Keyword Year Type Select Ads Obituaries How to Search Advanced Search Showing 710 results Sort by: Title Refine search Source Select...Afro-American (Baltimore, MD)Afro-American Advocate (Coffeyville, KS)Afro-American Ledger (Baltimore, MD)Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)Atchison Weekly Champion (Atchison, KS)Bee (Ripley, OH)Buffalo Evening News (Buffalo, NY)Daily Newbernian (New Bern, NC)Daily Press and Herald (Knoxville, TN)Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)Kansas City Sun (Kansas City, MO)Lost Friends AdLoyal Georgian (Augusta, GA)Montgomery Daily Advertiser (Montgomery, AL)Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN)New National Era (Washington, DC)New Orleans Tribune (New Orleans, LA)Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)Southern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)Southern Republican (Demopolis, AL)Southwestern Christian AdvocateSouthwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)Southwestern Christian Advocate, (New Orleans, LA)Southwestern Christian Recorder (New Orleans, LA)St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat (St. Louis, MO)St. Louis Post Dispatch (St. Louis, MO)The Abbeville Press and Banner (Abbeville, SC)The Appeal (Chicago, IL)The Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN)The Black Hills Daily Times (Deadwood, Dakota Territory)The Boston Daily Globe (Boston, MA)The Buffalo Enquirer (Buffalo, NY)The Buffalo Review (Buffalo, NY)The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)The Colored American (Washington, DC)The Colored Tenessean (Nashville, TN)The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN)The Elevator (San Francisco, CA)The Freedman (Boston, MA)The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)The Georgia Baptist (Augusta, GA)The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, OH)The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)The Nationalist (Mobile, AL)The New York World (New York, NY)The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)The Watchman and Southron (Sumter, SC)The Weekly Clarion (Jackson, MS)The Weekly Louisianian (New Orleans, LA)Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA)Vermont Phoenix (Brattleboro, VT) [Ad copied from the Zion Church Advocate, published in Washington, DC, with commentary by the editor of the Vermont Phoenix] Item Type Ad Tags family historyAfrican Methodist Episcopal Churchattorneyaunt(s)capturedchanged namechild(ren)Civil WarCivil War battleConfederate States Armycontrabandsconvicteddebtdeceaseddesertion (spousal)dowrydying wishemancipationemigrationenslaver looking for former slaveescapedescaped from jailestateestate divisionExodustersfemale enslaverforced migrationformer enslaverfraternal groupsfree people of colorfreedgrandparent(s)heir(s)hired outIndian Territoryinheritancekidnappingleft with Union Armyliteracylocation knownlynchingmanumittedmaritime workmaster diedmigration (north)migration (post-emancipation)migration (west)ministerministers please readmissing person(s)multiple adsmutual searchNative Americansnewspaper replyniecenorthern slaveryorphan/orphanageparent(s)passingperson with a disabilityphysical descriptionprobatepropertyrailroadrailroad workerReconstructionremarriedresistancereunion successfulrewardrunawaysailorsearching for former enslaverself-emancipationself-injuryself-purchasesibling(s)simultaneous searchskilled tradeslave tradeslave tradersoldsold southsoldierspeculatorspousesteamboatstolensuicideU. S. ArmyU. S. Colored Troopsuncle(s)Underground Railroadunnamed person searchingveteranwhite fatherwhite newspaperwidow Agnes Collins searching for her three sisters Nannie, Patience, and Julian The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) May 29, 1884 A. J. Cooper searching for his father Clay Finner and his uncle Jacob Finner Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) August 13, 1885 Ceillia Sours searching for her six children Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) November 29, 1883 Allison Washington searching for his relatives left in Missouri Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) November 22, 1883 Polly (Harbor) Miner searching for her sister Patsey Berley Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) November 22, 1883 Violet Welch searching for her brother Calvin Kelly Lost Friends Ad November 8, 1883 Charlotte Harbert searching for her children Clark Wesley, Allen Jackson, and Mary Ann Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) November 8, 1883 Jane (Oats) Friarson searching for her son Anthony Oats Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) November 8, 1883 Jack Collins (Henry Warren) searching for his mother Katie Lee and sister Mariah Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) November 8, 1883 Maria Lackey (formerly Maria Foreman) searching for her mother Rose Ann Hill Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) November 1, 1883 Campbell Siler searching for their family Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) October 11, 1883 Margaret Young reunited with her son Dowen Young Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN) January 1, 1898 Fanny Ward searching for her parents Melvina and Isaac Trumbull and siblings Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) September 13, 1883 Clarissa Reed searching for her mother Pearline, stepfather Sam, and siblings Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) September 13, 1883 Frank Dusin searching for his mother Millie Bradley Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) September 13, 1883 Charles Westley Blaylock searching for his brother James and sister Caroline Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) September 6, 1883 Frank Fleming searching for his uncles The Watchman and Southron (Sumter, SC) December 23, 1896 Mrs. E. Wilson searching for her children Buchanan and Martha Childs The Appeal (Chicago, IL) January 4, 1891 Betty Reynolds searching for her brother Saunk Joyce The Colored American (Washington, DC) September 6, 1902 Henry and Sandy Anderson looking for their mother Peggy and several siblings Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) January 25, 1896 Mrs. McDora Dungee looking for her father Allen Bradford Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA) October 26, 1894 Rachel Washburne searching for her sons Samuel and Lewis and daughter Rhoda Vermont Phoenix (Brattleboro, VT) [Ad copied from the Zion Church Advocate, published in Washington, DC, with commentary by the editor of the Vermont Phoenix] October 10, 1873 Louisa Ewing looking for her mother (2nd of 2 ads) Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) December 30, 1886 J. T. Henry seeking information about his uncle Andy Halebrooks Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) October 28, 1886 S. B. Bland seeking information about his wife Martha Wright's people Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) October 14, 1886 of 29
