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Local Newspapers for the Orr Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Orr 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 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of the Orr 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 Orr Cemetery.

  • Published In Wrightsville   [Johnson County, GA]
  • Published In Sandersville
    • The Ocmulgee Reporter (from Middle Georgia Progress)
    • The Record (from Sandersville Courier)
      • Years of publication:  Sandersville Courier to 1878
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Record
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91074141
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25683178
    • The Wrightsville Chronicle (from Sandersville Telescope)
    • The Wrightsville Headlight (from The Central Georgian)
    • The Wrightsville Recorder (from The Courier)
    • The Wrightsville Record (from The Gazette)
    • Middle Georgia Progress (from The Mercury)
    • Sandersville Courier (from The Sandersville Georgian)
    • Sandersville Telescope (from The Sandersville Georgian)
    • The Central Georgian (from The Sandersville Herald)
    • The Courier (from The Sandersville Progress)
      • Years of publication:  The Sandersville Progress to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Courier
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN84005442
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 10788611
    • The Gazette (from The Sandersville Progress)
      • Years of publication:  The Sandersville Progress to 1909
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Gazette
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89053293
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 19897286
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Sandersville.
  • Published In Toomsboro   [Wilkinson County, GA]
  • Published In Irwinton   [Wilkinson County, GA]
  • Published In Dublin   [Laurens County, GA]
    • The Ocmulgee Reporter (from Dublin Courier Herald)
    • The Record (from Dublin Courier-Herald And Dispatch)
      • Years of publication:  Dublin Courier-Herald And Dispatch to 1929
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Record
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90052275
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21946949
    • The Wrightsville Chronicle (from Dublin Courier-Herald Dispatch And Press)
    • The Wrightsville Headlight (from Laurens County Herald)
    • The Wrightsville Recorder (from Laurens County News)
    • The Wrightsville Record (from The Courier Herald)
    • Middle Georgia Progress (from The Dublin Courier-Dispatch)
    • Sandersville Courier (from The Dublin Courier)
    • Sandersville Telescope (from The Dublin Post)
    • The Central Georgian (from The Dublin Times)
    • The Courier (from The Georgia Free Lance)
      • Years of publication:  The Georgia Free Lance to 1926
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Courier
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90052071
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21941811
    • The Gazette (from The Laurens Citizen)
      • Years of publication:  The Laurens Citizen to ????
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Gazette
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88054017
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 18003201
    • The Mercury (from The Weekly Courier-Herald)
      • Years of publication:  The Weekly Courier-Herald to 1929
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Mercury
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90052274
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21947369
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Dublin.
  • Published In Wadley   [Jefferson County, GA]

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things 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 Orr Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8246, Longitude: -82.8626       In this case, the coordinates for the Orr Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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