Re: WELFARE
SHAW OR MCCRIGHT
Posted By: Verda (email) In Response To: WELFARE (Margaret)
Date: 3/9/2006 at 08:34:53
Dear Margaret:
What you are referring to is the publication of names of the elderly that were on OLD AGE ASSISTANCE program in the l930 - l940 time period. These records are now going on 65 years ago and are buried away in the courthouses of Iowa. In researching for 28 years I have never seen any publication of names in any newspapers. It would be private information just like you do not see the many $$$ paid out to unwed mothers today living off the government published in a paper. I know my own grandparents received Old Age Assistance in Des Moines County, (Burlington) Iowa before they died.
Those were hard times after the depression.
Hope this helps Verda Baird
Wapello Queries maintained by Deborah Lynne Barker.
WebBBS 4.33 Genealogy Modification Package by WebJourneymen