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Lindsey Brinton & Joseph Glass
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Founded in 1828 Over 850 graves Resting place of UVA Presidents, faculty, community members
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Photographed over 1000 gravestones Took rubbings for illegible inscriptions and connected them to image file names Uploaded photos onto virtual cemetery in Findagrave.com
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81 million grave records Virtual Cemeteries Upload photos, biographical info, leave memorials and comments Contact other users uploading information on the same family lines Request for specific cemeteries to be uploaded
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Smartphone app allows you to take a picture of each grave, then upload it along with exact GPS coordinates You can personally extract the information, or leave it for online users Once indexed, those photos to create a worldwide searchable database Request for specific cemeteries to be uploaded Completely free
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Stay out of the glare - Early morning, afternoon, and overcast days are good Get it all - Full names and dates, inscriptions Keep it steady Keep hands and feet outside the photo at all times
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www.Billiongraves.com www.Findagrave.com www.Geneology.com www.Familysearch.org https://familysearch.org/blog/preserving- memories-billion-graves/?cid=fsHomeMemD2012
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