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Local Newspapers for the Fillmore Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Fillmore 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 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of the Fillmore 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 Fillmore Cemetery.

  • Published In Arcola
    • Douglas County Democrat (from Douglas County Democrat)
    • Shelton's Weekly (from Shelton's Weekly)
      • The first year of publication was in Shelton's Weekly, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Shelton's Weekly
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85033358
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 11902582
    • The Arcola Arcolian (from The Arcola Arcolian)
    • The Arcola Record-Herald (from The Arcola Record-Herald)
    • The Arcola Record (from The Arcola Record)
      • The first year of publication was in The Arcola Record, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Arcola Record
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85033349
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 11897714
    • The Arcolian (from The Arcolian)
    • The Weekly Arcolian (from The Weekly Arcolian)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Arcola.
  • Published In Arthur
    • Douglas County Democrat (from Arthur Graphic)
    • Shelton's Weekly (from The Arthur Clarion)
    • The Arcola Arcolian (from The Arthur Graphic-Clarion)
    • The Arcola Record-Herald (from The Arthur Signal)
    • The Arcola Record (from The Clarion Press)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Arthur.
  • Published In Atwood   [Piatt County, IL]
  • Published In Tuscola
    • Douglas County Democrat (from Douglas County Courier)
    • Shelton's Weekly (from Douglas County Review)
      • The first year of publication was in Douglas County Review, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Shelton's Weekly
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93057226
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 29559257
    • The Arcola Arcolian (from Douglas County Shield)
    • The Arcola Record-Herald (from Journal-Republican)
    • The Arcola Record (from Saturday Journal)
    • The Arcolian (from The Regional)
    • The Weekly Arcolian (from The Tuscola Daily Journal)
    • Arthur Graphic (from The Tuscola Journal)
      • Years of publication:  The Tuscola Journal to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Arthur Graphic
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88061266
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 18616813
    • The Arthur Clarion (from The Tuscola Journal)
    • The Arthur Graphic-Clarion (from The Tuscola Journal)
    • The Arthur Signal (from The Tuscola Republican)
    • The Clarion Press (from The Tuscola Review)
    • The Atwood Herald (from The Tuscola Union)
    • Douglas County Courier (from Tuscola Gazette)
    • Douglas County Review (from Tuscola Saturday Journal)
    • Douglas County Shield (from Tuscola Saturday Journal)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Tuscola.
  • Published In Hammond   [Piatt County, IL]
  • Published In Lovington   [Moultrie County, IL]
    • Douglas County Democrat (from Lovington Free Press)
    • Shelton's Weekly (from Lovington Reporter)
    • The Arcola Arcolian (from The Convention Herald)
      • The first year of publication was in The Convention Herald, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Arcola Arcolian
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054097
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22102235
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Lovington.
  • Published In Hindsboro
  • Published In Pesotum   [Champaign County, IL]
  • Published In Sullivan   [Moultrie County, IL]
    • Douglas County Democrat (from Moultrie County Gazette)
    • Shelton's Weekly (from Moultrie County News)
    • The Arcola Arcolian (from News Progress)
    • The Arcola Record-Herald (from Sullivan Progress)
    • The Arcola Record (from The Community Record)
    • The Arcolian (from The Illinois Democrat)
      • Years of publication:  The Illinois Democrat to 186?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Arcolian
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054103
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22102569
    • The Weekly Arcolian (from The Saturday Herald)
    • Arthur Graphic (from The Sullivan Democrat)
      • Years of publication:  The Sullivan Democrat to 186?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Arthur Graphic
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054104
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22102627
    • The Arthur Clarion (from The Sullivan Express)
    • The Arthur Graphic-Clarion (from The Sullivan Herald)
    • The Arthur Signal (from The Sullivan Journal)
      • The first year of publication was in The Sullivan Journal, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Arthur Signal
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054099
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22102344
    • The Clarion Press (from The Sullivan News)
    • The Atwood Herald (from The Sullivan Plaindealer)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Sullivan.

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 drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Fillmore Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7175, Longitude: -88.3912       In this case, the coordinates for the Fillmore Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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