Category: Cemeteries

What You Can Find On BillionGraves.com Premium

Visit the free BillionGraves cemetery record website to search for tombstone images and burial information for ancestors from around the world.

Find a Grave: 7 Strategies for Successful Searching Premium

Find a Grave is home to the world’s largest collection of gravestone records—and it’s all free. Search for an ancestor’s tombstone and much more on this powerful genealogy website. Here’s how to use Find a Grave to build a bigger, better family tree.

How to Take Better Tombstone Photographs Premium

Take clearer, more legible photos of your ancestors' graves with these easy tips.

The Hidden Meanings of Common Gravestone Symbols

Gravestone symbols can contain clues about your ancestor’s life and death. Discover the meaning behind common (and several uncommon!) gravestone symbols.

Top 5 Cemetery Websites for Finding Your Family’s Tombstones Premium

Cemeteries are critical genealogical resources, but they're often miles and miles from where you live. Cemetery websites can help you virtually visit.

Cemetery Superstitions, Little-Known Facts and Genealogy Secrets

Do you love everything about doing genealogy in cemeteries? Learn secrets of cemetery research with "tombstone tourist" Joy Neighbors.

Free 10 Essential Genealogy Research Forms

Using Cemetery Plot Maps in Your Genealogy Research Premium

Cemeteries are some of genealogists' favorite haunts. Learn about cemetery plot maps and how they can help your research there.

Top 7 Best Cemetery Apps for Locating Ancestors Premium

Take your genealogy research into the field with these great cemetery apps. They include maps, gravesite location and more!

9 Things You Can Learn About Your Ancestors From the Cemetery

Seeing the gravestone and viewing records in the cemetery office may yield ancestry information you won't find in an online database of burials. Here are nine things you can learn.