Join the project to connect, rescue, and raise awareness through a world record!
Help us connect with our communities and our heritage and rescue vital records from 1
million headstones. For example, over 200,000 headstones just in Iowa pre-date vital records law and may
be the only evidence that those individuals ever existed. That number is likely even higher in many
parts of the world participating in this project. You can join thousands of volunteers across a variety
of faiths and cultures, organize community events, and even discover that in addition to rescuing
headstone data you are rescuing connections to the deceased in your own communities that you never knew
you had!
Goal #1
Document 1 Million Gravestones with Photos and Transcriptions
Take photos of 1 million gravestones and transcribe 1 million gravestone records before
September 30, 2023! You can get started
now!
Register by filling out the form on this
page.
Then download the free mobile app to any iOS or Android device.
Headstone Photos Taken
1,000,000 / 1,000,000
Headstone Photos Taken Stretch Goal
1,755,417 / 2,000,000
Records Transcribed
1,000,000 / 1,000,000
done
Records Transcribed Stretch Goal
2,272,309 / 2,000,000
Countdown to September 30, 2023
Top Contributors
Top photographers and transcribers for the Rescuing our Roots project
Photographers
1
Lynn Kitchen
105700 images uploaded
2
MuscleToneTrio
57174 images uploaded
3
David
48240 images uploaded
4
LFloyd
47237 images uploaded
5
Jakub Malinovský
43652 images uploaded
6
BeverlyGill
41406 images uploaded
7
DRLarsen
33702 images uploaded
8
Cathy
31561 images uploaded
9
Seahawk #12
31340 images uploaded
10
Neal
30929 images uploaded
11
BValaski
30796 images uploaded
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Joe Smith
26712 images uploaded
13
Rod Kurth
21464 images uploaded
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LeslieKitchen
21099 images uploaded
15
UnaT730
20869 images uploaded
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Frola52
20862 images uploaded
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RLarsen
18831 images uploaded
18
Dennis
17959 images uploaded
19
cartaar
17812 images uploaded
20
kenpojosh
17727 images uploaded
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thegravehunter01
17422 images uploaded
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Karen
17365 images uploaded
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irishman
16792 images uploaded
24
tvbusybee
15833 images uploaded
25
Bobby
14987 images uploaded
26
RecordBreaker
14652 images uploaded
27
mccarty_family
14557 images uploaded
28
Elaine Newbold ROC
12360 images uploaded
29
Kevin
12007 images uploaded
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coletteh
11568 images uploaded
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fchl22
11472 images uploaded
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mp4
10385 images uploaded
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Laura
10354 images uploaded
34
Headstone Hunter
10272 images uploaded
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zdendamr
10220 images uploaded
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Akirnak
9890 images uploaded
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kirkandjan
9488 images uploaded
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LizR
9446 images uploaded
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DavidRichardson
8026 images uploaded
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Timothy Tai-Ho
8005 images uploaded
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AYoung
7947 images uploaded
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Petr
7869 images uploaded
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Michelle
7147 images uploaded
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24Adventure
6630 images uploaded
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harry.cunningham3
6628 images uploaded
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Ward Howell
6453 images uploaded
50
cynbri6
6409 images uploaded
Transcribers
1
k_lassman
139677 records transcribed
2
ljayne123
51483 records transcribed
3
Anna Barbara
50687 records transcribed
4
Frostyfan33
50665 records transcribed
5
Dennis
37711 records transcribed
6
imakeyper
37238 records transcribed
7
UnaT730
37135 records transcribed
8
Bobby
33462 records transcribed
9
kors
33461 records transcribed
10
baldeagle137
31491 records transcribed
11
Lucinda Johnson
31094 records transcribed
12
heartsleaf
30873 records transcribed
13
irishman
26396 records transcribed
14
GloriaC
25187 records transcribed
15
SMulderig
24893 records transcribed
16
Anna
24601 records transcribed
17
fchl22
24224 records transcribed
18
josouth2
22122 records transcribed
19
Alan
20771 records transcribed
20
MsCarolB
20643 records transcribed
21
RecordBreaker
20436 records transcribed
22
BeverlyGill
19792 records transcribed
23
MelB
19489 records transcribed
24
Hetheranny
18363 records transcribed
25
Joe Smith
17623 records transcribed
26
JoMore
17096 records transcribed
27
Terri P
16984 records transcribed
28
thegravehunter01
16747 records transcribed
29
sfemet
16175 records transcribed
30
hb
15732 records transcribed
31
Anchie
15598 records transcribed
32
BeeFreckles
15564 records transcribed
33
Christine
15319 records transcribed
34
EdFisher
15009 records transcribed
35
Jack Z. Sr.
