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Interview questions for oral histories SAMPLE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS It should be noted that these are general questions and areas to be covered for a pioneer tape, and are a guide only. Remember to always ask the “who, what, when, where and why" of situations. Personal History: 1. Where and when they were born. 2. When did they arrive in Canada? How? (route taken and type of transportation) Why did they choose Canada? 3. Where did they first settle? How did they travel from port of entry to place of settlement? Problems encountered on the journey. 4. Where did they settle in Ontario? Why did they settle there? How did they acquire land? How did they make their living? Subjects to be discussed: A. Homesteading 1. Type of farming â€" plowing techniques # how they got seed (grain) â€" type of livestock â€" food storage 2. Survey Gangs 3. Wells â€" water Witching, sources, pumps, windmills 4. Type of Buildings v materials used (eg. sod) 16 S. Sawmill 6. Lime Kilms 7. Flour Mills 8. The fencing of property . Railway 1. Source of employment 2. Land Grants . Churches . Main religions Description of church . Clergymen Attending church â€" how did the people travel to church , Sermons ‘ ‘ Responsibilities and soctal life centering around the church 7. Christenings, weddings and funerals ewwâ€" mm . Schools 1. Description of building . Teachers . Students â€" age range and grade distribution . Subject taught Higher levels of education . Tuition . Supplies and books Public opinion of the value of education LHIQ weave . Neighbors 1. Distance of closest neighbors 2. How often they saw each other 3. Ways in which neighbors came to each others aid . Social Life Sports Building Bees Quilting Societies Box Socials Plowing Matches Holidays: Christmas. July lst, Orange Day etc. QVFP’F’.‘ , Poiitics I. What parties existed 2. Gmernment representatives, Premiers, Prime Ministers, EEC. H. Other Ethnic Groups in the Area .â€" Growth of Towns 1. What services were availat, your area â€"â€" blacksmiths # merchants and stores. â€" police â€" professionals (doc! rs, lawyers. dentists, judges, :.) J, Catastrophes Floods Prairie fires Locust. grasshOppers Drought Sickness â€" treatment â€" hospitals This article was reprinted frm he booklet Oral History â€" 1 dc Techniques with permission c- he Manitoba Museum of Man at] Nature. ilcin .V‘F‘PN"? WI fee increase even for Queen The Queen got a pay raii it $200,000 this year so she’ll be al .0 pay her bills. And one of those ls has gone up by a whopping 1,5t? :r cent. She is a member of the S. r» ingham Women’s Institute, it ie village near her country retre. n Eastern England, and the insttt, ‘s yearly dues have just gone up : n 25 pence to £4. That's about 7. No reporters are present whet tr Queen attends the WI meeting ‘It a member of the branch has br 11 the code of silence. “We hav in together," she says. “The Q .n pours the tea for the ladies ill at table.” You might say â€" and my in Algernon already has â€" that or 15 occasion the Queen reigns and pi ‘- From the July 15 Toronto Star