[Stingy Jack]

Thanks for the story MovieMan ... but, I guess you know I don't believe in ghosts and have a tendency to agree with your wife on this one ( :) ).

But, if you seriously think you saw something out of the ordinary, and feel the need to investigate further just to put your mind at rest, you can always go to the chamber of commerce and check out the files on the property. Go through the files, looking for any information about the school house or the farm house. They should have information on any structures built on that property. Get yourself some dates. When was the school house destroyed, when did the farm house burn?

Once you have the dates, go to your local library and hope they have a pretty good collection of periodicals for your area. Look up newspaper articles for the dates you acquired, and see if they have any more information you can go off of. You may have to use a microfiche for this one.

Of course, there might be an easier way to begin research on this ... although, I have never done research on property before, so I'm just stating what I would do with my lack of experience. You could always just go to the chamber of commerce and ask someone how you would go about starting your research, and hope they are able to tell you more than I can. :)