Er, if you connect the resistors in series *and* you connect each resistor to ground, aren't you grounding everything?
It's kind of hard to tell exactly what you're doing. A diagram or more detailed description would help.
It sounds like you may not really have a good grip on what you're trying to do. Maybe you should tell us what you're trying to measure, and we can offer alternative strategies.
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