Family History Scavenger Hunt - Day 3

Overview & Purpose

We all love scavenger hunts, hunting for the clues and discovering new things. This scavenger hunt will occur during the month of June and will include daily prizes for a lucky winner who gets all the answers correct in the allotted time.

The clues will be posted each morning on the Indian River Genealogy Conference Facebook page (www.facebook.com/IRGConf), Friends of Vero Beach Family History Center Facebook group (www.facebook.com/159642411143167) and my Facebook page for genealogy (www.facebook.com/milesgenealogy/).

The tasks will introduce you to a variety of online sources and help you learn new research sites and how to use them effectively to discover your ancestors. Those who get the answers correct will be entered into the daily drawing for prizes.

Join in the fun, discover new sites, and learn how to research on sites that you may have never used before. 

Answers will be submitted using a Google Form found at https://forms.gle/h4GXSmX2RJu3Rsfp7.

Today’s Challenge

Billion Graves (www.billiongraves.com) 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 E. Herbert Walker in Duval County, Florida and answer the following questions.

Questions

1. According to the headstone, what was his birth date?
2. What is the name of the cemetery where he is buried?
3. How old was he when the Beatles made their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show?
4. Using the link to his record on FamilySearch, what did the E stand for in his name?
5. What major world event happened when he was 15 years old?

Bonus Points (Optional)

• What is the name of the park located southeast of the cemetery?

Hints

• 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.

Action

Answers will be submitted using a Google Form found at https://forms.gle/h4GXSmX2RJu3Rsfp7. All answers received before 8:00 pm on June 3 will be considered for the prize. Today’s prize is a 1-year subscription to Billion Graves (www.billiongraves.com).

Answers