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 Ephraim Allen searching for his mother Lucy Smith, brother Peter, aunt Sarah Smith and several cousins The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 21, 1868 Nat Keelin seeking information about his brother James Keelin The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 14, 1868 Mary Turmin searching for her husband Benjamin Harper and several members of her family The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 7, 1868 Harriet Evans searching for her parents Beverly Evans and his wife The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 7, 1868 Joshua Moore searching for Samuel, Ephraim, Rachel, Masey and John Moore The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) October 24, 1868 Catharine Russell looking for her sister Ann Ford The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) October 24, 1868 Henry Tate searching for his father Matthew Jucks, mother Louisa Tate, and brother Henry Tate The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 26, 1868 Mary Hill looking for her children Samuel, Thomas H., and Sarah Price The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 26, 1868 Roman Pleasant seeking information about his brothers Anthony and Isaiah Pleasant The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 26, 1868 Ruth Gray searching for her son Merryman Gray who is also known as Peter Hicks The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 26, 1868 David Goodler searching for his siblings Archey, Felix, Joseph, James, Rachel, Caroline, and Sinty Goodler The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 26, 1868 Mary A. Glaneford searching for her relatives Henrietta, Eliza, and Louisa Woods The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 26, 1868 Peter Boone searching for his mother Sucky Boone and his siblings Jordon, William, Frederick, Matilda and Harriet The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 26, 1868 Mary Ann Riley searching for her son William Riley (formerly Stephen Jones) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 19, 1868 J. W. H. Cathcart seeking information about Robert Whitely The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 9, 1868 Julia Thomas (formerly Julia Graham) searching for her unnamed sons The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 28, 1868 America Ringo looking for her 8-year-old daughter Spencer Ann Ringo and mother Ann Maria Stradford (1st of 2 ads placed for Spencer Ann) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 29, 1868 Martha Paris (formerly Martha Sheperd) searching for her mother Virginia Sheperd and several members of her family The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 29, 1868 Eliza Powell (formerly Eliza Ashley) searching for her sisters Olive and Arnaca Ashley and her aunt Judy Ashley The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 22, 1868 John W. Goodwin searching for Berry, Peter, Andrew, and Henry Goodwin The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 15, 1868 Unidentified person searching for information about Frederick Collins The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 15, 1868 Unidentified person searching for George McCard The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 1, 1868 Marshall Williams looking for Catharine Massey The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 1, 1868 Julia Ann Nicholson searching for sons Carroll and Henry Jefferson Nicholson The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 18, 1868 Godfrey Washington looking for his mother Julia Washington The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 11, 1868 of 25
