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Local Newspapers for the Savoy Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Savoy 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 18 miles [29 km]<1> of the Savoy 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 Savoy Cemetery.

  • Published In Eunice
  • Published In Mamou   [Evangeline Parish, LA]
  • Published In Basile   [Evangeline Parish, LA]
  • Published In Ville Platte   [Evangeline Parish, LA]
  • Published In Crowley   [Acadia Parish, LA]
    • The Eunice News (from Crowley Daily Signal)
    • The New Era And Clarion-News (from The Acadian-signal)
    • The New Era (from The Acadian)
    • The Acadian Press (from The Crowley Mirror)
    • The Mamou Acadian Press (from The Crowley Post Herald)
    • Basile Weekly (from The Crowley Post-signal)
      • Years of publication:  The Crowley Post-signal to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Basile Weekly
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064338
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12758846
    • The Evangeline Banner (from The Crowley Signal)
    • The Gazette (from The Daily Signal)
      • Years of publication:  The Daily Signal to 1922
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Gazette
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064336
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17820746
    • The Ville Platte Gazette (from The Rice Belt News)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Crowley.
  • Published In Elton   [Jefferson Davis Parish, LA]
  • Published In Opelousas
    • The Eunice News (from Clarion-News)
    • The New Era And Clarion-News (from Clarion-Progress)
    • The New Era (from Daily Clarion-Progress)
      • Years of publication:  Daily Clarion-Progress to 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The New Era
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064344
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17821080
    • The Acadian Press (from Daily World)
    • The Mamou Acadian Press (from Daily World)
    • Basile Weekly (from Hebdomadal Enquirer, And St. Landry, Lafayette, Avoyelles, And Calcasieu Advertiser)
      • Years of publication:  Hebdomadal Enquirer, And St. Landry, Lafayette, Avoyelles, And Calcasieu Advertiser to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Basile Weekly
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN83016695
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 9991580
    • The Evangeline Banner (from Opelousas Daily World)
    • The Gazette (from Opelousas Gazette)
      • Years of publication:  Opelousas Gazette to 1866
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Gazette
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN83016696
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 9991921
    • The Ville Platte Gazette (from Opelousas News And Clarion-Progress)
    • Crowley Daily Signal (from Opelousas News)
    • The Acadian-signal (from People's Tribune)
      • The first year of publication was in People's Tribune, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Acadian-signal
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064623
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 18452588
    • The Acadian (from St. Landry Clarion)
      • Years of publication:  St. Landry Clarion to 1921
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Acadian
      • Holdings for:   LCCN 2013272166
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 863053839
    • The Crowley Mirror (from St. Landry Clarion)
    • The Crowley Post Herald (from St. Landry Democrat)
    • The Crowley Post-signal (from St. Landry Republican)
    • The Crowley Signal (from The Bureau Letter)
    • The Daily Signal (from The Evangelist)
      • The first year of publication was in The Evangelist, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Daily Signal
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064701
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 18839841
    • The Rice Belt News (from The Opelousas Courier)
    • Clarion-News (from The Opelousas Courier)
      • Years of publication:  The Opelousas Courier to 1910
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Clarion-News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN 2013272163
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 862979190
    • Clarion-Progress (from The Opelousas Enterprise)
    • Daily Clarion-Progress (from The Opelousas Herald)
    • Daily World (from The Opelousas Journal)
      • Years of publication:  The Opelousas Journal to 1878
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Daily World
      • Holdings for:   LCCN 2015218583
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 904723340
    • Daily World (from The Opelousas Journal)
    • Hebdomadal Enquirer, And St. Landry, Lafayette, Avoyelles, And Calcasieu Advertiser (from The Opelousas Patriot)
    • Opelousas Daily World (from The Opelousas Patriot)
    • Opelousas Gazette (from The St. Landry Commoner)
    • Opelousas News And Clarion-Progress (from The St. Landry Progress)
    • Opelousas News (from The St. Landry Progress)
      • Years of publication:  The St. Landry Progress to 1868
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Opelousas News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89059459
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 20728875
    • People's Tribune (from The St. Landry Whig)
    • St. Landry Clarion (from The St. Landry Whig)
    • St. Landry Clarion (from The Star-Progress)
    • St. Landry Democrat (from The Star-Progress)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Opelousas.

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 Savoy Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4794, Longitude: -92.3849       In this case, the coordinates for the Savoy Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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