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What Are Your Ancestral Connections?
Identifying connections can reveal family dynamics that link generations together.
10. Establishing Family History At Ellis Island Today.
Relive your ancestor’s immigration experience by visiting The Ellis Island Immigration Museum in New York.
The Winds of Fate
Does this poem reflect your beliefs about life?
The Language of Flowers
Words convey different meanings to people but everyone understands the language of flowers.
9. Pedigrees, Trees and Ships.
Use charts, pictures and books to make the most of your genealogical research.
Did You Inherit Any Family Recipes?
Treasured family recipes are often passed down from one generation to another.
The Inheritance’s Official Book Launch, Oct 22nd, 2013
Discovering family stories has fuelled Marianne Perry’s longstanding interest in genealogical research. Her paternal grandparents emigrated from Calabria, southern Italy in the early 1900’s, travelled across the Atlantic Ocean by steamship, landed at Ellis Island, New...
Do You Remember Your First Time?
First memories resonate with significance as they help shape our future beliefs and influence the goals we set for our lives.
8. Do You Have An Alien In Your Family Tree?
Find out more about your ancestor’s past by reviewing details recorded on their ship manifest.
What’s for Dinner? Goat Stew or Swordfish?
The onions and potatoes this lady is selling at the Mercato di Capo in Palermo, Sicily would be delicious in goat stew. [nz_sep top="20" bottom="20" width="" height="" type="solid" color="#e0e0e0" align="left" /] Your answer to this question would identify your social...
Do You Have A Sacred Place?
Honouring our need for rest and revitalization will help us manage our complicated lives.
Lifeforia Seminar by Marianne Oct 2nd
Discovering Your Family Stories With Genealogical Research Join Marianne at Lifeforia Wellness Club on Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013 at 6:30p.m. for her seminar "Discovering Your Family Stories With Genealogical Research". Lifeforia Wellness Club is at 681 Pine St,...
7. Making Your Past Come Alive With Ship Manifest.
Where you can view a copy of the original ship manifest bearing your ancestor’s name!
Food: It’s Something More Than You Eat!
As The Inheritance illustrates, food helps define cultural differences.
Have You Made Your Bucket List?
Live your life with no regrets and make your dreams come true.
6. Using Ellis Island Passenger Records To Connect With Your Past.
Solve family mysteries about your ancestor’s journey across The Atlantic Ocean.
Padre Valentine: Saint or Sinner?
Like Padre Valentine in The Inheritance, life never turns out as expected.
7 Ways To Improve Your Travel Wardrobe
Itineraries are hectic and packing wisely can simplify your trip.
5. Unlocking Family Mysteries With Ellis Island, New York
Discover if any of your ancestors were among the 12 million who started their new lives at The Ellis Island Immigration Station in New York.
What Is Your Name?
Discovering the meaning of your name might reveal an important family dynamic. Here are some resources I consulted for The Inheritance.
Moving Beyond Your Fears.
Understanding your fears is the first step in embracing life more fully.
4. How Family Dynamics Can Impact Genealogical Research.
Understanding your family dynamics often begins with determining who was at its centre.
Family Dynamics.
The family is a varied but enduring social unit and The Inheritance explores the dynamics of several different models.
Getting the Most From Your Travels
Travelling is expensive in terms of time and money and pre-trip research will maximize what you get from both.
3. Your First Steps In Genealogical Research.
Begin solving your family mysteries with these ten easy steps.