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Local Newspapers for the Center Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Center 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 18 miles [29 km]<1> of the Center 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 Center Cemetery.

  • Published In Cowden
  • Published In Herrick
  • Published In Shelbyville
    • Cowden Reflector (from Central Illinois Times)
    • Herrick Bulletin (from Home And Fireside)
      • The first year of publication was in Home And Fireside, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Herrick Bulletin
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN2008060415
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 213397012
    • The Herrick Reporter (from Shelby Banner)
    • Central Illinois Times (from Shelby County Leader)
    • Home And Fireside (from Shelby County Union)
    • Shelby Banner (from Shelby Herald)
    • Shelby County Leader (from Shelbyville Banner)
    • Shelby County Union (from Shelbyville Daily News)
    • Shelby Herald (from Shelbyville Daily Union)
      • Years of publication:  Shelbyville Daily Union to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Shelby Herald
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94054509
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 30931317
    • Shelbyville Banner (from Shelbyville News)
    • Shelbyville Daily News (from The Card Printer's Monthly)
      • The first year of publication was in The Card Printer's Monthly, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Shelbyville Daily News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94051241
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 30853718
    • Shelbyville Daily Union (from The Daily Union)
    • Shelbyville News (from The Illustrated Baptist)
    • The Card Printer's Monthly (from The Okaw Democrat)
    • The Daily Union (from The Shelby County Independent)
      • Years of publication:  The Shelby County Independent to 1876
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Daily Union
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87082386
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15325283
    • The Illustrated Baptist (from The Shelbyville Daily Democrat)
    • The Okaw Democrat (from The Shelbyville Daily Union)
    • The Shelby County Independent (from The Shelbyville Democrat-News)
    • The Shelbyville Daily Democrat (from The Shelbyville Democrat)
    • The Shelbyville Daily Union (from The Shelbyville Union)
    • The Shelbyville Democrat-News (from Weekly Okaw Patriot)
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  • Published In Tower Hill
  • Published In Stewardson
  • Published In Oconee
  • Published In Pana   [Christian County, IL]
    • Cowden Reflector (from Pana Daily Beacon Light)
      • The first year of publication was in Pana Daily Beacon Light, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Cowden Reflector
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054609
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23865769
    • Herrick Bulletin (from Pana Gazette)
    • The Herrick Reporter (from Pana Morning Gazette)
    • Central Illinois Times (from Pana News-Palladium)
    • Home And Fireside (from Pana Palladium)
    • Shelby Banner (from Pana Weekly Democratic Herald)
      • The first year of publication was in Pana Weekly Democratic Herald, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Shelby Banner
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054607
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23865712
    • Shelby County Leader (from Pana Weekly News)
    • Shelby County Union (from The Daily Palladium)
    • Shelby Herald (from The Daily Palladium)
      • Years of publication:  The Daily Palladium to 190?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Shelby Herald
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054831
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22645957
    • Shelbyville Banner (from The Daily Palladium)
    • Shelbyville Daily News (from The Pana Daily Palladium)
    • Shelbyville Daily Union (from The Pana Daily Palladium)
    • Shelbyville News (from The Pana Evening Gazette)
    • The Card Printer's Monthly (from The Pana Evening Palladium)
    • The Daily Union (from The Pana Gazette)
    • The Illustrated Baptist (from The Pana News)
    • The Okaw Democrat (from The Pana Palladium)
    • The Shelby County Independent (from The Pana Palladium)
    • The Shelbyville Daily Democrat (from The Pana Weekly Palladium)
    • The Shelbyville Daily Union (from The Weekly Palladium)
    • The Shelbyville Democrat-News (from Weekly Pana Democrat)
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  • Published In Strasburg
  • Published In Ramsey   [Fayette County, IL]
    • Cowden Reflector (from Ramsey News-Journal)
    • Herrick Bulletin (from The Fayette County News)
      • The first year of publication was in The Fayette County News, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Herrick Bulletin
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92054465
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25188008
    • The Herrick Reporter (from The Ramsey Democrat)
    • Central Illinois Times (from The Ramsey News)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Ramsey.
  • Published In Altamont   [Effingham County, IL]
    • Cowden Reflector (from Effingham County Observer)
    • Herrick Bulletin (from Effingham Daily Tribune)
    • The Herrick Reporter (from The Altamont News)
    • Central Illinois Times (from The Altamont Telegram)
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  • Published In Saint Elmo   [Fayette County, IL]
    • Cowden Reflector (from Banner)
    • Herrick Bulletin (from The St. Elmo Banner And The St. Elmo Herald)
      • Years of publication:  The St. Elmo Banner And The St. Elmo Herald to 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Herrick Bulletin
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92054469
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25357133
    • The Herrick Reporter (from The St. Elmo Banner)
    • Central Illinois Times (from The St. Elmo Press)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Saint Elmo.
  • Published In Findlay

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' 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 Center Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2748, Longitude: -88.8628       In this case, the coordinates for the Center Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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