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Local Newspapers for the Prairie Home Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Prairie Home 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 Prairie Home 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 Prairie Home Cemetery.

  • Published In Bethany   [Moultrie County, IL]
  • Published In Dalton City   [Moultrie County, IL]
  • Published In Findlay
    • The Bethany Echo (from The Enterprise)
    • The Dalton Echo (from The Findlay Enterprise)
    • The Enterprise (from The Findlay Enterprise)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Findlay.
  • Published In Moweaqua
    • The Bethany Echo (from Moawequa Call)
    • The Dalton Echo (from The Moawequa Call-Mail)
    • The Enterprise (from The Moawequa Register)
    • The Findlay Enterprise (from The Moweaqua News)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Moweaqua.
  • Published In Macon   [Macon County, IL]
  • Published In Mount Zion   [Macon County, IL]
  • Published In Assumption   [Christian County, IL]
    • The Bethany Echo (from Evening Gazette)
    • The Dalton Echo (from The Assumption Independent)
    • The Enterprise (from The Assumption Independent)
      • Years of publication:  The Assumption Independent to 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Enterprise
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN98063204
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 38302678
    • The Findlay Enterprise (from The Assumption News)
    • The Findlay Enterprise (from The Assumption Press)
    • Moawequa Call (from The Assumption Record)
      • Years of publication:  The Assumption Record to 1875
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Moawequa Call
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN95068595
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 32880412
    • The Moawequa Call-Mail (from The Prairie State Tribune)
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  • Published In Sullivan   [Moultrie County, IL]
    • The Bethany Echo (from Moultrie County Gazette)
      • The first year of publication was in Moultrie County Gazette, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Bethany Echo
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054101
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22102448
    • The Dalton Echo (from Moultrie County News)
    • The Enterprise (from News Progress)
    • The Findlay Enterprise (from Sullivan Progress)
    • The Findlay Enterprise (from The Community Record)
    • Moawequa Call (from The Illinois Democrat)
      • Years of publication:  The Illinois Democrat to 186?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Moawequa Call
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054103
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22102569
    • The Moawequa Call-Mail (from The Saturday Herald)
    • The Moawequa Register (from The Sullivan Democrat)
    • The Moweaqua News (from The Sullivan Express)
    • The Macon News (from The Sullivan Herald)
    • The Macon Record (from The Sullivan Journal)
      • The first year of publication was in The Sullivan Journal, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Macon Record
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054099
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22102344
    • The Mt. Zion Region-News (from The Sullivan News)
    • The Mt. Zion Tribune (from The Sullivan Plaindealer)
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  • Published In Lovington   [Moultrie County, IL]
    • The Bethany Echo (from Lovington Free Press)
      • The first year of publication was in Lovington Free Press, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Bethany Echo
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93057202
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 29335766
    • The Dalton Echo (from Lovington Reporter)
    • The Enterprise (from The Convention Herald)
      • The first year of publication was in The Convention Herald, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Enterprise
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054097
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22102235
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Lovington.
  • Published In Shelbyville
    • The Bethany Echo (from Central Illinois Times)
    • The Dalton Echo (from Home And Fireside)
      • The first year of publication was in Home And Fireside, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Dalton Echo
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN2008060415
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 213397012
    • The Enterprise (from Shelby Banner)
    • The Findlay Enterprise (from Shelby County Leader)
    • The Findlay Enterprise (from Shelby County Union)
    • Moawequa Call (from Shelby Herald)
    • The Moawequa Call-Mail (from Shelbyville Banner)
    • The Moawequa Register (from Shelbyville Daily News)
    • The Moweaqua News (from Shelbyville Daily Union)
    • The Macon News (from Shelbyville News)
    • The Macon Record (from The Card Printer's Monthly)
      • The first year of publication was in The Card Printer's Monthly, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Macon Record
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94051241
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 30853718
    • The Mt. Zion Region-News (from The Daily Union)
    • The Mt. Zion Tribune (from The Illustrated Baptist)
    • Evening Gazette (from The Okaw Democrat)
    • The Assumption Independent (from The Shelby County Independent)
    • The Assumption Independent (from The Shelbyville Daily Democrat)
    • The Assumption News (from The Shelbyville Daily Union)
    • The Assumption Press (from The Shelbyville Democrat-News)
    • The Assumption Record (from The Shelbyville Democrat)
    • The Prairie State Tribune (from The Shelbyville Union)
    • Moultrie County Gazette (from Weekly Okaw Patriot)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Shelbyville.
  • Published In Blue Mound   [Macon County, IL]
    • The Bethany Echo (from Blue Mound Leader)
    • The Dalton Echo (from The Cyclone)
      • The first year of publication was in The Cyclone, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Dalton Echo
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054732
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22848257
    • The Enterprise (from The Independent)
      • The first year of publication was in The Independent, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Enterprise
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054733
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22848832
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Blue Mound.

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' 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 Prairie Home Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6178, Longitude: -88.8481       In this case, the coordinates for the Prairie Home Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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