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 Anna Jinkins searching for her children John, Jesse, Susan, Juda, Caroline and Emmeline Jinkins The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 18, 1867 Allen Valentine searching for his son Allen Valentine, and his sister-in-law Ellen Nickers The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 18th, 1867 Eliza Silas searching for her parents Joseph and Julia Ann Silas, and siblings Henrietta, Wolbert, David and George The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 11, 1867 Melinda Smith seeking information about Melissa and Amelia Walker The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 4, 1867 Agnes Coleman seeking information about her son William Coleman The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 27, 1867 Lucy Frion searching for her daughter Mrs. Lizzie Owens The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 20, 1867 Harriet Mayo searching for her sister Mary Christopher The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 20, 1867 Nelson Parrett searching for his wife Elizabeth Parrett The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 20, 1867 Israel Myers seeking his parents George and Mary Myers and several siblings The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 13, 1867 Hannah Gordon looking for her daughter Nancy Gordon The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 13, 1867 Serana Cox searching for her son Newton Cox The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 13, 1867 Mary A. Carr searching for her daughter Venus Barnett The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 13, 1867 Robert Sutten searching for his mother Pleasant Mecalter, and his brother John Sutten The Christian Recorder April 6, 1867 Rachel Ann Martienas searching for her brothers Theodore, Thomas, and Dennis Williams The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 23, 1867 Daniel Hicks seeking information about his father Isaac Hicks and his siblings Carter, Sam, Jack, Harriet, Eliza, and Hattie The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 23, 1867 Geo. Teamoh looking for his children John and Lavinia Teamer (or Teamoh) and wife Sarah The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 23, 1867 Hannah Holland searching for her parents Harriet and Sam Holland, and her siblings Charlotte, Sam, Hartwell and Isom The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 16, 1867 Amanda Wood (formerly Amanda Bekley) searching for her sons William and Archibald Bekley The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 16, 1867 Carrie Turl searching for her parents John and Jane Turl and her siblings Reuben, Oscar, Elvira and Milley The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 16, 1867 Enols and Mary Dickerson searching for their children Harris, Mary Ann, Joseph Henry and Charles Garrison, and Enols Dickerson The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 9, 1867 Ellen Gatrel seeking information of her brother William Frazer. The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 9, 1867 Kitty Greene searching for her children Washington, James and Lucy Greene The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 9, 1867 Ann Hilburn searching for her sisters Louisa Wiggins and Lucy Ritter The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 16, 1867 Martha Haden looking for her mother Eadeia Cox and brother Bose Cummins The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 2, 1867 Robert Buckner looking for his children Mary, George, and Robert R. Buckner (1st of 2 ads placed) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 2, 1867 of 25
