Recording Your Life Story or Family Stories

 

Recording Your Life

and Family Stories

Canada 150 Edition



Harry van Bommel

Resources Supporting

Family & Community Legacies Inc.

Toronto, 2007



Dedicated to all those who came before us,

To those who walk this journey with us,

And to those who will follow.



Personally dedicated to Janet Klees, and our children

Bram and Joanna,

whose life stories I am blessed to share.




May we learn from the successes and failures of our ancestors,

as we try to lead the way for generations to come.


Copyright Harry van Bommel, 1994, 2000, 2007

No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Harry van Bommel.


Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data


Van Bommel, Harry

    Canada 150: recording your life story or family history


Includes bibliographical references

ISBN  978-1-55307-036-8



Canada 150 is a 20-year project to encourage Canadians to record their life and family stories as a gift to Canada’s on its 150th birthday in 2017. For more information on Canada 150, visit the following Web site www.legacies.ca

or contact:


Resources Supporting Family and Community Legacies Inc.

11 Miniot Circle

Toronto, Ontario

M1K 2K1

CANADA

Telephone: 416.264.4665

e-mail: harry@legacies.ca

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Copyright Harry van Bommel, 1994, 2000, 2007

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Table of Contents

Family Stories
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Canada 150 Project
Instructions: Read First

Part 1—Your Outline by the End of the Day
The I Don’t Want to Forget This List
What Rises Above the Rest
Your Outline
Part 2—The Who, What, Where, When, Why and How
Why are You Producing a Record and For Whom?
Organizing Your Record
Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Pain
Libel
Where to Work
Conversational Style
Revised Outline Draft
Part 3—More Depth and Color to Your Story
Part 4—Helping Others to Record Their Stories
Interviewing Tips
Part 5—Appendices
1. Ways to Generate Further Ideas
2. Data Collection
3. Genealogy/Family Tree
4. Historical Timelines

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