Search Keyword Boolean Exact match Search only these record types: How to Search Advanced Search Showing 4725 ads Sort by: Transcription Status Refine search Source Select...Abilene Weekly Reflector (Abilene, KS)Afro-American (Baltimore, MD)Afro-American Advocate (Coffeyville, KS)Afro-American Ledger (Baltimore, MD)Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, VA)American Citizen (Canton, MS)Anglo-African (New York, NY)Anglo-African (New York)Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)Arkansas Democrat (Little Rock, AR)Arkansas Weekly Mansion (Little Rock, AR)Asheville Daily Citizen (Asheville, NC)Atchison Daily Free Press (Atchison, KS)Atchison Weekly Champion (Atchison, KS)Baltimore Daily Commercial (Baltimore, MD)Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)Baptist Times (Garnett, KS)Baton Rouge Tri-weekly Gazette & Comet (Baton Rouge, LA)Battle Creek Daily Moon (Battle Creek, MI)Beaufort Republican (Beaufort, SC)Bee (Ripley, OH)Boston Post (Boston, MA)Brenham Weekly Banner (Brenham, TX)Brownlow's Knoxville Whig (Knoxville, TN)Bucyrus Journal (Bucyrus, OH)Buffalo Commercial Advertiser (Buffalo, NY)Buffalo Evening News (Buffalo, NY)Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, NC)Charleston Mercury (Charleston, SC)Charlevoix County Herald (East Jordan, MI)Chattanooga Daily Times (Chattanooga, TN)Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)Cincinnati Commercial Tribune (Cincinnati, OH)Clarksville Weekly Chronicle (Clarksville, TN)Cleveland Daily Leader (Cleveland, OH)Clinch Valley News (Tazewell Courthouse, VA)Colored American (Washington, DC)Commercial Advertiser (New York, NY)Daily Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, AR)Daily Chronicle (Knoxville, TN)Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)Daily Evening Bulletin (Maysville, KY)Daily Missouri Republican (St. Louis, MO)Daily Newbernian (New Bern, NC)Daily Picayune (New Orleans, LA)Daily Press and Herald (Knoxville, TN)Daily Public Ledger (Maysville, KY)Daily Republican (Wilmington, DE)Daily Selma Messenger (Selma, AL)Daily State Gazette (Green Bay, WI)Dallas Express (Dallas, TX)Davenport Sunday Democrat (Davenport, IA)Dziennik ChicagoskiElyria Independent Democrat (Elyria, OH)Eufala Daily Times (Eufala, AL)Evening Post (Wilmington, NC)Evening Star (Washington, DC)Fayette County Herald (Washington Court House, OH)Fort Scott Weekly Monitor (Fort Scott, KS)Fort Worth Gazette (Fort Worth, TX)Frances Johnson, Statement to J.M. Kelly (Notary Public), March 1865, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Tennessee, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869, Registered Letters Received, Entered in Register 1, E – L. https://nmaahc.si.edu/freedmens-bureau/record/fbs-1662423774659-1662426440430-0?destination=%2Fexplore%2Ffreedmens-bureau%2Fsearch%3Fedan_q%3D%2522my%2Bchildren%2522%26page%3D1Frank Marten to Colonel Joseph Perkins, letter, 1874. Fluvanna Historical Society.Frederick Douglass' Paper (Rochester, NY)Freedmen’s Record (Boston, MA)Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)Freeman (New York, NY)Freeport Journal-Standard (Freeport, IL)Freeport Journal-Standard (Freeport, IL)Fremont Semi-Weekly Herald (Fremont, NE)Gallipolis Journal (Gallipolis, OH)George Gillem, Testimony to Michael Walsh, January 24, 1867, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Tennessee, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869, Registered Letters Received, Entered in Register 2 and 3, T – W. https://nmaahc.si.edu/freedmens-bureau/record/fbs-1662423774659-1662426480461-4?destination=%2Fexplore%2Ffreedmens-bureau%2Fsearch%3Fedan_q%3D%2522my%2Bwife%2522%26page%3D1Globe (Nashville, TN)Globe (New York, NY)Gold Hill Daily News (Gold