28 Mar 2024

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It’s the Last Weekend! 

This is the last weekend of March BillionGraves Madness! Where do you stand on the bracket? If you’re not on there, don’t worry! You have until Sunday night (March 31) at midnight (UTC time) to get your photos in! Make sure your photos are uploaded…

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RootsTech “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…

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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…

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Happy 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…

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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…