1. Tell us about your
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2. What were your parents’ names?
5. Are there any traditional rst names in your family?
6. What type of work did they do?
7. 5. Did other family members live nearby?
8. Tell me about them.
9. How did they meet?
10. What did they do for a living?
11. When did you get to see them?
12. 6. What did your community look like outside of your family?
13. How did you meet them?
14. What types of activities would you do together?
15. Tell me about your neighborhood.
16. 7. Where did your ancestors come from?
17. When did they come to the United States?
18. Where did they rst settle?
19. Did your family name change when your family immigrated to
the United States?
20. Are any of their traditions still carried on today?
21. What language did your parents and grandparents speak?
22. 8. What games did you play when you were young?
23. What toys did you have?
24. Who did you play with?
25. Where did you play?
26. Did you have any hobbies?
27. Have your hobbies and interests changed over time?
28. Did you collect anything? Baseball cards, dolls, etc.
29. 9. Tell me about your grammar and high school education?
30. Describe your grammar school/high school.
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31. What subjects did you study?
32. Tell me about your interests in your school days.
33. Did you have any in uential teachers?
34. Any leadership roles in organizations/classes?
35. What were your hobbies and interests as a child?
36. Did you read much, if so, what topics?
37. Did you belong to any in uential clubs or organizations?
38. Did you have any goals/dreams for when you grew up?
39. How did gender roles affect you during K-12 education?
40. 10. What holidays did your family celebrate?
41. How did you celebrate them?
42. What was your favorite part of the holidays?
43. 11. Tell me about the house you grew up in.
44. How was it furnished?
45. Did you have your own room?
46. Where did you spend most of your time?
47. Did you move to another home while you were growing up?
48. Tell me about the new home.
49. How did your community change?
50. 12. What were mealtimes like in your family?
51. What foods did you eat?
52. Who cooked the food?
53. Who cleaned up after meals?
54. 13. Did you have any pets? Describe them.
55. Who took care of them?
56. 14. What type of clothes did you wear?
57. Where did you get them/who made them?
58. When did you get new clothes?
59. 15. How did your family get around?
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60. Did you have a car? Did you use public transportation?
61. If you had a car, when did you get it? Who drove it?
62. Did you go on vacations in it?
63. When did you learn to drive? Describe your rst car.
64. What kind of public transportation was available?
65. 16. What sort of entertainment did you like?
66. What did you listen to growing up?
67. Did you watch TV growing up? What did you watch?
68. What large moments do you remember watching on TV?
69. 17. Who was your family doctor? Describe them.
70. Do you remember any epidemics or diseases?
71. Did your family have any home remedies? If so, describe.
72. 18. What was your rst job?
73. Describe a typical work day.
74. How much money did you earn?
75. How long did you have that job?
76. What lessons did you learn?
77. Additional jobs and details – trace career path, changes
78. Tell me about any in uential mentors.
79. What were the most memorable aspects of that position?
80. 19. Did you attend college?
81. Tell me about your college years.
82. What school? How did you decide to go there?
83. What was your major?
84. Any in uential mentors?
85. Did you do a semester abroad?
86. Describe your major interests?
87. What were successes/accomplishments and challenges/
frustrations?
88. Tell me about any gender challenges you encountered in
college.
89. 20. How have historic events, such as 9/11, hurricanes, the
Great Depression, world wars, natural disasters, strikes, and
now Covid-19 etc., affected you?
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How long has your family been connected to Sixth Mount Zion?
What are your rst memories of Sixth Mount Zion Baptist
Church? If you can, describe a typical Sunday at church
when you were young. What do you remember of
revivals, baptisms, singings, Church School, etc.?
Do you remember when you made your public decision to
accept Christ and be baptized?
What have been the signi cant events – good and bad – in
the life and history of the church?
Can you tell us about some memories you have of the Sixth
Mount Zion saints who’ve gone on to glory?
Tell us about your educational background and career.
What posi ons have you held in the church? In what ministries
have you been or are currently involved?
Please share some of what you consider to be the biggest
accomplishments that you’ve made as the Church Historian.
What are your hopes, dreams, prayers for the church’s future?