A fun way to learn about your house is to find historic newspaper advertisements. It wasn’t unusual for 19th century and earlier homes to be…
Finding maps of your town is one of the most helpful activities when researching the history of your house. Maps can help fill in the…
Assessor tax records can give you a surprising amount of information about the people who used to live in your home. Tax records provide information…
You’re chaining a deed and you get stuck. There isn’t a previous deed reference and you can’t find anything in the indexes either. What can…
Yesterday I challenged readers to answer 10 questions about an 18th century deed. If you haven’t done it yet read that post first. The challenge…
Have you ever seen an 18th century deed? They look a little different than deeds of today. Old deeds can be tricky mostly because of…
Deeds, at times, can appear like pretty dry reading. Yet deeds are crucial to your house history research. Part of what you are trying to…
Maps are some of the best resources for house history researchers when other documentation is lacking. A land ownership map can show you who was…
Maps are a great tool for house researchers, especially when dealing with missing records or those that are hard to find. Maps can show old,…