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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S. ArmyU. S. Colored InfantryU. S. Colored TroopsU. S. Navyuncle(s)Underground Railroadunnamed person searchingveteranwhite fatherwhite newspaperwidow Fanny Watkins searching for Moses and Abraham Watkins The Colored American (Augusta, GA) December 30, 1865 H. E. Lewis seeking information about his brother Jacob Suber The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 4, 1866 C. B. Baldwin has information about Laura Young The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 29, 1893 George W. Martin seeking his brother James Madison Martin The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 5, 1893 Abraham and Maliala Chase seeking information about their daughter Jane Chase The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 22, 1877 Littleton Acworth searching for his children Leah and Wm. Acworth. The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 15, 1876 Mary J. Adams searching for her brother Richard Adams The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 6, 1876 Miss Ann White searching for her nephew James Cooper Johnson The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 13, 1876 Dora Taylor searching for her brother Charles Taylor The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) December 9, 1875 Maria Robinson searching for her mother Ella Vine [name is unclear] and her children Morris and Eliza The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 16, 1875 Emeline Jones looking for her son John Jones The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 16, 1875 Robert F. Hurley searching for his brother John Hurley The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 26, 1875 Maggie A. Simpson searching for her mother Mrs. Mary Ann Simpson (1st of 2 ads) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 12, 1875 Abbie Lee searching for her brother Elijah Wilt [Williams?] The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 28, 1875 Frances Johnson searching for her brother George Jimerson, also known as George Houston The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) October 29, 1874 J mes (likely James) Monroe searching for his mother Lavinia Russell and his children Rebecca and Adolphus Monroe The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 3, 1874 Margret Jones searching for her brother Bill Jones The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 20, 1874 Easter Ware looking for her father James Ware The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 9, 1874 Rachel Narrid (formerly Rachel Janes) looking for her father Eli Janes The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 4, 1874 Mrs. Mary Heading (formerly Mary Booey) searching for her siblings Lancet and Simon Johnson and several extended family The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 9, 1874 Louis Hartshorn looking for sons Elbert Osborn Hartshorn and Richard Louis Hartshorn The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 12, 1874 Fannie Highland searching for sons William and Charles Highland and daughter Eleonore Highland The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 15, 1874 Alexander Pasco looking for his mother Jennie The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 8, 1874 Mary Long searching for her mother Eliza Long, siblings George and Charlotte Long, and extended family The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) December 11, 1873 Mrs. Kitty Barnes looking for daughter Milly Barnes The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 20, 1873 of 25
![Maria Robinson searching for her mother Ella Vine [name is unclear] and her children Morris and Eliza](https://informationwanted.org/files/fullsize/34e03b9574c59b6bdb21a98d35cf8b98.jpg "Maria Robinson searching for her mother Ella Vine [name is unclear] and her children Morris and Eliza")
![Abbie Lee searching for her brother Elijah Wilt [Williams?]](https://informationwanted.org/files/fullsize/fc08f58f97ed54ed20b8f116d561e12f.jpg "Abbie Lee searching for her brother Elijah Wilt [Williams?]")
