Notes
King County Department of Executive Services Archives guide compiled by Greg Lange (revised June 2014) describing ten research steps for tracing the history of a house in Seattle and King County. Covers sources including house photographs (1937–1941, Puget Sound Regional Archives), Property Record Cards (PRC 1937–1972), King County Assessment Rolls (1891/92–1941), King County Deeds, Seattle Tract Books, Sanborn Fire Insurance maps (1884 ff), Baist Real Estate Atlases (1905–1912), Kroll Map Company atlases, subdivision/plat maps, building permits (Seattle DPD Microfilm Library ca. 1895; unincorporated King County ca. 1970), US Census (1860–1940), Polk Seattle directories (1872–1996), General Land Office Surveys (1855–1890s), homestead records (BLM Land Patent Search), and Washington State Digital Archives. Parcel numbers, legal descriptions, King County Recorder’s Records Search, King County Parcel Viewer, and University of Washington Libraries Special Collections are also referenced.