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RESEARCHING YOUR HOME'S HISTORY

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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 20040502
Author:Thomas Grillo Globe Correspondent

Henry David Thoreau or John Quincy Adams may not have lived in your house, and it may not have been designed by a famous architect, but every older home has a history. And owners intrigued by their home's origin, style, or former residents can research its past in several ways.

"People always want to know the history of their home, especially if it's a really old house," said Steve Thomas, former host of "This Old House," the locally produced PBS television show on home renovation. "One of the charms of an older home and Massachusetts has more than its share is the sense of past generations ...

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