by Kim Wolterman | Articles
Is your home listed on an architectural survey? A large number of properties in the United States have been surveyed due to a desire on the part of the owner or community to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places. They have begun to digitize the records...
by Kim Wolterman | Articles
As mentioned in the last article, cyndislist.com has a wealth of information for genealogical researchers. These carry over to those researching the history of their own or an ancestor’s home as well. Cyndi just reminded me of the fact that her website lists resources...
by Kim Wolterman | Articles
Don’t forget to check out cyndislist.com for great resources on locating land records. If you are not familiar with her website, she has the largest collection of genealogy websites listed on the internet. If you are researching family history, her website will...
by Kim Wolterman | Articles
I recently learned that a woman down the street was born and raised in the house she currently lives in. She is 98 years old, and apparently her father was a fairly prominent artist. In fact some of his work hangs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. I...
by Kim Wolterman | Articles
Yesterday I attended a genealogy workshop on using Google to research your family tree. I couldn’t help but notice the parallels with researching house history. Obviously Google is an amazing search engine, recording two billion searches each day and garnering 65% of...