Useful Links This Week

I decided that every week I'll post some links that have been found useful in our research.  Most of these are used to find new places to investigate, while others are used for research.

Find a Grave

Find a grave is very useful.  You can find cemeteries close to you that you want to investigate, see who is in it, and see pictures of the cemetery and headstones.  This all varies depending on how much people update it, but the information can be very useful.  Some of the entries have pictures of the people while they were alive, and will sometimes have their obituary entry.  Some cemeteries are older and headstones are hard to read, and Find a Grave will have the epitaphs written online, and can be very accurate.

County Website

I put our county website up, but any county website can be very useful.  You might hear rumors or stories about places that are haunted, and these websites can provide history and insight that may prove or disprove those stories.  For example, the story of Tuckers Cemetery here is that "old man Tucker" killed his family and burned them in the basement there.  If you look at the county website, you can find pictures of a Tucker School.  This helped to disprove the rumor.  There is a basement and a foundation next to the cemetery, but it was possibly the school, not "old man Tucker's" house.  This helps to show how useful a county website is.  Another good source would be your local historical society.

First Ever Post

This post is to introduce OPS and who we are. So, I provided pictures! In the group shot, you have Matt, Tiffany, Danielle, Gary and Steven. Brandon isn't in this picture, so I included the only "good" shot I have of him from an investigation. So far, we've investigated three cemeteries in our area - Weavers Chapel Cemetery, Parks Cemetery and Tuckers Cemetery. Tuckers Cemetery is known in our area for being haunted, but has unfortunately given us nothing. I think it's mostly a way for high school boys to impress girls. We've had the most activity at Parks Cemetery. Hopefully we'll be able to show more evidence as the blog goes on.