Historical societies collect all types of information on their cities, towns and neighborhoods, including both primary and secondary sources and they can often provide contact information for people who are knowledgeable of issues in your geographic area that will be useful when doing your fieldwork.
To find an historical society for your neighborhood, simply type into a web search engine "historical society [name of your city or neighbordhood" or "historic preservation [name of your city or neighbordhood", e.g.,"historical society Echo Park" or "Pasadena historic preservation:.
If no historical society shows up in your search, your city may have an historic preservation, planning, or community neighborhoods departments that might have some valuable and useful information available to you.
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