Introduction, Martine Segalen; Fertility, the condition of self perpetuation - European diversity, Herve Le Bras; family and kinship in Italy, Marzio Barbagli; The missing link - family memory and identity in Germany., Franz Schultheis; Family, kinship and residence in urban Catalonia, Joan Bestard Capms, Jesus Contreras; Houses and legends - family as community of practice in urban Portugal, Joao de Pina-Cabral; Urban clannishness and the nuclear kin - trends in swedish family life, David Gaunt; Individuality and adaptability in English kinship, Janet Finch; Inheritance and relationships between family members, Ali De Regt; Homesharing and transmission of inheritance in France, Claudine Attias-Donfut; Fashioning a new family tie - step-parents and step-grandparents, Didier Le Gall, Claude Martin; From "being of use" to "finding oneself" - dilemmas of value transmission between the generations in Norway, Marianne Gullestad.