House & Building Histories » General Resources

A Guide to Finding The History of Your Home

Board for Certification of Genealogists ® - Sample Work Products

House History Aid

House History Checklist

From the Kansas Historical Society.

How to Research the History of Real Estate

myhousehistory.net

Tips on researching your home.

National Register of Historic Places Publications

Old Houses Research Page

Researching a Building's History

Researching Historic Properties

The Online House Detective

A resource site that offers an introduction for anyone wishing to research the history of their house. It includes online images of key document sources.

Tracing Your Home's History

Clark County Public Library, Springfield, Ohio.

Uncovering Your Home's History

Online article from the Palo Alto Weekly Online Edition.

Using Written Archives to Discover the History of Your House

From the BBC Television series The House Detectives.

Websteader: Pioneer Dugouts, 1830-1999

Pictures and descriptions of how dugouts are constructed.

Websteader: Pioneer Sod Houses, c. 1880-1999

Pictures and descriptions of how sod houses are constructed.

Where To Begin Your Research

Birmingham, Alabama. For house & building history from the Jefferson County Historical Commission.

wikiHow - How to Research the History of Your House

Within These Walls

Now preserved in the Smithsonian, this house from Ipswich Massachusetts has sheltered over 200 years of history and five different families.