Keyword Year How to Search Advanced Search Showing 114 ads Tags: found Sort by: Title Refine search Source Select...Abilene Weekly Reflector (Abilene, KS)Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)Asheville Daily Citizen (Asheville, NC)Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)Bee (Ripley, OH)Boston Post (Boston, MA)Charlevoix County Herald (East Jordan, MI)Clinch Valley News (Tazewell Courthouse, VA)Daily Republican (Wilmington, DE)Daily State Gazette (Green Bay, WI)Davenport Sunday Democrat (Davenport, IA)Eufala Daily Times (Eufala, AL)Indianapolis Sentinel (Indianapolis, IN)Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)Juniata Sentinel and Republican (Mifflintown, PA)Lawrence Daily World (Lawrence, KS)Mexico Weekly Ledger (Mexico, MO)National Anti-Slavery Standard (New York, NY)New National Era (Washington, DC)Newburgh Journal (reprinted from)Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)Pittsburgh Dispatch (Pittsburgh, PA)Public Ledger (Memphis, TN)Reading Times and Dispatch (Reading, PA)Richmond Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)Richmond Democrat (Richmond, MO)Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA)Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)Southwestern Christian Recorder (New Orleans, LA)St. Louis Globe-Democrat (St. Louis, MO)St. Louis Palladium (St. Louis, MO)Staunton Daily Leader (Staunton, VA)The Austin Weekly Statesman (Austin, TX)The Black Hills Daily Times (Deadwood, Dakota Territory)The Broad Ax (Chicago, IL)The Butler Weekly Times (Butler, MO)The Chicago Weekly Tribune (Chicago, IL)The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)The Cincinnati Daily Star (Cincinnati, OH)The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH)The Cleveland Gazette (Cleveland, OH)The Colored American (Washington, DC)The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)The Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago, IL)The Daily Picayune (New Orleans, LA)The Evansville Journal (Evansville, IN)The Evening Bulletin (Maysville, KY)The Evening World (New York, NY)The Examiner (San Francisco, CA)The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, OH)The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)The Illinois Record (Springfield, IL)The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, IN)The Jacksonville Daily Journal (Jacksonville, IL)The Kansas City Gazette (Kansas City, KS)The Loyal Georgian (Augusta, Georgia)The McCook Tribune (McCook, NE)The Nashville American (Nashville, TN)The National Tribune (Washington, DC)The New York Freeman (New York, NY)The Owensboro Monitor (Owensboro, KY)The Plaindealer (Detroit, MI)The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)The Southern Standard (Arkadelphia, AR)The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)The State Ledger (Topeka, KS)The Sun (New York, NY)The Washington Times (Washington, DC)The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer (Wheeling, WV)Washington Times (Washington, DC) Tags foundAfrican Methodist Episcopal Churchaunt(s)capturedchanged namechild(ren)Civil WarCivil War battlecontrabandsconvicteddeceaseddesertion (spousal)dowrydying wishemancipationemigrationenslaver looking for former slaveescapedestateestate divisionfamily historyfemale enslaverforced migrationformer enslaverfraternal groupsfree people of colorfreedFreemasonsheir(s)inheritancekidnappingleft with Union ArmyliteracyLost Cause narrativemanumittedmaritime workMasonic LodgeMasonsmaster diedmigration (north)migration (post-emancipation)migration (west)ministerministers please readmultiple admultiple adsNative Americansnewspaper replyparent(s)physical descriptionprobatepropertyrailroadrailroad workerReconstructionremarriedresistancereunionrewardrunawaysearching for former enslaverself-emancipationself-purchasesibling(s)simultaneous searchslave tradeslave tradersold southsoldierspousesteamboatstolenU. S. ArmyU. S. Colored InfantryU. S. Colored TroopsUnderground Railroadveteranwhite fatherwhite newspaperwidow Dock Watson found Alex Wesley Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) May 24, 1883 S. M. Hightower searching for their uncle Howard Hightower and several relatives The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 2, 1880 Bettie Johnson seeking information about her father Edwin Childs (1st of 2 ads placed) The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) First Ad: October 19, 1895 Naro Gillespie found his relatives (3rd of 3 ads) Southwestern Christian Recorder (New Orleans, LA) December 1, 1881 L. H. Horn announcing that the people Henry Smith inquires for are in Grimes County, TX Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) December 16, 1880 S. G. Wilson replying to previous ad placed that he has found his father Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN) October 24, 1891 May Frances Thomas and Walter Thomas searching for father Lewis Thomas now Rev. Lewis Hudson The New York Freeman (New York, NY) February 26, 1887 William Johnson responding to his father's advertisement Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) April 29, 1886 E. E Cooper responding to two ads involving Charles Wardles and J. W. Scott The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) July 8, 1886 Alcy Boon(e) The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) First Ad: July 29, 1886 Elizabeth Jones searching for her people Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) March 20, 1897 David Young searching for his stepfather's family Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) July 19, 1883 Valentine Toliver searching for their sister Pinnie and brother-in-law Robert Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) December 16, 1886 Unidentified person searching for Rev. P.J. Jackson (two items: ad and reply to ad) St. Louis Palladium (St. Louis, MO) August 22, 1903 Response given to Betsy Chatman searching for brother George Chatman or George Chapman Clinch Valley News (Tazewell Courthouse, VA) August 26, 1892 William Davis and his sister Mary reunited after forty years separation Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN) August 14, 1897 Margaret Young reunited with her son Dowen Young Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN) January 1, 1898 A. Johnson found his sister Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) November 13, 1884 B.L. Nevils informing Mr. Anthony Grifnin that his brother Isam Davenport died Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) May 15, 1884 E. Ingraham found his lost relatives The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) August 6, 1885 She found her lost brother The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) September 10, 1885 John H. Coppage found his long lost brother Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) May 15, 1884 An unknown person found several relations through the Southwestern Christian Advocate including their Aunt Mary Jackson Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) October 15, 1885 Mr. Wm. Page Found by his relative Mrs. Maria McSpadden Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) April 9, 1885 Relations of Peter Page Found The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) April 9, 1885 of 5
