Comments - Recording Your Own Story - The Wild Geese2024-03-28T15:19:50Zhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=6442157%3ABlogPost%3A92139&xn_auth=noThanks for the tip. I'm so w…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2014-05-09:6442157:Comment:926402014-05-09T15:47:46.171ZJean Sullivan Cardinalhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/JeanSullivanCardinal
<p>Thanks for the tip. I'm so wrapped up in finding out about my ancestors I never thought of the next generation wanting to know about me.</p>
<p>Thanks for the tip. I'm so wrapped up in finding out about my ancestors I never thought of the next generation wanting to know about me.</p> I do not understand why in th…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2014-05-07:6442157:Comment:919722014-05-07T19:19:58.376ZDee Notarohttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/DeeNotaro
<p>I do not understand why in this era of electronics people do not think to do this. Letters have gone by the wayside, cards, emails, sometimes one can long to hear a mother or father's voice no matter our age,</p>
<p>I do not understand why in this era of electronics people do not think to do this. Letters have gone by the wayside, cards, emails, sometimes one can long to hear a mother or father's voice no matter our age,</p> So true, Dee. I've been keepi…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2014-05-07:6442157:Comment:919702014-05-07T19:17:06.287ZGerry Reganhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/ger_regan
<p>So true, Dee. I've been keeping a written, mostly daily diary since January 1974, begun when I was a student at Trinity College Dublin. I've chronicled highlights -- and lowlights -- in my 61 years, using millions of words. I recorded my Grandma Sue's reflections on the history of her family and that of my grandfather in a 60-minute recorded interview in July 1977, when she was 79 or 80. This has provided quite a few breakthroughs for me, and I suspect will lead me to even more when I focus…</p>
<p>So true, Dee. I've been keeping a written, mostly daily diary since January 1974, begun when I was a student at Trinity College Dublin. I've chronicled highlights -- and lowlights -- in my 61 years, using millions of words. I recorded my Grandma Sue's reflections on the history of her family and that of my grandfather in a 60-minute recorded interview in July 1977, when she was 79 or 80. This has provided quite a few breakthroughs for me, and I suspect will lead me to even more when I focus on more of her words. She died two years later. I have about nine hours of audio interviews completed with my father, some of which were poignant, some contentious, a few completed in the last decade of his life, most in his last three years. Those efforts, and these were efforts, are now priceless. I remember how anxious I was about getting him and my mom, when she was alive, to turn off the soap operas and have a genuine conversation. </p>