“If You Want Miracles, Take Pictures for BillionGraves!”
Not very many people can say they visited a cemetery for their wedding anniversary, but Colette Hokanson can. In fact, last year’s anniversary was her first time taking pictures for BillionGraves; she and her husband downloaded it before dinner and then visited the their local…
BillionGraves Partners with MyHeritage
In an effort to provide better content and to make records found on headstones more readily available to genealogists around the world, we are happy to announce that we have partnered with MyHeritage! This partnership will expand the reach of BillionGraves records to more than…
Veterans Day Giveaway Winners
A big thank you to everyone who went out to military cemeteries throughout the country this last weekend and photographed veterans’ headstones. We had a very impressive amount of military images uploaded! We were so thrilled that so many of you took the time and…
Veterans’ Day Giveaway
Hey BillionGravers! Here in the US, it’s Veterans’ Day on Monday and what better way to honor our veterans than by documenting their headstones? We want to encourage all of you to head out to any military cemeteries near you and start documenting these headstones,…
New Updates to BillionGraves
Our developers have been hard at work making some updates to the website. Here are a few of the changes they’ve made and what they mean: Updates to the military transcription process: Our developers have added a few things to the military info on the…
A Month of Gratitude
As we reflect on what we are grateful for this holiday season, we realize we have a lot to be thankful for. BillionGraves has blossomed so much in this last year and we have accomplished so much! We are very dedicated to the goal of…
OctoberFest Winners!
Thanks to all who participated in our OctoberFest competition! We sure appreciate all you do! Below are the winners of this month’s giveaway. Please watch for an email in your inbox today requesting your name and address where you would like us to ship your prize….
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…
