Well, I was born and raised in South Dakota. I'll see what I can find out and get back to you with some information. If you have any directions to the cemetery or anything like that I would appreciate it. Thanks, Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "ROSLYN CARTER" <eleuthera-rara@prodigy.net> To: <SCUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 6:01 PM Subject: Re: [SCUNION] New Member Intro > Steve: Need help with saving the Springhill Cemetery > which is Laurens or Union County South Carolina. I am > a born northerner with southern roots. In my middle > age, I have become interested in preserving the > history of my people. The original church burned > down, in the 50's or so, and I went out with my cousin > a couple of years ago to find the old cemetery which > was behind the old church because my greatgrandmother > is buried there. We found the place, it is totally > overgrown, and only Lord knows when the last burial > was. As with many small towns in the rural south, the > young people have moved away. The church seems to by > dying because there is not young blood to carry it on. > > > Be that as it may, I want to get the old cemetery > preserved, and cleaned up. Any help with how to go > about that would sincerely be appreciated. > > Before you ask, I am not from Plains Georgia, and no > relation to the former President, although I do admire > him. > --- Webmaster 7 <webmaster7@comporium.net> wrote: > > 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 > > scarolina@savinggraves.org . > > > > 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 > > > > > > ==== SCUNION Mailing List ==== > > The Union County SC GenWeb Archives is at: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/sca_unio.html > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the > > new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click > > to learn more. > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== SCUNION Mailing List ==== > The messages on this list are archived and can be searched at: > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. 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