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 M. A. Heinz looking for information about Martha A. H. Stewart The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 27, 1871 Mary Ann Johnson looking for her daughters Julia Jane and Sallie Ann and her mother Millie The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 20, 1871 Andrew Gant searching for his siblings Wm. Hall Gant, Daniel Gant, Alexander Gant, and unnamed sisters The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 16, 1871 Lotta Reed looking for her mother Emma and her brother John Kelly The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 6, 1871 Robert Jackson looking for his siblings Alfred, George, and Kitty Jackson The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 22, 1871 Levi and Maria Gant searching for their daughter Maria Gant The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 15, 1871 L. H. Cloyd seeking information about Charles Edwards The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) Nancy Lowry looking for her son Thomas Lowry The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 8, 1871 Henry Teasley searching for his siblings Lindsley Teasley, Betsy Normal, and Milly Ann Norman The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 18, 1871 Richard Whiting looking for his son Richard Whiting, Jr., and his sisters Diana, Nancy, Lucinda, Ellender, and Susan Whiting The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 11, 1871 Mary Jane Mash searching for her mother Mary Mash The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 25, 1871 Lauretta Moore searching for her sons Curtis and Green Moore The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 11, 1871 Anthony Fleming looking for information about his sister Rosanna The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 28, 1871 Isabella Lonzo looking for her daughter Harriet The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 21, 1871 Emily Holms seeking information about her daughter Lauriah Smith The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 21, 1871 Lucy Lee searching for her daughter Julia Crawley and son Henry Crawley The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) December 10, 1870 Harriet Deshields looking for information about her son Molton Rogers Deshields The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 26, 1870 Jas. Bell looking for his mother Isabella, sister Sallie, aunt Parthenia, and grandmother Minna The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 19, 1870 Sallie Glenn searching for her parents Chas. and Sarah Glenn and her siblings Ludie, Scott, and Peter The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 19, 1870 Agnes Taylor seeking information about her son Watson The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 19, 1870 Elizabeth Julian (formerly Betty Lee) seeking information about her sister Dora Lee The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 12, 1870 Nancy Stevens looking for her daughter Sarah Ann The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) October 2, 1870 Nathan Parker seeking information about his siblings Richard, Levi, Elisha, Falbia, Maria Ann, and Ann Maria The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) October 2, 1870 Nancy Bryant looking for information about her daughter Eliza Dicky The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) October 10, 1870 Lucy Anderson searching for her sons Emanuel, Doctor, Peter, and Douglas Anderson and daughter Rachel Rummell The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) October 2, 1870 of 25
