Researching the History of Your House and Property
Learning about the history of your house and the land it sits on can be fascinating. The characteristics of your house can offer clues about the times in which it was built. You can also usually find out who owned your property, from the early years of Licking County onwards. Be advised, though: it can be difficult and time-consuming to find a lot of information. In many cases it is not possible to learn exactly when a house was built, but you can usually at least surmise an approximate date. And when you learn the names of the people who lived on your property, you can often gather more information about their lives. Government records were not usually kept which specifically indicate when a house was built. Sometimes, though, you can find a good clue about the construction date by looking at old tax records. If a tax record from a certain year indicates a major increase in the value of a property, this suggests that a substantial new structure was built. For Licking C