Kit
Heritage Archive: Migration Archive
Printable insert pages for where you came from, why you left, and what you carried
Write down the story you could only imagine building.
For the Immigrants and their families who want to document the full story of the migration — not the destination, but what was left behind, what the crossing cost, and what it meant to start again — before the specific details of that story fade
The Name It First Experience
Every migration story contains the same structure: a life before, a decision, a crossing, and a life after. But the specific texture of each story — the country and city of origin, the reasons for leaving, what the journey looked like, what the first years felt like, and who the person was before they became an immigrant — is irreplaceable and almost always underdocumented. The Migration Archive Kit gives immigrants and their families structured prompts to capture the full arc: the home that was left, the decision to leave, the journey, the arrival, and the decades of building that followed. The output is a written archive that belongs to the family — and eventually becomes the story the next generation needs to understand where they came from.
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Sample questions
- What was life like in the country you left — before the decision was made?
- What do you want the generation that came after you to understand about what the migration cost and what it built?
- Can you tell me what the place you left looked like — the street, the neighborhood, the daily life you had before?
- What was the decision to leave like — who made it, what it cost, what you knew and didn't know?
Research basis
Oral history methodology (Portelli) / Berry acculturation theory / migration narrative research / family memory preservation studies
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