Finding who lived at addresses for ancestry research free site?

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Finding who lived at addresses for ancestry research free site?

I am researching my ancestry and would like to check details of addresses of my ancesters is there a site I can use

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Disclaimer- this applies to US but *might* be useful for other places. My favorite resource in old records are land deeds. Warning, this is not for the casual search, or if you don't want it unless online.
If they lived at a certain location, and were not renting, you can track the history of a land parcel at whatever county office holds the deeds. There are indexes called grantor/grantee index that tells who bought it, who sold it. Once you find a date that the property was transferred, it will give a book/page number to find the deed itself. OLD deeds can be goldmines of details... especially if no other records show lineage. If John Smith owned a parcel of land in 1850, and James Smith owns it in 1875, that is a good clue that James inheirited it.
Not every house still exists, but if it was a well known house, it could be designated as a landmark. One way to run those down is google, using a term such as Dallas Texas landmarks.
In a town/city situation, you also might contact the local building department, in person if at all possible. Depending on the age of a house, it may have been built before permits, etc were required.
Many cities had what were called Sanborn's maps that were created for insurance purposes. If a large city, the reference librarian would be a good person to ask on that.
Almost all the genealogy or ancestry sites are going to focus on the individual persons or families. Few people bother going into the under the radar information as to where they lived. But it really adds to what you have, if it can be run down.
You can contact me via my profile... with more details of a particular location, I might be able to find further sources for you.