This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Unknown Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACI/1558 Message Board Post: The 1930 census of Denton County, Texas shows many young ladies as "inmates" in an institution called Cottage Rest. I would like to know if this was a function of a church denomination or some government agency for unwed mothers.