#52Stories: Writing Your Life Story Has Never Been Easier • FamilySearch
#52Stories: Writing Your Life Story Has Never Been Easier • FamilySearch
Few people would argue the value of creating a story about a life lived. In fact, it’s really quite a noble idea to create a story of your l…
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Hi, I've been using this webpage to send my parents a personal history question every week over this past year. It looks like the questions may have been changed or shuffled since last week (10/15/23). Is there a way I can get access to the original questions in the original order? As a point of reference, here are the most recent ones I've sent:
38. List 20 interesting things you've experienced in your lifetime.
39. If you could spend a day with any famous person in the world, who would it be, and what would you do during your day with him or her? (See, Mom, here's a place you could use "them" as a non-gendered pronoun instead of having to say him or her: "What would you do during your day with them?" We were talking about this a bit when you were here last.)
40. What scares you?
41. What makes you stop and go, "Wow!"?
42. What are some of the things you enjoy doing in your leisure time?
Thanks for any help you can offer.
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There are multiple articles with this #52 theme:
https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/52stories-for-families
https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/52stories-weekly-questions
or maybe you are looking for this one that provides many different #52 questions by topic:
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Hello. I wanted to invite some of my family members to start the 52 questions at the beginning of 2024. As I searched for the weekly questions, I found 2 or 3 different sets of questions rather than one single set (original article and questions, 12 per month, etc.). A cursory check of their content seems to reveal they are very different from one another. What are the differences between these sets of questions and which set would be "best" to follow to get started preserving ones personal story? Thanks in advance for your answer.
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There are multiple articles with this #52 theme:
https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/52stories-for-families
https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/52stories-weekly-questions
or maybe you are looking for this one that provides many different #52 questions by topic:
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Thank you for the response. I'd already seen your previous identical post, which prompted me to ask my question. So, I spent some time studying the 3 links you sent. Here's what I found:
Link #1 is for families rather than individuals. I want my task to be specifically for personal histories, so I dismissed this one immediately. (https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/52stories-for-families)
Link #2, "Weekly Questions" has 59 questions. The first one being, "What goals do you want to achieve...". I could not find this question in the other lists I've come across. (https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/52stories-weekly-questions)
Link #3Top section has "many different #52 questions by topic" as you stated. It's entitled, "Monthly Themed Quizzes" and has 12 months of 12 questions each (144 total) -- more questions, but not necessarily better coverage, it seems. The first question is, "What is your earliest memory of feeling proud of yourself...". I could not find this question in the other lists. These lists are in non-searchable pdf (12 separate ones), so it's difficult to know what question are in the contents without spending some serious time in research. (https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/52stories-printables)
Link #3Bottom section is entitled, "Weekly Questions", and is the same list as in Link #2 above. (https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/52stories-printables)
Another list (not linked in your post) is the original list from 2013. The first of 52 questions (plus 6 extras) is, "What is your full name? Explain why your parents gave you that name." I could not find this question in the other lists. (#52Stories: Writing Your Life Story Has Never Been Easier (familysearch.org))
In summary there are 3 distinct & different lists on FS to choose from to capture one's personal life's stories. I have yet to find an explanation as to why there are 3 lists rather than just one. I still do not know what the difference are. I'm hoping someone has done the legwork or understands the differences and can shed some light on the subject. If not, perhaps the above info will be a good start for someone else to build on.
Thank you
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They are different questions depending on what you want to accomplish.
Here is another resource from the FamilySearch Wiki for writing a personal history:
https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Creating_A_Personal_History
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Thank you very much for taking the time to share these questions. It will help in writing my personal history to share with our kids and grandkids. The photos will be an additional highlight.
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