ebaymama
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Post by ebaymama on Jul 7, 2009 2:09:11 GMT -5
How do you do research on a property? We have lived in the same house since 1998 but it was built in 1973. I have experienced a few things but I can't say for sure they are paranormal (but I don't sleep with the lights off).
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Post by ebaymama on Jul 7, 2009 2:19:46 GMT -5
Also, when I was at a different residence (age 9-18) as a child I was really afraid of my bedroom closet & could have sworn I saw it open slowly on more than one occasion & didn't like the hallway either. However, that is probably just me being a fraidy cat kid. I can't remember it that clearly now.
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Post by paranormalskeptic on Jul 7, 2009 7:26:46 GMT -5
I can tell you how I did it- hope helps first contacted the city historian, who gave a general history of the area our home was in, then the library had a wealth of information, city records had old street maps, we traced the house back to 1840- couldn't get further than that, because their were no records before that time -we also check census records for names and occupation and traced the deed of the house- unreal our home had changed ownership nearly yearly so that was a tangled mess- with so many owners - the paranormal team which came connected one former resident named Mary to a fire a huge one that took place in 1913 (the Binghamton clothing factory fire) - I was able to research further on that person, found out that they had survived the fire -something the team didn't have time to find out- because this fire was huge event second in death toll to the triangle fire-some 32 people died- there was tons of information in old newspapers which were not only on micro film at the library- but I found lots of newspapers and information available on line - via those ancestor sites, I also check cemetery records looking up various former residents of the home...its a huge task but researching I personally found interesting but was a pain too as many things are hand written
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Post by paranormalskeptic on Jul 7, 2009 7:32:31 GMT -5
I also contacted former residents that were still living- just general chit chat not telling them that we were having strange things happen- but let the conversation flow and ask if they ever had any odd things happen and when I did so - the former residents had stories that were very similar to what we were experiencing- felt validated by that fact that I wasn't the only one
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