North Salem Methodist Episcopal Church (Now United Methodist) c. 1923, shortly after its dedication. Photo courtesy of the Indiana Album,...

Whether you're researching a house, a community, a person, or an entire family, historic newspapers are an invaluable resource. Every...

As we drive through the places we call home, it's easy to take the landscape for granted, overlooking the layers of history hidden in plain

Tax records are one of my favorite sources to use when researching historic homes.

An easy trap to fall into when thinking about old homes is to only consider them important and worthy of preservation if they were owned by