A very meaningful thing you could do with your children during this time is to help document your local cemetery. You can help people around the world locate deceased family members and find out more about their family histories. “BillionGraves’ goal is to preserve cemetery data and make it readily available for genealogical research to honor our ancestors and loved ones. Then, even if a loved one’s gravestone is damaged or worn by time, the invaluable information recorded at their final resting place will still be available”. Many headstones in the Coaldale Cemetery have already been photographed and uploaded and shared, however, it appears the last photos from Coaldale were uploaded in 2016. Go to blog.billiongraves.com and click on Keeping Kids Busy During Coronavirus Closures for tons of information on how you and your family can become a volunteer and document the local cemetery.
