Well, I guess no harm in 'lettig the cat out of the bag' since it will be out in a couple of weeks anyway. At the 2008 Angelina College Genealogy Conference (and a trial run closer to home) I will be presenting a topic I've never known to be covered before entitled "FDR's 'New Deal' Genealogy" -- this topic and more will be discussed. Our 2008 program is not up yet but will be in a couple of weeks. Those not familar with us, take a look at the website at http://www.angelina.edu/genealogy.htm for the 2007 just past program. Here's a testimony from a nationally-known lecturer.... Report on the ANGELINA COLLEGE GENEALOGY CONFERENCE Lufkin, Texas July 19-21, 2007 By Carolyn Earle Billingsley Desmond Walls Allen and I just returned from the 11th Annual Angelina College Genealogy Conference in Lufkin, Texas. This was our first time to attend and it turned out to be a wonderful small conference, with a great variety of superb speakers and topics to choose from. Three sessions run concurrently on Friday and Saturday, with all-day topics for those who attend on Thursday. We can highly recommend this conference to anyone at any level in their genealogical experience. There were classes for everybody from beginners to advanced researchers . . . and not just Texas topics. The large national conferences are marvelous but sometimes a smaller, more intimate conference, such as this one, can be a richer experience-smaller classes and more interaction between attendees and with the lecturers. There was also a fairly large vendors' area for a conference of this size, with a nice variety of vendors. Speakers included: Desmond Walls Allen, Trevia Wooster Beverly, Carolyn Earle Billingsley, Emily Anne Croom, Charlie Gardes, Pat Gordon, Melvin C. Johnson, Don Raney, and John A. Sellers. There are several nice hotels adjacent to the beautiful Angelina College campus and-a big plus-one of my favorite restaurants for Cajun food: Ralph and Kacoo's! So mark your calendars for next year. The conference is always the third weekend in July-next year that will be 17-19 July 2008. The 2008 information should be up on the website by the end of August at www.angelina.edu/genealogy.htm. For questions, please contact Trevia Wooster Beverly, Assistant Coordinator & Program Chair, Houston, Texas 713.864-6862; treviawbeverly@houston.rr.com Extracted from The Arkansas Genealogical Society E-zine Volume 2, Number 8 (August 2007) We hope you'll mark your calendar and plan to be with us. Three "featured speakers" plus our core staff. Trevia ----- Original Message ----- From: <drew-slate@charter.net> To: <txredriv@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 11:16 AM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] 1938 Welfare Question-Please help > Melba, > > President FDR had fully established the first National Welfare System by 1935. This was a big change from the previous history of the US's way of handling things. Before this time, it was handled on the local and even state levels. This varied tremendously until around 1910. In 1909, Teddy Roosevelt called for a committee to look into the problems with poor single mothers and their childern. Starting in 1911, states began to implement "mother's pensions" which became the leading "welfare" help in the US. Keep in mind this was only for mother's and their children, not fathers or full families. > > Of interesting note though for this discussion is the first 2 yrs of the "New Deal", that FDR put in place, was just for the unemployeed, not for the unemployable. The difference was someone that was able to work and someone that was unable to work (widows, poor children, elderly, and disabled). The unemployable were still handled by state and local programs. > > Social Security was signed into existence in 1935 by FDR. This established the foundation of many of the "welfare" environment of today. SS itself is a part of that national welfare system that FDR established. The idea was that SS would evidently decline the need for other welfare needs as the population grew older and as the nation came out of the Great Depression. This obviously wasn't the case and mainly because of farm laborers and domestic servants that didn't get the benefits of SS, so the cycle wasn't ever really broken fully and the need continued on throughout the years. > > In 1992, Bill Clinton ran for President and part of his campaign was to end the national welfare environment as we knew it for the last almost 60 yrs. In 1996, President Clinton and Congress signed a reform act that moved most of welfare control back to the states and away from the federal govt. > > The AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) was established in 1936. It provided cash aid to about 500,000 children and parents at the beginning. By 1969, that number had grown to 7 million. > > There have been other programs added over the years. Things like food stamps, Medicaid and Social Security Income. > > So to answer your question... There were some federal programs in place to help single mothers in 1938-1941, and there was probably some local/state programs as well. The one thing to consider also is that is the time leading up to the US involvement in WWII. While the country wasn't involved during those years, it was still providing supplies and aid to the allied forces, so some programs were not fully funded. > > Hope some of this helps explain the time a little more... > > Drew Slate > Fort Worth, Tx > > ---- Ruthimp@aol.com wrote: > > Since we have so many senior citizens on this site that either lived it the > > Red River area or knows a lot about it, please let me ask this question. What > > kind of Welfare did the area have in the time frame of 1938 - 1941. Or did > > the U.S. Gov. or the state of Texas have such a thing? What I'm asking, were > > people able to get help of ANY kind during that period? Money? Food? etc. A > > relative told me that he and his mother had to get Welfare when he was a very > > young boy, until she could find a job. I was told by another family member > > that family help him and his mother. I'm just curious because I didn't think > > there was such a thing as welfare that far back. ????? > > > > If no one knows, does anyone know where I could start looking for the info? > > > > Thanks, > > Melba > > > > > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at > > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXREDRIV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXREDRIV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message