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House Research in Your Area |
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20 | (1) |
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20 | (2) |
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Even Your Subdivision Has a History |
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22 | (3) |
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23 | (2) |
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Supply List for Beginners |
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25 | (1) |
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Story: Only Believe Half of What You Hear |
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26 | (1) |
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``You're Not Using a Pen, Are You?'' |
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26 | (1) |
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Story: ``Follow That House History Writer'' |
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27 | (1) |
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27 | (1) |
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28 | (2) |
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Story: House Histories Sometimes Mirror Local History |
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29 | (1) |
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Follow the Paper Trail and the People Fail |
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30 | (3) |
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Story: Reach Out and Touch Someone |
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32 | (1) |
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Take a Genealogist to Lunch |
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33 | (1) |
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Story: Don't Believe Everything You Hear About Your House |
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34 | (1) |
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Historical Information is Here and There |
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34 | (3) |
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37 | (24) |
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``What Style Is My House?'' |
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37 | (4) |
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Story: Houses Are Not Always What They Seem |
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40 | (1) |
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Where Are the Plans for My House? |
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41 | (1) |
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Look for Old House Plan Books |
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42 | (1) |
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Take Snapshots of Your House |
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43 | (1) |
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Finding Hidden Treasures in Photo Files |
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43 | (2) |
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Your House Could Be on a Postcard |
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45 | (3) |
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Finding Your House on Fire Insurance Maps |
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48 | (3) |
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Story: Sanborn Maps and Spies |
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50 | (1) |
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Bird's-Eye Views Are Not Just for the Birds |
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51 | (1) |
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51 | (1) |
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Story: Finding the Truth on Old Maps |
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52 | (1) |
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Don't Overlook Vintage Aerial Maps |
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52 | (1) |
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How Was My House Decorated When It Was Built? |
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53 | (4) |
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Using Vintage Architectural Magazines |
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57 | (4) |
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Searching for Physical Clues |
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61 | (22) |
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61 | (2) |
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Story: Does Your Home Have a Secret Room? |
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62 | (1) |
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Do You Have a Sears Catalog House? |
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63 | (3) |
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Story: The Mystery of the Name on the Window |
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65 | (1) |
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Did Your Home Come from Another Catalog Company? |
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66 | (2) |
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Story: The Porch Swing That Was Meant to Be |
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67 | (1) |
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Have You Tried a Metal Detector in Your Yard? |
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68 | (2) |
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Story: Front Doors in the Basement |
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70 | (1) |
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Digging Up the Past in Old Privy Holes |
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70 | (3) |
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Story: A House-Raising Story |
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72 | (1) |
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Was Your House Ever Moved? |
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73 | (3) |
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Story: House Moving Stories |
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74 | (2) |
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Uncovering the Original Colors of Your Home |
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76 | (3) |
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Story: You Never Know What You'll Find in an Old Basement |
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78 | (1) |
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My Home's Not Historic, But I Want to Fix It Up Right |
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79 | (4) |
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Using Your Address to Find Information |
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83 | (16) |
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Who Was the Architect for My Home? |
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83 | (2) |
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Locating Building Permits for Your House |
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85 | (2) |
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Story: Don't Let FOI Forms Scare You |
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86 | (1) |
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Utility Records Can Provide Clues |
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87 | (1) |
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Finding the Original Price of Your Home |
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87 | (2) |
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Contact Local insurance Companies |
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89 | (1) |
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89 | (3) |
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Story: Tax Records Can Be Misleading |
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91 | (1) |
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Ask for Street and House Files |
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92 | (3) |
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Story: Just Because It's Written Down Doesn't Mean It's True! |
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94 | (1) |
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Is Your Home in a Subdivision? |
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95 | (1) |
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Is Your Home Listed on an Architectural Survey? |
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96 | (1) |
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Old Address vs. New Address |
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97 | (2) |
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What Families Owned Your House? |
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99 | (34) |
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House History Equals Homeowners' History |
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99 | (5) |
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104 | (1) |
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Where and How to Find Deeds for Your House |
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104 | (4) |
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Story: A Deed Does Not Equal a House |
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107 | (1) |
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108 | (5) |
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What You Won't Find on a Deed |
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113 | (1) |
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Understanding 'hypes of Deeds |
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114 | (4) |
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118 | (1) |
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Squeezing Information from a Deed |
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118 | (9) |
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Story: Does ``Pfingste'' Sound Like ``Kingston'' to You? |
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126 | (1) |
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Using the Document Information Forms |
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127 | (2) |
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Story: Name Misspellings Can Drive You Knutz |
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129 | (1) |
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Deciphering Old-Style Script |
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129 | (2) |
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Story: No Saloons or Asylums, Please |
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130 | (1) |
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Your Home May Have Been Rented |
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131 | (2) |
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Investigating Owners to Learn Even More |
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133 | (34) |
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Let Your Fingers Do the Walking |
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133 | (3) |
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Census Records Yield Fascinating Details |
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136 | (7) |
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Ask Churches About People Records |
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143 | (2) |
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Listening to Oral Histories |
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145 | (1) |
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Look at Any Lists of People That You Find |
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145 | (1) |
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Going Once, Going Twice, Sold! |
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146 | (1) |
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147 | (1) |
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God Bless the Mormon Family History Centers |
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147 | (4) |
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151 | (2) |
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Look for Homeowners in Local History Books |
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153 | (1) |
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Search for Vintage Who's Who Books |
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153 | (2) |
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Don't Overlook Old Newspapers |
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155 | (2) |
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Social Directories Tell You Who Was Who |
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157 | (1) |
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Newspapers Contain Interesting Tidbits |
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157 | (2) |
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Story: Seasick Researchers |
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158 | (1) |
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Farmer's Directories Left Nothing Out |
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159 | (1) |
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Contacting Former Owners of Your Home |
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159 | (3) |
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Sample Letter to the Former Owner of Your Home |
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162 | (1) |
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Sample Questionnaire for the Former Owner of Your Home |
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163 | (4) |
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Story: Ghostly Faces at the Windows |
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165 | (2) |
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Clues from Beyond the Grave |
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167 | (8) |
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Death Indexes Lead to Obituaries |
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167 | (2) |
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Story: A Ghost Named Julia |
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168 | (1) |
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Cemetery Indexes Help You Find Obits |
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169 | (2) |
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Funeral Homes Can Be Helpful |
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171 | (1) |
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171 | (2) |
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Story: Obituary Information Solves Puzzle |
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172 | (1) |
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Where There's a Will, There's Information |
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173 | (2) |
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Story: A Wealth of Information in Wills |
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174 | (1) |
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Curious About the History of Your Land? |
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175 | (20) |
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Going Back to the Beginning of History |
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175 | (2) |
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Who Owned Your Land Before Your Home Appeared? |
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177 | (2) |
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Understanding How Land Was Surveyed |
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179 | (4) |
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183 | (1) |
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``N 18.5 Degrees 3 Chains 5 Links...'' |
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184 | (1) |
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``North 15 Degrees East 13 Chains, East 8 Chains...'' |
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185 | (6) |
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Untangling Land Measurements |
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191 | (1) |
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Landownership Maps Contain Landowners' Names |
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192 | (1) |
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Agricultural Censuses Yield Farm Information |
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193 | (2) |
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195 | (6) |
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Put Your Research Finds in Order |
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195 | (1) |
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Save Your Research and Memorabilia |
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196 | (2) |
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Start Your Own Photo Archive |
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198 | (1) |
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Give Something Back to Your Local Historical Society |
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199 | (2) |
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Other Sources of Information |
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201 | (70) |
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State Historic Preservation Offices |
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201 | (20) |
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Regional Depository Libraries |
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221 | (17) |
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238 | (13) |
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251 | (20) |
| Glossary |
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271 | (7) |
| Bibliography |
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278 | (5) |
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