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The following teaser is from an article posted in the April 30, 2014 edition of EveningSun.com As evening fell on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, a small band of Louisiana soldiers charged East Cemetery Hill, knocking back Continue reading Civil War Trust Buys about an Acre of Gettysburg’s East Cemetery Hill
The following excerpt is from an article by Lawrence Chan, published in the April 18, 2014 edition of wuft.org: It started with a baby and a cedar tree. In 1856, James Tilatha Thomas, a cotton farmer and landowner, buried his Continue reading Gainesville, Florida Cemetery an Historical Landmark
The following announcement is from the National Park Service: Washington: April 15, 2014 – The National Park Service today announced that Arlington National Cemetery Historic District, which includes the famed military cemetery among 69 contributing features, has been added to Continue reading National Park Service Adds Arlington National Cemetery to National Register of Historic Places
Cemteries and those buried in them are often forgotten… Here’s a teaser from an article about one of those forgotten places… You know a cemetery is lonely when the man in charge of it doesn’t have a clue about its Continue reading Anaheim, California’s Holy Cross Cemetery
The following excerpt is from an article posted in the April 8, 2014 edition of gainesvilletimes.com: A temporary, handwritten sign marks the site of the small cemetery. It reads “New Bethel Church, Strickland Cemetery.” The final word has already faded Continue reading Gainesville, Georgia African-American Cemetery Found
The following is from Billion Graves: Last month we announced our international collaboration with MyHeritage to make BillionGraves available to every person in the world. Today we are happy to announce the release of our BillionGraves app in the iTunes Continue reading BillionGraves iOS App Now Available in 25 Languages
A few days ago, MyHeritage launched a pro-bono global initiative with BillionGraves to preserve every cemetery and gravestone in the world and they are providing the content online, for free. This project is important and beneficial for genealogists everywhere. MyHeritage Continue reading MyHeritage Produces Video About Their Global Cemetery Inititive
The following was received from FamilySearch: FamilySearch has added close to 11.1 million indexed records and images to collections from Barbados, BillionGraves, Brazil, Canada, England, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, and the United States. Notable collection Continue reading FamilySearch Adds Nearly 11.1 Million Indexed Records & Images to Collections from Brazil, Canada, England, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, & the USA
The following excerpt is from a fascinating opinion article posted March 18, 2014 on the New York Times website. The author’s opinion is that Hart Island should be transferred from the Department of Corrections to the Department of Parks and Continue reading It’s Time to Make Reasonable Access to the Burial Place of Nearly 1 Million New Yorkers
The following teaser is from an article in the March 11, 2014 edition of timesfreepress.com: For the second time in less than two months a Sunday afternoon grass fire has scorched tombstones at Chattanooga National Cemetery, and state and national Continue reading Hundreds of Headstones Charred by Fire at Chattanooga National Cemetery
I got a note from Daniel Horowitz at MyHeritage.com this morning telling me that the MyHeritage Israel team just kick-started their global initiative that we recently announced together with BillionGraves, the project in which they wish to digitally preserve the Continue reading MyHeritage Team Captures over 50,000 Gravestone Images in 3 Hours in Isreal’s Segula Cemetery
The following teaser is from the March 8, 2014 edition of local10.com: CNN – Amid a grove of trees, buried beneath the grass and dirt, Mississippi’s past is colliding with its future. Surveyors last month discovered dozens of neat, tight Continue reading Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum Cemetery Found – and it’s In The Way
The following excerpt is from an article posted at the ktvl.com website. RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A congressman is stepping in to help the family of a soldier buried at California’s Riverside National Cemetery. A friend of Lieutenant Jared Landaker says Continue reading Construction at Riverside National Cemetery Causes Controversy
The following excerpt is from an article posted in the March 3, 2014 edition of the CBC News. The province of Ontario is asking descendants of people buried in a forgotten cemetery near Elgin and Queen Streets in Ottawa to Continue reading Ottawa Cemetery Unearthed in LRT Dig Prompts Call for Descendants
The following excerpt is from an article published in the February 27, 2014 edition of cnn.com: Los Angeles (CNN) — One of the largest Jewish cemeteries in the Los Angeles area has agreed to an $80.5 million settlement of a Continue reading California Cemetery Agrees to $80M Settlement