# The State of Jewish Family Memory 2027

Draft questionnaire v0.1 — not open for recruitment

Adults only. All substantive questions optional. No names, files or exact family dates requested.

1. Are you 18 or older? (Yes / No; stop if No)

2. Does your family identify its history as Jewish family history? (Yes / Partly / No / Prefer not to say)

3. What best describes your role? (Main family-history organizer / Occasional contributor / Interested but not yet involved / Other / Prefer not to say)

4. Of ten older family photographs chosen without selecting only familiar ones, how many could you identify every person in? (0 / 1–3 / 4–6 / 7–9 / 10 / Do not have ten / Not sure)

5. Where does your family keep historical material? Select all. (Paper albums or boxes / Messaging apps / Personal devices / Shared cloud folders / Genealogy service / Dedicated archive / Other / Not sure)

6. How many of your eight biological great-grandparents can you name? Skip if this framing does not fit your family. (0–8 / Not applicable / Prefer not to say)

7. For relatives whose yahrzeit you observe, where are the dates recorded? (One shared record / Several personal records / Mostly remembered / Not recorded / Not applicable / Not sure)

8. Does your family have recordings of relatives that have never been transcribed? (Yes / No / Not sure / No recordings)

9. How concerned are you about losing digital family material in the next five years? (Not concerned / Slightly / Moderately / Very / Extremely / Not sure)

10. Has anyone successfully opened a backup copy of your family material in the past year? (Yes / No / Not sure / No known backup)

11. What most prevents you from organizing family history? Choose up to three. (Time / Cost / Too much material / Unclear ownership / Privacy concerns / Technical difficulty / Family disagreements / Do not know where to begin / Nothing / Other)

12. How did you hear about this study? (Synagogue / Genealogical society / School / Museum or archive / Pinkas / Friend or family / Other)

Before collection: appoint research lead; finalize consent, retention, recruitment and analysis protocol. Do not present this draft as completed research.