10 Steps to Researching the History of Your House with Marian Pierre-Louis

Join House Historian Marian Pierre-Louis on Saturday, October 17, at 12:30 pm in the Community Meeting Room for “10 Steps to Researching the History of Your House”.

Learn how to uncover the past of any home—whether it’s 20 years old or 200. House historian Marian Pierre-Louis will introduce where to find the deeds to your house, how to chain a deed, and locate other sources of information such as the US Federal Census records, maps and tax records. And you’ll learn how to find the stories that bring the history of your house alive. Come learn 10 steps to get you started on your house history research. This talk is appropriate for both beginners and those who have research experience.

Marian Pierre-Louis is an educator specializing in house history research, southern New England genealogy, and historic cemeteries. With over 25 years of experience, she has researched hundreds of homes across Massachusetts and New England. She contributed chapters to The Stories Houses Tell – A Collection of Little Compton [RI] House Histories, and authored the Old House Secrets series in the Medway & Millis Local Town Pages. A former docent at the Fairbanks House, the oldest timber-frame house in the U.S., she runs the website Northeast House Historian (https://northeasthousehistorian.com/). Marian is also the Online Education Producer for Legacy Family Tree Webinars, where she hosts weekly live broadcasts and produces genealogy classes.

For more information, contact Nancy Little at [email protected] or call (413) 772-1544 x5124.

Pre-registration recommended. https://greenfieldpl.libcal.com/event/15658246

This program, generously sponsored by the Friends of the Greenfield Public Library, is free and open to the public.