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Researching Historic Properties
Presentation by Katie Quick Derby
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Find on Google Earth
Review Local History
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Tax assessment
Legal description
Owner’s information
GIS Information
Previous Owner
Sale Price
Year Built
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Google It
Library of Congress
Local Historical Societies and Libraries
Sanborn Insurance Maps
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Start in 1940, work backwards in time
Use a map and browse the census images to find the correct street
After you find it the first time, search same enumeration district, neighbor’s names
Follow it back in the census until it disappears
Fill in the gaps with city directories if available
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Search Local Newspaper Archives for address and residents
Look for Obituaries
Type in street names
Historical Newspapers
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John Thomas Ellington Jr., 80, a native of Stafford County, died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2001, at Mary Washington Hospital.
Mr. Ellington had been the owner of several local contracting businesses since 1951.
He was a member of the American Legion Post 55 and was a World War II Army veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Elsie Stiles Ellington; a daughter, Sandie "Sissie" Roberts of Maryland; three sons, David Ellington of Fredericksburg, Robert Ellington of Alexandria and the Rev. John Ellington of Hampton; three sisters, Clara Lee of Fredericksburg, Virginia Atkins of Bassett and Cindy Sweger of Illinois; a brother, Bernard J. Ellington of Fredericksburg; and 11 grandchildren.
A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Found & Sons Funeral Chapels, Fredericksburg, with the Rev. Robert Sizemore officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to Laura Green to help defray her medical expenses, c/o Fairview Baptist Church, 900 Charlotte St., Fredericksburg, Va. 22401.
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Individual buildings and historic districts
Architectural Descriptions
Pictures, Maps
Short histories, historical names for buildings
Bibliographies
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Local History
Compiled Genealogies
Google Books
HeritageQuest
Ancestry
FamilySearch
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