by Kim Wolterman | Articles
For information on keeping your research organized (and your sanity!), see my article published at Ezine Articles – Organizing Your...
by Kim Wolterman | Articles
One of the suggestions in my book on researching house history is that you tell everyone you meet at the research repositories what you are doing. You never know what information they will be able to share with you. They might know of other materials available at...
by Kim Wolterman | Articles
At the recorder of deeds office today I was told by a clerk that grantee (buyer) records on their computers only go back to 1904, while the grantor (seller) records go back to 1877, the year St. Louis County separated from St. Louis City. Having researched at this...
by Kim Wolterman | Articles
As I delved into the research of my century home, I began to see the similarities between house research and genealogy. In essence, you are tracing the genealogy of your house. The history of a home can be as fascinating as the history or your ancestors, and can...
by Kim Wolterman | Articles
While recently researching the history of another house that we own, I ran into a dead end at the recorder of deeds office. I know who owned the property in 1889, and I know all the owners from the present back until 1938. But I cannot find my 1938 owner as a Grantee,...
