This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Yg.2ADE/910.2 Message Board Post: I don't know if anyone ever responded to your question of "what does W.C.T.U. stand for?" I'll tell you: Womens Christian Temperance Union. Basically a church womens prohibition era organization to get people to stop drinking alcoholic beverages. Raymond