I have question to ask if I may. In 1997 when I was first connected to the internet I began to look for an “abandoned account” on behalf of my mother. Her father had set up a savings account in her name in Boston where he was living, I’m guessing this would have been in 1924 or thereabouts but it might have been earlier. When he died in 1929, an aunt continued to pay into the account for her until it matured on her twenty-first birthday (1936). My mother, born in Boston in 1915, went to Ireland in 1920 and by the time the ‘policy’ matured, she had moved to London where she was nursing. She was sent the relevant paperwork in order to put in her claim, but this was lost as she moved from hospital to hospital during the war.
I began to do some searches for her and sent letters out to the Massachusetts Archives, Office of Thrift Supervision and also the Abandoned Property Division. Sadly, because we don’t have a name for the bank or society where the money was put, no one could help. The one positive outcome of my writing was that we were told that whatever money had been saved would still be there and belonged to her.
My mother died in 2003 and whilst I’m sure we are only talking about a modest sum, my grandfather and an aunt took the trouble to save that money for her and so in her memory, I’d still like to find it.
The internet has moved on a great deal since 1997 and I was wondering, with all the archives available, where I should begin my new search. I am still a bit of a novice but If anyone is able to advise I would be very grateful.
Many thanks.
