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Local Newspapers for the Oakland Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Oakland 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 Oakland 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 Oakland Cemetery.

  • Published In Medora   [Macoupin County, IL]
  • Published In Shipman   [Macoupin County, IL]
  • Published In Brighton   [Macoupin County, IL]
    • Medora Cross Roads (from The Brighton Advance)
    • Medora Messenger (from The Brighton News)
    • Maroon And Gold (from The Southwestern Journal News)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Brighton.
  • Published In Jerseyville
    • Medora Cross Roads (from Democrat News American Journal)
    • Medora Messenger (from Democrat News)
    • Maroon And Gold (from Jersey County Democrat-News)
      • Years of publication:  Jersey County Democrat-News to 1962
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Maroon And Gold
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054756
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22966110
    • True Flag (from Jersey County Democrat)
      • Years of publication:  Jersey County Democrat to 1939
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the True Flag
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85033750
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12245164
    • Democrat News American Journal (from Jersey County Journal)
    • Democrat News (from Jersey County News Jersey County Democrat)
      • Years of publication:  Jersey County News Jersey County Democrat to 1939
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Democrat News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054755
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22966848
    • Jersey County Democrat-News (from Jersey County News)
    • Jersey County Democrat (from Jerseyville Prairie-State)
    • Jersey County Journal (from Jerseyville Republican)
    • Jersey County News Jersey County Democrat (from News Journal)
    • Jersey County News (from The Backwoodsman And Jersey And Greene Counties' Advertiser)
      • Years of publication:  The Backwoodsman And Jersey And Greene Counties' Advertiser to 184?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Jersey County News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054338
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23039670
    • Jerseyville Prairie-State (from The Daily Democrat)
    • Jerseyville Republican (from The Democratic Union)
    • News Journal (from The Jersey County Star)
      • Years of publication:  The Jersey County Star to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the News Journal
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN2004061959
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 56651708
    • The Backwoodsman And Jersey And Greene Counties' Advertiser (from The Jersey Independent)
    • The Daily Democrat (from The Jerseyville Examiner)
    • The Democratic Union (from The Prairie State)
      • The first year of publication was in The Prairie State, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Democratic Union
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054763
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23026106
    • The Jersey County Star (from The Republican-Examiner)
    • The Jersey Independent (from The Western Monitor)
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  • Published In Kane   [Greene County, IL]
    • Medora Cross Roads (from Kane Express)
      • The first year of publication was in Kane Express, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Medora Cross Roads
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054792
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25065223
    • Medora Messenger (from The Kane Times)
      • The first year of publication was in The Kane Times, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Medora Messenger
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054788
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 24840733
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Kane.
  • Published In Greenfield   [Greene County, IL]
    • Medora Cross Roads (from Greenfield Argus)
    • Medora Messenger (from Greenfield Dispatch)
    • Maroon And Gold (from Greenfield Locomotive)
      • The first year of publication was in Greenfield Locomotive, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Maroon And Gold
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88086061
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17554467
    • True Flag (from The Greenfield Weekly Argus)
      • Years of publication:  The Greenfield Weekly Argus to 1889
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the True Flag
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054767
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 24942915
    • Democrat News American Journal (from The Locomotive)
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  • Published In Carrollton   [Greene County, IL]
    • Medora Cross Roads (from Carrollton Daily Gazette)
      • The first year of publication was in Carrollton Daily Gazette, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Medora Cross Roads
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054759
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25065406
    • Medora Messenger (from Carrollton Democrat)
      • The first year of publication was in Carrollton Democrat, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Medora Messenger
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054705
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 24474484
    • Maroon And Gold (from Carrollton Gazette)
    • True Flag (from Greene County Banner)
      • The first year of publication was in Greene County Banner, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the True Flag
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87082625
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15867154
    • Democrat News American Journal (from Greene County Farm Bureau Newsletter)
    • Democrat News (from Illinois Carrollton Patriot)
      • Years of publication:  Illinois Carrollton Patriot to 187?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Democrat News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054813
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25066086
    • Jersey County Democrat-News (from People's Advocate)
    • Jersey County Democrat (from The Backwoodsman)
    • Jersey County Journal (from The Carrollton Gazette-Patriot)
    • Jersey County News Jersey County Democrat (from The Carrollton Patriot)
    • Jersey County News (from The Carrollton Patriot)
    • Jerseyville Prairie-State (from The Carrollton Press)
    • Jerseyville Republican (from The Daily Fair Gazette)
    • News Journal (from The Patriot)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Carrollton.
  • Published In Bunker Hill   [Macoupin County, IL]
    • Medora Cross Roads (from Bunker Hill Gazette)
    • Medora Messenger (from Red And White)
    • Maroon And Gold (from The Bunker Hill Gazette-News)
      • Years of publication:  The Bunker Hill Gazette-News to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Maroon And Gold
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054570
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23283890
    • True Flag (from The Bunker Hill News)
      • Years of publication:  The Bunker Hill News to 1905
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the True Flag
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054569
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23283855
    • Democrat News American Journal (from The Macoupin County Advance)
    • Democrat News (from The Union Gazette)
      • Years of publication:  The Union Gazette to 1871
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Democrat News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87056737
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17158806
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Bunker Hill.

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things 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 Oakland Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1881, Longitude: -90.1637       In this case, the coordinates for the Oakland Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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