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 William Price searching for his sisters Adaline, Rachael and Mary Spear The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 10, 1870 Lewis Cash looking for information about his brother Robert The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 10, 1870 W. T. Hubbard looking for their mother Tabitha Hubbard and several siblings The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 10, 1870 Mary Buchanan seeking information about her daughter Julia Ellen The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 3, 1870 Lucinda Copeland looking for her son James Copeland The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 27, 1870 William Thomas seeking information about his mother Sarah Thomas and siblings Lizzie, Henry, and John Thomas The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 20, 1870 John H. Vaughn searching for his father Patrick Vaughn The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 13, 1870 Elizabeth Lewis (formerly Ruth Maria E. Grey) searching for her brothers William Alexander, John Scott and William Grey The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 13, 1870 Lewis Edwin Kingslow seeking information about his father Lewis Kingslow, his sisters Eveline and Eliza Jane, and unnamed brother The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 23, 1870 Ruth A. Little searching for her siblings Annamariah, Harriet, and John Gordey The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 16, 1870 Meriah Johnson seeks information about her son John Barclay The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 16, 1870 Patsey Edmonston searching for her husband Cager Edmundson and their daughters Martha and Hilda The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 9, 1870 Emeline Hodges seeking information about her father Jerry Hodges The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 2, 1870 Moses Sisseney (formerly Moses Hickson) seeking informations about his mother Dinah Jackson and several siblings The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 2, 1870 Frances Parker seeking information about brothers Thomas and Amiger Moton The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 2, 1870 Mary Holsey looking for her sister Mrs. Martha Holeman The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 18, 1870 William Fletcher looking for Emily Helms or her heirs The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 18, 1870 Hester Jane McPherson seeking her brothers Alex and Willis McPherson and sister Rosetta McPherson The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 14, 1870 Martha Good looking for her sister Mary (2nd of 2 ads placed) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 7, 1870 Martha Ann Good looking for her sister Sarah Williams (1st of 2 ads placed) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 2, 1870 Edward Laggan seeking information about his daughter Sarah Laggan The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 2, 1870 Ella Lawson seeking her father and mother Joshua and Susan Bundy Lawson The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 9, 1870 Louis Motair searching for information about his son John Maybanks The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) October 30, 1869 Mrs. Marina Campbell seeking information about her brother Nelson Bishop and sister Delily Brown The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) October 9, 1869 Somerset Cannon searching for her sisters Margery and Mahala Cannon and brother Stephen Cannon The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 25, 1869 of 25
