Keyword Year Type Select Ads Obituaries How to Search Advanced Search Showing 617 results Sort by: Title Refine search Source Select...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)Atchison Daily Free Press (Atchison, KS)Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)Baton Rouge Tri-weekly Gazette & Comet (Baton Rouge, LA)Brownlow's Knoxville Whig (Knoxville, TN)Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, NC)Charleston Mercury (Charleston, SC)Clarksville Weekly Chronicle (Clarksville, TN)Cleveland Daily Leader (Cleveland, OH)Daily Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, AR)Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)Daily Missouri Republican (St. Louis, MO)Daily Picayune (New Orleans, LA)Evening Post (Wilmington, NC)Evening Star (Washington, DC)Gallipolis Journal (Gallipolis, OH)Gold Hill Daily News (Gold Hills, NV) (reprinted, with editorial commentary, from the Indianapolis Evening News)Harrisburg 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TN)The Vicksburg Daily Herald (Vicksburg, MS)The Weekly Clarion (Jackson, MS)The Weekly Louisianian (New Orleans, LA)Topeka Weekly Times (Topeka, KS)True Southerner (Hampton, VA)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]Weekly Standard (Raleigh, NC) Item Type AdObituary Tags ReconstructionAfrican Methodist Episcopal ChurchArmy Hospitalarmy substituteattorneyaunt(s)capturedchanged namechild(ren)Civil WarCivil War battleConfederate CongressConfederate RaidsConfederate States Armycontrabandscustodydeceaseddesertion (spousal)dying wishemancipationemigrationEnoch Ardenescapedescaped from jailestateestate divisionfamily historyfemale enslaverforced migrationformer enslaverfree people of colorfreedgrandparent(s)heir(s)hired outinheritancekidnappingleft with Union Armyliteracylocation knownmanumittedmaritime workmaster diedmigration 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Navyuncle(s)Underground Railroadunnamed person searchingveteranwhite fatherwhite newspaperwidow Jane Gates seeking information about her daughters Pruly and Clora Brenate The Black Republican (New Orleans, LA) May 20, 1865 Bosley Davis seeking information about his wife Margaret Davis (who might also be known as Margaret Roberson) (2nd of 2 ads) The Black Republican (New Orleans, LA) May 20, 1865 Betsy Powel searching for her husband Dick Powel (2nd of 2 ads) The Black Republican (New Orleans, LA) May 20, 1865 Susan Patterson seeking information about her daughter Louisa Patterson The Black Republican (New Orleans, LA) May 20, 1865 Robert Scott searching for his wife Mrs. Winny Scott The Black Republican (New Orleans, LA) May 20, 1865 Mrs. Louisa Stewart seeking her son Joseph Nelson The Black Republican (New Orleans, LA) May 20, 1865 Evans Green searching for his mother Mrs. Phillis Green (3rd of 3 ads) The Black Republican (New Orleans, LA) May 20, 1865 Mrs. Beckey Webster searching for her daughter Sarah Jane Webster The Black Republican (New Orleans, LA) May 20, 1865 Mrs. Dorcas Burk seeking information about her children Soloman, Richard, and Jane Bell Burk (2nd of 2 ads) The Black Republican (New Orleans, LA) May 20, 1865 Henry Tippin and/or Henry Russell seeking information about Lucinda Russell and her children The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN) October 7, 1865 C. J. Johnson searching for Ann Elizabeth (2nd of 2 ads) The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN) October 7, 1865 Thornton Copeland looking for his mother Betty The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN) October 7, 1865 Ben and Flora East seeking information about their daughter Polly and son George Washington The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN) October 7, 1865 Charity Moss searching for her sons James and Horace The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN) October 14, 1865 Lucinda Lowery searching for her daughter Caroline Dodson The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN) October 14, 1865 Henry Hill searching for his wife Lucy Blair (2nd of 2 ads) The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN) October 7, 1865 Patty Brown searching for her husband John Williams The Colored Tenessean (Nashville, TN) October 7, 1865 Thomas S. P. Miller seeking information about his mother Nancy Young South Carolina Leader (Charleston, SC) May 12, 1866 Virginia Robinson seeking information about her brother William Robinson (2) South Carolina Leader (Charleston, SC) May 12, 1866 Daniel Tate looking for his children Daniel, Susan, and Mary Tate South Carolina Leader (Charleston, SC) May 12, 1866 Washington Bagley searching for William Bagley South Carolina Leader (Charleston, SC) May 12, 1866 Lucy Walker looking for information about her husband Anderson Walker South Carolina Leader (Charleston, SC) May 12, 1866 Tony Manegan seeking information of John and Mercy Powell South Carolina Leader (Charleston, SC) May 12, 1866 C. J. Johnson seeking information Susan Hineway's granddaughter Ann Elizabeth Sykes (1st of 2 ads) The Colored Tenessean (Nashville, TN) October 14, 1865 Matilda Clairborne looking for Henry and Elizabeth Normant and their children Nelson, Lemon, Granville, Virginia, and Parthenia The Colored Tenessean (Nashville, TN) March 31, 1866 of 25
