The Land Titles Office will tell you who owned it, before and after 1900. Peter THOMAS Darwin, AUSTRALIA <pmthomas@bigpond.com> -----Original Message----- From: margaret brookes [mailto:mbrookes@vtown.com.au] Sent: Thursday, 4 May 2006 8:53 AM To: Aus-Melbourne-D@rootsweb.com Subject: history of houses. Hello, Although I feel I should know the answer to this question I plead ignorance!! I wish to know how I begin finding out the history of a newly purchased house in North Brighton which we think would have been built around 1900? kind regards, Margaret Brookes.