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Guides To local U.S
​House history 

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GUIDE TO HOUSE HISTORY BY STATE

Most State Libraries or Records offices have published guides to help house historians find records in their local archives. We list those that have  below. Where we have found town or county guides we have included the under their State.

Note to Archivists: We have tried very hard to find a link to house history at each library or record office. If you do provide guides to tracing the history of a house in your local area we would be grateful if you would let us know and we will happily update our records.
​National 
Discovering Your Neighborhood  - How to Use National Archives Records to Find Out More about Where You Live

Alabama
Jefferson county  Where to begin your research

Arizona
Researching property history in Arizona

California
San Francisco House history

California
Monterey Tracing the History of Your Monterey House

California
San Diego  How to research your historic home

California
San Jose House & Property Research

California 
Fresno A guide to researching house history in Fresno

Colarado
House history research

Colorado
Fort Collins Researching a Fort Collins Building

Colorado
Denver  Denver building history tutorial

Connecticut 
Old house Research

Delaware
New Castle How to research the history of your home in New Castle County Delaware

Detroit
How to research your historic Detroit house
Ancestry US

Illinois
Chicago Your house has a history

Illinois
Chicago  Researching a Chicago building

Illinois
Elgin House Research

Illinois
McHenry County How to research your property

Illinois
Evanston  Researching Your Home at Evanston History Center

Illinois
Winnetka  Researching your Winnetka property

Indiana
Indianapolis  Writing the biography of your home -House history research

Indiana  Historic house research guide

Iowa
Des Moines  Resources for house history research in Des Moines

Iowa
Dubuque  Researching a historic property

Kansas
Kansas Historical Society House History Checklist

Kansas
Kansas  10 ways to research your house history

Kentucky
Louisville Researching your buildings history in Louisville

 Los Angeles
Los Angeles  History of your house

Louisiana
New Orleans
How to research the history of your house

Louisiana
Sources for reseaching the history of your house

Louisiana
Frazar  Researching your house history

Maine
Portland
Researching your old building

Maryland
University of Maryland  Researching historic houses

Maryland
Enoch Pratt Library  Researching the history of your house

Maryland
National Trust for historic preservation  10ways to research your house history

Maryland
Chevy Chase  Research Your Home

Massachusetts
Somerville  Researching your house history

Massachusetts
Charlestone  How to research your house in Charlestone

Massachusetts
Andover  Researching the history of your house

Massachusetts
Wellesley  Research your home

Massachisetts
Framingham  Researching your historic home

Michigan
Capital Area district Libraries House history research

Michigan
Sources for researching house history

Michigan 
Pennsylvania  Researching Your Chester County Home

Minnesota 
House & building history

Minnesota 
Minneapolis Researching the history of homes, buildings and neighbourhood’s in Minneapolis

Missouri
St Louis
How to search for the history of a St Louis home

Missouri
St Louis  Tips for Researching House History in the City of St. Louis

Missouri
Webster Groves  Researching the History of your  home
Nebraska
Omaha Research your house history

New Hampshire
Researching your old house

New Jersey 
New Jersey  How to Research the History of your house

New jersey
Montclair New Jersey
Building Research

New Mexico
 Albuquerque:& Bernalillo
New Mexico  Begin your House History Research

New York 
Buffalo New York
Built in Buffalo

New York 
New York  Property  History

North Carolina
Raleigh Researching historic properties
 Ohio 
Columbus Ohio Researching House History in Columbus

Ohio
Cuyahoga County, Ohio Property Research

Oklahoma
History of your home

Oregan
Oregan Historical Society  House building and land history

Oregan
Multnomah County  House history

Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania 
The Pennsylvania Department House Histories

Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania  Researching Your Pennsylvania House

Pennsylvania
Philadelphia  How to research the history of a house

Rhode Island
Architectural Research – House History

Rhode Island
Providence Researching Your House History At Providence City Hall

Rhode Island
How to research your home in Rhode Island
South Carolina
Property/House History Resources at the
South Carolina Historical Society

Tennessee
Memphis Researching your home

Texas
Dallas Texas
Research the History of a Building

Texas
Austin Researching your house history in Austin

Texas
Fairmount  Research your house

Utah
Research your house history

Virginia
 How to research your historic Virginias property

Washington
Tacoma, Washington Researching Tacoma’s Built heritage

Washington
Spokane City County How to research your property

Washington
Seattle Resources for property history

Wisconsin 
Milwaukee  Researching your property

Wyoming
 Researching Historic Buildings and Homes

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  • The House
    • Land Registry and Title deeds
    • Maps
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  • The People
    • Census
    • 1939 Register
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