Did a simple search.. had to follow a few links to get there tho.
http://www.castleofspirits.com/ouijaboards.html
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The idea of the Ouija board first came about in 1848 when two sisters in the USA believed they could talk to a spirit and started up a simple form of communicating with it by tapping on a table or the wall, each tap or knock represented a letter of the alphabet.
Not too much later on early type of Ouija boards were developed and it was common for people to participate in regular seances and attempts to contact the spirit world. Although many of these earlier seances were often hosted by fraudulent mediums who were after money and would resort to all sorts of trickery to .
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So yeah.. it has abit more.. have a look, I hope this is what you were looking for Gak