Hills, NV) (reprinted, with editorial commentary, from the Indianapolis Evening News)Greenville Advance Argus (Greenville, PA)Harrisburg Daily Independent (Harrisburg, PA)Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA)Herald of Kansas (Topeka, KS)Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, OH)Huntsville Gazette (Huntsville, AL)Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)Indianapolis Sentinel (Indianapolis, IN)Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)Isaac A. Rosenkranz to Lieutenant John M. Foot, letter, April 19, 1868, Records of the Field Offices for the State of North Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872, Subordinate Field Offices, Washington D.C., Letters Sent, NARA Publication Number M1909, NARA Roll Number 64, Volume (246). https://nmaahc.si.edu/freedmens-bureau/record/fbs-1662423774659-1662424964359-3?destination=%2Fexplore%2Ffreedmens-bureau%2Fsearch%3Fedan_q%3D%25E2%2580%259Cmy%2Bdaughter%25E2%2580%259D%26page%3D4J. B. Littlejohn to Captain Hay, letter, April 15, 1867, Records of the Field Offices for the State of North Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872, Subordinate Field Offices, Franklinton (Assistant Commissioner), Letters Received, North Carolina, NARA Publication Number M1909, Roll Number 14. https://nmaahc.si.edu/freedmens-bureau/record/fbs-1662423774659-1662424860904-0?destination=%2Fexplore%2Ffreedmens-bureau%2Fsearch%3Fedan_q%3Dmy%2Bfather%26page%3D0Jersey City News (Jersey City, NJ)Juniata Sentinel and Republican (Mifflintown, PA)Kansas City Globe (Kansas City, KS)Keowee Courier (Pickens, SC)Knoxville Daily Tribune (Knoxville, TN)Knoxville Press and Messenger (Knoxville, TN)Las Vegas Weekly Optic and Stock Grower (East Las Vegas, NM)Lawrence Daily World (Lawrence, KS)Leavenworth Daily Conservative (Leavenworth, KS)Liberator (Boston, MA)Livingston Journal (Livingston, AL)Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA)Lost Friends AdLouisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY)Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY)Lucy Ross to General O.O. Howard, letter, October 31, 1866, Registers and Letters Received by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872, Letters Received, Entered in Register 8, R. https://nmaahc.si.edu/freedmens-bureau/record/fbs-1662423774659-1662425788613-2?destination=%2Fexplore%2Ffreedmens-bureau%2Fsearch%3Fedan_q%3D%2522my%2Bchildren%2522%26page%3D0Martha Cooley, Testimony to J.M. Kelly, Notary Public, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Tennessee, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869, Registered Letters Received, Entered in Register 1, E – L. https://nmaahc.si.edu/freedmens-bureau/record/fbs-1662423774659-1662426440432-4?destination=%2Fexplore%2Ffreedmens-bureau%2Fsearch%3Fedan_q%3D%2522my%2Bchildren%2522%26page%3D0Maryville Republican (Maryville, TN)Memphis Daily Appeal (Memphis, TN)Memphis Daily Post (Memphis, TN)Memphis Evening Post (Memphis, TN)Mexico Weekly Ledger (Mexico, MO)Minneapolis Journal (Minneapolis, MN)Montgomery Daily Advertiser (Montgomery, AL)Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN)Nashville Union and American (Nashville, TN)Natchez Weekly Democrat (Natchez, MS)National Anti-Slavery Standard (New York, NY)National Republican (Washington, DC)National Tribune (Washington, DC)New Bern Weekly Journal (New Bern, NC)New Era (Washington, DC)New National Era (Washington, DC)New Orleans Daily Picayune (New Orleans, LA)New Orleans Republican (New Orleans, LA)New Orleans Tribune (New Orleans, LA)New York Age (New York, NY)New York Herald (New York, NY)Newbern Journal of Commerce (New Bern, NC)Newburgh Journal (reprinted from)Norfolk Virginian (Norfolk, VA)Omaha Daily Bee (Omaha, NE)Osawatomie Graphic (Osawatomie, KS)Ottumwa Courier (Ottumwa, IA)Peninsula Enterprise (Accomack Courthouse, VA)People's Advocate (Washington, DC)Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)Pittsburgh Dispatch (Pittsburgh, PA)Port Tobacco Times and Charles County Advertiser (Port Tobacco, MD)Portland Daily Press (Portland, ME)Provincial Freeman and Weekly Advertiser (Windsor/Toronto/Chatham, Canada West)Provincial Freeman and Weekly Advertiser (Windsor/Toronto/Chatham, Canada West)Public Ledger (Memphis, TN)Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA)Public Opinion (Chambersburg, PA)Raleigh Daily News (Raleigh, NC)Reading Times and Dispatch (Reading, PA)Records of the Field Offices for the State of North Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872, Subordinate Field Offices, Greensboro, North Carolina, (Subassistant Commissioner), Register of Complaints and Letters Sent Relating to Complaints, NARA Publication Number M1909, NARA Roll Number 20, Volume (108). https://nmaahc.si.edu/freedmens-bureau/record/fbs-1662423774659-1662424871079-1?destination=%2Fexplore%2Ffreedmens-bureau%2Fsearch%3Fedan_q%3D%2522my%2Bdaughter%2522%26page%3D3Reno Gazette-Journal (Reno, NV)Republican Banner (Nashville, TN)Richmond Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)Richmond Democrat (Richmond, MO)Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA)Rock Island Argus (Rock Island, IL)Rody Jordan to Pearce Stephens, March 26, 1860, Alexander H. 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(Wilmington, NC)The Western Age (Langston, OK)The Western Appeal/The Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer (Wheeling, VA)The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer (Wheeling, WV)The Wilmington Herald (Wilmington, NC)The Wilson Advance (Wilson, NC)Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA)Times-Promoter (Hernando, MS)Topeka Plaindealer (Topeka, KS)Topeka State Journal (Topeka, KS)Topeka Tribune (Topeka, KS)Topeka Weekly Leader (Topeka, KS)Topeka Weekly Times (Topeka, KS)True Southerner (Hampton, VA)Ukiah Republican Press (Ukiah, CA)Union Springs Herald (Union Springs, AL)Vermont Phoenix (Brattleboro, VT) [Ad copied from the Zion Church Advocate, published in Washington, DC, with commentary by the editor of the Vermont Phoenix]Vermont Telegraph (Brandon, VT)Vilet Lester to Patsey Patterson, August 29, 1857, Joseph Allred Papers, The Digital Scriptorium of Duke University Special Collections Library, https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/scriptorium/lester/lester.html.Washington Bee (Washington, DC)Washington Times (Washington, DC)Weekly Avalanche (Memphis, TN)Weekly Journal (Mercersburg, PA)Weekly Standard (Raleigh, NC)Western Appeal (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN; Chicago, IL)Yazoo City Herald (Yazoo City, MS) Tags African Methodist Episcopal ChurchAndersonville Prisonantebellum adArmy Hospitalarmy substituteattorneyaunt(s)baptismcapturedchanged namechild(ren)Civil WarCivil War battleConfederate CongressConfederate RaidsConfederate States Armycontrabandsconvictedcustodydebtdeceaseddesertion (spousal)desertions (Civil War)doctors (African American)dowrydying wishemancipationemigrationEnoch Ardenenslaver looking for former slaveescapedescaped from jailestateestate divisionfamily historyfemale enslaverforced migrationformer enslaverfoundfraternal groupsfree people of colorfreedfreedom suitsFreemasonsgrandparent(s)heir(s)hired outIndian TerritoryIndian WarsinheritanceJohn Brown's RaidkidnappingKnights of Pythiasleft with Union Armyletter to the editorliteracylynchingmanumittedmaritime workMasonic LodgeMasonsmaster diedmigration (north)migration (post-emancipation)migration (west)ministerministersministers