How would I find out the history of a piece of land that I'am about to buy I was just wanting to know if like any battles were fought on it or if any Indians lived on it or anyone for that matter.
2007-04-17 09:01:15 · 4 answers · asked by Matt M 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Go first to the local library and ask the librarian. Then go to where the official records are kept, a town hall or court building, and ask the archivarian. Then the local newspaper. Maybe the local History Society. In the worst case they will explain how to do a search yourself.
2007-04-17 09:10:40 · answer #1 · answered by Erik Van Thienen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First thing is to check out published histories of your town. You will quickly learn if ever a battle was fought in the town or if indians lived there or anything cool like that. If you find out that there was something in the town check out the newspapers from that time period. These can almost always be found at the local library. Maybe you'll get lucky and they'll say exactly where such and such was located and you'll know that your property is on that spot. If you're not so lucky you can go to your local registry of deeds and trace the deed to your property to its origins. Sometimes you learn some really cool things in deeds.
That's how to do it in a nutshell.
2007-04-20 12:56:10 · answer #2 · answered by Tim J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say that if there was a battle there, someone would be taking advantage of it and making money from gullible tourists. Your best bet may be to check with the local historical society and ask a member/ local historian to possibly look at newspapers from the period. It is always interesting to go to the courthouse and research the property's past owners. I recently did that with my farm and it traced back to1793. That's all I really know to tell you. Good luck! I hope you find out something interesting! Have a great day!-Matt
2007-04-18 17:45:20 · answer #3 · answered by Matt 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try and find a local historical society, they may have infromation if they are more than a social club. One strategy would be to get a metal dector and go searcing now (assuming you have winter and are entering spring) the frost will move things to the surface. You could also go to a college researche library and check for yourself, it will take some time, but could be fun.
2007-04-17 16:10:41 · answer #4 · answered by 29 characters to work with...... 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