DISCOVERING UNMARKED
GRAVES AND CEMETERIES AND PLACES
By Vernon L. Helmke
Many times we have
said, I wish my Grandmother had told me where a certain relative in the
past
was buried, or who is buried next to Great Grand Father, or I know she
is
buried in this Cemetery but where, there is not a tombstone. Does this
ring a
bell with you? Well there may be a way of looking back into the past
and
discover some of these mysteries. If a person has an open mind and the
ability
to concentrate and believe in “Dowsing” as a technique of locating
places and
things not seen or having existed in
the distant past.
About 1975 I became
aware of a technique of locating buried pipes, and being an Architect,
there
was the need to locate pipes that were suspected but not known about on
building sites where one of my Jobs was to be built. I learned that two
bent
coat hangers could be used as a technique of Dowsing would locate these
pipes.
Many times I was able to prevent a broken gas line or water line or
even
cutting a buried Electric Wire. This served me well in my work. Often
workmen
were disbelieving, but when they found the pipe, they were glad I had
cautioned
them. In 1998 by attending a Genealogy Seminar where the speaker was
Leland K.
Meitzler, Managing Editor of Heritage Quest, he stated you can find
unmarked
graves with two coat hangers bent to a certain shape. Wow, my ears
perked up
and he then described that when walking in a place where graves are to
be
located, the two coat hangers bent to a a 90 degree shape and held
loosely
pointing forward, would cross when passed over a grave. I could not
wait to go
out and try it. I went to a Cemetery where there were known graves and
I tried
it and by golly, it works. I had to do this a number of times before I
came to
believe in it. I have improved a bit on just the bent coat hangers by
cutting a
4 “ long ½” pvc pipe for handles in
which one leg of the Coat Hangers is in
that pipe which is what is held in each hand and that
allows for a very free swinging “Rod” or “Stick” or what ever
you
want to call these devices.
This was a
fascinating process and I gave several demonstrations to Genealogy
Societies
and many were disbelieving and some people thought it was interesting
and that
it works. One day while reading a Genealogy Magazine there was an Add
for
“Discover Rods” being sold by mail order for $25.00. I thought Wow,
this person
knows how to sell two old coat hangers for this price, he must be a
real slick
Business man. I had to have one so I sent off and received two very
nice steel
rods bent like two coat hangers maybe a little longer and the handle
was made
of ¼” copper tubing nicely formed and a small book describing
how they worked.
I already knew this, but what was added was a new theory; that by using
one rod
over a grave you can tell if the person buried is a female or male.
This is
possible if all of the Graves in the Cemetery are facing the same way.
Wow,
another unique piece of information so again I had to try this as soon
as I
could get out to a Cemetery. Did it work? Yes it does. There is another
advantage by using one Rod and that it will now tell if it is a water
pipe
(often found in a Cemetery to water the grass) or a Grave. This is also
very
necessary.
So now we can walk
over ground that might contain graves and by using one Rod, it will
swing for a
grave and if it points to the Foot, it is a male and if it points to
the Head,
it is a female. If it crosses a pipe or other below ground ditch or
such, it
will not move. If you hold the Rod over your head it will spin Counter
Clockwise for a female and Clockwise for a Male. Now what is the next
thing
that will bewilder the ordinary person. One thing that must be
remembered, the
person doing this must “Believe” in Dowsing and in the use of the Rods
and be
able to concentrate on what you are doing at the time. If you do not
believe,
it will not work for you.
Now the next step in
this strange behavior. I want to stress this is not Witchcraft or anti
Christian. It is however not a standard science and the way it works
has
numerous theories but no standard science on which this is based. It is
Energy
that exists that is not Electricity but more related to Magnetic Energy
or I
tend to believe that the Energy is the Energy of “Life” or that energy
that
exists in living creatures, both Human and Animal. A name given to me
is Ethric
Energy or Radionic Energy. Beyond this I do NOT know, but all I know it
works
for me.
In using the Rods
over ones head and if they spin leads into the next stage of the use of
Dowsing
and it is described in a Book by Richard Webster, “The Art of Dowsing”
which is
available on Amazon. Com or bookstores in the cities or on the
Internet. Just
Google to Richard Webster and you will get to a lot of books written by
this
person. Described in this book are numerous ways dowsing is used and
the one
that relates to locating lost graves, is the use of a plumb bob. Any
small
plumb bob will work and they can be made out of plastic, metal or wood
or
purchased. Generally you must believe that the Plumb bob will answer
your Yes
or No questions by spinning clockwise for Yes and counter clockwise for
NO.
Also the Plumb bob will spin clockwise over a Male grave or counter
clockwise
over a female grave, just like the Rods do. However dowsing over
drawings or maps
when you are not at the location can assist in finding a Cemetery where
a
particular person is buried. This will allow for locating the
approximate place
where the person is buried by doing the following: If you believe the
person
may be buried in a particular State in the USA go to the Atlas of that
state.
Write the name of the person you are seeking on a piece of paper and
place so
you can read it and concentrate on this name by asking and
concentrating on the
question “is this person buried in this state and point to it”. Hold
the Plumb
Bob over one corner of the map and it will swing in the direction of
where that
person is buried. Lay a ruler on the map under the swing and mark a line on the map with a pencil from that
corner. Then go to another corner of
the map and do the same thing by concentrating and it will swing again
in the
direction of where the grave is located if it is in that state. Mark a
line
again and it will cross the other line. Go to the third corner and
repeat the
procedure by marking the map. It will cross again and leave a small
triangle.
The grave would be some where in that triangle. Then in one hand take a
pointer
like a no 2 sharpened pencil and point to places within that triangle
and hold
the Plumb Bob in the other hand and when it spins clockwise or counter
clock
wise the strongest that will be the approximate place of burial. Now
you must
go to the actual location by use of the map and repeat the three corner
plumb
bob swinging from a cemetery that will probably be in that location or
from
opposite corners as related to the approximate spot and that will
direct you to
the probable location of the grave. If this is in a Cemetery, you will find an unmarked grave or maybe
even a tombstone with the name of the person. If it is in a field or
pasture
where a small private cemetery could be located, you will find the
grave of the
person you are looking for. Then when you have found the exact probable
spot,
hold the plumb bob over the specific place and ask the question by
concentrating
on it “is Jane Doe buried here” This is a yes or no question and if it
swings
to the clockwise it is yes and if it swings counter clockwise it is no.
Wow, you say this is
in never, never land. It is if you do not believe. If you believe, you
can prove
this to yourself by going to a known
Cemetery with known relatives of yours and where tombstones mark the
location
and go through the procedures outlined above until you have gained
confidence
in the application. If you do not remain a skeptic, it will work for
you and I
know you are not a Warlock or Witch, so it must work,
Try it, you will
become fascinated.
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