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Local Newspapers for the German Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the German 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 German 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 German Cemetery.

  • Published In Paw Paw
  • Published In Compton
  • Published In Shabbona   [DeKalb County, IL]
    • Lee County Times (from De Kalb County Express)
    • Paw Paw News (from The Shabbona Express)
      • Years of publication:  The Shabbona Express to 192?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Paw Paw News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053392
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 26886883
    • Compton Record (from Waterman News)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Shabbona.
  • Published In West Brooklyn
  • Published In Creston   [Ogle County, IL]
    • Lee County Times (from Morris' Creston Times)
      • The first year of publication was in Morris' Creston Times, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Lee County Times
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055391
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 27316334
    • Paw Paw News (from The Creston Observer)
      • Years of publication:  The Creston Observer to 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Paw Paw News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055392
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 27316360
    • Compton Record (from The Creston Observer)
    • De Kalb County Express (from The Creston Times)
    • The Shabbona Express (from Weekly Observer)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Creston.
  • Published In Rochelle   [Ogle County, IL]
    • Lee County Times (from Hub City Leader)
    • Paw Paw News (from Morris' Rochelle Herald)
      • Years of publication:  Morris' Rochelle Herald to 1883
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Paw Paw News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055420
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 27594157
    • Compton Record (from Northern Illinois Democrat)
      • Years of publication:  Northern Illinois Democrat to 1934
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Compton Record
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055413
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 27469812
    • De Kalb County Express (from Rapalee's Greenbacker)
    • The Shabbona Express (from Rochelle Free Lance)
    • Waterman News (from Rochelle Herald)
    • West Brooklyn News (from Rochelle Home Journal)
    • Hub City Leader (from Rochelle Leader)
    • Morris' Rochelle Herald (from Rochelle News-Leader)
    • Northern Illinois Democrat (from The Daily Register)
    • Rapalee's Greenbacker (from The Life)
    • Rochelle Free Lance (from The National Greenbacker)
    • Rochelle Herald (from The Rochelle Independent Rochelle Register)
      • Years of publication:  The Rochelle Independent Rochelle Register to 1928
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Rochelle Herald
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055411
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 27469544
    • Rochelle Home Journal (from The Rochelle Independent)
    • Rochelle Leader (from The Rochelle Independent)
      • Years of publication:  The Rochelle Independent to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Rochelle Leader
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN83045448
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 9497813
    • Rochelle News-Leader (from The Rochelle News)
    • The Daily Register (from The Rochelle Register)
    • The Life (from The Rochelle Telephone)
      • Years of publication:  The Rochelle Telephone to 1881
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Life
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN83045609
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 9567249
    • The National Greenbacker (from The Semi-Weekly Rochelle Register)
      • The first year of publication was in The Semi-Weekly Rochelle Register, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The National Greenbacker
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055409
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 27467346
    • The Rochelle Independent Rochelle Register (from The Tri-County Courier)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Rochelle.
  • Published In Ashton
    • Lee County Times (from Ashton Sentinel)
    • Paw Paw News (from The Ashton Gazette)
      • Years of publication:  The Ashton Gazette to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Paw Paw News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053377
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 26679347
    • Compton Record (from The Ashton News)
    • De Kalb County Express (from The Ashton News)
    • The Shabbona Express (from The Ashton Press)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Ashton.
  • Published In Earlville   [La Salle County, IL]
    • Lee County Times (from Earlville Gazette)
    • Paw Paw News (from Earlville Post)
    • Compton Record (from Earlville Transcript)
    • De Kalb County Express (from La Salle County Gazette-Express)
    • The Shabbona Express (from The Earlville Leader)
    • Waterman News (from The Saturday Transcript)
      • Years of publication:  The Saturday Transcript to 187?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Waterman News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85033585
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12071760
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Earlville.
  • Published In Malta   [DeKalb County, IL]
  • Published In Waterman   [DeKalb County, IL]
    • Lee County Times (from Waterman Free Press)
      • The first year of publication was in Waterman Free Press, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Lee County Times
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94054653
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 29873949
    • Paw Paw News (from Waterman Leader)
      • Years of publication:  Waterman Leader to 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Paw Paw News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053395
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 26894081
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Waterman.
  • Published In Franklin Grove
  • Published In Leland   [La Salle County, IL]
  • Published In Mendota   [La Salle County, IL]
    • Lee County Times (from Bulletin And News)
    • Paw Paw News (from Mendota Bulletin-News)
      • Years of publication:  Mendota Bulletin-News to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Paw Paw News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053247
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25807768
    • Compton Record (from Mendota Bulletin)
    • De Kalb County Express (from Mendota Bulletin)
    • The Shabbona Express (from Mendota Press)
    • Waterman News (from Mendota Weekly Chronicle)
      • Years of publication:  Mendota Weekly Chronicle to 1870
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Waterman News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053245
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25807547
    • West Brooklyn News (from Paw Paw Press)
    • Hub City Leader (from The Headlight)
      • The first year of publication was in The Headlight, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Hub City Leader
      • Holdings for:   LCCN 2013257159
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 864037173
    • Morris' Rochelle Herald (from The Mendota News)
    • Northern Illinois Democrat (from The Mendota Observer)
    • Rapalee's Greenbacker (from The Mendota Reporter And The Mendota Sun-Bulletin)
      • Years of publication:  The Mendota Reporter And The Mendota Sun-Bulletin to 1956
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Rapalee's Greenbacker
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN82015328
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 8818113
    • Rochelle Free Lance (from The Mendota Reporter)
    • Rochelle Herald (from The Mendota Reporter)
    • Rochelle Home Journal (from The Mendota Sun-Bulletin)
    • Rochelle Leader (from The Mendota Weekly Press)
    • Rochelle News-Leader (from The Sun And The Mendota Bulletin)
    • The Daily Register (from The Sun Bulletin)
    • The Life (from The Sun)
      • Years of publication:  The Sun to 1896
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Life
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053250
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25807951
    • The National Greenbacker (from The Telegram)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Mendota.

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 German Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7664, Longitude: -89.0195       In this case, the coordinates for the German Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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