Resources for home history research

When researching a home or neighborhood, Julia Griffith says, “practice makes perfect, or it makes you pull your hair out. But you always learn something. And if you run into a dead end, you probably

have at least two more avenues to pursue.”

Here are some resources suggested by Griffith and Nancy Torphy, who teaches classes on home history research. City website: milwaukee.gov Milwaukee Public Library: 814 W. Wisconsin Ave. Humanities Room, second floor; Art Music and Recreation Room. Milwaukee Development Center: 809 N. Broadway,

first floor.

Municipal Research Center: Zeidler Building, 841 N. Broadway in the basement. (414) 286-2297. (Has city records, historic preservation information and a municipal research library.) Milwaukee County Courthouse Register of Deeds: 901 N. 9th St.

By appointment only, (414) 278-4021. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Golda Meir Library: 2311 E.

Hartford Ave., (414) 229-5402. Milwaukee County Historical Society: 910 N. Old World 3rd St.,

(414) 273-8288. Wisconsin Historical Society: 816 State St., Madison. (608) 2646460, wisconsinhistory.org For online property assessments in Milwaukee: Go to https://itmdapps.milwaukee.gov/MyMHome/ (Other municipalities should have similar resources.)

Classes: Historic Milwaukee Inc. offers classes on researching the history of your home. The next class will be at 1 p.m. Dec. 2 at Historic Milwaukee, 235 E. Michigan St. Classes are about 1 1⁄2 hours. The fee is $10 for members, $20 for non-members.

For information, call (414) 277-7795 or see historicmilwaukee.org. More classes will be scheduled throughout the year.