Monographs about historical buildings, stories of houses

Starting from existing documents (land registers, census details, civil status records, mortgage records, notaries' registers) supplemented by a site visit with you in order to evoke the memories attached to your dwelling, I can reconstruct the history of your heritage.

At the end of my work you will receive a file containing:

• A description of the property as it relates to the local heritage, backed up by photos, allowing the property to be situated in its historical and geographical context
  
• An extract from the 1:25,000 map showing the position of the property
• A plan of the buildings

• A descriptive document detailing the farming system where relevant, the present-day human factors, the environment and proposals for potential visits from the public
• The genealogy of the owners
• Notarised deeds (marriage contracts, wills) signed by the owner
• A census of the existing inhabitant
• A document recording anecdotal information given by the owners
• Those land registry documents which have been found
• Tenancy agreements and other documents relevant to the agricultural exploitation of the property

Références

Province et Patrimoine (Province and Heritage), Castres:
in the context of a convention with the Council for Architecture, Planning and Environment of the Tarn, with a view to mapping the Department's heritage of agricultural buildings:

• Inventory of the cantons of Monestiés, Villefranche d'Albigeois and Valdéries

Association Sauvegarde du Rouergue
(Safeguarding the heritage of the Rouergue, old name for the department of the Aveyron), Rodez:

• Preparation of monographs about rural houses based on both on-site and documentary research