"Odd Things" Happening...How to research history of a building...?

Question

Hi, some "Odd" things have been happening at my work recently. Although I am religious, I am a bit skeptical when it comes to people claiming "ghosts haunt buildings". Im wondering how I can reserach the history of our building. Any websites I can visit. Thanks for your help. AZ.

Answer 1

Getting a bulding's history can be tough, and unless it's a famous building, you're not likely to find much on the Internet. I'd suggest hitting the local library and looking for books on local history first; if nothing pans out there, you can ask a librarian to let you look at old copies of newspapers, although that can be a bit exhausting (especially if your library hasn't switched away from microfiche yet...)

Aside from book research, I'd see if you could track down the owner of the building or even people who have worked there a long time or used to work there.

Answer 2

I work for an indian tribe in oklahoma and where i work is on old tribal lands, i hear and see stuff all the time and i work midnight and you know it doesnt bother me, I dont want to know what is going on or why they are here what they are here for, Im native american and i believe to just let it go, you wanna know something really crazy where i live is close to a military base and they found tribal graves on the site where they are building military houses and the military did not want to stop building, so imagine how those people are going to feel when they start hearing stuff

Answer 3

You can actually go the the City's town hall where they keep records of all ownerships of all lands. You can see what was bulit there and maybe what happened from the library. Another good "source" is old people. Or, and I am being serious, a psychic (a good one like Sylvia Brown).

Answer 4

abstract of title, new paper articles, long time residents, local museum, local historical society, local historians are all good sources.