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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 24 miles [38.6 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 Williamsburg   [Covington County, MS]
    • Covington County Journal (from Covington County Journal)
    • Republican Star (from Republican Star)
    • The Watchman-Journal (from The Watchman-Journal)
    • The Watchman (from The Watchman)
      • The first year of publication was in The Watchman, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Watchman
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88067140
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17852966
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Williamsburg.
  • Published In Collins   [Covington County, MS]
    • Covington County Journal (from Covington County News)
    • Republican Star (from Mississippi Herald)
    • The Watchman-Journal (from The Collins Commercial)
    • The Watchman (from The News-Commercial)
      • Years of publication:  The News-Commercial to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Watchman
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87065022
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15004332
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Collins.
  • Published In Columbia   [Marion County, MS]
    • Covington County Journal (from Marion County Progress)
    • Republican Star (from Sunday Mirror)
    • The Watchman-Journal (from The Columbian-Progress)
    • The Watchman (from The Columbian)
    • Covington County News (from The Pearl River News)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Columbia.
  • Published In Hattiesburg   [Forrest County, MS]
    • Covington County Journal (from Forrest County News)
    • Republican Star (from Hattiesburg American)
    • The Watchman-Journal (from Hattiesburg Daily News)
    • The Watchman (from Hattiesburg Daily Progress)
      • Years of publication:  Hattiesburg Daily Progress to 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Watchman
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87065165
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15215956
    • Covington County News (from Hattiesburg Progress)
    • Mississippi Herald (from Hub City Advertiser)
    • The Collins Commercial (from Hub City Community News)
    • The News-Commercial (from South Mississippi Community News)
    • Marion County Progress (from The American Citizen)
    • Sunday Mirror (from The Daily Squibs)
    • The Columbian-Progress (from The Hattiesburg Citizen)
    • The Columbian (from The Hattiesburg Independent)
      • Years of publication:  The Hattiesburg Independent to 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Columbian
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87065166
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15215354
    • The Pearl River News (from The Hattiesburg News)
    • Forrest County News (from The Hub Breeze)
    • Hattiesburg American (from The Hub City News)
    • Hattiesburg Daily News (from The Saturday Evening Eye)
    • Hattiesburg Daily Progress (from The Union Messenger)
    • Hattiesburg Progress (from The Weekly Citizen)
    • Hub City Advertiser (from The Weekly News)
    • Hub City Community News (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 '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 Williamson Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4421, Longitude: -89.6637       In this case, the coordinates for the Williamson Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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