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Local Newspapers for the Fries Cemetery ...

Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of the Fries Cemetery.

Our newspaper information for the Fries Cemetery is based on data supplied by the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

Hint: When we started searching newspapers, we only looked for obituaries. Eventually we realized that our search was too narrow and there was much that we were missing. Now we include things like around-the-town and gossip columns, birth and death announcements.

We have some family members who owned businesses and now we search for articles and advertistments for those businesses. Some family members could have been better behaved and a search of police blotters contained some surprises.

The following newspapers were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of the Fries Cemetery. These papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in the order of their distance from the Fries Cemetery.

  • Published In Fries
  • Published In Galax   [Galax City, VA]
    • The Grayson News (from Galax Gazette)
    • Galax Gazette (from Galax Post Herald)
      • Years of publication:  Galax Post Herald to 195?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Galax Gazette
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN95079118
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 32293154
    • Galax Post Herald (from Grayson-Carroll Gazette)
    • Grayson-Carroll Gazette (from The Gazette)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Galax.
  • Published In Independence
    • The Grayson News (from Grayson Ensign)
    • Galax Gazette (from Grayson Gazette)
    • Galax Post Herald (from Grayson Journal)
    • Grayson-Carroll Gazette (from The Declaration)
    • The Gazette (from The Grayson Clipper)
      • Years of publication:  The Grayson Clipper to 1885
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Gazette
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85025470
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 11754180
    • Grayson Ensign (from The Grayson Star)
    • Grayson Gazette (from The Grayson Sun)
    • Grayson Journal (from The Mountain News)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Independence.
  • Published In Hillsville   [Carroll County, VA]
    • The Grayson News (from Carroll Weekly News)
    • Galax Gazette (from Hillsville Virginian)
      • Years of publication:  Hillsville Virginian to 1894
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Galax Gazette
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85026966
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12845062
    • Galax Post Herald (from The Carroll News)
    • Grayson-Carroll Gazette (from The Hillsville News)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Hillsville.
  • Published In Speedwell   [Wythe County, VA]
  • Published In Sparta   [Alleghany County]
    • The Grayson News (from Alleghany Star-Times)
    • Galax Gazette (from The Alleghany News And Star-Times)
      • Years of publication:  The Alleghany News And Star-Times to 1984
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Galax Gazette
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90057235
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22231482
    • Galax Post Herald (from The Alleghany News)
    • Grayson-Carroll Gazette (from The Alleghany News)
    • The Gazette (from The Alleghany Star)
      • Years of publication:  The Alleghany Star to 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Gazette
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN97064636
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 39210685
    • Grayson Ensign (from The Alleghany Times)
    • Grayson Gazette (from The Blue Ridge Sun)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Sparta.

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Fries Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7110, Longitude: -80.9701       In this case, the coordinates for the Fries Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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