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Got a smart phone, or want to find a grave?

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PatrickM

PatrickM Report 1 Sep 2011 20:26

http://www.billiongraves.com

The websites aim is to provide an expansive family history database for records and images from the world’s cemeteries.

They have a few listed all ready.

If you got a smart phone you could help get more graves listed.
It also looks like they want people to help transcribe the inscriptions.

Lynski

Lynski Report 1 Sep 2011 22:25

That looks like a very good site and it can only get better as more photos are added.

Researching:
Bagley, Millington, Morrey, Edwards, Sims, Weaver

Lynski

Lynski Report 2 Sep 2011 22:25

I had a good look at the site and apparently, if you can't take photos, you can transcribe the details from the photos - there are only 16,000+ that need doing!

I had a go and it looks easy - if you can't read a particular headstone you just skip that one and go onto the next one.

Researching:
Bagley, Millington, Morrey, Edwards, Sims, Weaver

cassi444

cassi444 Report 3 Sep 2011 18:39

Hi
I have a technical question, went to the site, thought I would see if I could transcribe any headstone, as I really like walking around graveyards, and none of the headstone will come up. I have a problem with a flash player on my pc, as I have no profile pictures on facebook either. Anyone have any idea what i could do to get photos up on a flash player/my pc? I can see photos on the fb page, but no profile pictures and I can view pictures on the pc too...baffled!! LOL
Thx Cassi xoxox

PatrickM

PatrickM Report 3 Sep 2011 20:11

Have you got flash on your pc?

You can find out if you have here.

http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/

You can download it free here.

http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

Hope this helps.

PatrickM

PatrickM Report 4 Sep 2011 13:06

Hi Carol,
It works perfectly on my main computer, but had the problem "Error loading picture" message on my netbook (windows 7)
Solved by adding Adobe Air.

http://get.adobe.com/air/

Hey presto picture loads properly on my netbook.

Hope this helps

Karen in the desert

Karen in the desert Report 5 Sep 2011 12:02



I have just had a look at that site, and transcribed a few dozen while I was there!! Many thanks for bringing it to our attention.

Another grave site, worth a look, is www.findagrave.com


K

Researching:
Researching: MILLS & ROBERTS Cambs: TAGG Thames Ditton & East Molesey, Surrey: LEETON/LEADON Hunts & Cambs: LLOYD London/Middx: FROST London/Middx: ROSKAS, KISELIUS, BUDAS W.Lothian & Lanarks: ROSKAS, JAKAS/JAKAITE, JUSKEVICIUS, MICKEVICIUS Lithuania