I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Steven Stymiest. I am 46 years old, retired USAF and live in Rock Hill, South Carolina. I have been researching my family history since 1986. I am the coordinator for Saving Graves South Carolina, as well as Saving Graves York County, South Carolina. I am also the coordinator for South Carolina Ghost Towns at ALHN & AHGP and York County, South Carolina at ALHN & AHGP. ALHN is the American Local History Network and AHGP is the American History and Genealogy Project. I would like to invite you to visit and participate in all of these web sites. Help us preserve our history and heritage. What is Saving Graves? Saving Graves is dedicated to providing leadership, education and advocacy in preserving and restoring endangered and forgotten cemeteries. What is Saving Graves South Carolina? Saving Graves South Carolina is the state website for the collection of information on endangered and forgotten cemeteries, as well as a center for documenting, recording and providing a central location for cemetery transcriptions. It also is a central location for links to State Cemetery preservation law, State Government, State Law Enforcement, Endangered Cemeteries, State Cemetery Index, Cemetery Locating Services, and Statewide Preservation Groups. The information contained within these websites is provided as a public service and is submitted by its users. Saving Graves makes no guarantee that the information is current or accurate. Readers should make every attempt to verify the information before acting on it. State and county websites are volunteer operated. Volunteers are need for all counties. York and Spartanburg counties have been adopted. The South Carolina state site is located at: http://www.savinggraves-us.org/sc/ . For volunteer information, go to http://www.savinggraves.org/about/volunteer/county.htm . For any other questions on Saving Graves, please check out: http://www.savinggraves.org/about/mission.htm. To volunteer for a county, contact me at [email protected] . York County at ALHN/AHGP is a county website for those of researching our family histories. You can visit this site at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scyork2 . South Carolina Ghost Towns is a site dedicated to the towns which have been abandoned or just lost a great many of there population throughout the years. These towns may be nothing more than ruins or they may have some homes and businesses that are in disrepair or they may have some individuals still living there. Please check the site out at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scghstwn/ . Thanks again for this opportunity. Hope to see you in your internet travels. Steven Stymiest Saving Graves South Carolina Coordinator Saving Graves York County Coordinator South Carolina Ghost Towns Coordinator York County, South Carolina Coordinator