#1 As you are transcribing, watch for matches at the left hand side of the screen.  #2 Look to see if the names, dates and headstones match.  #3 If the re...

Please read the following for transcribing military headstones: https://support.billiongraves.com/a/solutions/articles/35000129980-transcribe-military-heads...

We have told users when there are not any photos left to transcribe to look for green pins in a cemetery. Green pins indicate that those photos were marked ...

On the volunteer cemetery view page, you will notice four colors of pins: orange, light green, green and purple. Orange Pins- Headstone images tha...

In pauper graves or stones with unknown or unidentified, please place the name Unknown as a surname.  DO NOT USE Jane or John Doe unless this is on the ston...

Why are some headstones linked together?  Headstones are to be linked together if they are on the same monument with multiple sides, or if there is a famil...

Change the Image Rating Sometimes well-meaning transcribers red flag images with a poor rating when they shouldn't. If there are photos in your own ...

When transcribing non-English names, if the names have diacritics in them, we ask that these are also transcribed in BillionGraves.   In the given and f...