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Local Newspapers for the Ballard Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Ballard 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 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of the Ballard 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 Ballard Cemetery.

  • Published In Zachary
  • Published In Baker
  • Published In Clinton   [East Feliciana Parish, LA]
    • The Plainsman (from Citizen-Watchman)
    • The Zachary Excuse (from Clinton Watchman)
    • The Zachary Plainsman-News (from East Feliciana Citizen)
    • The Observer (from East Feliciana Democrat)
      • Years of publication:  East Feliciana Democrat to 1872
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Observer
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064689
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 18737821
    • Citizen-Watchman (from East Feliciana Patriot)
    • Clinton Watchman (from East Feliciana Press)
    • East Feliciana Citizen (from East Feliciana Republican)
      • The first year of publication was in East Feliciana Republican, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the East Feliciana Citizen
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89059467
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 20785795
    • East Feliciana Democrat (from Louisiana Democrat)
    • East Feliciana Patriot (from Louisiana State Paper)
      • The first year of publication was in Louisiana State Paper, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the East Feliciana Patriot
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89059008
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 19099222
    • East Feliciana Press (from Semi-Weekly Patriot-Democrat)
    • East Feliciana Republican (from Southern Watchman)
    • Louisiana Democrat (from The American Patriot)
      • The first year of publication was in The American Patriot, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Louisiana Democrat
      • Holdings for:   LCCN 2015270551
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 924321750
    • Louisiana State Paper (from The American Patriot)
    • Semi-Weekly Patriot-Democrat (from The Clinton Herald)
    • Southern Watchman (from The East Feliciana Watchman)
    • The American Patriot (from The Feliciana Democrat)
    • The American Patriot (from The Feliciana Democrat)
    • The Clinton Herald (from The Feliciana Whig And People's Press)
      • Years of publication:  The Feliciana Whig And People's Press to 1841
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Clinton Herald
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN82015384
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 8807252
    • The East Feliciana Watchman (from The Feliciana Whig)
    • The Feliciana Democrat (from The Louisiana Floridian)
    • The Feliciana Democrat (from The Louisianian)
    • The Feliciana Whig And People's Press (from The New Deal)
    • The Feliciana Whig (from The Patriot-Democrat)
    • The Louisiana Floridian (from The Watchman)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Clinton.
  • Published In Port Hudson
    • The Plainsman (from The Herald)
      • The first year of publication was in The Herald, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Plainsman
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89053868
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21613499
    • The Zachary Excuse (from The Morning Courier)
    • The Zachary Plainsman-News (from The Morning Courier)
    • The Observer (from The Port Hudson Freemen)
      • Years of publication:  The Port Hudson Freemen to 1863
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Observer
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94093123
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 32800414
    • Citizen-Watchman (from The Port Hudson Freemen)
    • Clinton Watchman (from The Port Hudson News)
    • East Feliciana Citizen (from The Tri-Weekly News)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Port Hudson.
  • Published In Jackson   [East Feliciana Parish, LA]
    • The Plainsman (from Feliciana Republican And Louisiana Literary Messenger)
      • Years of publication:  Feliciana Republican And Louisiana Literary Messenger to 1840
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Plainsman
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86053694
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 14202510
    • The Zachary Excuse (from Feliciana Republican)
      • The first year of publication was in Feliciana Republican, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Zachary Excuse
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064601
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 18385827
    • The Zachary Plainsman-News (from The Democratic Record)
    • The Observer (from The Feliciana Gazette)
      • Years of publication:  The Feliciana Gazette to ????
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Observer
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86090836
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15242731
    • Citizen-Watchman (from The Feliciana Record)
    • Clinton Watchman (from The Felicianas)
    • East Feliciana Citizen (from The Felicianian)
    • East Feliciana Democrat (from The Jackson Herald)
    • East Feliciana Patriot (from The Southern Mirror)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Jackson.
  • Published In Denham Springs   [Livingston Parish, LA]
    • The Plainsman (from Denham Springs And Livingston Parish News)
      • Years of publication:  Denham Springs And Livingston Parish News to 1998
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Plainsman
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN78006130
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 4232703
    • The Zachary Excuse (from Denham Springs News)
    • The Zachary Plainsman-News (from Livingston Parish Times)
    • The Observer (from The Klansman)
    • Citizen-Watchman (from The Livingston Parish News)
      • Years of publication:  The Livingston Parish News to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Citizen-Watchman
      • Holdings for:   LCCN 2003214995
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 49787721
    • Clinton Watchman (from The Times)
    • East Feliciana Citizen (from Times-Star)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Denham Springs.

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 drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Ballard Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.6891, Longitude: -91.0526       In this case, the coordinates for the Ballard Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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