Roper Cemetery (Shelby County, AL)

Local Newspapers for the Roper Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Roper 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 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of the Roper 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 Roper Cemetery.

Published In Columbiana
- Columbiana Sentinel (from Columbiana Sentinel)
  - Years of publication: Columbiana Sentinel to 1908
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Columbiana Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050322
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12061229
- Shelby County Guide (from Shelby County Guide)
  - Years of publication: Shelby County Guide to 1870
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Shelby County Guide
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044909
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12061011
- Shelby County Reporter-Democrat (from Shelby County Reporter-Democrat)
  - Years of publication: Shelby County Reporter-Democrat to 1955
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Shelby County Reporter-Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050331
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16883778
- Shelby County Reporter (from Shelby County Reporter)
  - Years of publication: Shelby County Reporter to 1948
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Shelby County Reporter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050330
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16899207
- Shelby County Reporter (from Shelby County Reporter)
  - Years of publication: Shelby County Reporter to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Shelby County Reporter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050332
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11832262
- Shelby County Sentinel (from Shelby County Sentinel)
  - Years of publication: Shelby County Sentinel to 1910
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Shelby County Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050323
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12047270
- The Banner Of Liberty (from The Banner Of Liberty)
  - Years of publication: The Banner Of Liberty to 188?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Banner Of Liberty
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044526
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11421204
- The Chronicle (from The Chronicle)
  - Years of publication: The Chronicle to 1901
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044556
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11799951
- The People's Advocate (from The People's Advocate)
  - Years of publication: The People's Advocate to 1924
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The People's Advocate
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050136
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12283927
- The Shelby Chronicle (from The Shelby Chronicle)
  - Years of publication: The Shelby Chronicle to 1904
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Shelby Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044558
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11800025
- The Shelby Chronicle (from The Shelby Chronicle)
  - Years of publication: The Shelby Chronicle to 1892
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Shelby Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044557
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11804642
- The Shelby County Democrat (from The Shelby County Democrat)
  - Years of publication: The Shelby County Democrat to 1948
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Shelby County Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050329
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16899168
- The Shelby County Sun (from The Shelby County Sun)
  - Years of publication: The Shelby County Sun to 1921
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Shelby County Sun
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050204
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16072696
- The Shelby Sentinel (from The Shelby Sentinel)
  - Years of publication: The Shelby Sentinel to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Shelby Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84023463
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10988721
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Published In Childersburg [Talladega County, AL]
- Columbiana Sentinel (from The Childersburg Citizen)
  - Years of publication: The Childersburg Citizen to 195?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Columbiana Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050342
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16912150
- Shelby County Guide (from The Childersburg News)
  - Years of publication: The Childersburg News to 1960
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Shelby County Guide
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050344
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16912308
- Shelby County Reporter-Democrat (from The Childersburg Star)
  - Years of publication: The Childersburg Star to 1982
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Shelby County Reporter-Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88050232
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18922172
- Shelby County Reporter (from The Childersburg Times)
  - Years of publication: The Childersburg Times to 1952
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Shelby County Reporter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050343
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16912243
- Shelby County Reporter (from The Coosa Valley News)
  - Years of publication: The Coosa Valley News to 1967
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Shelby County Reporter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050345
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16912374
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Published In Pelham
- Columbiana Sentinel (from The Shelby County Advertiser)
  - Years of publication: The Shelby County Advertiser to 1976
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Columbiana Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050335
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16899311
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Published In Shelby
- Columbiana Sentinel (from The Magnet)
  - Years of publication: The Magnet to 1893
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Columbiana Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044750
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12164329
- Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Shelby.

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Roper Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2776, Longitude: -86.5664 In this case, the coordinates for the Roper Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).