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Local Newspapers for the Peterson Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Peterson 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 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of the Peterson 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 Peterson Cemetery.

  • Published In West Brooklyn
  • Published In Amboy
    • West Brooklyn News (from Amboy Times)
    • Amboy Times (from Lee County Farm News)
      • Years of publication:  Lee County Farm News to 192?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Amboy Times
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN98063222
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 38599833
    • Lee County Farm News (from Lee County Times)
    • Lee County Times (from The Amboy Journal)
    • The Amboy Journal (from The Amboy News)
    • The Amboy News (from The Amboy News)
    • The Amboy News (from The Lee County Farmer)
    • The Lee County Farmer (from The Lee County Journal)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Amboy.
  • Published In Compton
  • Published In La Moille   [Bureau County, IL]
  • Published In Mendota   [La Salle County, IL]
    • West Brooklyn News (from Bulletin And News)
    • Amboy Times (from Mendota Bulletin-News)
      • Years of publication:  Mendota Bulletin-News to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Amboy Times
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053247
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25807768
    • Lee County Farm News (from Mendota Bulletin)
    • Lee County Times (from Mendota Bulletin)
    • The Amboy Journal (from Mendota Press)
    • The Amboy News (from Mendota Weekly Chronicle)
    • The Amboy News (from Paw Paw Press)
    • The Lee County Farmer (from The Headlight)
    • The Lee County Journal (from The Mendota News)
    • Compton Record (from The Mendota Observer)
    • LaMoille Chronicle (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 LaMoille Chronicle
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN82015328
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 8818113
    • The LaMoille Gazette (from The Mendota Reporter)
    • Bulletin And News (from The Mendota Reporter)
    • Mendota Bulletin-News (from The Mendota Sun-Bulletin)
    • Mendota Bulletin (from The Mendota Weekly Press)
    • Mendota Bulletin (from The Sun And The Mendota Bulletin)
      • Years of publication:  The Sun And The Mendota Bulletin to 1901
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Mendota Bulletin
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053251
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25808017
    • Mendota Press (from The Sun Bulletin)
    • Mendota Weekly Chronicle (from The Sun)
    • Paw Paw Press (from The Telegram)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Mendota.
  • Published In Franklin Grove
  • Published In Ashton
    • West Brooklyn News (from Ashton Sentinel)
    • Amboy Times (from The Ashton Gazette)
      • Years of publication:  The Ashton Gazette to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Amboy Times
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053377
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 26679347
    • Lee County Farm News (from The Ashton News)
    • Lee County Times (from The Ashton News)
    • The Amboy Journal (from The Ashton Press)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Ashton.
  • Published In Ohio   [Bureau County, IL]
  • Published In Paw Paw

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) 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 Peterson Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6675, Longitude: -89.2401       In this case, the coordinates for the Peterson Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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