Deaths in my house?

Question

how do i find out who died?is there any site i can go to?

Answer 1

First find out whom all the previous owners were.  Go to the hall of records find out if they are still alive or deceased.  Go to the library as well & do a search.  Talk to "long time" neighbors.

Answer 2

If you own the house, phone up whoever keeps the deeds to it - maybe your solicitor.

Make arrangements to view them.

Hopefully it will tell you who built it, and a list of residents as the deeds were passed down.

Then go online and search the Ancestors websites. There are still a few free ones - so don't get hooked into paying subscriptions for free info!

This will tell you when those people died, and any family they had- and when they were born and died.

Then you need to spend time looking at obituaries in the relevant papers of those dates.

They are usually stored on microfilm rolls at a central town library.

You will probably pick up other interesting facts too - like plague, adoption, sub-letting etc.

I traced a property that had a residual haunting.

Traced it back to 1853 and found the surgeon working there.

Then searched online for surrounding information - and found living realatives in the US. They were very happy to have a photograph of where their gt gt grandad worked!

Also uncovered in the search that there wasn't anaesthetics in 1850, and he went off to california on a boat that took 3 months to cross for the gold rush!

Answer 3

Go to the council. Sometimes they don't want to give the information out but it is your right as a tenant to be made aware.

Answer 4

That's difficult to track down. You would need to track down death certificates, but then you would need to know not only who lived in the house, but anybody who visited for any length of time. It's a difficult thing to do.

Don't put much effort into it though -- there isn't any compelling evidence that ghosts exist or that a death in a house produced a ghost.

Answer 5

Yes, there is a big, dusty book in your local library called Houses and the People Who Died in Them.

But seriously, if you live in an old house (100+ years) chances are someone died there at some point.  However, this really shouldn't mean anything.  The "someone died in the house" thing is just an element of a spooky story used by so-called investigators to try to justify something that can't be justified.  This is just speculation since no one has determined what causes hauntings and no ghost has been interviewed to that effect.

Answer 6

neighbors could be a good source of reliable information

Answer 7

Neighbors, newspapers or city historian.

Do you live in a historic house?

In the entire history of man I'm sure someone at some time has died where your house is.

Answer 8

No of course there isn't you silly moo!!! Why would there be a site for the dead??? And all the places they haunted??? Don't get me wrong chicken, i know where you're coming from but be real love - there ain't nothing that can direct you to where your loved ones are but the loved ones themselves??? It don't mean they don't love ya coz they ain't come back to see ya - they ain't well enough yet!!! They've got to heal their souls before they attempt to make themselves known to you!!! Wait my love - they WILL come and see ya - in dreams or reality - wait and see!

Answer 9

You would have to look up the history of your house..try finding info on all the people that have owned it. If there are older neighbors that would know previous owners you could ask them...

Answer 10

If you live in the USA go to your county assessors office (place where you pay property taxes) ask them for a listing on your house of previous owners, they can also tell you what was on that property before you house was there. As far as the dead people you will have to search for them manually.

Answer 11

in some shows they visit the locale library to fine if anyone died in the property

Answer 12

You'll basically want to get historical records for your home. Depending on the age of your house, you'll want to try different sources. Town historians are very knowledgeable and should have some information about your property and possibly the house. The town itself should keep records on land & home sales. You can also ask neighbors that may have been there a while or inherited their homes from parents or other family members that lived in them previously. You can go to the library as well, most towns have some sort of book about the town, and you can look through old newspapers as well. Good luck!

Answer 13

Quite a disquieting question maybe I've read it in the wrong way?

Answer 14

you could go to the council and ask for a list of people who were living there and had died there. you can also ask some elderly neighbours and see if they know who used to live there