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If interested, how much would you pay for a professional house historian to research the history of a house?

...you own or might wish to buy? This would include significantly more information than would be contained in a simple chain of title, deed, tax document, legal or real estate sales disclosure document. Such information as biographical information about past resident (who may or may not have been actual owners), what they did for a living, and offbeat information such as if any murders were commited in the house, etc. A historical researcher could do this for any older home (50-100 years old and...

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That would be my last resort, after going to the city hall and looking up history on the house and checking...

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House history research?

Where can I research my house history? Like who has lived in my house before and all that info? I'm from Detroit Mi

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You will only find names of previous owners by researching the tax records at the assessor's office...

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How do you research the history on your house?

How would I go about finding the history on my house. I just moved to a new place and Im curious about it. I know it was built in 1882 so its been here a while. Lately my daughter told me that there is a man in her play room that plays with her some...

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I'd first ask the neighbours if they know any stories, and ask people who have lived in the area for...

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I want to do some research where I live, I live in Portage IN. in a house, where can I find out the history?

I wont to know how I can find out the history of my house and the people that live thier before me and if anyone died in the house.

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There is no such database. You can research ownership at the county. You can search local historical...

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