Week 2: We Need More Images!
The brackets are tight as our uploaders and transcribers compete night and day for our awesome prizes! Keep watching the March BillionGraves Madness page to see where you stand! As the weekend approaches, our transcribers are getting more and more anxious to keep getting those…
Finding Spanish Records from Your Couch
As BillionGraves is growing rapidly, we are excited to increase our Spanish records not only in Spain but in Latin America as well. One of our biggest Spanish-speaking supporters is Sonia Meza. She is a fantastic genealogist and has a highly successful blog: Red De…
Week 1: March BillionGraves Madness
Check out the top uploaders and transcribers at the end of the first full week of March BillionGraves Madness! Where do you stand? We’ve had a fantastic week with thousands of uploads and record-breaking transcriptions! Thank you for your contributions, the competition is tight! We…
March BillionGraves Madness!
It’s that time of year again–when college basketball teams from all over the United States hope for a place in the NCAA’s March Madness tournament. Well…you may not follow U.S. college basketball, so we’ve decided to host our own competition! PRIZES: The “Top” winner in each…
Terrific Top Contributors for February
Here’s a shout-out to our top 5 uploaders and transcribers for the month of February: [one_half]Top Uploaders: elcolpitts (6483) Campbell2u (4927) Will (3922) B Wernex (2684) hunteryeary (2631) [/one_half] [one_half_last]Top Transcribers: CWiscount (15785) bonniecunliffe (9934) triskovach (7720) DdraigGoch (2975) B Wernex (2551)[/one_half_last] Congratulations! The BillionGraves…
7 Ways to Become the Photographer Every Genealogist Loves!
In transcribing images for BillionGraves as well as other genealogical records, I have been extremely frustrated in trying to decipher blurry, obscured, or faded records. I feel personally responsible when I can’t correctly transcribe an image because I know that means it won’t be accessible…
