MAIL forwarding - how can I find where previous owner went?
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From: Rebecca Webb on 26 Oct 2009 11:55 I'm trying to track down a family that owned a historic house in my community in 1995. They stayed only about a year. I've had no luck finding them on-line and the folks who bought the house from them are gone, too (dead or disenfranchised i.e. not likely to care about my research). A member at the local historical society suggested asking the post office for a record of a forwarding address. I tried that recently, hoping to discover periods when the house stood empty. As best I can recall, I was told that, in the past, only the letter carrier had forwarding info for homes in his or her route. Post offices seldom hang onto such info for long. True? I was also told that, more recently, forwarding is centralized. Info is sent to a large regional facility and NOT kept at local post offices. True? Starting when? Thanks if you can help. RW
From: Bill on 26 Oct 2009 12:21 National Change of Address... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Change_Of_Address Might also try neighbors, electric company, gas company, etc. "Rebecca Webb" wrote in message > I'm trying to track down a family that owned a historic house in my > community in 1995. They stayed only about a year. I've had no luck > finding them on-line and the folks who bought the house from them are > gone, too (dead or disenfranchised i.e. not likely to care about my > research). A member at the local historical society suggested asking > the post office for a record of a forwarding address. > > I tried that recently, hoping to discover periods when the house stood > empty. As best I can recall, I was told that, in the past, only the > letter carrier had forwarding info for homes in his or her route. Post > offices seldom hang onto such info for long. > > True? > > I was also told that, more recently, forwarding is centralized. Info is > sent to a large regional facility and NOT kept at local post offices. > > True? Starting when? > > Thanks if you can help. > > RW
From: Shawn Hirn on 26 Oct 2009 19:03 In article <webbrl-28FDEC.10551626102009(a)free.teranews.com>, Rebecca Webb <webbrl(a)morris.umn.edu> wrote: > I'm trying to track down a family that owned a historic house in my > community in 1995. They stayed only about a year. I've had no luck > finding them on-line and the folks who bought the house from them are > gone, too (dead or disenfranchised i.e. not likely to care about my > research). A member at the local historical society suggested asking > the post office for a record of a forwarding address. > > I tried that recently, hoping to discover periods when the house stood > empty. As best I can recall, I was told that, in the past, only the > letter carrier had forwarding info for homes in his or her route. Post > offices seldom hang onto such info for long. > > True? > > I was also told that, more recently, forwarding is centralized. Info is > sent to a large regional facility and NOT kept at local post offices. > > True? Starting when? > > Thanks if you can help. > > RW Contact your community's local recorder of deeds office.
From: Erehwon on 26 Oct 2009 20:09 "Rebecca Webb" <webbrl(a)morris.umn.edu> wrote in message news:webbrl-28FDEC.10551626102009(a)free.teranews.com... > I'm trying to track down a family that owned a historic house in my > community in 1995. They stayed only about a year. I've had no luck > finding them on-line and the folks who bought the house from them are > gone, too (dead or disenfranchised i.e. not likely to care about my > research). Are you trying to find the name or do you already have that and just trying to find a current address for them?
From: Gary Heston on 27 Oct 2009 00:19
In article <webbrl-28FDEC.10551626102009(a)free.teranews.com>, Rebecca Webb <webbrl(a)morris.umn.edu> wrote: >I'm trying to track down a family that owned a historic house in my >community in 1995. They stayed only about a year. I've had no luck >finding them on-line and the folks who bought the house from them are >gone, too (dead or disenfranchised i.e. not likely to care about my >research). A member at the local historical society suggested asking >the post office for a record of a forwarding address. [ ... ] If you're looking for the family name, check the local library for city directories around that time--they usually have a section sorted by address. Once you have a name, do a national directory search via yahoo, google, white pages, etc. to locate prospects. Gary -- Gary Heston gheston(a)hiwaay.net http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/ "Where large, expensive pieces of exotic woods are converted to valueless, hard to dispose of sawdust, chips and scraps." Charlie B.s' definition of woodworking. |