Discover Your Ancestors

Search the largest GPS-linked cemetery database in the world.

Featured

Explore featured gravesites and cemeteries around the world.

WHAT IS BILLIONGRAVES?

BillionGraves is the world's largest GPS-linked cemetery
database, built entirely through crowdsourcing.

Why Use BillionGraves?

Discover the benefits of the world's largest GPS-linked cemetery database.

WHY USE CEMETERY RECORDS?

Proof of Names and Dates

Headstones confirm the vital information that anchors every family tree, and they often fill gaps where other records are missing or inconsistent.

Relationships

Families tend to be buried near each other. Identifying nearby graves, cross-referenced with cemetery, plot, deed, and sexton records can help you discover spouses, next of kin, children, relatives, and other hard to find information.

Details about the Person

Symbols, religious affiliation, military service, marriage dates, children's names, interests, and achievements all add context beyond basic dates.

Verifiable Evidence

Every BillionGraves record is backed by a photograph and precise GPS coordinates, meeting the Genealogical Proof Standard. You can check the source, cite it with confidence, and even visit the site yourself.

Geographical Confirmation

Headstone records provide geographical evidence that can be used to confirm identity when cross-referenced against other record sets like the Census, State Records, and other local directories.

Try it for Free

Search for a family member or choose a record below.

Cemetery Intelligence Interface on Laptop

Simplify your search with Cemetery Intelligence

Cemetery Intelligence is BillionGraves' groundbreaking new AI-powered genealogy toolset built to enhance your cemetery research and bring your ancestors' stories to life. Trained meticulously on hundreds of millions of headstone, cemetery, burial, sexton and other death records, it analyzes data to uncover hidden relationships, reveal nearby family graves, uncover symbols and connections, and generate rich contextual life stories. It's family history research, supercharged.

Learn More

How can I help?

Take Photos at Your Local Cemetery

Use our mobile app to photograph gravestones at your local cemetery and contribute to our growing database of burial records. It's fast, easy, and rewarding! Simply navigate to the cemetery, point your phone's camera at a gravestone, and snap the photo. The app handles the rest.

Explore Volunteering

Transcribe Cemetery Photos

Transcribing is another valuable way to volunteer with BillionGraves. From the comfort of your home or phone, you can transcribe and index the gravestone photographs already taken in cemeteries. This work makes the records searchable for millions of families looking for their ancestors.

Start Transcribing

Start Volunteering Today

Whether you're looking for a local volunteer opportunity in your community, a fun and meaningful youth group activity, community service hours for school or court requirements, or simply a rewarding way to spend time outdoors, BillionGraves has everything you need to start making a positive impact today!

Learn More