On 08/05/2016 7:20 PM, Lynn Kitson via wrote: > Is it possible to find the owner of a house in London in mid 19th century London? > I am trying to find our if my 2nd G Grandfather, Frederick Weitzel, a baker, owned a particular house, 17 Drury Lane. in the 1870s. Have you tried Westminster Rate Books? Did Fdk.Weitzel leave a will? > On the electoral roll he is named as living there but in fact his daughter and her husband, Charles House are the people in residence. If source for residence is a census, remember that it a record of people in that house on one night in the year of the census. > Any clues please. > Lynn Regards, John Henley