My house? I need yo find out the history about who were the first owners?

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Hi.... My mother and I were working in the yard... And we found bathroom tiles that were buried we found bed rails buried... all these randoms things that could have been used as weapons or something like that... My mother told me that the first owner of the house built it with his father ... my neighbor says that the man the built the house with his father left to go to florida just leaving the house... They later found out that he had commited suicide in florida.... I want to find out my house history... and IDK how to... other than asking neighbors what can I do???? and besides going to the library ... And remember i am not like 30 so i need an easier way to find out my house history??? Help pls
 
tax assessor's office, online in many places, may have the history of ownership.
 
I do not know why people feel there should be an easy way to find the history of what has happened in a house. It would take THOUSANDS of man hours to develop and maintain such a database, and access, if someone went to all this trouble, certainly would not be free.

You can get the ownership history from the tax assessor's website. Some are online, some are not, in my area, you have to pay to have access to their information.

You could try googling the address. Call the business line of your local 911 (don't call 911, find the business line in the phone book)

People bury crap in their yard to avoid dumping fees, it isn't that unusual.

It is not going to be a few key strokes to find out the house history, someone is going to have to do the work.
 
The place to find out who owned your house from the day it was built until the present time is your county auditor's office. They should have a complete ownership record. They will give you the names (and maybe even a drawing of the property at the time, with dimensions of the house and lot) but that's all. It will then be up to you to find out who the people really were--what sort of folks they were, I mean.

If your town has a historical society, take the names of the owners to them and ask them about it. And sorry, but the library would be your next step--or a local genealogical society. Ask your local historical society for groups who do that sort of thing.
 
The place to find out who owned your house from the day it was built until the present time is your county auditor's office. They should have a complete ownership record. They will give you the names (and maybe even a drawing of the property at the time, with dimensions of the house and lot) but that's all. It will then be up to you to find out who the people really were--what sort of folks they were, I mean.

If your town has a historical society, take the names of the owners to them and ask them about it. And sorry, but the library would be your next step--or a local genealogical society. Ask your local historical society for groups who do that sort of thing.
 
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