How do I find historical information on my home?

Question

I want to know who has lived in my house in the last 100 years.

I own my home and I am in Australia

Answer 1

Try the local census returns - dating back to 1800s -if you are in the UK

Answer 2

I'd suggest going to your local register of deeds, which would be at your county seat. Here in North Carolina, for instance, they're kept at the county courthouse.

If you purchased your home, you would start with looking up your own deed, which will give the name of the individual(s) from whom you purchased the property. This would be in the Grantors' Index.

The next step would be to run the chain of title for the last 100 years. To do this, you need to the Grantees' Index and look up who sold the property to the people who owned it before you, and so on.

Now, you need to take into account that this will only tell you who OWNED the property--if it was ever rented out, you won't find out who actually occupied the premises.

Also, be aware that you may well at some point encounter the time when the description stops being of a "house and lot" at a given address and merely a description of a piece of land--if that happens, it will give you a window of when the house was erected. For instance, let's say that the last time a "house and lot located at 123 Anystreet, Yourtown, County of Bliss, State of Anxiety" was 1913, and it was purchased by John Doe from Richard Roe. When you look up Richard Roe in the Grantees' Index, you may find that in 1899 he purchased "a tract of land beginning at Willow Creek running north 150 chains and five rods to a point where an iron stake is in the ground, continuing east for 80 chains to the large oak tree, then continuing south for 200 chains and ten rods to the beginning of Connor's Wood, then continuing west for another 50 chains and three rods to the said Willow Creek"--the measurements may also be given in acres or even feet, so be prepared.

This will tell you that your house was built sometime between 1899 and 1913.

You may also want to go to your local library and research old city directories.

Hope this will at least point you in the right direction!

Answer 3

There may be several of ways. First, if your town has a town historian, he/she will be an important resource. Secondly, local libraries usually carry historical information about the town in the form of records and/or histories written about the town. Third, there usually is a local historical society who may be a big help. Fourth, records of homes and their sales are usually kept at some level. In the US, it is done by county. Those records will show who owned the house, who bought and/or sold it and when, and will provide you with the details you need. Good luck!!

Chow!!

Answer 4

The only thing you can find out, is "who owned it"...

Go to the County Seat and look under the title and deeds. You can find out when it was platted, and who owned it...(providing they kept the records in good condition).

If it was a rental, then you may want to go to the utility department and see if you can find out who paid utilities on which date and all that, but, due to privacy acts now, I doubt that you will get anything by that route.

I wish you well...

Jesse

Answer 5

To find this information go to your nearest electoral commission. Electoral rolls are available to the public and you should be able to find out who has lived in your house by looking at past records for your address.

Answer 6

Check the deed of your house. It may have the history of your home. If not then check the city hall.

Answer 7

The office of deeds in your city or town will have that info.

Answer 8

try a deed search

Answer 9

Even the house is empty?

Answer 10

google ur adress