Questions tagged [property-records]
Modern records about real estate, especially in cities, with information about the buildings on the parcels and their year of construction.
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Seeking info on 307 N. Palmetto Ave. Green Cove Springs Florida
I was born in the naval hospital in Jacksonville, Fla. in 1959 and lived at 307 1/2 Palmetto Avenue. I have looked at every map, website etc. and I cannot find anything at that address. My military ...
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Polk directories Ishpeming Michigan for the years of 1880-1904?
I’m looking for specific information on what types of businesses were at a specific address in Ishpeming Michigan. It’s now a printing place but it was built in 1881, I know there’s been many ...
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Finding more information about Brecon Arms pub and when specific individuals had occupancy as landlords
The Great-Grandparents of my wife were landlords of "The Brecon Arms" in Llanelli, Wales.
I know this for two reasons:
I heard this information first hand from another elderly relative, ...
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What does 'for the ferm' (or possibly 'farm' or possibly 'feren') mean in Welsh Land Tax records?
I'm transcribing the Land Tax records (circa 1796-1831) for a set of contiguous parishes in Pembrokeshire (all North of the admittedly mobile "Landsker" line.)
Most of them have amounts 'for the ...
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What was required to be entered into "England, Cheshire, Land Tax Assessments, 1778-1832"
My ancestor, George Dutton, was in Cheshire, England, living there around 1800. I noticed he was in Coddington for a few years in the tax records (1796-1798), disappeared for a few years, got married ...
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How to connect digitized images to a map?
This is similar to the earlier question How to index your own digitalized records? but with a twist.
One of my places of interest uses a lot and block survey system and has maps available for ...
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Searching and analyzing Valuation Rolls in Scotland in the early 20th Century?
Whenever I find a street address for a person I'm researching, I like to look for property records to find out whatever I can about the building the person was living in. Even when the person is a ...
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Techniques for searching Somerset electoral rolls?
Find My Past has recently released a collection of Somerset Electoral Registers. The date range for the collection is 1832-1914.
I am just beginning my research in Somerset. I have one family of ...
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Finding records from the 'manor house'
I have an 1881 Census record for one of my research subjects where he appears as a servant at the local Manor house.
Mark Herber's Ancestral Trails has a section on finding manor house records ...
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Where can I find information on buildings that have been demolished?
I'd appreciate suggestions from anyone who has traced the history of houses, multi-family residences, and commercial buildings, on how to find more information about buildings which no longer exist.
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Do any records of the building of the First Parish Church of Norwell exist?
The First Parish Church of Norwell has records back to 1642 and has
scanned all of the church records to facilitate historical and genealogical research.
See http://www.firstparishnorwell.org/archive....
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