Best idea ever

Thanks to the Endangered Durham guy, I now know about "Durham City Directories", which are sort of like really, really old-school phonebooks. Only they don't have people's phone numbers. Instead, they list Durham residents and tell you their professions and addresses of where they live and work. These books date back to 1891!

On Friday night I couldn't sleep, so I decided to check out the Durham City Directories on the Durham public library Web site. Well, the Directories were so fascinating that I ended up staying up until 4 AM on Saturday morning reading through them!!! You can actually FLIP THROUGH these crazy old books ON THE INTERNET, and they are chock full of Durham history!!! I totally understand why the Endangered Durham dude gave up being a doctor to do this history detective work stuff.

From my late night research, I now know the names and professions of the actual people who lived in our 1884-built house in the years 1892, 1897 and from 1902-6, as well as all the names and professions of the other people who lived on our street at those times!

BEST IDEA EVER:
My crazy idea is to put together a murder mystery dinner party at our house in December or January. Prior to the event, I'd write up bios of the people who lived on our very historical street back in 1892. It would be historical fiction, based on what I know about these people from my local library research. Party participants would select a historical person, study their bio and come in character, complete with costume!

DOES THAT NOT SOUND LIKE A CRAZY FUN TIME?!?!

Okay, now I'm really hoping this house sale goes through. I've got a party to plan!!!