"John Moorhead" writes:

I have an old Victorian, Circa 1868.... The tenants trashed it, long
story.... Anyway, most of the electric outlets are two prong, rather than
grounded.... I would like to put grounded outlets in, but I have only a
hot
(black) and neutral (white) No separate ground wire....

Would it be safe to install a 3 wire plug and have the ground and neutral
common to the white wire?

NO ! !


Would this work and be safe?

NO ! !

Only having 2 prong
outlets has been a PITA, and getting under the house to run separate
grounds
would be a real bit of work.

Agreed.

Would bridging the ground and common terminals
also work and be safe with a GFCI outlet?

NO ! !

I would appreciate any remarks from those that KNOW and have experience.
The last thing I want is a fire....

You need to find a qualified electrical contractor who specializes in
residential re-wire jobs.

Up front, this one won't be cheap.

My guess is all the existing wiring is loom, knob and tube which just makes
the job more difficult.

HTH


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