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Pittsfield Cemetery will undergo a spring cleanup on Saturday, April 23. The service project also includes an effort to increase the Billion Graves database of the cemetery, a useful tool
Billion Graves project aids genealogy buffs Genealogy work is the number one hobby in this country. An unusual project has made locating ancestral graves easier, including those at cemeteries in Hubbard County and in adjoining states. Written By: Lorie R. Skarpness | 6:00 am, Jul. 23, 2021 × Every grave stone represents someone's beloved ancestor. Josephine Breher's has clearly marked dates, something useful to those tracing their family history. (Photos by Robin Fish) Genealogy work is the number one hobby in this country. An unusual project has made loca...
Volunteers digitize KY soldiers' headstones LEX18- Nick Lazaroff and last updated 2021-04-24 10:37:52-04 JESSAMINE COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) â Volunteers photographed military gravestones in Kentucky Saturday morning. The goal is to capture more than 32,000 gravestones in Central Kentucky. The purpose is to create a database so information about the fallen soldiers can be digitally available to family members and historians. The effort is happening at Camp Nelson in Jessamine County, Machpelah Cemetary in Montgomery County, and the Danville National Cemetery in Boyle County, among others....
The scrubbing left nearly 200 Civil War-era gravestones with damage that may cost $10,000 to repair By Lilly Price, Capital Gazette • Published 4 hours ago • Updated 4 hours ago Getty Images An amateur genealogist has come forward to admit she scrubbed roughly 200 gravestones at a Maryland cemetery in a way that left them damaged. The Capital Gazette reports that the woman scrubbed the markings on headstones dating back to the 19th century to make them easier to photograph for the “Billion Graves” genealogy website. Download our NBC Washington app for iOS or Andro...