8 Outstanding Eagle Scouts Serving in Cemeteries
There are some outstanding Eagle Scouts serving in cemeteries, taking hundreds of thousands of gravestone photographs to help others find their ancestors and expand their family trees. We would like to give a shout-out to a few of them. The rank of Eagle is Boy Scouting’s…
20 Creative Eagle Scout Project Ideas
Looking for a creative Eagle Scout Project idea? That can be challenging, but you have come to the right place for some awesome suggestions! Having a creative Eagle Scout Project idea is important because it will be easier to recruit volunteers if your project is…
Congratulations to All of Our Eagle Scouts!
We’ve had a phenomenal amount of Eagle Scout projects done taking pictures of headstones with BillionGraves this summer. We were so impressed with these young men and the experiences they had during their project that we wanted to spotlight them on the blog! Here…
Tutorial Tuesday: How to Host a Cemetery Service Project
Are you looking for a great service project for your genealogical society, church or youth group, or for your Eagle Scout Project? Photograph and document your local cemetery! We can help! Photographing images of headstones in your local cemetery with BillionGraves helps people around…
The Power of a Picture
Connor Murphy (of Houston, Texas) didn’t know he was going to provide the missing link between a father and son when he organized over 30 volunteers to photograph the Calvary Hills Cemetery for his Eagle Scout project. His main goal was to “get all the…
Teamwork in Action
This weekend, a few of us here at BillionGraves were able to participate in an Eagle Scout Project hosted at a local cemetery. The project was a huge success. Each volunteer had a great time providing service to their community. With everyone involved, the whole…