Does anyone know how I can find out if someone died in my house,and the names of the people?

Question

Does anyone know how I can find out if someone died in my house,and the names of the people?

Answer 1

by law, they are supposed to divulge if anyone's died in your house when you go to buy it.  Also, they have to tell if you've had a pool in your backyard.  (you know, maybe you don't know, cuz they filled it in with dirt?)

  Or maybe they filled in the pool with dirt after they buried the bodies???  

  Wish you'd said why you want to know--- it's kinda creepy, yeah.  Hope you don't have spirits sharing space with ya!

Answer 2

Hold a sayonce and contact them

Answer 3

if you own the house you have a paper called an abstact..it tells all owners and occupants since the house was built

Answer 4

go to the local library and ask the Liberian to help you she can. sometimes the towns have alot of stuff i am not sure where you are living.

Answer 5

Unless you put it in your question, we can't tell what country you are in. It is the most frustrating thing Yahoo does. It doesn't matter if you go into domestic Yahoo or one of the International Yahoos (UK, Australia, Canada, India . . .), all of the questions in English go into one big "pot".

That is why some people answered "District" and some answered "courthouse".

What you'd have to do is find out who owned and / or lived in the house, then look up the obituary of everyone by that surname who died in your town to see where they died.

In the UK, you can't, from what I understand. In the USA, most city libraries have old city directories, which have reverse directory sections. These list people by address, not by name.

(That is, the first entry is Jack Jones, 101 "A" street, then Tom Smith, 102 "A" street . . .)

So, if you find out that John Smith owned the house but rented it, and in 1945-1948 Mr and Mrs. Brown lived there, you next consult a death index for the people named Brown who died in your town in that time span. If you find one who did, you look up his/her obituary. You may find little Johnny Brown died of the mumps, or drowned in the bathtub or was killed by lightning in the back yard.

All in all, it is much more work than most people will want to do.

Answer 6

not gona lie, thats kinda sketchy, hope ur not doing some freaky voodoo.

Answer 7

You could also ask neighbors.  I learned that my neighbors wife died of an asthma attack in their home.

Also public records would have the name of the families that owned your house--call the Town Hall of where you live and tell them what you are looking for, they should be able to help get you  started.

If you think your house is haunted--you could consult some type of medium.  Use the Internet for information on this one.

Also maybe talk to a priest.  Perhaps he can make a blessing of some sort--that might be the cheaper way to go!

Unless pots and pans are flying all over the place--I wouldn't worry.  

My next door neighbor's husband died suddenly and she felt his presence for a few years.   Then he moved on to where he needed to go.

Stay centered and calm--life and death are a natural process of the earth.  I am sure GOD knows what he is doing.

Answer 8

Hit the ol' county courts and ask somebody in public records.

Answer 9

First of all get the legal description of your property by going to the City assessor's office. It will consist of a numbered block and plot. Next go to the courthouse and ask for help doing a deed search. Write down all the individuals that owned your house by backtracking through the legal records. Your next step is to find a local history center or history club. They will help you obtain obituaries from local newspapers. If the newspaper does not state where the death occured, look for children of the parent or relatives that probably can be contacted. You may find the local history buffs know the family of the house you purchased. This is the long way but the only way to properly document whom lived in your home prior to you. If it is a very old home keep in mind that often when abstracts were required, the abstract sometimes showed the best guess.

Answer 10

creeeeeeeeeeeeeepy.................