is there a way of seeing if my grt grt grt grandad owned his own home or if it was rented. the approx date of the house i want to find out about is 1880. also can i find out on the net for free?
2007-08-11 07:26:26 · 15 answers · asked by natz300 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
want more info...ok then.....he lived in southampton, hampshire, england, uk.
2007-08-11 09:42:05 · update #1
I found my Gr gr gr gr granddads house and properties, (and slaves) in the County Records of the Public Library, of the county he lived in. One book showed the land plats and who
owned them and what year. It even showed the price he paid and the taxes he paid. A Trip to the Public Library of that county may be worth your while.
2007-08-11 07:51:37 · answer #1 · answered by nutsfornouveau 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You'll have to research the property records for the property in question. Some jurisdictions put these up on the public internet and some don't. Records that old are very likely not available on the 'Net due to the amount of work involved in converting the data and loading it into the appropriate database.
2007-08-11 07:30:23 · answer #2 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Must of the time you have to go to the county courthouse and do the research there. However it is very expensive to to print out papers. Nowadays you really can't get much information online for free. Identity theft has pushed both government and companies to make important papers like that inaccessible to just anybody. In our county the records go really far back and if they don't have them then they are in storage and you can request to see them. I would take some time and go to your own County Courthouse and do the research. Or hire somebody to do it for you, but then again that can get very expensive.
2007-08-11 07:59:35 · answer #3 · answered by Cookie Girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to go to your county or city courthouse and research the records. You'll need your ancestor's name and the house address. The records are public and there is not usually a fee. The online records don't go back far enough to help you.
2007-08-11 07:30:50 · answer #4 · answered by Cheryl G 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First you could try family records. Otherwise, home ownership is registered in the county the house is in. You might not be able to get this off the county website, but a visit to the records office should do it.
2007-08-11 07:30:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Depends on where the home is located and if the governing municipality still has records available that date back that far. Again, need more info if you guys want real help.
2007-08-11 07:36:16 · answer #6 · answered by SB155 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to ancestry.com, sign up for 14 day free-trial, and search the 1880 census, also the 1870 and 1900 census.
2007-08-11 07:39:40 · answer #7 · answered by hook9 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If your county tax assessor's /collector's records go back that far, and if you have the legal description/address of the property, you might be able to locate it that way. Either way, they might be able to help you with other suggestions. Also, you might try the census records for that year closest to 1880, since they don't do one every year. Good luck.
2007-08-11 07:31:49 · answer #8 · answered by GeeQT 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Go down to the county recorders office where his property was .
They may have something in the archives but don't bank on it . (that's over a 100 yrs ago)
Good Luck !
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2007-08-11 07:33:31 · answer #9 · answered by kate 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES----yu would need to go to that town and visit their hall of records - archive dept. (call them first)
it is probably in the basement...but the records are there. can you find them on the internet? No, probably not....it is hard enough just to continually load the current stuff, let alone 4 generations ago.
good luck and good hunting :)
2007-08-11 07:32:03 · answer #10 · answered by Blue October 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