Book description
The process of exploring your family history and roots is a moving and
meaningful quest. It affects heart and soul, as well as providing an
intellectual challenge to piece all the information together. GROWING
YOUR FAMILY TREE is the first book to promote the experiential aspects
of family history. It gives sound, practical advice on researching your
family history, but also promotes the emotional, spiritual and creative
elements of the task, helping to lift genealogy out of its earlier dry
an formal setting, into a more meaningful and accessible activity which
can enrich a person's identity. Advice and information includes: * How
to write up your family history * How to make a heritage corner or trail
in your home * A consideration the nature of ancestry, family lines and
our inner connection with our ancestors * How to organise your research
and keep moving forward Cherry Gilchrist is an award-winning writer
and author of nearly thirty books on personal development,
relationships, mythology and culture. She is a Life Story tutor and
consultant, currently running courses online, and teaching classes for
cruise ships and summer schools.
