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Local Newspapers for the Backbone Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Backbone 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 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of the Backbone 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 Backbone Cemetery.

  • Published In Oak Point   [Clark County, IL]
  • Published In Annapolis   [Crawford County, IL]
  • Published In Casey   [Clark County, IL]
    • The Oak Point Courier (from Ashmore, Kansas, Westfield Neighbors)
    • The Annapolis News (from Casey Daily Reporter)
    • Oblong Ledger (from Daily Reporter)
    • Oblong Ledger (from Prairie Sun Neighbors)
      • Years of publication:  Prairie Sun Neighbors to 1999
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Oblong Ledger
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN98063267
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 39892620
    • Oblong Oracle (from The Acorn)
      • The first year of publication was in The Acorn, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Oblong Oracle
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90022510
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22197720
    • The Oblong Gem (from The Acorn)
      • The first year of publication was in The Acorn, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Oblong Gem
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054106
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22122399
    • Ashmore, Kansas, Westfield Neighbors (from The Banner-Times Shopper)
    • Casey Daily Reporter (from The Casey Advocate)
    • Daily Reporter (from The Casey Banner-Times)
      • Years of publication:  The Casey Banner-Times to ????
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Daily Reporter
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054107
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22122485
    • Prairie Sun Neighbors (from The Casey Commercial)
    • The Acorn (from The Casey Reporter)
      • Years of publication:  The Casey Reporter to 1944
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Acorn
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054108
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22135382
    • The Acorn (from The Casey Weekly Times)
      • The first year of publication was in The Casey Weekly Times, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Acorn
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85033442
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 11967056
    • The Banner-Times Shopper (from The Guardian)
    • The Casey Advocate (from The Reporter)
    • The Casey Banner-Times (from Wabash Valley Market Place)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Casey.
  • Published In Oblong   [Crawford County, IL]
  • Published In Willow Hill
  • Published In Greenup   [Cumberland County, IL]
    • The Oak Point Courier (from Cumberland Transcript)
      • The first year of publication was in Cumberland Transcript, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Oak Point Courier
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054112
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22142020
    • The Annapolis News (from Greenup Press)
    • Oblong Ledger (from Greenup Tribune)
      • The first year of publication was in Greenup Tribune, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Oblong Ledger
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054120
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22142378
    • Oblong Ledger (from The Cumberland Times)
      • The first year of publication was in The Cumberland Times, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Oblong Ledger
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054113
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22142173
    • Oblong Oracle (from The Cumberland Tribune)
      • Years of publication:  The Cumberland Tribune to 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Oblong Oracle
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054114
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22142299
    • The Oblong Gem (from The Greenup Expositor)
    • Ashmore, Kansas, Westfield Neighbors (from The Greenup Mail)
    • Casey Daily Reporter (from The Greenup Post)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Greenup.
  • Published In Stoy   [Crawford County, IL]
  • Published In Martinsville   [Clark County, IL]
  • Published In Newton
    • The Oak Point Courier (from Jasper County Newton Press-mentor)
    • The Annapolis News (from Newton Mentor)
      • The first year of publication was in Newton Mentor, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Annapolis News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054867
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22901654
    • Oblong Ledger (from Newton Press-mentor)
    • Oblong Ledger (from Newton Press-mentor)
      • Years of publication:  Newton Press-mentor to 1988
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Oblong Ledger
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN83007701
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 9458453
    • Oblong Oracle (from Newton Times-mentor)
      • Years of publication:  Newton Times-mentor to 188?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Oblong Oracle
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054866
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22897890
    • The Oblong Gem (from Newton Weekly Press)
    • Ashmore, Kansas, Westfield Neighbors (from The Democratic Watchman)
    • Casey Daily Reporter (from The Jasper County Clipper)
    • Daily Reporter (from The Jasper County Times)
      • Years of publication:  The Jasper County Times to 188?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Daily Reporter
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054865
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22897873
    • Prairie Sun Neighbors (from The Jasper Democrat)
    • The Acorn (from The Mentor-Democrat)
      • Years of publication:  The Mentor-Democrat to 1959
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Acorn
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054875
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22938820
    • The Acorn (from The Newton Enquirer)
      • Years of publication:  The Newton Enquirer to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Acorn
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054870
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22904593
    • The Banner-Times Shopper (from The Newton Press)
    • The Casey Advocate (from The Newton Weekly Press)
    • The Casey Banner-Times (from The Western Star)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Newton.
  • Published In Robinson   [Crawford County, IL]
    • The Oak Point Courier (from Crawford Bulletin)
    • The Annapolis News (from Crawford County Bulletin)
    • Oblong Ledger (from Crawford County Republican)
      • Years of publication:  Crawford County Republican to 1905
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Oblong Ledger
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN95066007
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 31878725
    • Oblong Ledger (from Daily News)
    • Oblong Oracle (from Robinson Daily News)
      • Years of publication:  Robinson Daily News to 1983
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Oblong Oracle
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054056
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23676115
    • The Oblong Gem (from Robinson Gazette)
    • Ashmore, Kansas, Westfield Neighbors (from The Constitution)
    • Casey Daily Reporter (from The Crawford County Argus)
    • Daily Reporter (from The Daily Constitution)
      • Years of publication:  The Daily Constitution to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Daily Reporter
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054054
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23675702
    • Prairie Sun Neighbors (from The Daily Robinson Constitution)
    • The Acorn (from The National Era)
      • The first year of publication was in The National Era, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Acorn
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054050
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23459243
    • The Acorn (from The Robinson Argus And Crawford County Republican)
      • Years of publication:  The Robinson Argus And Crawford County Republican to 1906
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Acorn
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054046
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23448750
    • The Banner-Times Shopper (from The Robinson Argus)
    • The Casey Advocate (from The Robinson Argus)
    • The Casey Banner-Times (from The Robinson Constitution)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Robinson.
  • Published In Sainte Marie
  • Published In West York   [Crawford County, IL]

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 Backbone Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1498, Longitude: -87.9653       In this case, the coordinates for the Backbone Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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