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 Henry Brown seeking information about his mother Rebecca and father, a free man, Samuel Brown The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 6, 1873 Nellie Harbold looking for her children Lydia, Miley A., and Samuel Tirley The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 26, 1873 Parmelia Dyer searching for her mother Eliza Elder and her sister Sarah Sikes The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 12, 1873 Henry Mashat searching for his mother Mary Mashat and sister Emily The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 3, 1873 Benjamin Moten searching for his brothers Albert and Miles Tucker Moten The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 16, 1873 Mary Jane Bell (formerly Suckey Blacklidge) searching for her daughters Mary Eliza Strebeck and Emily Blacklidge The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 16, 1873 Ella F. Wolfolk looking for information about her brother George W. Wolfolk The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) December 21, 1872 George White looking for his mother Minerva Jackson The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) October 12, 1872 Adam Sisson (also known as Adam Webb) looking for his mother Fannie Webb (1st of 3 ads) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 31, 1872 Silla Johnson searching for their mother Deli Johnson The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 17, 1872 William Henry Hodges searching for his mother Elizabeth Hodges and brother Frisby Hodges The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 17, 1872 Margaretta Ann Simpson looking for her father and mother William and Mary Ann Simpson The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 6, 1872 Lewis D. Twine looking for his aunt Causy Saw and her seven children The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 11, 1872 Charity Marshall (formerly Charity Perry) looking for her brothers Joe and Francis The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 11, 1872 Joanna Burris searching for her brother Lewis Burris The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 11, 1872 Mrs. H. C. Jones searching for her sister Diana Woodson The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 27, 1872 Ann Peary looking for her son Alex Long The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 6, 1872 Drucilla Bryant looking for her mother Maria Leece The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 30, 1872 Caroline Rilley (formerly Caroline Cowell) searching for her parents Henry and Disley Colwell, and several siblings The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) October 21, 1871 Emanuel Ball searching for George and Winney Ball The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) October 21, 1871 W. A. Mays searching for Sarah A. ---low (likely Goodlow) on behalf of her daughter Jane The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 23, 1871 Charlotte Watts searching for her husband Daniel A. Watts The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 22, 1871 Julian Powell searching for her son Noah Powell The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 24, 1871 Harriet Cregg looking for her mother Juda Cager and several siblings The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 24, 1871 James Turner searching for Franklin and Sarah Farra The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 27, 1871 of 25
