If you're looking at this post, you probably have an old house. It was once owned by someone prior to you. You might be interested in searching for the history of your house for many reasons. It may be that you are restoring or rehabilitating an old building. Perhaps you're seeking historical designation for the house. Or , perhaps, like me you would like to get a Century Home plaque from your local historical society in blue world city.

Whatever your motive, learning about your home's time in history is fascinating and enjoyable. It's also frustrating. Most people don't know where to go for information that will aid their research. Typically there is no one site that holds all the data you need to conduct your research. The steps below can help you begin your search.

First thing that you must have is an official listing of your property, which is available by looking up the deed that you obtained when you bought the property. The legal description will help you identify the property you're looking into to ensure that when perusing the records you will make certain you are working with the right property. Starting with yourself as the buyer, you can work your way backwards through the indexes of deeds to locate prior buyers and sellers.

o Interview the past owners and current neighbors to gather all the details they have regarding the property and house.

Contact the local historical society to find out the kind of records they keep. You will generally find local histories and biographical sketches, scrapbooks and photos.

o Check with the local municipality for tax permits and building permits.

The records of the County may contain deed indexes, tax assessments as well as building permits, plats, maps and photos.

o Visit the local and/or library of the county for local histories newspapers, city directories, newspaper articles vital statistics, family history.

There is a chance that you'll exhaust all possibilities and not find answers to your questions. However, regardless of the outcome is you'll still discover fascinating information about your home and the neighborhood that it was built within.

Making a record of the history of your house is more than dates and names. It's learning the stories of the people who lived there before you. It's not just interesting to the future homeowners, but they will appreciate your research and they will be able add to them as well.