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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IN)The Evening Post (Wilmington, NC)The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, OH)The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY)The Loyal Georgian (Augusta, GA)The Loyal Georgian (Augusta, Georgia)The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL)The Nationalist (Mobile, AL)The New York Herald (New York, NY)The Newberry Weekly Herald (Newberry, SC)The Norfolk Post (Norfolk, VA)The North Carolinian (Elizabeth City, NC)The Owensboro Monitor (Owensboro, KY)The Pacific Appeal (San Francisco, CA)The Pennsylvania Freedmen's Bulletin (Philadelphia, PA)The Progress-Index (Petersburg, VA)The Richmond Climax (Richmond, KY)The Richmond Times (Richmond, VA)The Selma Times and Messenger (Selma, AL)The Southern Argus (Selma, AL)The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)The St. Louis Republican (St. Louis, MO)The Star and Enterprise (Newville, PA)The State Journal (Jefferson City, MO)The Sun (Baltimore, MD)The Tri-Weekly Standard (Raleigh, NC)The Union Flag (Jonesborough, 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 Robert Williams seeking information about his son Daniel The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN) March 31, 1866 Hannah Barnett looking information about her daughter Martha James The Colored Tenessean (Nashville, TN) March 31, 1866 David Hadley seeking information of Melissa Flowers on behalf of her uncle Sanders Flowers The Colored Tenessean (Nashville, TN) March 31, 1866 Martha Keller searching for her father Byrd Keller The Colored Tenessean (Nashville, TN) March 24, 1866 Eliza Ann Ratlif looking for her sons George, William, and Bearty Lewis The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN) March 24, 1866 Richard Gray seeking information about Moses Lumly and Polly Noel The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN) July 18, 1866 Armistead Bogle searching for his sister Edmond Bogle The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN) July 18, 1866 John Milton searching for his father Dick Richardson, brother Edward, and sisters Lucy and Polly (1st of 3 ads) The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN) July 18, 1866 Susan Huddleston searching for her son Jetson The Colored Tenessean (Nashville, TN) July 18, 1866 An unnamed parent searching for their son Michael Kinnard The Colored Tenessean (Nashville, TN) July 18, 1866 An unnamed person searching for his parents David and Lucy Morgan and siblings The Colored Tenessean (Nashville, TN) July 18, 1866 Samnel (likely Samuel) Jones seeking his sons Dock and George The Colored Tenessean (Nashville, TN) July 18, 1866 Henry Hill seeking information about his wife Lucy Blair (1st of 2 ads) The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN) August 12, 1865 William Shoals seeking information about his son Thomas Shoals The Colored Citizen (Cincinnati, OH) May 19, 1866 Jane Givens searching for her father Phil Givens The Colored Citizen (Cincinnati, OH) May 19, 1866 Benjamin Branch seeking information about his wife Maria Branch The Colored Citizen (Cincinnati, OH) May 19, 1866 Betsy Powel looking for her husband Dick Powel (1st of 2 ads) The Black Republican (New Orleans, LA) May 13, 1865 Bosley Davis looking for his wife Mrs. Margaret Davis (also known as Margaret Robertson) (1st of 2 ads) The Black Republican (New Orleans, LA) May 13, 1865 Jane Gates seeking information about her daughters Pruly and Clara Brenate (1st of 2 ads) The Black Republican (New Orleans, LA) May 13, 1865 Mrs. Dorcas Burk seeking information about her children Soloman, Richard, and Jane Bell Burk (1st of 2 ads) The Black Republican (New Orleans, LA) May 13, 1865 Louisa Stewart seeking information about her son Joseph Nelson The Black Republican (New Orleans, LA) April 29, 1865 Mrs. Susan Patterson seeking information about her daughter Louisa Patterson The Black Republican (New Orleans, LA) April 29, 1865 Mrs. Ritty Green searching for her son Dudley Green The Black Republican (New Orleans, LA) April 29, 1865 Evans Green seeking information about his mother Mrs. Phillis Green (2nd of 3 ads) The Black Republican (New Orleans, LA) April 29, 1865 Kamp Johnson searching for Toney Johnson The Colored American (Augusta, GA) December 30, 1865 of 25
