Take a tour of www.webbiographies.com. Start your own online journal or scrapbook, or even create a free online family tree to share. This is great for those of us who have scoured our ancestors' paper trails without leaving one of our own! ; Family Tree; biographies; family history; genealogy; how-to; scrapbooking; software; Taylor McDonald follows his grandparents' oral history trail through the wartime adventures of Pancho Villa on his way to writing his family history. www.rootstelevision.com; Ancestors, Writing a Family History features family historian Taylor McDonald and his grandparents who were contemporaries of Pancho Villa. www.rootstelevision.com; When Taylor McDonald's grandfather, grandmother, and father all died in the late 1960s and early 1970s he set out to discover his family history and write it down. www.rootstelevision.com; Family historian Taylor McDonald discovers priceless family stories and weaves them into a written family history. www.rootstelevision.com; Overview of oral history interviewing. When people tell stories about their own lives and those stories are preserved and passed down for future generations, it's called oral history. ; Step 1 of a succesful oral history interviewing is "Planning the Interview." In this step you will set your objective, select someone to interview and invite them to participate.; Step 2 of a succesful oral history interviewing is "Preparing for an Interview." In this step you will prepare your questions, emphasizing ones that are open-ended, as well as test and practice with your equipment.; Step 3 of a succesful oral history interviewing is "Conducting the Interview." In this step you will interview the person you have selected. Tips include placing the camera or tape recorder, choosing a location, and using memory triggers.; Step 4 of a succesful oral history interviewing is "Preserving the Interview." In this concluding step you will make back up copies of your notes or recorded media, prepare a transcript of the interview, and share your results.; Introduction to family history records. ; Natural Destruction of records; Man made destruction of records; An inside look at Steven Spielberg's ambitious project to record the oral histories of Holocaust survivors.; Record Repositories; An overview of the records that will be highlighted in the 13-part Ancestors series, produced for public television.; http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid464120979http://www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=151802639