Researching Your Home Workshop

Learn how to uncover the history of your home with Ann Senefeld of "Digging Cincinnati History."

Are you curious about the history of your home? Would you like to find out who lived there before you and what they did? Learn what resources are available to find your home's ancestors and create its very own family tree with Ann Senefeld, local historian and the research powerhouse behind the much-loved local architecture blog, Digging Cincinnati History.


Ann is the author of Finding Your Home’s Ancestors: A Guide to Researching Properties in Hamilton County, Ohio and a recent winner of the Griffin Yeatman Historical Achievement Award.


A Cincinnati native, she believes buildings have their own family trees and learning their stories adds a human face to history. She holds a Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree with minor in History from Xavier University.

IMPORTANT NOTE! All attendees should bring a laptop computer/tablet to this workshop!

  • "Whether peculiar or mundane, Ann's research pulls back the curtain on the Queen City."

    Seth Maney, Urban Sites

  • "Ann provides an invaluable service by researching historic buildings that are in danger of demolition... Her work is very thorough, using multiple sources, and her rates are reasonable."

    Margo Warminski, Cincinnati Preservation Association

  • If you're curious about the history of your home in Hamilton County, there is no better single source than this."

    Michael Waddell