Source:Billion Graves

Billion Graves is a database of GPS-tagged tombstone photos uploaded via the Billion Graves app for iPhone and Android. After photos are uploaded, the photos are transcribed by volunteers on the site.

Citation

To include a link to the photo's page on Billion Graves, use the Bgraves wiki template.

{{Bgraves|##|name}}

• Substitute the photo id number for the ## above. This number follows the text media_id= in the URL of the photo's page on Billion Graves.
• Substitute the name of the person for the name above.
• Enter this template in the Record Name field of a source citation. Add Billion Graves in the Title field

Example

{{Bgraves|403006|John S. Durham}}

will display the link as: John S. Durham

Cemetery Pages

To include a link to a Billion Graves cemetery page, use the Bgravescem wiki template.

{{Bgravescem|##|cemetery name}}

• Substitute the cemetery id number for the ## above. This number follows the text cemetery_id= in Billion Graves' URL.

Substitute the name of the cemetery as it appears on Billion Graves for the cemetery name above.

Example

{{Bgravescem|148786|Leavenworth National Cemetery}}

will display the link as: Billion Graves: Leavenworth National Cemetery