Comment by Neuvirths_Glove on 29/11/2024 at 06:54 UTC

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Perhaps start a project with them.... like try to get their version of the family history/genealogy/their memoir. It might make both sides look forward to the visits more. Once they're gone, they'll take a lot of information with them that you'd be hard pressed to get otherwise.

For instance, my great-grandfather died when my grandmother was quite young. Her mother remarried and she had a step father and never really knew her real father, but I never questioned her about him and I wish I had.

I know it doesn't answer your question, but I think if you started asking questions like that and taking notes, it might take the pressure off the visits?

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Comment by Neuvirths_Glove at 29/11/2024 at 06:56 UTC

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Do they have photo albums? Go through them and take notes about the pictures.