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Local Newspapers for the Schriner Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Schriner 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 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of the Schriner 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 Schriner Cemetery.

  • Published In Milledgeville
  • Published In Lanark
  • Published In Shannon
  • Published In Coleta   [Whiteside County, IL]
  • Published In Polo   [Ogle County, IL]
    • The Milledgeville Free Press (from Ogle County Banner)
    • Tri-County Free Press (from Ogle County Farmer)
    • Carroll County Gazette (from Polo Advertiser)
    • The Lanark Banner (from Polo Semi-Weekly Visitor)
    • The Lanark Gazette (from Polo Weekly Advertiser)
    • The Prairie Advocate (from Polo Weekly Bulletin)
    • Shannon Gazette (from The Ogle County Press)
    • The Shannon Express (from The Polo Press)
    • Coleta Journal (from The Polo Transcript)
    • Ogle County Banner (from Tri-County Press)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Polo.
  • Published In Forreston   [Ogle County, IL]
    • The Milledgeville Free Press (from Forreston Journal)
    • Tri-County Free Press (from Forreston Weekly Journal)
    • Carroll County Gazette (from Ogle County Review)
    • The Lanark Banner (from Real Estate And Business Directory)
    • The Lanark Gazette (from The Forreston Herald)
    • The Prairie Advocate (from The Forreston Journal)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Forreston.
  • Published In Mount Carroll
    • The Milledgeville Free Press (from Amateur Globe)
    • Tri-County Free Press (from Carroll County Herald)
    • Carroll County Gazette (from Carroll County Mirror And Herald)
    • The Lanark Banner (from Carroll County Mirror-Democrat)
    • The Lanark Gazette (from Carroll County Mirror)
      • The first year of publication was in Carroll County Mirror, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Lanark Gazette
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055914
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 28234744
    • The Prairie Advocate (from Carroll County Mirror)
    • Shannon Gazette (from Carroll County Republican)
      • Years of publication:  Carroll County Republican to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Shannon Gazette
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055894
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 28121299
    • The Shannon Express (from Carroll County Weekly Mirror)
    • Coleta Journal (from Daily Mirror-Democrat)
      • Years of publication:  Daily Mirror-Democrat to 1933
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Coleta Journal
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055899
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 28153306
    • Ogle County Banner (from Home Intelligencer)
    • Ogle County Farmer (from Mirror Democrat)
    • Polo Advertiser (from Mount Carroll Mirror Democrat)
      • Years of publication:  Mount Carroll Mirror Democrat to 1987
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Polo Advertiser
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055901
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 28153486
    • Polo Semi-Weekly Visitor (from Mount Carroll News)
    • Polo Weekly Advertiser (from Mount Carroll Tribune)
    • Polo Weekly Bulletin (from Mt. Carroll Daily Democrat)
    • The Ogle County Press (from Semi-Weekly Carroll County Democrat)
      • The first year of publication was in Semi-Weekly Carroll County Democrat, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Ogle County Press
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055909
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 28230219
    • The Polo Press (from Semi-Weekly Carroll County Mirror)
      • Years of publication:  Semi-Weekly Carroll County Mirror to 1894
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Polo Press
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055913
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 28234644
    • The Polo Transcript (from The Weekly Advocate)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Mount Carroll.

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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 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 Schriner Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0374, Longitude: -89.7432    









 

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