New Tricks and Treats for Halloween – Search for Your Ancestors’ Gravestones and Obituaries Online at MyHeritage
Press Release MyHeritage teams up with BillionGraves and Tributes.com, adding millions of gravestone records and obituaries to its searchable database of historical records. TEL AVIV, Israel & LEHI, Utah & BOSTON, MA & KAYSVILLE, Utah – October 30, 2013 – MyHeritage, the popular online family…
Congratulations to All of Our Eagle Scouts!
We’ve had a phenomenal amount of Eagle Scout projects done taking pictures of headstones with BillionGraves this summer. We were so impressed with these young men and the experiences they had during their project that we wanted to spotlight them on the blog! Here…
BillionGraves Store Grand Opening!
You asked and we heard you. Announcing the BillionGraves Store, your one-stop shop to buy all the BillionGraves “swag” your heart desires! To celebrate this grand event, we are giving YOU a discount on your first purchase! Use the promo code “BGROCKS” before checkout and…
NEW! Military Transcriptions
If you’ve transcribed any images yesterday or today, you’ve probably noticed the new feature on our transcription page! You can use this exciting new feature whenever you come across a headstone with some sort of military information on it. We made this feature as easy…
Calling all Coloradans!
Want to be the first to participate in an exciting project at BillionGraves in Colorado? Here’s how: What: BillionGraves is excited to be working with the VA to document military headstones in our Country’s National Cemeteries. To jump-start this project we will be coming to…
New iOS App Version Available For Download
Here’s some more great news for you: the latest BillionGraves app version is available for download on the Apple store! This version (v. 3.3) contains numerous updates and enhancements for iOS 7 as well as some bug fixes. If you haven’t already, download the latest version…
Tutorial Tuesday: How to Link Images
If you’ve taken pictures before with the BillionGraves application only to realize that you forgot to link two images together, don’t worry! You can fix it! First of all make sure you are linking images that need to be linked together. If you aren’t sure…
Colorado Military Project THIS WEEK! Join us!
In case you haven’t heard already, we are photographing the entire Fort Logan Cemetery in Denver, Colorado THIS Friday and Saturday! Bring a phone, charger, jacket, water bottle, and don’t forget to RSVP to hgunn@billiongraves.com no later than Wednesday (October 14). We need as many people as possible and we will…
September Showdown Winners!
September showed us some great competition between our transcribers and our uploaders, but the transcribers stayed strong and pulled through with the win this time! Congratulations, transcribers! You will each receive a BillionGraves stressball and I’m sure you’ll need it after all the transcribing you’ve…
New 2.3 Android App!
Finally, the moment you’ve all been waiting for! We are delighted to announce the latest (and greatest) Android application is now available on the Google Play store! We have moved the app to a new home, so make sure you look for it in the…
BillionGraves OctoberFest!
It’s that time of year again when the leaves turn colors and the weather gets cooler here! Fall is in the air! It’s also the beginning of the month, so it’s time to introduce this month’s promotion! Since it is the spookiest month of the…
Tombstone Tuesday: Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott, famous American writer and women’s rights advocate, is buried in what has been dubbed “Author’s Ridge” in the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, Massachusetts. She was born in November 29, 1832 and died early at the age of 53. Despite her family’s…