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Tracing a House History From Courthouses to Crowds
Marilyn Welch and experts describe how to uncover a home’s past through deeds abstracts and building permits. They advise visiting courthouses libraries and archives to track ownership renovations and dates using maps city directories and census records. Oral histories and local newspapers reveal family stories and everyday life behind every old house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn Welch
Mascoutah
Ill
Sears Roebuck
George Barber
Welch
Audrey L. Elder
Michael Allen
National Building Arts Center
Elder
Allen
Library of Congress
Sanborn
Gray Smith
Louisville
Bessie Cross
Smith
Herman Cross
Herman
Bessie
The
National Archives
Newspapers.com
St. Louis
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