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One feature of this site is that one can search the database by cemetery, or search the entire site overall for a name. This is easily done because of the GPS features offered by the smartphone app used for taking pictures of the headstones. | One feature of this site is that one can search the database by cemetery, or search the entire site overall for a name. This is easily done because of the GPS features offered by the smartphone app used for taking pictures of the headstones. | ||
FamilySearch announced on 27 April 2012 that they would incorporate searches for data from this site into the FamilySearch.org website, meaning that the same data will be searchable on either site, there may be a slight lag time between when data is indexed on BillionGraves and when the same data will show up in the search results at FamilySearch. See this [https://www.familysearch.org/blog/billiongraves/ blog post] for more information. | FamilySearch announced on 27 April 2012 that they would incorporate searches for data from this site into the FamilySearch.org website, meaning that the same data will be searchable on either site, there may be a slight lag time between when data is indexed on BillionGraves and when the same data will show up in the search results at FamilySearch. See this [https://www.familysearch.org/blog/billiongraves/ blog post] for more information. On 25 May 2012, the BillionGraves Index, as FamilySearch calls the collection, went live on FamilySearch. You can find data in a routine search generally, or through the [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/2026973 BillionGraves Index] page on FamilySearch for the data on its own. | ||
==== The Political Graveyard: A database of American History ==== | |||
[[politicalgraveyard.com/index.html|The Political Graveyard]] calls itself "The Internet's Most Comprehensive Source of U.S. Political Biography<br>(or, The Web Site that Tells Where the Dead Politicians are Buried)." Created and maintained as a free site by Lawrence Kestenbaum, it now contains the names of more than 250,000 United States politicians who have participated in politics at the state and federal levels and mayors (or other chief elected official) of large municipalities. | |||
Each entry consists of a brief summary of the person's political career, with links to other sites for more complete information, including the [http://bioguide.congress.gov/ ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress'' ]and it predecessor. Of interest to family historians are the links from each entries to entries for family members. | |||
It is searchable and includes dozens of interesting indexes and lists, including name and soundex indexes, for example, and gazetteer to locations, location indexes, and, of course cemetery indexes. Also includes a list of nearly 900 leading political families with all of their members. | |||
==== Names in Stone ==== | ==== Names in Stone ==== | ||
(Please note: This site appears to be out of service. This paragraph will be kept in this article in case it is put back on line or if it is taken in by another company. Check the link from time to time to see if it has been reactivated.) | (Please note: This site appears to be out of service. This paragraph will be kept in this article in case it is put back on line or if it is taken in by another company. Check the link from time to time to see if it has been reactivated.) | ||
[http://www.namesinstone.com Names in Stone] is another site that uses GPS technology to map cemeteries. An additional feature is that the site partners with cemeteries to add new headstone information to the site on a regular basis since often a cemetery is still having burials take place. There are other mapping features on the site too. One very nice feature is that the site shows a map of the cemetery showing where each burial is located within the cemetery. | [http://www.namesinstone.com Names in Stone] is another site that uses GPS technology to map cemeteries. An additional feature is that the site partners with cemeteries to add new headstone information to the site on a regular basis since often a cemetery is still having burials take place. There are other mapping features on the site too. One very nice feature is that the site shows a map of the cemetery showing where each burial is located within the cemetery. | ||