“Did great-grandma really have her pigtails dipped in the inkwell in a one-room schoolhouse?”

By now, I hope you have collected basic information on your parents, grandparents, and hopefully a few great-grandparents. Write down as many family stories as you can. You know, the story of how Grandma had the chore of running water, when running water meant her, as a little girl running down the stream and walking back with a bucket of water. Or how Grandad as a student helped relocate the privy to on top of…