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to what was left of the original enterprise. The other survivors now lived inLima and Trujillo and in the southern part of the U.S. and in Europe. Theskeleton Genealogies 2a, 2b and 2c provide information on the differentbranches of the third generation of descendants. These enable one toappreciate how educational, occupational, marital, and spatial mobilityfactors – especially international migration – have combined to bring aboutthe demise of the original highly successful multiple enterprise, while atthe same time spawning a wholly new set of extra-local businesses andprofessional occupations (both in Peru and the U.S.).3.2 Three-Generational Family GenealogiesAlthough it is impossible here to present a full account of the dynamics ofthe businesses and careers of the younger generations of the Jiménez family,the case highlights the advantage of adopting a diachronic intergenerationalcase study method that traces the livelihood trajectories and migrationhistories of individual family members. In so doing it is useful to focuson the reshaping of networks and exchanges between the individuals andfamilies of the senior generation and their descendants. In this instance Iwas fortunate to be able to build upon baseline data from the 1970s.44Several anthropologists have underlined the importance of threegenerationalgenealogical enquiries for the study of kinship relations andfor identifying differential work careers, access to resources and familyorganization. 11 This method is clearly of importance too for understandingthe emergence of specific migration movements and for mapping out theshifting livelihood commitments to “home” and the reconfiguration offamily solidarities “at a distance.” The changes that take place over timereflect changes in types of work, income levels, education, marriage patterns,social status, cultural lifestyles, as well as language use and sentimentsof “belonging.” While it may be possible to track these in a general waythrough identifying the flow of migrants to their destinations and describingthe degree to which they retain contact with their “home’”people, a morediscriminating analysis requires comparison of different types of personsand their family situations. This can of course be achieved, to a degree,through drawing a sample of migrants representing different socialcharacteristics and circumstances but, in my opinion, a more satisfactoryway of framing comparisons is by reference to a common genealogical treespanning several generations. This allows for the exploration of differentsocial and cultural components as well as destinations. It will also highlight11For a discussion of this and examples drawn from Mexico, Africa and Java, see Gabayet (1983),den Ouden (1989), Hüsken (1991) and Wartena (2006).