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 Martin Scott seeking information about his unnamed sister Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) September 13, 1877 Mrs. Jane Hall (formerly Jennie Fisher) seeking information about her mother Sallie Fisher and several siblings Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) October 11, 1877 Henry Adams (formerly Henry Houston) searching for his former wife Malinda and their children Lucy, Rena, Josephine and Henry Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) June 20, 1878 B. F. Williams seeking information about their brother Edmond Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) November 1, 1877 D. D. Pugh seeking information about Bonaparte Pugh Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) February 28, 1878 Kansas Campbell (formerly Kansas McQueen) looking for her sister Fanny McQueen Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) January 23, 1879 Mrs. Elmyra Winn looking for her father Walker Haskins Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) June 30, 1894 Nat Shelton looking for his daughter Rosa Shelton Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) December 8, 1894 Nannie Riddick looking for her brother Bolding Riddick Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) December 22, 1894 Richard Crow (also known as John Rice) seeking information about his siblings James, Marie, Harriet, Clara, Lizzie, and Dave Crow (2nd of 2 ads) Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) June 23, 1894 Charles Harris's widow searching for her husband's family Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) November 24, 1894 Unnamed person looking for Eliza Larkman Afro-American (Baltimore, MD) October 13, 1906 Edward C. Hackett looking for his sisters Sarah Jane and Ellen Hackett Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) August 19, 1893 Robert T. Lewis looking for his mother Seely Mullins and several siblings Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) March 18, 1893 William Lane (formerly William Perry) looking for his stepson George Davis The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 3, 1889 Henry Jones (formerly Henry Sarrels) searching for information about his sister May Ann Sarrels The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 6, 1889 Clarrisie searching for her parents Shadrick and Dillie and siblings Tilman, Jackson, Ellis, Patsy, and Sindie The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 21, 1889 Margaret Debro (formerly Harriet Diggs) seeking information about her mother Lucy Diggs The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 19, 1889 Molly Moody seeking information about her brothers Jerry and Reuben Burks The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 23, 1896 Mrs. Polly Elliott (also known as Polly Lann) seeking information about her father James Williams, mother Mary Williams, and sisters Jane and Susan The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 16, 1896 Alex Foeman (formerly Alex Hunter) seeking information about his brother Lazarus Evines (formerly Lazarus Hunter) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 26, 1896 G. J. Jackson looking for their sister Tobitha Jackson The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 12, 1896 Edward Johnson searching for his parents Isaac and Prudence and siblings Drucilla, Victoria, Ike, and Charles Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) October 18, 1890 Wm. Oliver Holmes looking for his sister Mary Holmes Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) September 13, 1890 Anna Brown seeking information about her brothers Henry, William and John Brundridge, as well as her sister Lucinda Towls (1st of 2 ads) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 12, 1896 of 29
