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Local Newspapers for the Nelson Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Nelson 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 Nelson 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 Nelson Cemetery.

  • Published In Pesotum   [Champaign County, IL]
  • Published In Tuscola
    • Pesotum Chief (from Douglas County Courier)
    • The Pesotum Tribune (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 Pesotum Tribune
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93057226
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 29559257
    • The Reflector (from Douglas County Shield)
      • Years of publication:  Douglas County Shield to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Reflector
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054945
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21884628
    • Douglas County Courier (from Journal-Republican)
    • Douglas County Review (from Saturday Journal)
    • Douglas County Shield (from The Regional)
    • Journal-Republican (from The Tuscola Daily Journal)
    • Saturday Journal (from The Tuscola Journal)
    • The Regional (from The Tuscola Journal)
      • Years of publication:  The Tuscola Journal to 187?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Regional
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054947
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21889699
    • The Tuscola Daily Journal (from The Tuscola Journal)
    • The Tuscola Journal (from The Tuscola Republican)
    • The Tuscola Journal (from The Tuscola Review)
    • The Tuscola Journal (from The Tuscola Union)
    • The Tuscola Republican (from Tuscola Gazette)
    • The Tuscola Review (from Tuscola Saturday Journal)
    • The Tuscola Union (from Tuscola Saturday Journal)
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  • Published In Sadorus   [Champaign County, IL]
  • Published In Tolono   [Champaign County, IL]
    • Pesotum Chief (from County Star)
    • The Pesotum Tribune (from South Side Journal)
    • The Reflector (from The Tolono Herald)
    • Douglas County Courier (from The Tolono Herald)
    • Douglas County Review (from The Tolono Journal)
    • Douglas County Shield (from Tolono Weekly Herald)
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  • Published In Villa Grove
    • Pesotum Chief (from Southern Champaign County Today)
      • Years of publication:  Southern Champaign County Today to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Pesotum Chief
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054918
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21585936
    • The Pesotum Tribune (from The Villa Grove News)
    • The Reflector (from Villa Grove Gazette)
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  • Published In Atwood   [Piatt County, IL]
  • Published In Ivesdale   [Champaign County, IL]
  • Published In Philo   [Champaign County, IL]
  • Published In Arcola
    • Pesotum Chief (from Douglas County Democrat)
      • Years of publication:  Douglas County Democrat to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Pesotum Chief
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85033378
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 11902229
    • The Pesotum Tribune (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 Pesotum Tribune
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85033358
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 11902582
    • The Reflector (from The Arcola Arcolian)
    • Douglas County Courier (from The Arcola Record-Herald)
    • Douglas County Review (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 Douglas County Review
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85033349
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 11897714
    • Douglas County Shield (from The Arcolian)
    • Journal-Republican (from The Weekly Arcolian)
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  • Published In Arthur
    • Pesotum Chief (from Arthur Graphic)
    • The Pesotum Tribune (from The Arthur Clarion)
    • The Reflector (from The Arthur Graphic-Clarion)
      • Years of publication:  The Arthur Graphic-Clarion to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Reflector
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054944
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21767232
    • Douglas County Courier (from The Arthur Signal)
    • Douglas County Review (from The Clarion Press)
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  • Published In Bement   [Piatt County, IL]
    • Pesotum Chief (from Bement Independent)
      • Years of publication:  Bement Independent to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Pesotum Chief
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87082638
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15813167
    • The Pesotum Tribune (from Bement Register)
    • The Reflector (from Bement Union)
    • Douglas County Courier (from Holiday Daily)
    • Douglas County Review (from The Bement Courier)
    • Douglas County Shield (from The Bement Gazette)
      • The first year of publication was in The Bement Gazette, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Douglas County Shield
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87082574
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15528260
    • Journal-Republican (from The Bement Record)
    • Saturday Journal (from The Bement Register)
    • The Regional (from The Piatt County Farmer's Advocate)
      • Years of publication:  The Piatt County Farmer's Advocate to 1875
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Regional
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN95068623
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 32880804
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Bement.

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 Nelson Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8786, Longitude: -88.3067       In this case, the coordinates for the Nelson Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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