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Local Newspapers for the Providence Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Providence 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 Providence 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 Providence Cemetery.

  • Published In Plymouth
    • Plymouth Locomotive (from Plymouth Locomotive)
    • Plymouth Phonograph (from Plymouth Phonograph)
      • The first year of publication was in Plymouth Phonograph, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Plymouth Phonograph
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN2005062014
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 57483088
    • The News Boy (from The News Boy)
    • Tri-County Scribe (from Tri-County Scribe)
      • The first year of publication was in Tri-County Scribe, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Tri-County Scribe
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN2002061109
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 49046840
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Plymouth.
  • Published In Augusta
    • Plymouth Locomotive (from Augusta Herald)
    • Plymouth Phonograph (from Augusta Times)
    • The News Boy (from Augusta Weekly Banner)
      • Years of publication:  Augusta Weekly Banner to 1867
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The News Boy
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN84038342
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 11279653
    • Tri-County Scribe (from Eagle-scribe)
    • The Bowen Chronicle (from The Augusta Eagle)
    • The Bowen Chronicle (from The Augusta Weekly Times)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Augusta.
  • Published In Bowen
    • Plymouth Locomotive (from The Bowen Chronicle)
    • Plymouth Phonograph (from The Bowen Chronicle)
    • The News Boy (from The Bowen Spectator)
      • Years of publication:  The Bowen Spectator to ????
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The News Boy
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055673
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 27911094
    • Tri-County Scribe (from The Bowen Weekly Chronicle)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Bowen.
  • Published In Carthage
    • Plymouth Locomotive (from Carthage Democrat)
    • Plymouth Phonograph (from Carthage Republican)
    • The News Boy (from Carthage Village Voice)
    • Tri-County Scribe (from Hancock County Democrat)
      • The first year of publication was in Hancock County Democrat, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Tri-County Scribe
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN2004061930
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 55006449
    • The Bowen Chronicle (from Hancock County Journal And The Carthage Republican)
      • Years of publication:  Hancock County Journal And The Carthage Republican to 1962
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Bowen Chronicle
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055545
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 28119426
    • The Bowen Chronicle (from Hancock County Journal)
    • The Bowen Spectator (from The Carthage Gazette)
    • The Bowen Weekly Chronicle (from The Carthage Gazette)
    • Augusta Herald (from The Carthage Transcript)
      • Years of publication:  The Carthage Transcript to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Augusta Herald
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055550
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 27818524
    • Augusta Times (from The Children's Memorial Home Bulletin)
      • Years of publication:  The Children's Memorial Home Bulletin to 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Augusta Times
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055552
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 27818591
    • Augusta Weekly Banner (from The Citizen)
    • Eagle-scribe (from The Daily Booster)
      • Years of publication:  The Daily Booster to 1915
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Eagle-scribe
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055553
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 27818623
    • The Augusta Eagle (from The Evening Republican)
    • The Augusta Weekly Times (from The Gazette-News)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Carthage.
  • Published In Fountain Green
  • Published In Colchester   [McDonough County, IL]
    • Plymouth Locomotive (from Chronicle)
    • Plymouth Phonograph (from Colchester Daily Independent)
    • The News Boy (from Colchester Independent)
      • Years of publication:  Colchester Independent to 197?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The News Boy
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055690
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 28094080
    • Tri-County Scribe (from The Colchester Chronicle)
    • The Bowen Chronicle (from The Colchester Chronicle)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Colchester.
  • Published In Golden   [Adams County, IL]

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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Providence Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3145, Longitude: -91.0049       In this case, the coordinates for the Providence Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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