Growing Grave Records
The BillionGraves database of headstone photos and transcribed records just keeps growing, thanks to all of you. Starting this week, I’m going to post a list of all the countries you’ve been uploading from, along with lists of the states, provinces, and other sections within…
Event: Cemetery Mapping in Sandy, Utah
It’s been a while since the BillionGraves team last organized a cemetery-mapping event, so we’re planning one for next Saturday, September 24. You’re invited. WHO: Anyone near enough to join us (photo collectors and transcribers are all welcome!). WHAT: Mapping out the Memorial Gardens of…
Transcribing for Posterity
Recently BillionGraves crossed the 200,000-record mark, and the number it still climbing. In light of all these available records, I thought I’d revisit some points on how to give the best you can while you’re transcribing. The most important part about transcribing is remembering that…
Deciphering Welsh Writing
Transcribers may have noticed the recent influx of Welsh headstones. When BillionGraves first started to get a lot of photos from Sweden, one of our users provided information to help us transcribe Swedish stones. Luckily one of the individuals uploading photos from Wales has supplied…
August’s Winners and September’s Contest
August has been a photo-, map-, and transcription-filled month, and you all have been amazing in the process. Every one of you contributing to BillionGraves has contributed to the awesome growth we’ve seen and to the growing number of complete cemetery records and photos that…
Linking Photos of the Same Headstone
The recent Android update included numerous bug fixes and one new feature: linking images. This feature is in response to the need we’ve found (and you’ve undoubtedly seen) to link multiple images of the same headstone so anyone looking for the ancestor buried under that…
