Who Do You Think You Are…
Guest Blog Post By Brandon Jensen Throughout life one cannot help to think of the great legacy their ancestors have left before them. The amazing ancestral mysteries of who, where, and why my life is. Life can bring complicated and yet challenging adventures with landsides…
5 top complaints- Why “NOT” to do Genealogy Work
Guest Blog Post BY PATRICK WILLIAMS: When I was a young child, I learned about Genealogy from my Grandmother. My teachers and leaders at church would always talk about it. Growing up as a Mormon, it was talked about a lot in regards to Temple…
Guest Post: Organizing a BillionGraves Project
For the new year we wanted to do something special this week and highlight a guest blogger on BillionGraves today; Jason W. Crews from TheTexasGenealogist.com. ` Jason is a passionate genealogist, born and raised in Grand Prairie Texas. A new volunteer to BillionGraves this last…
January Win the Pin!
It’s a new month and a new year so we’re starting a brand-new contest. Introducing the monthly Win the Pin contest! Each month you’ll get the chance to compete for the unique pin of the month. All you have to do to win the pin…
December Holiday Challenge Winners
A big thank you to everyone who participated in our December Holiday Challenge! Here are the lucky winners of Amazon gift cards! [custom_table] Top Uploaders Top Transcribers 1. Paulwuzhere 17,001 1. HonestAbe 19,322 2. kathleenba 14,989 2. vblackledge 13,512 3. STEVE N 9,779 3. StoneScriber…
Headstone Symbolism, Part 2
The holidays are always a time full of symbolism, both religious and secular, so I thought it would be a great time to publish Part 2 of our Headstone Symbolism series. I love discovering and thinking about deeper meanings behind symbols in our lives, I…
Spotlight Saturday: Charlene Boyd
BillionGraves is going behind the scenes to give you a sneak peak of the people who volunteer their time and effort for the BillionGraves project. BillionGraves is a community of truly amazing people and we want to help you get to know each other through…
Free Shipping on the BillionGraves Store
Happy Friday the 13th everyone! We’re wishing lots of GOOD luck your way! And speaking of good luck, if you are still looking for that perfect present for a friend or relative, you’re in luck today! We’re offering free shipping to you for the rest of the month…
Cemetery Boundaries
If you’ve ever taken pictures in a cemetery that is within a few blocks of a neighboring cemetery, you might have found that sometimes the images will end up in the wrong cemetery. This is especially common if you’re taking pictures along the edge of…
BillionGraves Announces New Partnership With Tributes.com
BillionGraves is thrilled to announce our new partnership with Tributes.com! Tributes.com is the leading online source for local and national obituary news as well as a resource for families to pay tribute and find support in the loss of their loved ones. We are pleased…
Tributes.com and BillionGraves Announce New Partnership
Tributes Enriches its Extensive Obituary Database with Headstone Records from BillionGraves Tributes.com, the online source for local and national obituary news, announced today that they have formed a partnership with BillionGraves, a worldwide headstone database company, incorporating BillionGraves’ nearly 6 million headstone records into the…
6 Million Marvelous Records!
The BillionGraves team is proud to announce that we have reached 6,000,000 records! We are so thrilled about the wonderful progress being made and are excited for the next million records! We couldn’t have done it without the wonderful contributors who are visiting and photographing…