14572 records transcribed
36
lanettebates
14284 records transcribed
37
zdendamr
13962 records transcribed
38
edthead2002
13649 records transcribed
39
LFloyd
12454 records transcribed
40
J_Hitchcock
12211 records transcribed
41
Rod Kurth
12140 records transcribed
42
melohnt
12087 records transcribed
43
mp4
11974 records transcribed
44
Akirnak
11621 records transcribed
45
Anita Costales
11503 records transcribed
46
J.R. Hughlett
11494 records transcribed
47
AMF
11101 records transcribed
48
Rhonda St Jean
10939 records transcribed
49
junedraper
10852 records transcribed
50
MuscleToneTrio
10786 records transcribed
Top Counties
1
Clinton, Missouri
63274 images uploaded
2
Scott, Missouri
57269 images uploaded
3
Montgomery, Missouri
52885 images uploaded
4
Hamilton, Ohio
51929 images uploaded
5
Black Hawk, Iowa
48009 images uploaded
6
, Qeqqata
47154 images uploaded
7
Butler, Missouri
37025 images uploaded
8
Lycoming, Pennsylvania
31071 images uploaded
9
Randolph, Missouri
30788 images uploaded
10
Johnston, North Carolina
28897 images uploaded
11
King, Washington
27672 images uploaded
12
Southwestern Ontario, Ontario
23469 images uploaded
13
Woodford, Illinois
22209 images uploaded
14
Jackson, Illinois
20567 images uploaded
15
Ottawa, Michigan
20205 images uploaded
16
Boone, Missouri
19699 images uploaded
17
Summit, Ohio
18697 images uploaded
18
Delaware, Iowa
17477 images uploaded
19
Warren, Missouri
16660 images uploaded
20
Cuyahoga, Ohio
16294 images uploaded
21
Bexar, Texas
14828 images uploaded
22
McLean, Illinois
14652 images uploaded
23
Multnomah, Oregon
14476 images uploaded
24
LaGrange, Indiana
13112 images uploaded
25
Wilson, Tennessee
13101 images uploaded
26
Fayette, Indiana
12671 images uploaded
27
Hlavní město Praha, Prague
12176 images uploaded
28
Cole, Missouri
11910 images uploaded
29
Atlantic, New Jersey
11390 images uploaded
30
Allen, Indiana
10553 images uploaded
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Clayton, Iowa
10384 images uploaded
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Brevard, Florida
10276 images uploaded
33
Douglas, Wisconsin
10270 images uploaded
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Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovskaya oblast
9990 images uploaded
35
Bremer, Iowa
9839 images uploaded
36
Davidson, North Carolina
9272 images uploaded
37
Benton, Iowa
9126 images uploaded
38
Warwickshire, England
9072 images uploaded
39
Polk, Iowa
9008 images uploaded
40
Tazewell, Illinois
8840 images uploaded
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Dallas, Iowa
8574 images uploaded
42
DuPage, Illinois
8520 images uploaded
43
Franklin, Missouri
8425 images uploaded
44
Jones, Iowa
8355 images uploaded
45
Jasper, Missouri
8344 images uploaded
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Marshall, Iowa
8149 images uploaded
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Marion, Indiana
8116 images uploaded
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Wayne, Indiana
8078 images uploaded
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Washington, Rhode Island
7778 images uploaded
50
Dane, Wisconsin
7293 images uploaded
