“Wow” Moments
Thanks to Jyl Pattee’s challenge at the Keynote session on Friday, I decided to find some “Wow” moments during my time at RootsTech. While traveling to all 50 states, Jyl made “Wow” moments by taking jumping pictures by roadsigns. Well, I decided to travel a bit…around RootsTech 2013 and I created some “Wow” moments of my own!
The lovely waterfall/sign that greeted us every morning when we walked into the Expo hall.
Gotta love Ancestry.com!
Find My Past: their booth was so tall!
I LOVED meeting these lovely Aussies (Alona Tester in the hat behind me is a blogger too!) I can’t help being jealous of her lovely accent.
These people loved the fact that it looked like they were photo-bombing me, when really, I was sneakily getting the picture of them!
I heard lots of great things about RootsMagic this weekend, I may just have to try them out myself!
Mocavo provided the green lanyards for ALL conference attendees!
These guys have exciting things coming up! Can’t wait to try out the free 6 month membership I won from them!
The My Heritage side-note we got to look at all day (our booth was right next door). I have the gift of levitation everyone.
Everyone loves FamilySearch here!
Flip-Pal has a ROCKIN’ product. Might just have to rob my piggy bank to get myself one!
Saving Memories Forever; I already have their app on my phone!
I think these two lovely ladies weren’t sure what to think of me…
Yes, folks, this is the only booth that applauded my jumping skills. Thanks Southern California Geneological Society!
ReelGenie was packing up their booth by the time I got to theirs… I had to jump real fast!
And then I found someone to jump with me! I love these Sistas in Zion! What great sports!
…and we ended big with one big BillionGraves JUMP. These guys are the best!
We sure had a lot of “Wow” moments at RootsTech talking to thousands of people who are just as excited about genealogy and technology as we are. What WOW moments did you create today?
Read MoreTake a Picture, Win a T-shirt
RootsTech starts tomorrow and we have our booth up and ready to go for the weekend!
If you will be at RootsTech, the BillionGraves team wants to meet you! Come by our booth, #425, in the Expo Hall of the Salt Palace and let us meet you! And while you’re there, take a picture of yourself in front of the BillionGraves booth, post it on Twitter or Instagram with the #BillionGraves hashtag, and you could win a FREE T-shirt!
For those of you who can’t make it to RootsTech, you can still enter to win! Take a picture of yourself BillionGraves-ing in any cemetery this weekend and Tweet or Instagram it with the #BillionGraves hashtag and you could win too!
Just make sure you post your picture before midnight on Sunday, March 24th when the giveaway closes, and we’ll post the winners next week.
Happy BillionGraves-ing and hopefully we’ll see you at RootsTech (or on Twitter and Instagram)!
A RootsTech Kick-Off
The BillionGraves team is excited for RootsTech, the annual genealogy and technology conference in Salt Lake City, Utah that is happening THIS WEEKEND—(March 21-23)!
To kick off the week, Myrt (a.k.a. Pat) from DearMyrtle.com broadcasted her weekly “Mondays with Myrt” show from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.
A beautiful day around the Family History Library
Myrt at the start of the show in a conference room of the FHL
Myrt is one of the kindest, most knowledgeable ladies I’ve ever met and I had a blast meeting this superstar genealogist! I also got to meet some other genealogy bloggers there: Heather Rojo (Nutfield Genealogy), Jill Ball (Geniaus), Thomas MacEntee (Geneabloggers), Dianne Miller (flip-pal.com), and Lisa Alzo (lisaalzo.com). Talk about a fun group of people!
Heather Rojo, Myrt (Pat), Jill Ball, Thomas MacEntee, Dianne Miller, Lisa Alzo, and me
And here’s the video of when I got to chat with Myrt one-on-one:
Feel free to watch the whole broadcast, these people are doing exciting things in the genealogy world!
Needless to say, this broadcast made me even more excited for RootsTech this weekend. Will you be there? I’d love to meet you! Comment below or tweet us (@BillionGraves) to let us know if you’ll be there.
Better yet, come to the BillionGraves booth (#425, click here for a map) and let us know what you’re up to! It’s going to be an awesome weekend!
Read MoreHappy St. Patrick’s Day!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone! With the holiday on my mind, I decided to look up all the cemeteries named for St. Patrick, and what did I find? OVER 55 CEMETERIES in the United States alone!
Saint Patrick Catholic Cemetery — Ridgway, Illinois
Saint Patrick Catholic Cemetery — Sherman, Wisconsin
Saint Patrick Catholic Cemetery — Nevada, Iowa
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Oxoboxo River, Connecticut
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Henry, Illinois
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Lagro, Indiana
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Colesburg, Iowa
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Wayne, Iowa
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Gem, Kansas
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Corning, Kansas
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Gypsum, Kansas
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Port Sulphur, Louisiana
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Merrill, Michigan
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Essexville, Michigan
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Kandiyohi, Minnesota
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Dumont, Minnesota
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Melrose, Minnesota
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Holden, Missouri
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Stanberry, Missouri
Saint Patrick Cemetery — St. Patrick, Missouri
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Butte, Montana
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Ceresco, Nebraska
Saint Patrick Cemetery — North Platte, Nebraska
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Locust Valley, New York
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Coeymans, New York
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Watervliet, New York
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Taberg, New York
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Moriah, New York
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Bombay, New York
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Victor, New York
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Colton, New York
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Brasher Falls, New York
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Minto, North Dakota
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Grand Rapids, Ohio
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Saint Patrick Cemetery — White Haven, Pennsylvania
Saint Patrick Cemetery — St Francis, South Dakota
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Cavour, South Dakota
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Montrose, South Dakota
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Batesville, Texas
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Sabinal, Texas
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Boscobel, Wisconsin
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Wrightstown, Wisconsin
Saint Patrick Cemetery — New London, Wisconsin
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Hudson, Wisconsin
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Wyoming, Illinois
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Buda, Illinois
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Anna, Ohio
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Tolono, Illinois
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Thompson, Ohio
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Osseo, Minnesota
Saint Patrick Cemetery — Walnut, Kansas
Saint Patrick Church Cemetery — Wentzville, Missouri
Which ones did I miss? Do you know of any other Saint Patrick Cemeteries? Surely there’s got to be some in Europe, right?
Speaking of Saint Patrick’s Day, here’s a video from History.com of things you probably didn’t know about St. Patrick’s day. Who knew Saint Patrick wasn’t actually Irish? News to me!
http://www.history.com/videos/bet-you-didnt-know-st-patricks-day
Happy St. Patrick’s day from all of us at BillionGraves!
Week 2: We Need More Images!
The brackets are tight as our uploaders and transcribers compete night and day for our awesome prizes! Keep watching the March BillionGraves Madness page to see where you stand!
As the weekend approaches, our transcribers are getting more and more anxious to keep getting those images into the BillionGraves database. And this is where we need YOUR help:
WE NEED MORE IMAGES!
Our excellent transcribers are almost cranking them out faster than we can bring them in, so let’s all step up our game.
In the U.S. alone, it looks like weather temperatures will be up this weekend, especially in the south and west areas of the country with a promise of sunshine in other areas of the world. So don’t forget to head out to your local cemetery this weekend and let’s get those pictures rolling in while the weather gives us the chance!