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 Isabella Joseph searching for her parents Seneca and Rhoda Paterson and several siblings Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) February 2, 1882 Easter Jones searching for her mother-in-law Kitty Russ and brothers-in-law Christopher Russ and Edmond Gooden Russ Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) February 2, 1882 Henry Williams (formerly Simon) searching for his mother Mary, aunt Hannah, and grandmother Celia Southwestern Christian Recorder (New Orleans, LA) February 2, 1882 Caroline Williams searching for her sister Francis Austin Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) February 2, 1882 Manda Norman searching for her parents Daniel and Lewisa Haden and several siblings Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) January 26, 1882 J. W. Davis (formerly Major) searching for his mother Lilly Mitchell and several siblings Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) January 26, 1882 Simon Bills searching for his sister Vina Bray Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) January 26, 1882 Mrs. Ann Read (formerly Clarissa) searching for her mother Perline, sister Sephrony, and brother Anderson or any family (1st of 2 ads placed) Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) January 19, 1882 A. D. Coleman searching for his brother Anderson Turner and daughter Lucy Turner Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) January 19, 1882 Catherine Taylor searching for her mother Hattie, father Alexander, and several siblings Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) January 12, 1882 Matt Murray searching for his father Abraham Murray and his mother Celia Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) January 5, 1882 Hollie West searching for their father George R. West The Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN) December 26, 1908 Patsey Walker (formerly Patsey Burks) searching for her daughters Julian and Jane Burks Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) January 5, 1882 Disley Cannon seeking her sister Phillis Pickett Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) May 6, 1880 Joseph Grosse seeking information about his mother, Matilda Davis's (formerly Matilda Johnson) kin Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) May 5, 1881 Martha Pasco (formerly Martha Veile) seeking information about her mother Silvire Veile Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) June 17, 1880 Rev. John Jackson seeking information about his sister Gensay Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) June 10, 1880 William Williams looking for several siblings including sisters Betty and Hannah Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) June 2, 1881 Silas Thomas searching for his children and Annie Thomas searching for her parents and siblings Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) July 28, 1881 Willy Woods seeking information about his sister Lizzie Vanhuss and several members of his family Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) July 22, 1880 E. M. Manson searching for Easter Key Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) July 7, 1881 G. W. Drake searching for their uncle Louis Drake Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) July 1, 1880 Charity Griffin searching for her brother Aleck and mother Olive Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) January 22, 1880 Minnie Harrison searching for her unnamed daughter Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) January 15, 1880 Chaney (Land) Anderson seeking information about their brother George Jenkins Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) February 24, 1881 of 29
