Help & User Guide
How to use Housetory
Use this guide to register, add houses and stories, create Research Network profiles, and manage your submissions.
Getting started
Housetory helps communities preserve the memories, history and stories connected to homes and places. Most contributions are reviewed before they appear publicly.
Register or log in
Create an account so you can submit houses, memories, stories, photos, researcher profiles or organisation profiles.
Register or log inAdd a house
Search for the property address, choose the correct suggestion, add what you know, and submit the house for review.
Explore / Add a houseAdd a memory
Memories are added from a House page. Find the house first, then choose Add Memory to share a personal or community story.
Find a houseAdd a timeline entry
Timeline entries are added from a House page. Use them for construction, sales, renovations, residents, heritage listings or major changes.
Find a houseAdd a Street Story
Street Stories capture memories, history and observations connected to a street, neighbourhood or local place.
Add a Street StoryCreate an organisation profile
Historical societies, archives, local associations and community groups can create public profiles in the Research Network.
Create organisation profileCreate a researcher profile
Researchers, historians and people with local history knowledge can create a profile showing their interests, areas covered and enquiry preferences.
Create researcher profileManage your contributions
Use My Contributions to view your submitted items, check review status, edit your work, and manage researcher or organisation profiles.
Open My ContributionsHow review works
Housetory uses moderation to help keep public information respectful, useful and reliable. New submissions are usually saved for review before publication. If you edit an item after it has already been published, it may return to review before becoming public again.
More help
For a broader introduction, read the About page, How It Works page and Contribution Guidelines.