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10 Ways to Research the History of Your Home | Kansas City Public Library

A Guide to Finding The History of Your Home

American Ancestors - Historic Home Occupant Chart

Board for Certification of Genealogists - Genealogical Work Samples Updated

Genwriters - House Histories

[The original link is gone. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]

Historic House Research Guide

Historic house research guide from Indiana Landmarks.

House History Aid | Info Guides | The Indianapolis Public Library

House History Checklist

From the Kansas Historical Society.

How to Research the History of Real Estate

How to Research the History of Your House

By Alexandra Bandon, This Old House Magazine.

Library of Congress - House History: A Guide to Uncovering the Stories of Local Buildings and Properties

This guide provides research strategies to discover the history of a particular building or property, including architecture, location, ownership, and historical context.

myhousehistory.net

Tips on researching your home.

National Register of Historic Places Publications

Old Houses Research Page

Pioneer Homes- sod houses, dugouts, soddies (Pinterest)

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.

The Settlement Project

A visual genealogy tool that allows users to map where ancestors lived and see relationships between neighbouring households using records such as the 1911 census. Designed to help researchers move beyond names and dates and better understand how families and communities were connected geographically.

ThoughtCo. - Tracing the History and Genealogy of Your Home

A guide to researching the architectural and historic details of your home.

Trace my House

This site shows researchers how to discover more about the history of their house or their ancestors house. How and where our ancestors lived is an important part of discovering more about out family history.