Ancestors in the Americas: Share your Story

Share Your Story

If you would like to share the story of a relative's journey to or early life in the Americas, please fill out the form below and send it electronically. To share stories about more than one set of relatives, fill out and send the form again.

To save online time and charges, you may wish to compose your information offline and paste it into the text boxes below. You can also copy or print this form and compose your responses in your e-mail program, then send it to cet@cetel.org.

Stories submitted are not automatically posted to this site. We will notify you when your story is online. Stories may be edited for length or language.

To read the stories already posted see Read Our Stories

To learn how to research your families history see Discover Your Ancestors

INFORMATION ABOUT YOU (so we may contact you if needed)

NOTE: your email address and phone number will not be posted online

Name
E-mail
Phone number

INFORMATION ABOUT THE RELATIVES
WHOSE STORIES YOU WISH TO TELL

Ethnic Heritage:
If other, please specify:

Relation:

Name(s) of Relatives:

Year of Birth (or approximate date, if known):

Date or Year Arrived in the Americas (or approximate date, if known):

TELL THEIR STORIES

NOTE: For the text boxes below, please fill out those for which you have information. Please try to summarize as much as possible because space is limited on our Web site. The text windows below will expand as you type. You can use the return key on your keyboard to create line breaks and keep all type visible in thewindow.

What stories do you know about their lives in their country of origin:

What stories do you know about their voyage to the Americas (i.e., how did they travel, was their voyage difficult or easy, and where did they arrive):

What stories do you know about their life as the first generation of your family in the Americas (i.e., what was life like for them, how were they treated by others,what were the difficulties they faced, how did they overcome them, what were their notable accomplishments, etc):

What contributions did they make to their community, state or nation:

What impact has learning these stories had upon you and your other relatives:

If you have photos or other images available of the relatives, please describe format and images:

We might include images later online, or scholars might wish to contact you regarding your images.

Do you or other family members also have:

Letters written by these relatives (please describe):

Other artifacts from these relatives (please describe):

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME
TO SHARE YOUR FAMILY STORIES.

WE WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR STORY IS POSTED.