 |
| Source: House Histories, House and Suburban Histories from South East Queensland, http://www.househistories.org/ |
Though we
often find ourselves researching the people in our family, we sometimes find
ourselves researching the history of a house.
I first talked to you about the North Carolina State Historic
Preservation Office in the post Historic
Preservation Maps Can be Invaluable to Genealogists where I talk about HPOWEB, a GIS map service which identifies
identified historic properties.
They’ve now created
a neat & FREE resource, Genealogy of a House: Sources for
Researching the History of Your House. I also suggest that you check out House Histories – How to Trace the Genealogy of Your Home or Other Building (About.com, Kimberly Powell), Researching Historic Washington, D.C., Buildings (Library of Congress), and House Histories – House and Suburban Histories from South East Queensland, for perspectives on the tools and techniques for researching a house history.
Though the focus of the publications are NC, DC, and Australia, they all provide valuable insight into how to perform the genealogy of a house and some of the tools which may aid you in that pursuit.. Additionally, if
these resources exist for doing a house history in these locales, maybe your state or the
state you’re interested in has similar resources available to researchers.
Have you done a house history? What resources were invaluable?
Related posts ...
+ Sometimes to do a
House History, just as with Family History research, you need to turn to
Science!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
copyright ©
National Genealogical Society, 3108 Columbia Pike, Suite 300, Arlington,
Virginia 22204-4370. http://www.ngsgenealogy.org.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NGS does not
imply endorsement of any outside advertiser or other vendors appearing in this
blog. Any opinions expressed by guest authors are their own and do not necessarily
reflect the view of NGS.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Republication
of UpFront articles is permitted and encouraged for
non-commercial purposes without express permission from NGS. Please drop us a
note telling us where and when you are using the article. Express written
permission is required if you wish to republish UpFront articles
for commercial purposes. You may send a request for express written permission
to [email protected]. All
republished articles may not be edited or reworded and must contain the
copyright statement found at the bottom of each UpFront article.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Think your
friends, colleagues, or fellow genealogy researchers would find this blog post
interesting? If so, please let them know that anyone can read past UpFront with
NGS posts or subscribe!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Suggestions
for topics for future UpFront with NGS posts are always welcome. Please
send any suggested topics to [email protected]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unless
indicated otherwise or clearly an NGS Public Relations piece, Upfront with NGS posts are written by
Diane L Richard, editor, Upfront with NGS.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Want to
learn more about interacting with the blog, please read Hyperlinks, Subscribing and Comments -- How to Interact with
Upfront with NGS Blog posts!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
No comments:
Post a Comment