Welcome to the This is Your Life Project. This countywide project is designed to encourage Howard Countians to celebrate and record their own personal histories and to preserve the many historical, cultural, educational and societal changes that have occurred in Howard County. The project began in the spring of 2007 with Oral History Techniques classes held at the Library. These classes taught participants how to collect oral histories and were based on the Smithsonian Folk Life Oral History Guidelines.  Since then, there have been over 90 oral histories collected and archived. Now we would like to share them with you!

Here you can listen to podcasts of oral histories, find Library classes on related topics such as genealogy, creating and preserving family histories, read reviews on recommended books, discover upcoming events and link to other sites.  To listen to specific podcasts, click on specific names listed under Recent Posts on the left navigation bar.

This is Your Life is interested in gathering and preserving the collective memory of the county. We are looking for people to participate in the being interviewed and recorded for the project. The Library will archive the recording and the interviewee will receive a copy of their interview. For more information please contact Lois Sanders at 410.313.7791.