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Local Newspapers for the Bluffs Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Bluffs 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 Bluffs 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 Bluffs Cemetery.

  • Published In Bridgeport
    • Lawrence County Courier (from Bridgeport Banner)
    • Lawrence County Press (from Bridgeport Leader St. Francisville Times)
    • Sumner Advocate (from Bridgeport Leader)
    • The Sumner Democrat (from Leader Times)
    • The Sumner Press (from The Bridgeport Leader & St. Francisville Times)
      • Years of publication:  The Bridgeport Leader & St. Francisville Times to 1997
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Sumner Press
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN2008060408
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 196594847
    • Bridgeport Banner (from The Bridgeport Leader)
    • Bridgeport Leader St. Francisville Times (from The Bridgeport Leader)
    • Bridgeport Leader (from The Local Reporter)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Bridgeport.
  • Published In Sumner
    • Lawrence County Courier (from Lawrence County Courier)
    • Lawrence County Press (from Lawrence County Press)
    • Sumner Advocate (from Sumner Advocate)
      • The first year of publication was in Sumner Advocate, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Sumner Advocate
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054064
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23806218
    • The Sumner Democrat (from The Sumner Democrat)
      • The first year of publication was in The Sumner Democrat, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Sumner Democrat
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054061
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23806275
    • The Sumner Press (from The Sumner Press)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Sumner.
  • Published In Lawrenceville
    • Lawrence County Courier (from American Banner)
    • Lawrence County Press (from Lawrence County Courier)
      • The first year of publication was in Lawrence County Courier, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Lawrence County Press
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87082330
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15289527
    • Sumner Advocate (from Lawrence County Democrat)
      • The first year of publication was in Lawrence County Democrat, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Sumner Advocate
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87082329
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15289471
    • The Sumner Democrat (from Lawrence County Journal)
      • The first year of publication was in Lawrence County Journal, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Sumner Democrat
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87082328
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15289401
    • The Sumner Press (from Lawrence County News)
    • Bridgeport Banner (from Lawrenceville Banner)
      • The first year of publication was in Lawrenceville Banner, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Bridgeport Banner
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87082332
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15289782
    • Bridgeport Leader St. Francisville Times (from Lawrenceville Republican)
    • Bridgeport Leader (from Star Spangled Banner)
      • The first year of publication was in Star Spangled Banner, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Bridgeport Leader
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87082326
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15288729
    • Leader Times (from The American Banner)
      • The first year of publication was in The American Banner, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Leader Times
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87082333
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15289871
    • The Bridgeport Leader & St. Francisville Times (from The Daily Record)
    • The Bridgeport Leader (from The Democratic Herald)
      • The first year of publication was in The Democratic Herald, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Bridgeport Leader
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87082331
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15289709
    • The Bridgeport Leader (from The Rural Republican)
    • The Local Reporter (from The Western Globe)
      • The first year of publication was in The Western Globe, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Local Reporter
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87082281
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15249123
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Lawrenceville.
  • Published In Flat Rock   [Crawford County, IL]
  • Published In Duncanville   [Crawford County, IL]
  • Published In Saint Francisville
  • Published In Olney   [Richland County, IL]
    • Lawrence County Courier (from American Banner)
    • Lawrence County Press (from Olney Advocate)
    • Sumner Advocate (from Olney Daily Ledger)
    • The Sumner Democrat (from Olney Daily Mail)
    • The Sumner Press (from Olney Ledger)
    • Bridgeport Banner (from Olney News)
    • Bridgeport Leader St. Francisville Times (from Olney Semi-Weekly Republican)
    • Bridgeport Leader (from Olney Times)
    • Leader Times (from Olney Weekly Republican)
      • Years of publication:  Olney Weekly Republican to 1857
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Leader Times
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054006
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23105106
    • The Bridgeport Leader & St. Francisville Times (from Richland County Herald)
    • The Bridgeport Leader (from Richland County Republican)
    • The Bridgeport Leader (from The Daily Mail)
    • The Local Reporter (from The Olney Daily Mail)
    • American Banner (from The Olney Democrat)
    • Lawrence County Courier (from The Olney Evening Star)
    • Lawrence County Democrat (from The Olney News)
    • Lawrence County Journal (from The Olney Republican)
    • Lawrence County News (from The Olney Republican)
    • Lawrenceville Banner (from The Olney Republic)
    • Lawrenceville Republican (from The Olney Semiweekly Republic)
    • Star Spangled Banner (from The Olney Times)
    • The American Banner (from The Olney Weekly Democrat)
    • The Daily Record (from The Olney Weekly Journal)
    • The Democratic Herald (from The Olney Weekly Press)
    • The Rural Republican (from The Olney Weekly Times)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Olney.
  • Published In Stoy   [Crawford County, IL]

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Bluffs Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7689, Longitude: -87.8009       In this case, the coordinates for the Bluffs Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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