The Madness of March Madness
March has been an amazing month for BillionGraves all over the world, thanks to all of our contributors new and old! Not sure about you, but my NCAA bracket and dreams of winning 1 billion dollars from Warren Buffet are shot… but it’s not too…
A State of Growth – 7,000,000 Records!
The BillionGraves team is proud to announce that we have reached 7,000,000 records! Thanks to all the contributors around the world! We are reaching each Million Mark faster and faster each time around. With new partnerships and dedicated contributors, we are growing our headstone record…
BillionGraves 2014 March Madness
It’s March again–and basketball fury’s in the air. The NCAA’s March Madness tournament has begun! U.S. College basketball might not be for you, so we’ve decided to host our own BillionGraves competition! It’s the “March 2014 BillionGraves Madness”! This contest is in addition to the current March “Win the…
March ‘Win the Pin’ Contest
March is here already and the weather is warming up- which is good news for BillionGravers! BillionGraves is growing faster than ever. A special thanks for our top contributors in February! Here is the next edition of the “Win the Pin” Contest!! Each month…
February ‘Win the Pin’ Winners!
Thank you again to our top transcribers and photographers who participated this month in the February ‘Win the Pin’ contest. The cold weather’s still there. But that still doesn’t stop our top contributors! Here are the winners of the February ‘Win the Pin’ contest winners! …
MyHeritage and BillionGraves team up and launch international App
Groundbreaking multilingual mobile app will power international crowd-sourcing initiative We are pleased to announce a new collaboration with MyHeritage to digitally preserve the world’s cemeteries. In this collaboration, MyHeritage calls upon its tens of millions of users along with millions of other family history enthusiasts around…
MyHeritage and BillionGraves Team Up to Digitally Preserve the World’s Cemeteries
MyHeritage and BillionGraves team up to digitally preserve the world’s cemeteries Groundbreaking multilingual mobile app will power international crowdsourcing initiative TEL AVIV, Israel & LEHI & KAYSVILLE, Utah – Wednesday 19 February, 2014 – MyHeritage, the popular online family history network, has partnered with BillionGraves…
BillionGraves Announces NEW “Supporting Record” Features
After months of work in response to hundreds of user requests, BillionGraves has added several new features designed to validate and enhance the headstone records found on BillionGraves. Introducing BillionGraves “Supporting Records” The Supporting Record feature now allows users to upload evidence-based documents that support…
February ‘Win the Pin’ Contest
We had an amazing start of the year creating more than 350,000 records from all over the world, especially Australia who is competing aggressively as our number 1 country for uploads! As the seasons change, we are excited to see what tremendous growth we will…
January ‘Win the Pin’ Winners!
A big thank you to all the transcribers and photographers who participated this month in the January ‘Win the Pin’ contest. The cold weather and deep snow didn’t stop our dedicated volunteers from making this month the best January since we started two years ago….
FamilySearch Invites Volunteers “Hasten the Work”
FamilySearch has teamed up with BillionGraves to “hasten the work” by organizing groups to taking photos of headstones around the world. Together this will increase the collection of headstones in an astounding rate. Thanks FamilySearch, for continuing to help us reach our goal of 1…
Tombstone Tuesday: Laura Ingalls Wilder
If you’ve ever read Little House in the Big Woods, Little House on the Prairie, or seen the award-winning TV series Little House on the Prairie, you have been influenced by Laura Ingalls Wilder’s work. These stories are based on Laura’s own childhood experiences living in…