10 Ways to Get Children Interested in Family History
What will happen to your family history collection when you turn the corner from being a researcher to being an ancestor? Will one of your children or grandchildren love family history like you do and take good care of it? My interest in family history…
5 Fun Fall Family Reunion Activities!
Did you have a family reunion over the summer? Or is it still on your “to do” list? Perhaps you had a family reunion and it was so much fun you are ready to do it again! As the color comes into the leaves and…
A Labor of Love on Labor Day
Many of us get a day off of work on Labor Day, but it doesn’t have to be a day off of life. Labor Day can become a day to serve others, a labor of love. Service makes life meaningful. Our ancestors were a part…
Over 1.3 Million More in May!
Over 1.3 Million More in May! The final results are in and the numbers speak for themselves! 560,759 photos were taken, 822,911 records were transcribed (with an additional 179,000 images waiting to be transcribed)! In total volunteers made over 1,383,670 contributions during the month of May! The…
Million More in May Starts Now!
Million More in May Madness 2018 Has Started! Happy May 1st, BillionGravers! May has started and you know what that means! It’s time for our favorite event of the year – The 7th Annual Million More in May Competition! We have AMAZING prizes this year for…
Why EVERY grave has a GPS location on BillionGraves
Why is having GPS on every headstone in BillionGraves SO important?! This is question we get a lot. It’s time to set the record straight and show you the SECRET to finding more family with GPS! Why GPS Matters Every headstone on BillionGraves has the…
Introducing BillionGraves Inbox
We are happy to release a new internal messaging system on BillionGraves. This new feature will allow you, the user, to control how often you receive communications from BillionGraves and other users. You can choose to receive a summary email, instead of a single email…
Over 1 Million More in May – 2017 Results
Over 1 Million More in May! The final results are in and the numbers speak for themselves! 500,998 photos were taken, 577,712 records were transcribed (with an additional 534,000 images waiting to be transcribed)! In total volunteers made over 1,078,710 contributions during the month of May!…
Million More in May Madness 2017
Million More in May Madness 2017 May is just around the corner, BillionGravers! That’s right. It’s almost May and you know what that means! We are coming up on our most exciting month of the year. It’s warmer outside, the trees are greener, the flowers are beginning to…
Introducing BillionGraves’ Veteran Finder
BillionGraves is proud to announce the addition of the Veteran Finder tool on BillionGraves! This unique feature utilizes the power of GPS to locate Veterans in cemeteries all over the world! With the BillionGraves Veteran Finder tool, you can now find any Veteran of any…
Local cemetery going online
In today’s world, technology is growing at a rapid pace. It is now routinely found in areas that heretofore had not even been imagined by our parents, let alone our grandparents. One such area where you may not have considered how technology could be…
Key to Finding Pioneer Family
In the heart of the genealogy world, Salt Lake City, Utah, we observe a State Holiday on the 24th of July called “Pioneer Day”. Not only is this an excuse to enjoy a parade, fire up the BBQ, and light off more fireworks; in Utah we…