please readmissing person(s)missionarymultiple admultiple adsmutual searchNative Americansnephewnewspaper replyniecenorthern slaveryorphan/orphanageparent(s)passingpension (Civil War)pensions (Civil War)person with a disabilityphysical descriptionprisoner of warprobatepropertyrailroadrailroad workerReconstructionremarriedresistancereunionrewardRobert E. Leerunawaysailorsearching for former enslaverself-emancipationself-injuryself-purchaseSherman's Armysibling(s)simultaneous searchskilled tradeslave tradeslave tradersoldsold southsoldierspeculatorspousesteamboatstolensuicideU. S. ArmyU. S. Colored CavalryU. S. Colored InfantryU. S. Colored TroopsU. S. Navyuncle(s)Underground Railroaduntranscribedveteranwhite fatherwhite newspaperwidow Rody Jordan to Pearce Stephens Rody Jordan to Pearce Stephens, March 26, 1860, Alexander H. Stephens Papers in Correspondence, 1860 Jan-Aug, letter 52, Digital Collections of David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Duke University, https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r3tb0z45g. March 26, 1860 Not available for transcriptioni William Williams trying to buy wife and child February 28, 1831 Not available for transcriptioni Vilet Lester writing to find her mother and family Vilet Lester to Patsey Patterson, August 29, 1857, Joseph Allred Papers, The Digital Scriptorium of Duke University Special Collections Library, https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/scriptorium/lester/lester.html. August 1, 1857 Not available for transcriptioni Sarah Lyons trying to find her husband Sarah Lyons to Major General C.R. Wood, letter, 1866, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Alabama, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870, Letters Received, H – P, NARA Publication Number M809. June 1, 1866 Not available for transcriptioni Frances Johnson's trying to free her daughter from enslaver's son-in-law Frances Johnson, Statement to J.M. Kelly (Notary Public), March 1865, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Tennessee, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869, Registered Letters Received, Entered in Register 1, E – L. https://nmaahc.si.edu/freedmens-bureau/record/fbs-1662423774659-1662426440430-0?destination=%2Fexplore%2Ffreedmens-bureau%2Fsearch%3Fedan_q%3D%2522my%2Bchildren%2522%26page%3D1 March 10, 1865 Not available for transcriptioni George Gillem trying to get free his wife George Gillem, Testimony to Michael Walsh, January 24, 1867, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Tennessee, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869, Registered Letters Received, Entered in Register 2 and 3, T – W. https://nmaahc.si.edu/freedmens-bureau/record/fbs-1662423774659-1662426480461-4?destination=%2Fexplore%2Ffreedmens-bureau%2Fsearch%3Fedan_q%3D%2522my%2Bwife%2522%26page%3D1 January 24, 1867 Not available for transcriptioni Lucy Ross writing to Freedmen's Bureau's O.O. Howard to get her children released from former enslaver Lucy Ross to General O.O. Howard, letter, October 31, 1866, Registers and Letters Received by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872, Letters Received, Entered in Register 8, R. https://nmaahc.si.edu/freedmens-bureau/record/fbs-1662423774659-1662425788613-2?destination=%2Fexplore%2Ffreedmens-bureau%2Fsearch%3Fedan_q%3D%2522my%2Bchildren%2522%26page%3D0 October 31, 1866 Not available for transcriptioni Martha Cooley trying to get her children released from John Nave Martha Cooley, Testimony to J.M. Kelly, Notary Public, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Tennessee, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869, Registered Letters Received, Entered in Register 1, E – L. https://nmaahc.si.edu/freedmens-bureau/record/fbs-1662423774659-1662426440432-4?destination=%2Fexplore%2Ffreedmens-bureau%2Fsearch%3Fedan_q%3D%2522my%2Bchildren%2522%26page%3D0 March 26, 1865 Not available for transcriptioni Frank Marten to former enslaver, Col. Joe Perkins, Esq Frank Marten to Colonel Joseph Perkins, letter, 1874. Fluvanna Historical Society. 