You can research the history of your house whether it is 20 years old or 150 years old. Marian Pierre-Louis will introduce where to find the deeds to your house, how to chain a deed, and locating other sources of information such as the US Federal Census records. Come learn some tricks to get the most out of your house history research. This talk is appropriate for both beginners and those who have some research experience.

Presented by the Wayland Historical Commission and the Wayland Free Public Library.

Marian Pierre-Louis is an educator who specializes in house history research, southern New England (MA, CT, RI) genealogy and historic cemetery research. She has published numerous articles in journals as well as over 500 articles for online content.  She contributed a chapter to The Stories Houses Tell – A Collection of Little Compton [RI] House Histories (2015) and again in a new volume (2022) A Second Collection of Little Compton House Histories. Marian has been researching house histories for over 25 years. She has researched hundreds of houses across Massachusetts. Her website, the Northeast House Historian, is a resource for everyone who wants to research the history of their home.