. The Salem City Library has long had a desire to have...
Ruth recalls her Christmas in 1974.
In his 96th year Bill has many Christmases to remember but here he shares his memoroes of childhood Christmases in Tarlee, South Australia during the 1920's. Christmas in the Army was different - he had 2 Christmases in Palestine, one in New Guinea and one in Borneo.
Christmas is a special time of year and every family has its special memoroes. Here Jill Sayner shares her favourite Christmas memories.
