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Local Newspapers for the Blackford Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Blackford 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 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of the Blackford 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 Blackford Cemetery.

  • Published In Gibson City
    • Courier (from Courier)
      • Years of publication:  Courier to 1984
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Courier
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91055978
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23448360
    • Daily Carnival Courier (from Daily Carnival Courier)
    • Daily Courier (from Daily Courier)
    • Gibson City Courier (from Gibson City Courier)
    • The Gibson City Courier (from The Gibson City Courier)
    • The Gibson Courier And Gibson City Enterprise (from The Gibson Courier And Gibson City Enterprise)
    • The Gibson Courier (from The Gibson Courier)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Gibson City.
  • Published In Fisher   [Champaign County, IL]
  • Published In Paxton
    • Courier (from Eastern Illinois Register)
      • Years of publication:  Eastern Illinois Register to 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Courier
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91055952
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23157063
    • Daily Carnival Courier (from Ford County Blade)
    • Daily Courier (from Ford County News)
    • Gibson City Courier (from Paxton Central Illinois Record)
    • The Gibson City Courier (from Paxton Daily Fair Record)
    • The Gibson Courier And Gibson City Enterprise (from Paxton Daily Record)
    • The Gibson Courier (from Paxton Daily Record)
    • The Fisher News (from Paxton Daily Record)
    • The Fisher Reporter (from Paxton Record)
    • The Countdown (from The Ford County Journal)
      • Years of publication:  The Ford County Journal to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Countdown
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91055953
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23156971
    • The Pacesetter (from The Ford County Journal)
    • The Rantoul News (from The Ford County Union)
    • The Rantoul Press And Chanute Field News (from The Paxton Record)
    • The Rantoul Press (from The Paxton Weekly Record)
    • The Rantoul Press (from The Record)
    • The Rantoul Weekly News (from The Weekly Standard)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Paxton.
  • Published In Rantoul   [Champaign County, IL]
    • Courier (from The Countdown)
      • Years of publication:  The Countdown to 199?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Courier
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN2002061138
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 51497515
    • Daily Carnival Courier (from The Pacesetter)
    • Daily Courier (from The Rantoul News)
    • Gibson City Courier (from The Rantoul Press And Chanute Field News)
    • The Gibson City Courier (from The Rantoul Press)
    • The Gibson Courier And Gibson City Enterprise (from The Rantoul Press)
    • The Gibson Courier (from The Rantoul Weekly News)
    • The Fisher News (from The Rantoul Weekly Press)
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  • Published In Melvin
  • Published In Sibley
  • Published In Bellflower   [McLean County, IL]
  • Published In Loda   [Iroquois County, IL]
    • Courier (from Garden State)
      • Years of publication:  Garden State to 1860
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Courier
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN84038540
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 11333063
    • Daily Carnival Courier (from Loda Times)
    • Daily Courier (from The Loda Register)
      • Years of publication:  The Loda Register to 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Daily Courier
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91055277
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 24125887
    • Gibson City Courier (from The Loda Times)
    • The Gibson City Courier (from Victory Echo)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Loda.
  • Published In Roberts
  • Published In Gifford   [Champaign County, IL]
    • Courier (from The Gifford Weekly Sun)
      • The first year of publication was in The Gifford Weekly Sun, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Courier
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN98063295
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 40518466
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Gifford.
  • Published In Mahomet   [Champaign County, IL]
    • Courier (from Mahomet Sucker State)
      • Years of publication:  Mahomet Sucker State to 1974
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Courier
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053128
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25279939
    • Daily Carnival Courier (from The Citizen)
    • Daily Courier (from The Mahomet Citizen)
      • Years of publication:  The Mahomet Citizen to 2002
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Daily Courier
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053130
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25294466
    • Gibson City Courier (from The Mahomet Sucker State)
      • The first year of publication was in The Mahomet Sucker State, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Gibson City Courier
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053126
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25279809
    • The Gibson City Courier (from The Progress)
    • The Gibson Courier And Gibson City Enterprise (from The Sucker State)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Mahomet.
  • Published In Arrowsmith   [McLean County, IL]
  • Published In Mansfield   [Piatt County, IL]
    • Courier (from Mansfield Daily Express)
      • The first year of publication was in Mansfield Daily Express, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Courier
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87082807
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15901621
    • Daily Carnival Courier (from Mansfield Express)
    • Daily Courier (from The Mansfield Express)
      • Years of publication:  The Mansfield Express to 1934
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Daily Courier
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054525
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21730236
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Mansfield.

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 Blackford Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4125, Longitude: -88.2970       In this case, the coordinates for the Blackford Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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