Cyber Attacks 101: Is Your Genealogy Safe?
Yesterday, our friends over at Ancestry.com say they were hit by what’s called a DDoS Attack, or a “Distributed Denial of Service” attack. It has temporarily shut down Ancestry.com and their affiliated mobile application, Find A Grave, which is frustrating for the company and users…
June 50,000 Challenge!
Fellow BillionGravers, Wow! What an amazing month of May, with 1,657,164 total contributions made. That’s insane! We are extremely grateful for all of you that helped reach this amazing milestone. If you haven’t seen it yet, check out our month-end wrap-up of our great success in May -> HERE With…
1.6 Million More in May – 2014 Results!
More like 1.6 Million More in May! The final results are in and the numbers speak for themselves! 938,743 photos were taken, 718,421 records were transcribed(with an additional 446,000 images waiting to be transcribed)! With over 18,000 new BillionGraves users! In total volunteers made over…
Only 2 Days Left in Million More in May
Million More in May – Only 2 Days Left We are down to the last two days for the Million More in May and Mini iPad promo! Already we have had more than 851,547 pictures uploaded and 680,643 records transcribed! INCREDIBLE! Thank you to all who have participated…
Million More in May – Final Week
Million More in May – Final Week We are down to the final week for the Million More in May and Mini iPad promo! Already we have had more than 790,174 pictures uploaded and 630,122 records transcribed! INCREDIBLE! Thank you to all who have participated this…
Memorial Day – A Time to Remember
Happy Memorial Day from BillionGraves! Memorial Day is a day for all of us to reflect on the Veterans who sacrificed their lives to give us our freedom, and gave us a day and a place to honor their memory. At BillionGraves I have had…
Million More in May Update 2014 Week 3
WOW, BG’ers! Another record breaking weekend at BillionGraves! Over the weekend there were: 139,467 images uploaded & 78,145 records transcribed Thanks to all of our users around the world who have contributed so far this month! We are closer than ever to our 1 million image goal, and…
Million More in May Update 2014
Hey, BG’ers! You’re on fire! So far, we have a handful of photographers in the running for an iPad Mini. As of today, we have two people with over 25,000 images and a third that is ALMOST halfway. Who said this was impossible? Scoreboard! Check…
A State of Growth – 8 Million Records | 100,000 Users!
The BillionGraves team is proud to announce that we have reached 100,000 registered users and 8,000,000 million records! This is a big milestone in growth of BillionGraves! Thanks to all the contributors around the world! We are reaching each Million Mark faster and faster each time…
Million More in May Madness 2014
Million More in May Madness 2014 Happy May 1st, BillionGravers! We’ve made it to our most exciting month of the year. It’s warm outside, the trees are green, the flowers have bloomed, and it’s time for our favorite event of the year – The 3rd Annual…
April’s Golden Egg and Win the Pin Winners!
A big THANK YOU to all the transcribers and photographers who participated this month in the Golden Egg and Win the Pin contests! The warmer weather and beautiful sunshine were a perfect combination to make it the best April for photos and records created in a single month….
New Features Added to BillionGraves
NEW FEATURES: A SIGN OF SPRING! The BillionGraves team has been hard at work over the winter months to bring you some very special additions to the website! As many of you already know, we have made some of these updates already available on the…