Before coming to Carillon, I took a course in Genealogy at Brookhaven College in Dallas. Since we, the residents of Carillon, are probably the oldest of our respective clans, this may be the only way your descendants will know the information you remember.
There is an old saying I remember from a motivational speaker: “Your life would make a best selling autobiography, if you only had a good ghostwriter”. So, start with yourself and record the answers. Once you do that, you can start asking others in your family. The list of 100 questions can be found here: https://familyhistorydaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/100-Family-History-Interview-Questions-List.pdf, This information is truly irreplaceable. Once lost, it, most likely, will be lost forever.
For instance, I remember visiting my grandfather Maddox’s ranch near Gordon, Texas. I am sure it was great fun to tell my brother and me to chase down a chicken, Let me tell you, that chicken was absolutely safe. Each of you has similar stories to share about their childhoods, that your children, grandchildren are completely unaware. (This reminds me that I need to answer these questions too.)
Actually, my interest in genealogy goes back to my Uncle Charlie Holloway. He had traced my mother’s side of the family back to the sureties of the Magna Charta. Of the 25 sureties, he had found direct relationships to 17 of them. Now this hardly makes me a better person, but it did stimulate my interest in history. Maybe you can do some with your children.
Now, how I chose to record these relationships. The Latter Day Saints (Mormons) maintain a free website for documenting your relationships. The website is www.familysearch.org, but you must register to make use of it. Unfortunately, there is no way I can talk you through how to make use of it. At Brookhaven, we had a room with about 20 computers, so each student had access to both follow the instructor, and enter the information as we went. Some other useful sites making use of the FamilySearch website are:
A guide and training for using FamilySearch - https://thefhguide.com
Relative finder, to find famous relatives of yours: https://www.relativefinder.org/
To create Genealogy Wall Charts - https://treeseek.com
The really interesting thing I found is that I, on my father’s side, was related to Emperor Powhatan, the father of Pocahontas. I cannot show you this anymore, because FamilySearch is maintained by volunteers. Someone, several years ago, changed the wife of Sir John Hughes, from Jane Powhatan, to someone else. Oh well, easy come, easy go. So be modest in your claims
So, have fun tracing and recording your ancestors. Put your questions in the comments area of this blog and I can try and get back to you.