BillionGraves Eagle Scout cemetery projects are making an impact on the genealogy world! As Eagle candidates lead their volunteers in taking GPS-linked photos with the BillionGraves app, they are helping others find their ancestors and grow their family trees. In this blog post, you will learn about Eagle Scout candidates planning and carrying out unique […]
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March 1st I started the Billion Graves Project for Price Cemetery, photographing approx. 1200 Headstones and Markers and getting them uploaded to the website at www.billiongraves.com , now we have to Transcribe them all and use the GPS data and Grid Map every one of the graves onto our Map and Transfer that info to
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Is your local cemetery covered in snow or is it just to cold to get out there, so you can’t get out to take gravestone photos? So sad, but while you’re stuck inside, check out the exciting new changes to BillionGraves’ transcription page! You can even transcribe gravestones on your mobile device now! Get started
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Before the snow flies, and before it covers headstones in cemeteries in your area, take an hour to take some photos with the BillionGraves app! Close out the year by remembering those who have gone on before you–preserving their memory and family history for generations to come! #billiongraves #rescuingourroots #genealogy Just because they are gone,
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Finished up RedBank Cemetery for the Billion Graves Project. Was able to locate and photograph 157 memorials of the 199 listed as being here. Approximately 42 not found / unmarked. Now to get them all Transcribed. As always we are looking for volunteers and if you want to join in and take pictures or if
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Photographed all of Saint Paul’s Cemetery up at Pilot’s Knob by Dollville. It has 190 memorials listed on Find A Grave as being there, I could only locate 161 to photograph and catalog for Billion Graves. Now I can spend the afternoon Transcribing the pictures and getting all the information for each logged onto the
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Tower Hill Methodist Cemetery completed this afternoon. 217 memorials added to the Billion Graves Project today. Now to get them all transcribed, quite a few of these will be really hard to transcribe as they are seriously weathered and neglected. Sad to see so many knocked over and barely sticking out of the dirt broken
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Every month when you upload a certain amount of headstone photos or transcribe a certain amount of uploaded photos you are eligible to get a free Billion Graves Plus Membership for a month with all kinds of added bonus features that let you find a ton of new information about people. Literally just by uploading
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Do you have a list of favorite autumn traditions? Jumping into piles of leaves Carving pumpkin Apple picking Corn maze Hay wagon ride Hike in the mountains Bonfires with s’mores Could you add one more autumn tradition to your list? Take photos of gravestones with the BillionGraves app BillionGraves needs volunteers to take photos of