Program

Public Programs: Special Projects

Period of Performance

10/1/1979 - 4/30/1980

Funding Totals

$11,629.00 (approved)
$11,629.00 (awarded)


Generations: Senior Citizens as Family Historians

FAIN: GP-*1247-79

Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies (Philadelphia, PA 19106-2314)
Richard N. Juliani (Project Director: May 1979 to October 1990)

Supports the development of a training program in family history for senior citizens.

To develop a community project which will examine and interpret ethnic variations by training senior citizens to do family history. The program will eventually explore family histories of approximately 45 individuals drawn from 15 different ethnic groups.