1874 Not available for transcriptioni John Jones finds his mother The Evening World (New York, NY) February 23, 1894 Start Transcribingi Wilson Holloway wants daughter released from indenture Records of the Field Offices for the State of North Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872, Subordinate Field Offices, Greensboro, North Carolina, (Subassistant Commissioner), Register of Complaints and Letters Sent Relating to Complaints, NARA Publication Number M1909, NARA Roll Number 20, Volume (108). https://nmaahc.si.edu/freedmens-bureau/record/fbs-1662423774659-1662424871079-1?destination=%2Fexplore%2Ffreedmens-bureau%2Fsearch%3Fedan_q%3D%2522my%2Bdaughter%2522%26page%3D3 Not available for transcriptioni Violet Windly wants her 12 yr old daughter Virginia released from indenture Isaac A. Rosenkranz to Lieutenant John M. Foot, letter, April 19, 1868, Records of the Field Offices for the State of North Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872, Subordinate Field Offices, Washington D.C., Letters Sent, NARA Publication Number M1909, NARA Roll Number 64, Volume (246). https://nmaahc.si.edu/freedmens-bureau/record/fbs-1662423774659-1662424964359-3?destination=%2Fexplore%2Ffreedmens-bureau%2Fsearch%3Fedan_q%3D%25E2%2580%259Cmy%2Bdaughter%25E2%2580%259D%26page%3D4 Not available for transcriptioni Betsey Foster's son was taken from her J. B. Littlejohn to Captain Hay, letter, April 15, 1867, Records of the Field Offices for the State of North Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872, Subordinate Field Offices, Franklinton (Assistant Commissioner), Letters Received, North Carolina, NARA Publication Number M1909, Roll Number 14. https://nmaahc.si.edu/freedmens-bureau/record/fbs-1662423774659-1662424860904-0?destination=%2Fexplore%2Ffreedmens-bureau%2Fsearch%3Fedan_q%3Dmy%2Bfather%26page%3D0 April 15, 1867 Not available for transcriptioni Solomon Nickols trying to get child out of indenture Not available for transcriptioni L. Anderson to Freedmen's Bureau looking for her daughter Lilla Anderson February 2, 1867 L. Anderson looking for her daughter Lilla Anderson Transcription Completei Mary Henderson writes to Lt. Commissioner @ daughter's indenture November 9, 1867 Not available for transcriptioni Diana Johnson searching for her relatives Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) January 28, 1897 Start Transcribingi Diana Johnson searching for her family Rock Island Argus (Rock Island, IL) January 18, 1900 Start Transcribingi Diana Johnson searching for her relatives Dziennik Chicagoski January 17, 1900 Start Transcribingi Mrs. Alice Young found her folks The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL) July 30, 1897 Start Transcribingi Mrs. Jane Drake (formerly Jane Shanklin) searching for her son John Gardner (1st of 2 ads) The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL) November 8, 1895 Start Transcribingi Mr. Jackson O'Neal found his father The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL) December 17, 1897 Start Transcribingi The Western Age newspaper searching for D. E. Merce The Western Age (Langston, OK) August 31, 1908 Start Transcribingi Diana Johnson searching for her relatives The Buffalo Enquirer (Buffalo, NY) January 16, 1900 Start Transcribingi Diana Johnson searching for her relations The Buffalo Review (Buffalo, NY) January 17, 1900 Start Transcribingi of 189
