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. 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T. Henry searching the relatives of his mother July Henry (formerly July Farrow) Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) May 3, 1883 Margaret Stringer (formerly Margaret Green) searching for her mother Sarah Digs and multiple members of her family Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) March 29, 1883 Edmond Toland searching for his parents Pinnie and Jack and siblings Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) March 22, 1883 R. D. Dervin (also known as Dick Dervin) searching for his uncle and his grandfather's uncle. Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) March 15, 1883 Ann Chew (formerly Ann Smith) searching for her brothers George Reedus, William, Albert, and John Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) March 15, 1883 Silas Johnson searching for his family including brother Isaac and mother Passion Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) March 8, 1883 Ned Boyd (formerly Ned Sutton) and Lucy Boyd (formerly Lucy Peters) searching for their daughter Martha Peters, children and extended family Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) March 8, 1883 Dave Stewart searching for his relatives and his wife's relatives Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) March 1, 1883 Sallie Evans (formerly Sallie Scott) looking for information about her relatives including father Wm. Watson and brother Davy Crockett The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) September 9, 1886 Henry Brown (formerly John Wesley Gale) searching for his sisters Martha, Ellen, and Melvina Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) September 2, 1886 Henry Black searching for his family including sister Caroline Ware and brother Willis Ware The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) September 2, 1886 George Villars seeking information about his sister Mary Carethers The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) August 19, 1886 Annetta Goodwin searching for her father Thomas Jones and several siblings Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) February 1, 1883 Ellen Tate (formerly Ellen Tranton) seeking information about her mother Sueky Tranton and siblings The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) June 17, 1886 Sarah Burk looking for her father Rasmus Harrington, mother Polly Harrington, and siblings Alice, Eveline, Mary, Harriet, Martha Jane, Richard, Mack, Paul, Radfort, and Mansfield The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) June 3, 1886 Henrietta Jones (formerly Henrietta Fants) searching for her daughter Georgianna Jones (2nd of 2 ads placed) New National Era (Washington, DC) June 19, 1873 Thomas Arthur Everick searching for family including Lewis Everick and his wife Eliza New National Era (Washington, DC) March 14, 1872 of 29
