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Local Newspapers for the Piasa Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Piasa 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 Piasa 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 Piasa Cemetery.

  • Published In Medora
  • Published In Shipman
  • Published In Brighton
    • 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 Bunker Hill
    • 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
    • The Brighton Advance (from The Macoupin County Advance)
      • The first year of publication was in The Macoupin County Advance, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Brighton Advance
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054551
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23152987
    • The Brighton News (from The Union Gazette)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Bunker Hill.
  • Published In Jerseyville   [Jersey County, IL]
    • 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
    • The Brighton Advance (from Jersey County Journal)
    • The Brighton 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 Brighton News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054755
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22966848
    • The Southwestern Journal News (from Jersey County News)
    • Bunker Hill Gazette (from Jerseyville Prairie-State)
    • Red And White (from Jerseyville Republican)
      • Years of publication:  Jerseyville Republican to 188?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Red And White
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85033751
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12245171
    • The Bunker Hill Gazette-News (from News Journal)
    • The Bunker Hill 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 Bunker Hill News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054338
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23039670
    • The Macoupin County Advance (from The Daily Democrat)
    • The Union Gazette (from The Democratic Union)
      • The first year of publication was in The Democratic Union, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Union Gazette
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89080059
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22434541
    • Democrat News American Journal (from The Jersey County Star)
    • Democrat News (from The Jersey Independent)
      • The first year of publication was in The Jersey Independent, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Democrat News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054764
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23026242
    • Jersey County Democrat-News (from The Jerseyville Examiner)
    • Jersey County Democrat (from The Prairie State)
    • Jersey County Journal (from The Republican-Examiner)
    • Jersey County News Jersey County Democrat (from The Western Monitor)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Jerseyville.
  • 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.

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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 Piasa Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1153, Longitude: -90.1257       In this case, the coordinates for the Piasa Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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