by Kim Wolterman | Articles
Yesterday afternoon I attended a garden party with my husband in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. A design that my husband had done for the local hospital’s site had won a couple of prominent awards, and he was presenting them to the hospital in conjunction with a new...
by Kim Wolterman | Articles
Researching mortgages may help you plug some of the holes in your deed research. Sometimes deeds were not recorded until the property actually transferred out of the family, but mortgages were always recorded at the time money was exchanged. While the mortgage looks...
by Kim Wolterman | Articles
This past Sunday we had an opportunity to share the history of our home with 350 people! We participated in a house and garden tour featuring 6 homes and gardens plus an additional 5 gardens. The tour was a fundraiser for the people of Haiti. Our community was...
by Kim Wolterman | Articles
One of the first things I recommend to house researchers is to look around their home and yard, noting distinctive features and obvious alterations and changes. You can look for evidence of previous buildings, roadways, paths, fences and other items. Looking at the...
by Kim Wolterman | Articles
My last article addressed federal population schedules as a resource for identifying people who lived in the house you are researching. As a follow-up, I’d like to talk about the special census schedules as they contain a wealth of information about the listed...
