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Local Newspapers for the Park Head Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Park Head 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 Park Head 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 Park Head Cemetery.

  • Published In Hancock
  • Published In Berkeley Springs   [Morgan County]
    • The Hancock News (from Berkeley Republican)
    • The Hancock Star (from The Berkeley Springs News)
    • The Star (from The Morgan Mercury)
      • Years of publication:  The Morgan Mercury to 1893
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Star
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN84026782
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 10667047
    • Berkeley Republican (from The Morgan Messenger)
    • The Berkeley Springs News (from The Post)
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  • Published In Williamsport
    • The Hancock News (from Modern Times And Home Journal-Semi-Weekly)
      • Years of publication:  Modern Times And Home Journal-Semi-Weekly to 1847
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Hancock News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN95066058
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 32427927
    • The Hancock Star (from Modern Times And Home Journal)
    • The Star (from Potomac Sentinel)
      • Years of publication:  Potomac Sentinel to 185?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Star
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88065221
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 18952731
    • Berkeley Republican (from Republican Banner)
      • The first year of publication was in Republican Banner, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Berkeley Republican
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN83016375
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 9790157
    • The Berkeley Springs News (from The Leader)
    • The Morgan Mercury (from The Times And Journal)
    • The Morgan Messenger (from The Transcript)
    • The Post (from The Williamsport Leader)
      • Years of publication:  The Williamsport Leader to 1887
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Post
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88065206
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 18921779
    • Modern Times And Home Journal-Semi-Weekly (from The Williamsport Pilot)
    • Modern Times And Home Journal (from Williamsport Transcript)
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  • Published In Mercersburg   [Franklin County]
    • The Hancock News (from Mercersburg Journal)
    • The Hancock Star (from Mercersburg Journal)
    • The Star (from Mercersburg Visitor)
      • Years of publication:  Mercersburg Visitor to 1845
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Star
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89077541
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 19703536
    • Berkeley Republican (from Mercersburg Weekly Visitor)
      • The first year of publication was in Mercersburg Weekly Visitor, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Berkeley Republican
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN2003061932
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 52939879
    • The Berkeley Springs News (from The Good Intent)
    • The Morgan Mercury (from The Independent)
    • The Morgan Messenger (from Weekly Journal)
    • The Post (from Weekly Journal)
      • Years of publication:  Weekly Journal to 189?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Post
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89077549
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 20273667
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  • Published In Martinsburg   [Berkeley County]
    • The Hancock News (from Association News)
    • The Hancock Star (from Baker's Batter)
    • The Star (from Berkeley County News)
      • Years of publication:  Berkeley County News to 1933
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Star
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85059521
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12688975
    • Berkeley Republican (from Evening Journal)
    • The Berkeley Springs News (from Martinsburg Daily Gazette)
    • The Morgan Mercury (from Martinsburg Daily Independent)
    • The Morgan Messenger (from Martinsburg Era)
    • The Post (from Martinsburg Gazette)
      • Years of publication:  Martinsburg Gazette to 1887
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Post
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN97066538
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 37302952
    • Modern Times And Home Journal-Semi-Weekly (from Martinsburg Herald)
    • Modern Times And Home Journal (from Martinsburg Independent)
    • Potomac Sentinel (from Martinsburg Independent)
    • Republican Banner (from Martinsburg Journal)
    • The Leader (from Martinsburg Statesman-Democrat)
      • Years of publication:  Martinsburg Statesman-Democrat to 1921
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Leader
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85059542
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12689034
    • The Times And Journal (from Martinsburg Statesman)
    • The Transcript (from Martinsburg W Va Evening Journal)
      • Years of publication:  Martinsburg W Va Evening Journal to 1920
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Transcript
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85059586
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12698687
    • The Williamsport Leader (from Martinsburg Weekly Independent)
    • The Williamsport Pilot (from Pioneer Press)
    • Williamsport Transcript (from Pioneer Press)
    • Association News (from The Berkeley Democrat)
    • Baker's Batter (from The Berkeley Union)
    • Berkeley County News (from The Evening Journal)
    • Evening Journal (from The Evening World)
    • Martinsburg Daily Gazette (from The Journal)
    • Martinsburg Daily Independent (from The Martinsburg News)
    • Martinsburg Era (from The New Era)
    • Martinsburg Gazette (from The Shenandoah Sun)
    • Martinsburg Herald (from The Valley Star)
    • Martinsburg Independent (from The World)
    • Martinsburg Independent (from The World)
    • Martinsburg Journal (from The World)
    • Martinsburg Statesman-Democrat (from Wednesday Journal)
    • Martinsburg Statesman (from Weekly Gazette)
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The official website for State of Maryland: https://www.maryland.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 things 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 Park Head Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6545, Longitude: -78.0475       In this case, the coordinates for the Park Head Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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