Thanks Snowman. I understood the test and agree that it would be the best way to test. I was going to do that Sat.
Fortunately, even though I didn't work on it at all tonight when I got home, I managed to find and fix the problem. I got a wild hair and decided to test a couple of other things. Figuring that the wiring may not make much sense I went ahead and tested a couple of other outlets. There were two outlets in a third room that were also on this circuit, and, I believe, the beginning of the circuit.
I plugged my tester into one outlet and turned on one of the switches and noticed my tester do it's thing (hot/ground reversed). I also noticed a buzzing noise. I took that outlet apart and put it back together and again noticed the noise which led me to the culprit. It had a connection that was obviously bad. I took it apart and put it back together and everything is working again. I still have all of the outlets uncovered, but I put the switch plates back on. I'll put the rest of the house back together tomorrow.
Thanks everyone for all of the help!!!
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