Mother’s Day
With a day devoted to honoring mothers coming up here in the US, we thought we’d honor some here at BillionGraves. Our database of headstones is a great resource for your personal family history research, but did you know it also provides other interesting data…
Million More in May: Earn MORE Free Stuff!
The number of records flowing into the database this month has been monumental! We are so appreciative of the efforts our volunteers are putting in. Participation this month has grown dramatically—in registrations, image uploads, and transcriptions. Your efforts have provided a giant boost to the…
Million More in May: Picture-taking Tips
Here we are in week two, Our records, we have quite a few. There’s still more to go— but that much, you know!— So let’s add some more to the queue! Remember, to reach our goal of 1,000,000 new records this month, we just need two…
Million More in May: Join Forces!
Wow! We’ve had record uploads every day so far in May! Keep up the good work—we’ll still need thousands more images, so let’s make the weekends our highest uploading days. Keep watching that Leaderboard to see how you’re doing—if you are among the top 25…
BillionGraves 2.1: iOS Update
We’re excited about this update for iOS devices. Go get the update today from the iTunes App Store. Some of the features and fixes included in this update are listed below. Use Indoors: Now you can use BillionGraves while you’re inside or under covered areas….
Million More in May: Day 1
Million More in May kicks off today! We have 31 days left to add one million new records to the BillionGraves database. We’ve been encouraged in our efforts by a post from Shelley Crawford on her blog, Twigs of Yore. She’s let us share her…
Million More in May
April showers bring May flowers, setting a perfect stage for our Million More in May promotion! During the month of May, we want all of our users to go out and take thousands of photos in their local cemeteries. Together with friends and family, we…
BillionGraves Experience: Geniaus
Today we want to highlight an experience shared by Geniaus, a great Australian genealogy blogger. She shared her experience with BillionGraves on her blog recently, and she is so gracious as to let us share that post with you! On our recent trip we travelled…
Android Update Version 2.2
There’s a new BillionGraves Android update available on Google Play. With this update, in-app purchases are GONE. You can perform Mobile Records Searches for free from your phone or tablet. Get the update, and then go to the Records section in your app and try…
Calling All Transcribers
Did you notice the rewards program for transcribers on the BillionGraves website? Go check it out if you haven’t! In addition to the rewards you can earn by uploading pictures of your local cemetery, you can also earn rewards by transcribing images for our database….
1940 Census
The 1940 Census is out! Not only can you view the records for free (unlike previous census images), but you can download your research right from the site. An index for the 1940 census does not yet exist, but FamilySearch is providing a way for…
Don’t Forget Your Local Cemeteries
BillionGraves is all about making family history research accessible. The driving force behind it is the idea that a volunteer force records headstones around the world and compiles the transcribed data in one place on BillionGraves.com. The database is free to search on the web,…