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Local Newspapers for the Blocker Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Blocker 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 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of the Blocker 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 Blocker Cemetery.

  • Published In Muscle Shoals
  • Published In Sheffield
    • Muscle Shoals Morning Sun (from Sheffield Daily Enterprise)
    • Muscle Shoals News (from Sheffield Enterprise)
    • The Muscle Shoals Cyanamid News (from Sheffield Weekly Enterprise)
    • Sheffield Daily Enterprise (from Standard & Times)
    • Sheffield Enterprise (from The Reaper)
    • Sheffield Weekly Enterprise (from The Sheffield Clarion)
    • Standard & Times (from The Sheffield Reaper)
    • The Reaper (from The Sheffield Record)
      • Years of publication:  The Sheffield Record to 1898
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Reaper
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87050267
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 9191354
    • The Sheffield Clarion (from The Sheffield Standard)
    • The Sheffield Reaper (from The Sheffield Standard)
    • The Sheffield Record (from The Tri-Cities Daily)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Sheffield.
  • Published In Tuscumbia
    • Muscle Shoals Morning Sun (from Alabamian-Dispatch)
    • Muscle Shoals News (from Colbert County Reporter)
    • The Muscle Shoals Cyanamid News (from Franklin Democrat)
    • Sheffield Daily Enterprise (from Franklin Enquirer)
    • Sheffield Enterprise (from North Alabamian And Times)
    • Sheffield Weekly Enterprise (from North Alabamian)
    • Standard & Times (from North Alabamian)
    • The Reaper (from States' Rights Democrat)
      • Years of publication:  States' Rights Democrat to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Reaper
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85045008
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12715191
    • The Sheffield Clarion (from The American Star)
    • The Sheffield Reaper (from The Clarion)
    • The Sheffield Record (from The Colbert County Banner)
    • The Sheffield Standard (from The Constitution)
    • The Sheffield Standard (from The Franklin Chronicle)
    • The Tri-Cities Daily (from The Muscle Shoals Advertiser)
    • Alabamian-Dispatch (from The North Alabamian)
    • Colbert County Reporter (from The Standard And Times Lauderdale County News)
    • Franklin Democrat (from The Telegraph And Patriot)
      • The first year of publication was in The Telegraph And Patriot, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Franklin Democrat
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85045010
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12715383
    • Franklin Enquirer (from The Tuscumbia Democrat)
    • North Alabamian And Times (from The Tuscumbia Dispatch)
    • North Alabamian (from The Tuscumbia Patriot)
      • Years of publication:  The Tuscumbia Patriot to 1828
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the North Alabamian
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85044842
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 2665877
    • North Alabamian (from The Tuscumbia Telegraph)
    • States' Rights Democrat (from The Tuscumbia Times)
    • The American Star (from The Tuscumbian)
    • The Clarion (from The Valley Voice)
      • Years of publication:  The Valley Voice to ????
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Clarion
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85045038
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12736685
    • The Colbert County Banner (from The Weekly Dispatch)
    • The Constitution (from The Weekly Dispatch)
    • The Franklin Chronicle (from Tuscumbia Enquirer)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Tuscumbia.
  • Published In Florence   [Lauderdale County, AL]
    • Muscle Shoals Morning Sun (from American Democrat)
    • Muscle Shoals News (from Florence Enquirer)
    • The Muscle Shoals Cyanamid News (from Florence Evening Bulletin)
    • Sheffield Daily Enterprise (from Florence Gazette)
    • Sheffield Enterprise (from Florence Gazette)
    • Sheffield Weekly Enterprise (from Florence Gazette)
    • Standard & Times (from Florence Journal)
    • The Reaper (from Florence Journal)
      • Years of publication:  Florence Journal to 187?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Reaper
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87050312
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 9485148
    • The Sheffield Clarion (from Florence Register And Public Advertiser)
    • The Sheffield Reaper (from Florence Republican)
    • The Sheffield Record (from Florence Standard=Journal)
    • The Sheffield Standard (from Florence Times + Tri-Cities Daily)
    • The Sheffield Standard (from Florence Times-Journal)
    • The Tri-Cities Daily (from Florence Weekly Bulletin)
    • Alabamian-Dispatch (from Lauderdale News)
    • Colbert County Reporter (from Lauderdale Times)
    • Franklin Democrat (from The Banner)
    • Franklin Enquirer (from The Florence Daily News)
    • North Alabamian And Times (from The Florence Democrat)
    • North Alabamian (from The Florence Herald-picture)
      • Years of publication:  The Florence Herald-picture to 198?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the North Alabamian
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87050055
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15231898
    • North Alabamian (from The Florence Herald)
    • States' Rights Democrat (from The Florence Times News)
    • The American Star (from The Florence Times-News)
    • The Clarion (from The Florence Times)
      • Years of publication:  The Florence Times to 1925
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Clarion
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87050063
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12437206
    • The Colbert County Banner (from The Florence Times)
    • The Constitution (from The Florence Tribune)
    • The Franklin Chronicle (from The Florence Wave)
    • The Muscle Shoals Advertiser (from The Lauderdale Journal)
    • The North Alabamian (from The Literary Index)
    • The Standard And Times Lauderdale County News (from The Normal Gem)
    • The Telegraph And Patriot (from The North Star)
    • The Tuscumbia Democrat (from The Shoals Picture)
    • The Tuscumbia Dispatch (from The Times + Tri-Cities Daily)
    • The Tuscumbia Patriot (from The Times And Journal)
    • The Tuscumbia Telegraph (from The Watcher)
    • The Tuscumbia Times (from TimesDaily)
    • The Tuscumbian (from TimesDaily)
    • The Valley Voice (from TimesDaily)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Florence.
  • Published In Leighton
  • Published In Bailey Springs   [Lauderdale County, AL]

The official website for Colbert County: www.colbertcounty.org/

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

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 Blocker Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7184, Longitude: -87.6328       In this case, the coordinates for the Blocker Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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