Using the Agricultural Census to Explore Henry Fischer’s Farm
Last night at my talk in Wayland I showed how you can start to learn about a farm from Tax Valuation Lists. In the tax…
Wayland Tax Valuation Lists – A Finding Aid
This post is intended as a finding aid. Digitized copies of some Tax Valuation lists for Wayland, Massachusetts are found on Internet Archive. It’s fantastic…
Unique Wayland Vital Records Available from Digital Commonwealth
Most people overlook Digital Commonwealth, a Massachusetts-specific historical records site, in favor of the large genealogy sites such as FamilySearch.org, Ancestry.com and AmericanAncestors.org. But Digital…
3 Tips to Extract Details from a City Directory
When using City Directories to locate information about previous home owners, it’s important to extract all the details that can be found. Here are 3…
An Example of a Rhode Island Deed
Following is an example of an early 20th century Rhode Island deed, this one recorded in Little Compton, Rhode Island. This will help you familiarize…
House History Research in Little Compton, RI – Online Deeds from the Town Clerk’s Office
While most effecient Little Compton deed research takes place in-person at the Little Compton, Rhode Island Town Hall, you can access some of the deeds…
House History Research in Massachusetts just got Easier! Online Land Records
A terrific event has made house history research on historic Massachusetts houses even easier! It used to be that you could do research online on…
Two Important Reasons to Research Deeds
So you’re all excited to research the history of your house! You’ve seen an 1855 map with your house on it as well as the…
The 1940 Census of Housing
This week everyone is talking about the 1940 Population Census which was released publicly for the first time by the National Archives on Monday. Even…