Keyword Year Type Select Ads Obituaries How to Search Advanced Search Showing 49 results Sort by: Title Refine search Source Select...Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, VA)Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)Evening Star (Washington, DC)Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA)Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY)National Freedman's Savings Bank (Washington, D.C.)Newbern Journal of Commerce (New Bern, NC)Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA)Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Alabama, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870, Letters Received, A – F, 1867, NMAAHC.FB.M809 Page 1: https://nmaahc.si.edu/freedmens-bureau/record/fbs-1662423774659-1662426330240-2?destination=%2Fexplore%2Ffreedmens-bureau%2Fsearch%3Fedan_q%3D%2522my%2Bwife%2522%26page%3D3 Page 2: https://nmaahc.si.edu/freedmens-bureau/record/fbs-1662423774659-1662426330240-3?destination=%2Fexplore%2Ffreedmens-bureau%2Fsearch%3Fedan_q%3D%2522my%2Bwife%2522%26page%3D3Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)Southern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)The Appeal (Chicago, IL)The Birmingham Reporter (Birmingham, AL)The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)The Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)The Enterprise (Omaha, NE)The Florida Peninsular (Tampa, FL)The Herald of the Union (Wilmington, NC)The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY)The McDowell Times (Keystone, WV)The New York Herald (New York, NY)The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)The St. Louis Argus (St. Louis, MO)The Sun (Baltimore, MD)The Tri-Weekly Standard (Raleigh, NC)The Union Flag (Jonesborough, TN)The Wilson Advance (Wilson, NC)Vermont Telegraph (Brandon, VT)Western Appeal (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN; Chicago, IL) Item Type Ad Tags kidnappingAfrican Methodist Episcopal Churchantebellum adattorneyaunt(s)capturedchanged namechild(ren)Civil WarCivil War battleConfederate RaidsConfederate States ArmycontrabandsconvicteddeceaseddowryemancipationEnoch Ardenescapedfamily historyfemale enslaverforced migrationformer enslaverfraternal groupsfree people of colorFreedmen's Bureaugrandparent(s)hired outleft with Union Armylocation knownmanumittedmigration (north)migration (post-emancipation)migration (west)ministerministers please readmissing person(s)multiple adsparent(s)person with a disabilityphysical descriptionReconstructionremarriedresistancereunion successfulrewardrunawayself-emancipationsibling(s)slave tradeslave tradersold southspousesteamboatstolenU. S. Armyuncle(s)veteranwhite fatherwhite newspaper Rachel Baynan searching for her son George Roberts Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA) August 31, 1849 Benj. Motte searching for unnamed child on behalf of the child's mother The Herald of the Union (Wilmington, NC) March 23, 1865 Britton Richardson seeking their son Isham Richardson The Tri-Weekly Standard (Raleigh, NC) November 26, 1867 Ann Wells searching for her daughter Maria Adeline The Florida Peninsular (Tampa, FL) February 8, 1868 Cupid Blue and Kitty Blue searching for their daughter Millie Blue Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) October 26, 1869 Virginia Rice searching for her mother's relatives Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) April 12, 1919 A. Lemons (formerly Eliza Gardner) searching for her brothers Richard and Samuel Gardner Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) January 29, 1885 Priscilla Stark (formerly Priscilla Baylor) searching for her kidnapped son. Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, VA) August 10, 1864 John Holmes searching for his stepfather Benton, mother Lettie, and brother Dick Holmes The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) February 26, 1884 Margaret Young reunited with her son Dowen Young Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN) January 1, 1898 Miss Harriet Hunt (formerly Mrs. Harriet Mitchell) searching for her son Silas Mitchell The Appeal (Chicago, IL) June 4, 1892 Unnamed father searching for his son Robert Henry Green Evening Star (Washington, DC) October 20, 1863 Unnamed mother searching for her son George Demonet The New York Herald (New York, NY) June 7, 1854 Louisa West searching for son Thomas Russel (1st of two ads placed) The Union Flag (Jonesborough, TN) June 5, 1868 S. C. Young searching for their mother Menty Young Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) March 23, 1882 Mrs. William Gibbs searching for her daughter Ellen Whitley Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) January 26, 1882 Washington and Charity Black searching for their son John Black Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA) May 8, 1867 Miss Allie Grace Walsh searching for her father John Walsh and mother Mrs. Nettie Thompson Western Appeal (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN; Chicago, IL) October 6, 1888 Louisa West seeking her son Thomas Russel (2nd of 2 ads placed) The Union Flag (Jonesborough, TN) July 17, 1868 Mrs. Maria Newton looking for information about her sister Caroline Tompkins The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) December 28, 1882 Rachel Raider (formerly Rachel Hopkins) searching for her daughters Mary Ann and Sarah Francis The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 9, 1882 Henrietta C. Banks seeking her father's relatives The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 22, 1897 Harriet Deshields looking for information about her son Molton Rogers Deshields The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 26, 1870 Titus and Ellen Shropshire searching for their children Josephine and Thomas B. Shropshire The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 25, 1866 of 2
