Research your house.

"Finding Your House Roots"

Lecture by Bim Oliver — May 11, 2023

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Research Resources

About the House

• SL City Building Permit Cards — Click "Sign In" to access
• SL City Building Permit Registers
• Tax Photos — Salt Lake County Assessor
• Historical Photos — Marriott Library Digital Collections (digital materials only)
• State Historic Preservation Office HUB — Historic Utah Buildings
• Building Files — Marriott Library Digital Collections
• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps — Marriott Library
• Utah's Historic Architecture 1847–1940

Historical Newspapers:

• Utah Digital Newspapers
• Chronicling America — Library of Congress
• HeritageQuest Online (library card required)
• Salt Lake Tribune News Archive
• newspaperarchive.com or newspapers.com (subscriptions)

About the Occupants

• Legal Description — SL County Assessor
• Title Abstracts — Salt Lake County Recorder
• City Directories via HeritageQuest (library card required)
• US Census via HeritageQuest (library card required)
• Historical Photos — Marriott Library Digital Collections

Historical Newspapers:

• Utah Digital Newspapers
• Chronicling America — Library of Congress
• HeritageQuest Online (library card required)
• Salt Lake Tribune News Archive
• newspaperarchive.com or newspapers.com (subscriptions)

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