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Your House Has A History
Posted by:
nordsider
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Date: September 24, 2014 07:33PM
Your House Has A History - A Step-by-Step Guide to Researching Your Property
http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/landmarksweb/static/pdf/Your_House_Has_A_History.pdf
I have also found, that Census records can provide an interesting history of persons that have lived in the house.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/24/2014 09:07PM by nordsider.
http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/landmarksweb/static/pdf/Your_House_Has_A_History.pdf
I have also found, that Census records can provide an interesting history of persons that have lived in the house.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/24/2014 09:07PM by nordsider.
Re: Your House Has A History
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WayOutWardell
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Date: September 25, 2014 12:47AM
I've had great luck with both of those. Also, don't forget the Tribune archives, and, depending on what neighborhood you live in, the Defender archives. I discovered some fascinating things about the previous occupants of my house in both of those.
Re: Your House Has A History
Posted by:
nordsider
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Date: September 25, 2014 07:56PM
WayOutWardell Wrote:
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> I've had great luck with both of those. Also,
> don't forget the Tribune archives, and, depending
> on what neighborhood you live in, the Defender
> archives. I discovered some fascinating things
> about the previous occupants of my house in both
> of those.
My first home in the late 1930s was built sometime in the 1880s; located within at a block or two of the western limit of the destruction of the Great Fire of 1871. The buildings that escaped the fire, and still exist today, and appear in the 1870 Census, should also be interesting to reseach.
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871--Map
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/collections/maps/chifire/G4104-C6-1871-C4.html
Before and After the Fire: Chicago in the 1860s, 1870s, and 1880s
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/collections/maps/chifire/
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/26/2014 08:23AM by nordsider.
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> I've had great luck with both of those. Also,
> don't forget the Tribune archives, and, depending
> on what neighborhood you live in, the Defender
> archives. I discovered some fascinating things
> about the previous occupants of my house in both
> of those.
My first home in the late 1930s was built sometime in the 1880s; located within at a block or two of the western limit of the destruction of the Great Fire of 1871. The buildings that escaped the fire, and still exist today, and appear in the 1870 Census, should also be interesting to reseach.
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871--Map
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/collections/maps/chifire/G4104-C6-1871-C4.html
Before and After the Fire: Chicago in the 1860s, 1870s, and 1880s
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/collections/maps/chifire/
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/26/2014 08:23AM by nordsider.
