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Local Newspapers for the Downsville Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Downsville 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 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of the Downsville 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 Downsville Cemetery.

  • Published In Farmerville
    • The Gazette (from The Gazette)
      • Years of publication:  The Gazette to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Gazette
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064076
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17460597
    • The Home Advocate (from The Home Advocate)
      • The first year of publication was in The Home Advocate, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Home Advocate
      • Holdings for:   LCCN 2015270557
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 925731768
    • The Home Advocate (from The Home Advocate)
    • Union Record (from Union Record)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Farmerville.
  • Published In Vienna   [Lincoln Parish, LA]
  • Published In Ruston   [Lincoln Parish, LA]
    • The Gazette (from Ruston Daily Leader)
      • Years of publication:  Ruston Daily Leader to 1906
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Gazette
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064698
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 18784045
    • The Home Advocate (from Ruston Leader)
    • The Home Advocate (from The Daily Leader)
    • Union Record (from The Morning Paper)
      • Years of publication:  The Morning Paper to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Union Record
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89059454
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 20683016
    • The Vienna Sentinel (from The Progressive Age)
    • Ruston Daily Leader (from The Ruston Caligraph)
      • The first year of publication was in The Ruston Caligraph, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Ruston Daily Leader
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064553
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 18196978
    • Ruston Leader (from The Ruston Daily Leader)
      • Years of publication:  The Ruston Daily Leader to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Ruston Leader
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87007055
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15047087
    • The Daily Leader (from The Ruston Record)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Ruston.
  • Published In Eros   [Jackson Parish, LA]
  • Published In West Monroe   [Ouachita Parish, LA]
    • The Gazette (from The Citizen)
    • The Home Advocate (from The Ouachita Citizen)
    • The Home Advocate (from The Ouachita Citizen)
    • Union Record (from The Ouachita Democrat)
      • The first year of publication was in The Ouachita Democrat, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Union Record
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89059003
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 19099080
    • The Vienna Sentinel (from The West Monroe Citizen)
    • Ruston Daily Leader (from The West Monroe Union)
      • The first year of publication was in The West Monroe Union, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Ruston Daily Leader
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89059001
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 19099047
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in West Monroe.
  • Published In Bernice
  • Published In Monroe   [Ouachita Parish, LA]
    • The Gazette (from Black Free Press)
      • Years of publication:  Black Free Press to 1974
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Gazette
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89059470
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 20795308
    • The Home Advocate (from Free Press)
    • The Home Advocate (from Monroe Daily Star)
    • Union Record (from Monroe Morning Post)
      • Years of publication:  Monroe Morning Post to 1930
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Union Record
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064423
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17956093
    • The Vienna Sentinel (from Monroe Morning World)
    • Ruston Daily Leader (from News-Star-world)
    • Ruston Leader (from Rapping Black)
    • The Daily Leader (from The Daily Commercial)
    • The Morning Paper (from The Daily Independent)
    • The Progressive Age (from The Daily Telegraph)
    • The Ruston Caligraph (from The Evening News)
    • The Ruston Daily Leader (from The Intelligencer)
    • The Ruston Record (from The Louisiana Intelligencer)
    • The Eros Plaindealer (from The Monroe Bulletin)
    • The Citizen (from The Monroe Bulletin)
      • Years of publication:  The Monroe Bulletin to 1913
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Citizen
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064437
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17991658
    • The Ouachita Citizen (from The Monroe Dispatch)
    • The Ouachita Citizen (from The Monroe News-Star)
    • The Ouachita Democrat (from The Monroe Olive Branch)
    • The West Monroe Citizen (from The Monroe Times State News)
    • The West Monroe Union (from The Ouachita Telegraph)
    • Black Free Press (from The Ouachitta Banner)
    • Free Press (from The Ouachitta Standard)
      • Years of publication:  The Ouachitta Standard to 1839
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Free Press
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN82014435
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 8787117
    • Monroe Daily Star (from The Register)
    • Monroe Morning Post (from The Register)
    • Monroe Morning World (from The Southern Broadcast)
    • News-Star-world (from The Southern Broadcast)
    • Rapping Black (from The Telegraph-Bulletin)
      • Years of publication:  The Telegraph-Bulletin to 1893
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Rapping Black
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064421
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17956078
    • The Daily Commercial (from The Weekly Telegraph)
    • The Daily Independent (from Washita Gazette)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Monroe.

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 Downsville Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6299, Longitude: -92.4151       In this case, the coordinates for the Downsville Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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