I recently came across this article in Old-House Online’s newsletter. It’s a nice, bite-size tidbit on researching your home’s history. The article highlights, “five easy-to-find resources can lead you to a whole new understanding of your old house.” Additionally, the Houstory Publishing Research and Preservation Center has loads more information available. Happy home history hunting!
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Five easy resources for unlocking your home’s secrets
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What’s the value in researching the history of a new home?
While it may not sound as intriguing as researching the beginning history of a 100-year-old property, researching your newer home’s story is not only easier — it tends to be a lot more accurate. That’s because you are the one who is relaying the story — a first-person account. You are the best “historical” resource more
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New site allows millions chance to explore the past, share the present
Beta launched in the summer of 2010, Historypin.com became fully operational recently. I heard about this on the radio a few days ago, and thought it sounded pretty interesting. For history buffs, it definitely is. The way it works: Users from around the world can “pin” photos directly to the Historypin map. Currently, there are more
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Why research your house history?
Before everything else, house history research (or home genealogy) is meant to be fun. For most people, learning about who lived in their home is a pretty fascinating thing. What renovations were made? What did they do for a living? When was the home built? Additionally, capturing more
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If you love your home and you love history, you’re at the right place
Welcome to the first edition of The Houstorian’s Hearth blog, and thanks for visiting. Let’s just get this out of the way right now: This may be the only posting for a little while, as we are not quite ready to poke our heads out of the door on a regular basis just yet. But, more