Opps - see my post 215. My brother (lives near mom) does have some on video, but mom is more comfortable doing it herself. And her mom has a few things written down as well (Now Grandma’s is a story! Spending weeks by herself beginning at the age of 10 tending the goats in Norway, coming to America at the age of 16 by herself not knowing anyone here, etc.....)
My grandmother would tell about her grandmother whose family were farmers and had slaves. She said they all ate and worked along side each other. They ate beans for breakfast, lunch and dinner and she hated beans. Also said that it was a good day when the slaves were freed because then they didn’t to take care of their every need and the family was then able to move up the ladder. I have some family letters from back during the Civil War and how hard times were. The soldiers came and stole all their food and horses and slaughtered their livestock. And how so many friends and family had died of disease or hadn’t been heard from for months or that they’d lost track of during the war or when they’d left to find a better life. I wish that schools would teach that to the students rather than memorizing dates and places without relating it to daily life.