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After our Practical Preservation event in June at Lancaster History I reached out to our contact to see if they would have someone share their resources for researching house histories on the Practical Preservation Podcast. Kevin Shue joined the podcast and shared his more than 30 years of experience working with the collection at Lancaster History.
There are many resources to help you find the history of our home. The two areas of concentration most people are searching for are the year the house was built and/or the history of the people who built and subsequently lived in the house.
Resource options:
- Tax records
- Deed recordings
- Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County – individual property records from county surveys
- Census records: population, manufactures schedule to show craftsman and trades, and agricultural schedules to show crops, livestock, and acreage
- Estate Inventorys
- Countywide maps
- Fire Insurance maps
- Photos
Photos of the Lancaster History Collection:
Bio:
Kevin worked at LancasterHistory for thirty years. He has helped thousands of researchers over this time period. He has help authors of numerous books, and given lectures on various topics here in Lancaster;, as well as, Dublin, Ireland, Belfast, Northern Ireland; County Tyrone, Northern Ireland; and Quinnipiac University in Connecticut.
Contact:
Lancaster History – lancasterhistory.org (research) or 717-392-4633
Hours: Monday-Saturday 9:30am-5pm