In the June 1998 issue of Vanity Fair, Jimmy Buffet answers the question: What is your greatest regret? His response, “That I never taped or documented my grandfather’s stories of his years at sea.”

Author Alex Haley once said, “When an old person dies it’s like a library burning.”

Dear Abby had a column a few years back where she also encouraged people to get their family memories recorded one woman wrote in that the recording her grandparents made was the most precious Christmas gift she had ever received.

In an October 1997 issue of Newsweek magazine, Hillary Clinton urged all children in this country to do an oral history of their grandparents.

Sara Ban Breathnach states in her best selling book Simple Abundance, “Share family stories. Record them on audiotapes so they won’t get lost. Especially have your parents and grandparents record their memories. After he’s gone the sound of your father’s voice will break your heart but heal your soul.”

Celebrity Quotes and statements regarding family history preservation.