Timeline for Where can I find information on buildings that have been demolished?
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| Nov 6, 2015 at 18:29 | vote | accept | Jan Murphy♦ | ||
| Nov 5, 2015 at 19:13 | history | edited | Jan Murphy♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
moved some material into my answer
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| Dec 14, 2013 at 4:15 | comment | added | Jan Murphy♦ | Massachusetts at the moment, but if I find long-term residents in any town, the question could come up about any location. | |
| Dec 14, 2013 at 2:17 | answer | added | Inspector 8 | timeline score: 6 | |
| Dec 13, 2013 at 23:14 | comment | added | Luke_0 | This seems like the types of documentation available would vary a lot by location. Is there a specific area you are interested in? | |
| Dec 13, 2013 at 18:15 | answer | added | Jan Murphy♦ | timeline score: 3 | |
| Dec 7, 2013 at 5:03 | comment | added | Jan Murphy♦ | A keyword search of the local papers for the name of the town and the term "demolished" turns up lots of car crashes, and an account of an apartment building that blew up because of a gas leak. | |
| Dec 2, 2013 at 23:38 | comment | added | Jan Murphy♦ | I did find some clues on Google Books (lists of contractors who had gotten contracts to do building demolitions). The information isn't absolutely necessary, but knowing that a particular building or address didn't exist after 1935 saves one from searching for your family at that address in the 1940 Census or in any City Directories after that date. Tracking street name changes and re-numbering can also provide clues to "where people went". | |
| Dec 2, 2013 at 19:43 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackGenealogy/status/407596022698094592 | ||
| Dec 2, 2013 at 19:11 | comment | added | Luke_0 | Perhaps building permits? I'm not sure where you would get archived permits though (maybe county records office?). This obviously wouldn't have all the info you want, though. | |
| Dec 2, 2013 at 17:01 | comment | added | Jan Murphy♦ | Sites for realtors would give information about buildings that still exists. Useful for buildings that still exist, certainly. | |
| Dec 2, 2013 at 14:34 | comment | added | bgwiehle | There was a webinar about 6 months ago that showed a free website with U.S. building descriptions, intended for realtors, but accessible to the public. I think it was a LegacyFamilyTree webinar, but I don't remember the details, sorry. | |
| Dec 2, 2013 at 8:19 | history | asked | Jan Murphy♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |