{"id":909,"date":"2011-10-21T02:52:08","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T07:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swishertx.com\/?p=909"},"modified":"2011-10-21T03:00:53","modified_gmt":"2011-10-21T08:00:53","slug":"new-headstone-website-billion-graves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.swishertx.com\/?p=909","title":{"rendered":"New Headstone Website: Billion Graves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a new resource for genealogists to find or obtain photographs of their ancestors and relatives called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billiongraves.com\" target=\"_blank\">Billion Graves<\/a>. The site calls for genealogists to snap photographs on their iPhone or Android and upload them to their website. It is still in its infancy, but tombstone hunter slash genealogy addicts slash iPhone\u00a0enthusiasts\u00a0have heard their call and have uploaded lots of photos so far&#8230; just not for Swisher County. What makes this headstone site different from the rest? It appears that the site uses geocode to map the plots.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swishertx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/billiongraves1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-913\" title=\"billiongraves\" src=\"http:\/\/www.swishertx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/billiongraves1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"779\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.swishertx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/billiongraves1.jpg 779w, http:\/\/www.swishertx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/billiongraves1-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 779px) 100vw, 779px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, they are not displayed which could have been useful to some trying to locate headstones. Perhaps they display on the iPhone\/Android application?<br \/>\n<BR><br \/>\nSwisher County Cemeteries are located at the following links:<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/billiongraves.com\/pages\/cemetery\/cemetery.php?cemetery_id=105144\">Happy Cemetery<\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Happy,\u00a0Swisher,\u00a0Texas,\u00a0United States<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/billiongraves.com\/pages\/cemetery\/cemetery.php?cemetery_id=105424\">Kress Cemetery<\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Kress,\u00a0Swisher,\u00a0Texas,\u00a0United States<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/billiongraves.com\/pages\/cemetery\/cemetery.php?cemetery_id=106198\">Rose [Hill] Cemetery<\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Tulia,\u00a0Swisher,\u00a0Texas,\u00a0United States<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/billiongraves.com\/pages\/cemetery\/cemetery.php?cemetery_id=106758\">Wright Cemetery<\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Kress,\u00a0Swisher,\u00a0Texas,\u00a0United States<\/div>\n<p><BR><\/p>\n<div>We&#8217;ll see what happens with the website in the future.<br \/>\n<BR><br \/>\nFortunately, Swisher County has had <a title=\"Cemeteries\" href=\"http:\/\/www.swishertx.com\/?page_id=36\" target=\"_blank\">cemetery listings online<\/a> for many years thanks to Zoe Smith and the former Tule Creek Genealogical Society. I&#8217;m am in process of getting them updated and organized.<\/div>\n<p><BR><\/p>\n<div>Some other great resources for locating headstones:<\/div>\n<div><a title=\"Findagrave\" href=\"http:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Findagrave<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a title=\"Interment.net\" href=\"http:\/\/www.interment.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Interment.net<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/usgwtombstones.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">The USGenWeb Tombstone Project<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.swishertx.com\/?p=909\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 900497;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a new resource for genealogists to find or obtain photographs of their ancestors and relatives called Billion Graves. 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