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Local Newspapers for the Foster Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Foster 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 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of the Foster 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 Foster Cemetery.

  • Published In Findlay
  • Published In Bethany   [Moultrie County, IL]
  • Published In Sullivan   [Moultrie County, IL]
    • The Enterprise (from Moultrie County Gazette)
      • The first year of publication was in Moultrie County Gazette, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Enterprise
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054101
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22102448
    • The Findlay Enterprise (from Moultrie County News)
    • The Findlay Enterprise (from News Progress)
    • The Bethany Echo (from Sullivan Progress)
    • Moultrie County Gazette (from The Community Record)
    • Moultrie County News (from The Illinois Democrat)
    • News Progress (from The Saturday Herald)
      • Years of publication:  The Saturday Herald to 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the News Progress
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054100
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22102393
    • Sullivan Progress (from The Sullivan Democrat)
    • The Community Record (from The Sullivan Express)
    • The Illinois Democrat (from The Sullivan Herald)
    • The Saturday Herald (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 Saturday Herald
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054099
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22102344
    • The Sullivan Democrat (from The Sullivan News)
    • The Sullivan Express (from The Sullivan Plaindealer)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Sullivan.
  • Published In Dalton City   [Moultrie County, IL]
  • Published In Shelbyville
    • The Enterprise (from Central Illinois Times)
    • The Findlay Enterprise (from Home And Fireside)
    • The Findlay Enterprise (from Shelby Banner)
    • The Bethany Echo (from Shelby County Leader)
    • Moultrie County Gazette (from Shelby County Union)
    • Moultrie County News (from Shelby Herald)
    • News Progress (from Shelbyville Banner)
      • Years of publication:  Shelbyville Banner to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the News Progress
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87082356
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15320791
    • Sullivan Progress (from Shelbyville Daily News)
    • The Community Record (from Shelbyville Daily Union)
    • The Illinois Democrat (from Shelbyville News)
    • The Saturday Herald (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 Saturday Herald
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94051241
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 30853718
    • The Sullivan Democrat (from The Daily Union)
    • The Sullivan Express (from The Illustrated Baptist)
    • The Sullivan Herald (from The Okaw Democrat)
    • The Sullivan Journal (from The Shelby County Independent)
    • The Sullivan News (from The Shelbyville Daily Democrat)
    • The Sullivan Plaindealer (from The Shelbyville Daily Union)
    • Central Illinois Times (from The Shelbyville Democrat-News)
    • Home And Fireside (from The Shelbyville Democrat)
    • Shelby Banner (from The Shelbyville Union)
      • Years of publication:  The Shelbyville Union to 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Shelby Banner
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054844
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22741849
    • Shelby County Leader (from Weekly Okaw Patriot)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Shelbyville.
  • Published In Lovington   [Moultrie County, IL]
    • The Enterprise (from Lovington Free Press)
      • The first year of publication was in Lovington Free Press, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Enterprise
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93057202
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 29335766
    • The Findlay Enterprise (from Lovington Reporter)
    • The Findlay Enterprise (from The Convention Herald)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Lovington.
  • Published In Moweaqua
  • Published In Assumption   [Christian County, IL]
    • The Enterprise (from Evening Gazette)
    • The Findlay Enterprise (from The Assumption Independent)
    • The Findlay Enterprise (from The Assumption Independent)
    • The Bethany Echo (from The Assumption News)
    • Moultrie County Gazette (from The Assumption Press)
    • Moultrie County News (from The Assumption Record)
    • News Progress (from The Prairie State Tribune)
      • Years of publication:  The Prairie State Tribune to 1977
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the News Progress
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054610
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23865808
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Assumption.
  • Published In Macon   [Macon County, IL]
  • Published In Tower Hill
  • Published In Mount Zion   [Macon County, IL]
  • Published In Strasburg

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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 Foster Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5595, Longitude: -88.7778       In this case, the coordinates for the Foster Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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