Dwemer ghosts existed in Morrowind, but like Gelebor, we only spoke to one and we weren't given the option to ask him that much about his culture. Just wait until TESVI:
Steve: Greetings, %PCRace! I am Steve, last of that otherwise extinct race native to this province. Fortunately, I fluent in your language. I'm sure you have many questions and I would like my account to preserved by your civilisation.
%PCName following the only dialogue option available: I could care less. Just tell me how to get the MacGuffin.
Or we might get a book about Merethic Skyrim written by a someone who did what you said.
Still, it's curious that Morrowind's ruins are haunted if Skyrim's aren't.