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Local Newspapers for the Rockford Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Rockford 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 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of the Rockford 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 Rockford Cemetery.

  • Published In Strasburg
  • Published In Stewardson
  • Published In Shelbyville
    • The Strasburg Gazette (from Central Illinois Times)
    • The Strasburg Herald (from Home And Fireside)
    • Stewardson Clipper (from Shelby Banner)
    • Central Illinois Times (from Shelby County Leader)
    • Home And Fireside (from Shelby County Union)
    • Shelby Banner (from Shelby Herald)
    • Shelby County Leader (from Shelbyville Banner)
    • Shelby County Union (from Shelbyville Daily News)
    • Shelby Herald (from Shelbyville Daily Union)
      • Years of publication:  Shelbyville Daily Union to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Shelby Herald
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94054509
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 30931317
    • Shelbyville Banner (from Shelbyville News)
    • Shelbyville Daily News (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 Shelbyville Daily News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94051241
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 30853718
    • Shelbyville Daily Union (from The Daily Union)
    • Shelbyville News (from The Illustrated Baptist)
    • The Card Printer's Monthly (from The Okaw Democrat)
    • The Daily Union (from The Shelby County Independent)
      • Years of publication:  The Shelby County Independent to 1876
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Daily Union
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87082386
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15325283
    • The Illustrated Baptist (from The Shelbyville Daily Democrat)
    • The Okaw Democrat (from The Shelbyville Daily Union)
    • The Shelby County Independent (from The Shelbyville Democrat-News)
    • The Shelbyville Daily Democrat (from The Shelbyville Democrat)
    • The Shelbyville Daily Union (from The Shelbyville Union)
    • The Shelbyville Democrat-News (from Weekly Okaw Patriot)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Shelbyville.
  • Published In Cowden
  • Published In Sigel
  • Published In Findlay
  • Published In Neoga   [Cumberland County, IL]
  • Published In Tower Hill
  • Published In Effingham   [Effingham County, IL]
    • The Strasburg Gazette (from Central Illinois Register)
    • The Strasburg Herald (from County Review)
    • Stewardson Clipper (from Effingham Daily Democrat)
      • The first year of publication was in Effingham Daily Democrat, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Stewardson Clipper
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054222
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22976370
    • Central Illinois Times (from Effingham Daily News)
    • Home And Fireside (from Effingham Daily Record)
    • Shelby Banner (from Effingham Daily Review)
      • Years of publication:  Effingham Daily Review to 1942
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Shelby Banner
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054240
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23067215
    • Shelby County Leader (from Effingham Evening Record)
    • Shelby County Union (from Effingham Gazette)
    • Shelby Herald (from Effingham Morning Record)
      • Years of publication:  Effingham Morning Record to 1914
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Shelby Herald
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054233
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23010179
    • Shelbyville Banner (from Effingham Record)
    • Shelbyville Daily News (from Effingham Register)
    • Shelbyville Daily Union (from Effingham Republican)
    • Shelbyville News (from Effingham Republican)
    • The Card Printer's Monthly (from Effingham Semi Weekly Republican)
    • The Daily Union (from Effingham Unionist)
    • The Illustrated Baptist (from Effingham Volksblatt)
    • The Okaw Democrat (from Effingham Weekly Gazette)
    • The Shelby County Independent (from Effingham Weekly News)
    • The Shelbyville Daily Democrat (from Effingham Zeitung)
    • The Shelbyville Daily Union (from The Effingham Democrat)
    • The Shelbyville Democrat-News (from The Friend Of Home)
    • The Shelbyville Democrat (from The Modern American)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Effingham.
  • Published In Herrick
  • Published In Teutopolis   [Effingham 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 Rockford Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3270, Longitude: -88.6942       In this case, the coordinates for the Rockford Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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