Since my daughter bought me an iPad I've been recording my mother's memories of life in Jamaica when she was a girl. Along with that I now have stories to contrast with her life here in England during the early 1960's. She's now 85 and we recognise that her time with us is limited. I encourage anyone with elderly relatives to record them whenever possible. You'll laugh, want to cry even, but you'll have so much to remember.

I think it is a good AND bad thing. Knowing my mom so well; she was never one to, (she called it) Air my dirty laundry. She was a Great Woman, but had a very hard life. But don't we ALL at some time?

I've always been interested in family history, maybe because my father was always telling stories of his youth. I began tape recording his stories and when he passed, my mother started telling me her stories. I also asked my siblings to write stories of what they remembered when they were growing up. It's fun to see when several of us wrote about the same occassion and each of us had a different perspective to the same event. We now each have a family book with all these wonderful stories from not only our past, but our parents and grandparent's past as well. I hope our children continue with this wonderful tradition.

Life bios are especially important to record for people with early-stage Alzheimer's or another form of dementia. These memories should not be lost or forgotten.

My grand daughter was with us(my 86 yo. Aunt) for a month. Did we have fun....Photo albums, stories and games. All from the past. I video taped and audio taped. It was a blast. I have movies when she is gone, and my Grand Daughter says"Who was that old lady?" It was great, I will never forget a thing. And I have proof,Hee Hee

yes!!! i was just thinking about this very subject the other day. feeling sad about fact that my mother-only remaining relative of her generation in her family-now has dementia and can only remember very few, very short stories-and because i know some of the details, she often tells the stories wrong so we can't really trust the information she gives. do it before it's too late!!!

this is very eye opening.

I love this! My brothers and I often remark that no one in our family remembers the details about our family history. And every time one particular aunt starts talking about the past, we say we need to video her. She is retired now and this would be a wonderful way to preserve family history and provide enjoyment too.