2007-07-05 12:58:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
There will be an "abstract" of your house at the county courthouse. It will probably not record deaths in the house, but if the house was ever included in a will when its owner died it will be there. Just ask for the abstract at the Probate's Office (there will usually be a fee of a few dollars).
If it's an old house, you can cross reference the names of previous owners with the local newspaper. Most libraries will have microfilm copies of local papers and you can pull up an obituary with the death dates on the abstract.
Otherwise, there's not really a lot of ways unless you know somebody who knows the house. (Is it haunted? If so, keep in mind that if it's in America then the land it's built on was probably occupied a long long time before the house was ever built- many houses are built on the sites of former homes and of course Indians were everywhere in America for thousands of years before any Euro/African/Asian people and usually buried under their houses.
2007-07-05 13:32:23 · answer #1 · answered by Jonathan D 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Research all old deeds on the property - each deed should reference the one before it - this will give you a list of the past owners of the house. Compare that list with the local death records, look for people who had the same last name as the name on the deed at the time that family owned the house, see if the death record says where they died. If there is an obituary in the newspaper records, that may give a place of death.
Do the same with census records, they will show who lived in the house every 10 years, more often if there was a state census. This may give you more names to look up in the death records.
That would be a start anyway.
2007-07-05 23:11:01 · answer #2 · answered by sudonym x 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First guy hit the nail on the head, so I'll be negative.
Why would be want to find out that some Granny died in your room?
2007-07-05 20:46:38 · answer #3 · answered by novagirl117 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your county dept of deads should be able to tell you the date is was first built. from there you can check the local historical society or library for further info.
2007-07-05 21:16:13 · answer #4 · answered by racer 51 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interview the oldest people on the street that you can find. They know.
2007-07-05 22:08:57 · answer #5 · answered by Thom Thumb 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