In some countries ,more and more people are becoming interested in finding out about the history of the house or building they live in. What are the reasons for this ? How can people research this ?

It is often said that in modern countries, people who live in antique houses want to know about their former inhabitants. There are multiple reasons for it and the aim of

this

essay is to understand

this

interest and how the public can gather information about the ones that lived before in their homes.

Firstly

, nowadays most old buildings are being demolished to give way to neighbourhoods formed by same-looking concrete cubes. The ones who live in a house

instead

of a flat feel special and, of course, are intrigued by those who walked the same corridors as them or slept under the same ceiling years ago.

Furthermore

, they feel that

this

local culture should be preserved, as well as they hope they will be remembered as well by those who will live there in the future.

That is

a basic human emotion and

this

trend can not be denied.

Secondly

, local authorities and organizations are

also

enrolled on

this

task and can provide valuable resources for discovering the details of almost any building.

For instance

, councils keep records of addresses and taxpayers that can be very useful in knowing who was there during the

last

decades.

Additionally

, architectural societies have photographic testimonials about how the city developed through the ages.

Thus

,

that is

an easy way of discovering the names of the particulars who lived there.

Finally

, a little talk with the elder neighbours of the area can be a very nice and interesting manner of getting information about the whereabouts and stories of the past inhabitants of any site.

This

last

one is the procedure I prefer most.