Welcome!
Thank you for participating in The Ekopolitan Project. This genealogical survey will ask you to provide information about your family and ancestors. The information you provide here will create a lasting record of your family’s history for future generations and contribute to scholarly understandings of the larger history of Lagos. Completing the survey should take about 10 – 15 minutes.
To review the questions in advance of filling out the survey, see below. If you don’t know the answer to a question, you can ask a family member. If you can’t find the answer immediately, you may skip the question. When you’re ready with all your answers, take the survey.
Biographical Profile
- Please enter your full name, place of birth, and date of birth.
- If you are married, please enter your spouse’s name, your spouse’s place of birth, and your MARRIAGE DATE.
- Do you have siblings?
- How many siblings do you have from your mother?
Siblings
- Please enter your sibling’s name, place of birth, and date of birth.
- How many siblings do you have from your father (and not your mother)?
Parents
- Please enter your mother’s name, place of birth, and date of birth.
- Is your mother still living?
- When did your mother die?
- Where was she buried?
- Please enter your father’s name, place of birth, and date of birth.
- Is your father still living?
- When did your father die?
- Where was he buried?
Grandparents
- On a scale of 1-7 (1 = lowest extent, 7 = highest extent), how well did you know your PATERNAL grandparents?
- Please enter your PATERNAL grandfather’s name, place of birth, and date of birth.
- What was his profession?
- Please list his known affiliations (e.g., schools, religious groups, unions, trader’s unions, social clubs, professional organizations, political parties, hometown clubs).
- Is he still living?
- When did he die?
- Where was he buried?
- Please enter your PATERNAL grandmother’s name, place of birth, and date of birth.
- What was her profession?
- Please list her known affiliations (e.g., schools, religious groups, unions, trader’s unions, social clubs, professional organizations, political parties, hometown clubs).
- Is she still living?
- When did she die?
- Where was she buried?
- On a scale of 1-7 (1 = lowest extent, 7 = highest extent), how well did you know your MATERNAL grandparents?
- Please enter your MATERNAL grandmother’s name, place of birth, and date of birth.
- What was her profession?
- Please list her known affiliations (e.g., schools, religious groups, unions, trader’s unions, social clubs, professional organizations, political parties, hometown clubs).
- Is she still living?
- When did she die?
- Where was she buried?
- Please enter your MATERNAL grandfather’s name, place of birth, and date of birth.
- What was his profession?
- Please list his known affiliations (e.g., schools, religious groups, unions, trader’s unions, social clubs, professional organizations, political parties, hometown clubs).
- Is he still living?
- When did he die?
- Where was he buried?
Earlier Ancestors
- What do you know about earlier ancestors who you never met (e.g., place of origin, title, oriki, name)?
- How did you obtain this knowledge (e.g., at school, books, family documents, family lore)?
Migration History
- Who was your first ancestor in Lagos?
- When did they arrive in Lagos?
- Where did they migrate from (e.g., Caribbean, Barbados, Bahia, Brazil, Togo, Congo, Cuba)?
- What was their occupation (e.g., builder, farmer, shipping, banking, preacher, baker, gun trade)?
- What did they hope to find in Lagos/West Africa?
If you’d like to participate further in this project (e.g., by doing oral histories or uploading documents), please contact us at ekopolitanproject@gmail.com.
