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…
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…
