Billion Graves
Headstone GPS and more!
Headstone GPS and more!
Billion Graves is a great website to discover burial information for your ancestors. One of the benefits of this site is that it uses GPS to locate the graves that are submitted so you can see generally where they are located in a cemetery. For this task, you will need to find the memorial for Marvin E Estes in Kootenai County, Idaho. Using your search result, answer the following questions.
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Billion Graves can be found at www.billiongraves.com.
Use each part of the website, including the map, to find the answers to these questions.
1. According to the headstone, what was his birth date?
2. What is the name of the cemetery where he is buried?
3. What year did he marry M. Leah?
4. Using the link to his record on FamilySearch, what did the E stand for in his name?
5. Using the Grave Site map, what highway is south of the cemetery? (You may have to use the “-” to zoom out or click and drag the map)
6. List one event from the “Life timeline of Marvin E Estes” and his age at the time of the event?
If it is easier to print the questions, before viewing the record. Click here for a printable version.