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Local Newspapers for the Williamson Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Williamson 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 23 miles [37 km]<1> of the Williamson 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 Williamson Cemetery.

  • Published In Collins
  • Published In Williamsburg
  • Published In Taylorsville   [Smith County, MS]
  • Published In Ellisville   [Jones County, MS]
    • Covington County News (from The Alliance Eagle)
    • Mississippi Herald (from The Ellisville News)
    • The Collins Commercial (from The Ellisville Progress)
    • The News-Commercial (from The Ellisville Voice)
    • Covington County Journal (from The Jones County News)
    • Republican Star (from The Jones County Progress-Item)
      • Years of publication:  The Jones County Progress-Item to 1985
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Republican Star
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87065070
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15090725
    • The Watchman-Journal (from The New South-News)
    • The Watchman (from The New South)
    • The Taylorsville Post (from The Progress-Item)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Ellisville.
  • Published In Mize   [Smith County, MS]
  • Published In Laurel   [Jones County, MS]
    • Covington County News (from Jones County Tribune)
    • Mississippi Herald (from Laurel Daily Leader)
    • The Collins Commercial (from Laurel Leader)
    • The News-Commercial (from Laurel Times)
    • Covington County Journal (from The Bulletin)
    • Republican Star (from The Jones County Call)
    • The Watchman-Journal (from The Jones County Times)
    • The Watchman (from The Laurel Chronicle)
      • Years of publication:  The Laurel Chronicle to 1914
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Watchman
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87065319
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15584343
    • The Taylorsville Post (from The Laurel Daily Argus)
    • The Taylorsville Signal (from The Laurel Daily Leader)
    • The Mize Headlight (from The Laurel Leader-Call)
    • The Mize Headlight (from The Laurel Leader-Call)
    • The Alliance Eagle (from The Laurel Ledger)
    • The Ellisville News (from The Laurel Patriot)
    • The Ellisville Progress (from The Leader-Call)
    • The Ellisville Voice (from The Morning Call)
    • The Jones County News (from The Weekly Laurelite)
    • The Jones County Progress-Item (from Thursday Banner)
    • The New South-News (from Voice Of The People)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Laurel.
  • Published In Magee   [Simpson County, MS]
  • Published In Hattiesburg   [Forrest County, MS]
    • Covington County News (from Forrest County News)
    • Mississippi Herald (from Hattiesburg American)
    • The Collins Commercial (from Hattiesburg Daily News)
    • The News-Commercial (from Hattiesburg Daily Progress)
    • Covington County Journal (from Hattiesburg Progress)
    • Republican Star (from Hub City Advertiser)
    • The Watchman-Journal (from Hub City Community News)
    • The Watchman (from South Mississippi Community News)
      • Years of publication:  South Mississippi Community News to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Watchman
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88067041
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17453144
    • The Taylorsville Post (from The American Citizen)
    • The Taylorsville Signal (from The Daily Squibs)
    • The Mize Headlight (from The Hattiesburg Citizen)
    • The Mize Headlight (from The Hattiesburg Independent)
    • The Alliance Eagle (from The Hattiesburg News)
    • The Ellisville News (from The Hub Breeze)
    • The Ellisville Progress (from The Hub City News)
    • The Ellisville Voice (from The Saturday Evening Eye)
    • The Jones County News (from The Union Messenger)
    • The Jones County Progress-Item (from The Weekly Citizen)
    • The New South-News (from The Weekly News)
    • The New South (from Times-Advertiser)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Hattiesburg.
  • Published In Petal   [Forrest County, MS]

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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 Williamson Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.6146, Longitude: -89.5001       In this case, the coordinates for the Williamson Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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