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Local Newspapers for the Wills Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Wills 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 Wills 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 Wills Cemetery.

  • Published In Milton
  • Published In Pittsfield
    • Milton Beacon (from Pike County Banner)
      • Years of publication:  Pike County Banner to 189?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Milton Beacon
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055761
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 28513607
    • Pike County Banner (from Pike County Democrat-Times)
    • Pike County Democrat-Times (from Pike County Express)
    • Pike County Express (from Pike County Republican)
    • Pike County Republican (from Pike County Sentinel)
    • Pike County Sentinel (from Pike County Times)
    • Pike County Times (from Pittsfield Union)
    • Pittsfield Union (from The Democratic Herald)
    • The Democratic Herald (from The Old Flag)
    • The Old Flag (from The Pike County Democrat)
      • Years of publication:  The Pike County Democrat to 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Old Flag
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN82006508
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 210885938
    • The Pike County Democrat (from The Pike County Journal)
    • The Pike County Journal (from The Pike Press)
    • The Pike Press (from The Sucker And Farmer's Record)
      • Years of publication:  The Sucker And Farmer's Record to 1845
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Pike Press
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN82014091
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 8769017
    • The Sucker And Farmer's Record (from The Union)
    • The Union (from The Weekly Radical)
      • Years of publication:  The Weekly Radical to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Union
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN82015061
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 8799137
    • The Weekly Radical (from Weekly Pike County Democrat)
      • The first year of publication was in Weekly Pike County Democrat, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Weekly Radical
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87082525
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15378536
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Pittsfield.
  • Published In Nebo
  • Published In Griggsville
    • Milton Beacon (from Pike County Union)
      • Years of publication:  Pike County Union to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Milton Beacon
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN82006504
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 8801311
    • Pike County Banner (from The Griggsville Independent)
    • Pike County Democrat-Times (from The Griggsville Reflector)
    • Pike County Express (from The Independent Press)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Griggsville.
  • Published In Pleasant Hill
  • Published In Baylis
    • Milton Beacon (from The Baylis Budget)
      • The first year of publication was in The Baylis Budget, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Milton Beacon
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055754
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 28446010
    • Pike County Banner (from The Baylis Guide)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Baylis.
  • Published In Naples   [Scott County, IL]
  • Published In Perry

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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Wills Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5684, Longitude: -90.7424       In this case, the coordinates for the Wills Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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