Genealogy

I love reading the scriptures and hearing of the trials that others go through but still remain strong in the Gospel generation after generation.  I am trying to connect my generations together through Genealogy work.  I am finding out as much as I can about the people who came before me and just recently I was inspired to begin finding out about the places they came from and what was going on in the world around them at the time they lived there, this helps me to understand them more as people.
I am also finally starting to record my own history.  It is with 6 of my friends and we are doing one question a week for a year, then taking that and making it into a small book with a few pictures so that our children and grandchildren can learn a bit more about us.
Here are the first few questions:

One Year of Family History Stories 

Week One: The Basics

What is your full name? Why did your parents name you that? Do you now or did you ever have a nickname? When and where were you born? How did your family come to live there?

 Week Two: The Home

What was your home like growing up? Was it a house, apartment, farm, etc… How many rooms did it have? Who shared the bedrooms? How many Bathrooms? Did you have indoor plumbing? Telephones? Did your electricity go out often? Was there a special item in your house that you remember? 

Week 3: Your Family

Who were your immediate family members (list them in order of birth)? Did you have any pets? If so, what kind and what were their names? 

Week 4: Friends

Who were your friends when you were growing up? 

Week 5: Your Childhood Games

What is your earliest childhood memory? What kind of games did you play growing up? What was your favorite toy and why? What was your favorite thing to do for fun (movies, beach, etc.)? 

Week 6: Your Childhood Work Habits

Did you have family chores? What were they? Which was your least favorite? Did you receive an allowance? How much? Did you save your money or spend it? 

Week 7: School

What was school like for you as a child? What were your best and worst subjects? Where did you attend grade school? High school? College? 

Week 8: School Sports

What school activities and sports did you participate in? Were you ever mentioned in a newspaper? 

Week 9: Religion

What was your religion growing up? What church, if any, did you attend? What memories do you have about church? 

Week 10: Extended Family

List your Grandparents and Aunts and Uncles. Who was the oldest relative you remember as a child? What do you remember about them? 

Week 11:  Family Stories

What stories have come down to you about your parents? Grandparents? More distant ancestors? Are there any stories about famous or infamous relatives in your family? 

Week 12: Cooking

Have any recipes been passed down to you from family members? What meals do you remember having growing up?  Any special stories about any of them? Did you all eat together as a family? Who did the cooking? What were your favorite foods? 

Week 13: Holidays

How were holidays (birthdays, Christmas, etc.) celebrated in your family? Did your family have special traditions? 

Week 14: Influences

Do you remember any fads from your youth? Popular hairstyles? Clothes? Who were your childhood heroes? What were your favorite songs and music? 

Week 15: World Events

What world events had the most impact on you while you were growing up? Did any of them personally affect your family? How is the world today different from what it was like when you were a child?