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0 11 May 2024 Home BillionGraves.com Store Support 0 Login to add posts to your read later list Home Home Education , Stories Cemetery Picnics our Ancestors Attended Cemetery picnics? Those two words hardly seem to go together. But yes, cemetery picnics were a thing! And maybe, just maybe, YOUR ancestors attended them. Today, cemetery picnics may seem morbid or even creepy, but it was a common practice in the 1800s and early… Cathy Wallace , 3 weeks ago 11 min read Eagle Scout Projects , Education , Tutorials BillionGraves Eagle Scout Cemetery Projects BillionGraves Eagle Scout cemetery projects are making an impact on the genealogy world! As Eagle candidates lead their volunteers in taking GPS-linked photos with the BillionGraves app, they are helping others find their ancestors and grow their family trees. In this blog post, you will… Cathy Wallace , 1 month ago 18 min read Education , Fun Facts , Stories Bonaventure Cemetery Bonaventure Cemetery, named by CNN as one of the World’s 10 Most Beautiful Cemeteries, has been a world-famous tourist destination for more than 150 years. As many as 450,000 people per year visit this cemetery in Savannah, Georgia. For many, it is their family vacation. Yes,… Cathy Wallace , 3 months ago 12 min read Education , Fun Facts , Gravestone Symbols , Stories Bird Symbols at the Cemetery Bird symbols at the cemetery give us clues about what our ancestors thought and what they valued. Once you start to pay attention to this, you may be surprised at how many birds you will see on gravestones during your visits to the cemetery. My… Cathy Wallace , 4 months ago 14 min read Education , Fun Facts , Gravestone Symbols , Stories Do Your Ancestors Have Mail-Order Tombstones from Sears? Do your ancestors have Sears mail-order tombstones on their final resting places? They might! When our great-grandparents needed just about anything, they turned to the Sears catalog. It was the Amazon of their day. At first, Sears catalogs were limited, featuring only jewelry and watches…. Cathy Wallace , 4 months ago 6 min read Education , For Fun , Fun Facts , Lifestyle , Stories Gravestone Recipes So Good They are Set in Stone Gravestone recipes . . . so good that they are set in stone! When a recipe is important enough to living family members that they want it preserved on a tombstone, it must have been absolutely delicious! Or perhaps the recipe is connected with some… Cathy Wallace , 5 months ago 9 min read 1 2 3 4 … 66 Next On Sale in the Store! Gravestone Cleaning Kit - Small $ 74.99 $ 54.99 Other Great Posts What is the Difference Between BillionGraves and Find A Grave for Researchers? 93430 Understanding Cemetery Crosses 115896 Understanding Cemetery Symbols, Part I 88730 How to Use Your DNA Results to Find Your Ancestor’s Graves 38770 15 Item Grab-N-Go Cemetery Bag 31497 Why EVERY grave has a GPS location on BillionGraves 25685 Latest on Instagram Top Categories Android (6) Announcements (56) BillionGraves Plus (7) Competitions (49) Eagle Scout Projects (9) Education (108) Events (49) For Fun (27) Fun Facts (39) Genealogy Tips and Tricks (28) Gravestone Symbols (24) Growth (15) Guest Bloggers (3) Lifestyle (39) Million More in May (14) New Features (8) Official News (14) Partnerships (12) Press Releases (5) Release Notes (38) Stories (57) Tips and Tricks (8) Tombstone Tuesday (6) Tutorials (37) Uncategorized (40) Updates (12) Winners (24) WordPress Theme built by Shufflehound . © BillionGraves Holdings Inc. All rights reserved. Blog Home BillionGraves.com Store Support Terms of Use Privacy Policy Login Register Username or Email Address Password Forgot Password Remember Me Registration is...