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Local Newspapers for the Welles Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Welles 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 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of the Welles 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 Welles Cemetery.

  • Published In Gifford
  • Published In Potomac   [Vermilion County, IL]
  • Published In Rantoul
    • The Gifford Weekly Sun (from The Countdown)
    • The Potomac Record (from The Pacesetter)
    • The Countdown (from The Rantoul News)
    • The Pacesetter (from The Rantoul Press And Chanute Field News)
      • Years of publication:  The Rantoul Press And Chanute Field News to 1969
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Pacesetter
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88061246
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 18608679
    • The Rantoul News (from The Rantoul Press)
    • The Rantoul Press And Chanute Field News (from The Rantoul Press)
    • The Rantoul Press (from The Rantoul Weekly News)
    • The Rantoul Press (from The Rantoul Weekly Press)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Rantoul.
  • Published In Ogden
  • Published In Fithian   [Vermilion County, IL]
  • Published In Rankin   [Vermilion County, IL]
  • Published In Saint Joseph
  • Published In Paxton   [Ford County, IL]
    • The Gifford Weekly Sun (from Eastern Illinois Register)
    • The Potomac Record (from Ford County Blade)
    • The Countdown (from Ford County News)
    • The Pacesetter (from Paxton Central Illinois Record)
      • Years of publication:  Paxton Central Illinois Record to 1869
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Pacesetter
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN84038602
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 11358255
    • The Rantoul News (from Paxton Daily Fair Record)
    • The Rantoul Press And Chanute Field News (from Paxton Daily Record)
    • The Rantoul Press (from Paxton Daily Record)
    • The Rantoul Press (from Paxton Daily Record)
    • The Rantoul Weekly News (from Paxton Record)
    • The Rantoul Weekly Press (from The Ford County Journal)
    • The Leader (from The Ford County Journal)
      • Years of publication:  The Ford County Journal to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Leader
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85033979
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12363014
    • The Ogden Courier (from The Ford County Union)
    • St. Joseph Record (from The Paxton Record)
    • The St. Joseph Record (from The Paxton Weekly Record)
    • Oakwood Township News (from The Record)
    • The Fithian Herald And Oakwood Township News (from The Weekly Standard)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Paxton.
  • Published In Loda   [Iroquois County, IL]
    • The Gifford Weekly Sun (from Garden State)
    • The Potomac Record (from Loda Times)
      • The first year of publication was in Loda Times, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Potomac Record
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053120
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25169456
    • The Countdown (from The Loda Register)
    • The Pacesetter (from The Loda Times)
    • The Rantoul News (from Victory Echo)
      • The first year of publication was in Victory Echo, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Rantoul News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN 2010271308
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 567850662
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Loda.
  • Published In Rossville   [Vermilion County, IL]
    • The Gifford Weekly Sun (from The Press-Independent)
    • The Potomac Record (from The Rossville Daily Press)
      • The first year of publication was in The Rossville Daily Press, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Potomac Record
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91055919
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 24993637
    • The Countdown (from The Rossville Observer)
      • Years of publication:  The Rossville Observer to 1877
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Countdown
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91055917
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 24991068
    • The Pacesetter (from The Rossville Press)
      • The first year of publication was in The Rossville Press, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Pacesetter
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91055918
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 24993563
    • The Rantoul News (from The Rossville Press)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Rossville.

The official website for Champaign County: www.co.champaign.il.us/

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov

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 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 Welles Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2872, Longitude: -87.9684    









 

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