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 Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA)Knoxville Press and Messenger (Knoxville, TN)Livingston Journal (Livingston, AL)Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY)Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY)Loyal Georgian (Augusta, GA)Maryville Republican (Maryville, TN)Memphis Daily Appeal (Memphis, TN)Memphis Daily Post (Memphis, TN)Memphis Evening Post (Memphis, TN)Montgomery Daily Advertiser (Montgomery, AL)New National Era (Washington, DC)New Orleans Daily Picayune (New Orleans, LA)New Orleans Republican (New Orleans, LA)New York Herald (New York, NY)Newbern Journal of Commerce (New Bern, NC)Norfolk Virginian (Norfolk, VA)Ottumwa Courier (Ottumwa, IA)Public Ledger (Memphis, TN)Public Opinion (Chambersburg, PA)Raleigh Daily News (Raleigh, NC)Republican Banner (Nashville, TN)Richmond Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)San Francisco Elevator (San Francisco, CA)South Carolina Leader (Charleston, SC)Southern Republican (Demopolis, AL)Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)Spirit of Jefferson (Charles Town, WV)St. Louis Evening Post (St. Louis, MO)St. Louis Palladium (St. Louis, MO)Staunton Spectator (Staunton, VA)The Andrew County Republican (Savannah, MO)The Anglo-African (New York, NY)The Anglo-African (New York)The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)The Black Republican (New Orleans, LA)The Bolivar Bulletin (Bolivar, TN)The Christian RecorderThe Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)The Cincinnati Daily Star (Cincinnati, OH)The Colored American (Augusta, GA)The Colored Citizen (Cincinnati, OH)The Colored Tenessean (Nashville, TN)The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN)The Columbia Herald (Columbia, TN)The Commercial Gazette (Wyandotte/Kansas City, KS)The Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)The Daily Dispatch (Wilmington, NC)The Daily Kansas Tribune (Lawrence, KS)The Daily Picayune (New Orleans, LA)The Daily Standard (Raleigh, NC)The Daily State Journal (Richmond, VA)The Eagle (Lovan, AL)The Elevator (San Francisco, CA)The Evansville Journal (Evansville, IN)The Evening Post (Wilmington, NC)The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, OH)The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY)The Loyal Georgian (Augusta, GA)The Loyal Georgian (Augusta, Georgia)The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL)The Nationalist (Mobile, AL)The New York Herald (New York, NY)The Newberry Weekly Herald (Newberry, SC)The Norfolk Post (Norfolk, VA)The North Carolinian (Elizabeth City, NC)The Owensboro Monitor (Owensboro, KY)The Pacific Appeal (San Francisco, CA)The Pennsylvania Freedmen's Bulletin (Philadelphia, PA)The Progress-Index (Petersburg, VA)The Richmond Climax (Richmond, KY)The Richmond Times (Richmond, VA)The Selma Times and Messenger (Selma, AL)The Southern Argus (Selma, AL)The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)The St. Louis Republican (St. Louis, MO)The Star and Enterprise (Newville, PA)The State Journal (Jefferson City, MO)The Sun (Baltimore, MD)The Tri-Weekly Standard (Raleigh, NC)The Union Flag (Jonesborough, 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 (north)migration (post-emancipation)migration (west)ministerministers please readmissing person(s)multiple adsnewspaper replynorthern slaveryObituaryorphan/orphanageparent(s)passingpension (Civil War)person with a disabilityphysical descriptionprobatepropertyrailroad workerremarriedresistancereunion successfulrewardrunawaysailorsearching for former enslaverself-emancipationself-purchaseSherman's Armysibling(s)simultaneous searchskilled tradeslave tradeslave tradersoldsold southsoldierspeculatorspousesteamboatstolenU. S. ArmyU. S. Colored InfantryU. S. Colored TroopsU. S. Navyuncle(s)Underground Railroadunnamed person searchingveteranwhite fatherwhite newspaperwidow Eliza Riley searching for her daughter Rina Jane Hinton The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 27, 1867 Samuel Matthews searching for his mother Sally Matthews The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) December 22, 1866 Willie Schofield searching for his mother Harriet Jones, and his siblings Squire, Joe and Edwina The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) December 15, 1866 Jordon Anderson searching for Robert Cole and Millie Doe The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 17, 1866 George Craig searching for mother Jemima and his brothers Jefferson and Joseph The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 10, 1866 David Crutchville searching for his parents James and Delphy Crutchville and several siblings The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) October 6, 1866 Willis Fant searching for siblings Washington and Mary Fant The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) October 6, 1866 Frank Nelson searching for his brother Daniel Nelson The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 29, 1866 James Collins searching for his brother Henry Collins The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 22, 1866 Duff Green looking for his daughter Elsie The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 22, 1866 Jane Morris (formerly Jane Carter) searching for her brother Joseph Carter The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 15, 1866 Clola Butler searching for her mother Sia and sister Louisa Butler. The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 15, 1866 Amy Clemens searching for her brothers Hance, Richard, and Robert Smith The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 8, 1866 Kansas Lee searching for her children Ann, Selia, Sarah, Elizabeth and Adam Lee. The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 25, 1866 Titus and Ellen Shropshire searching for their children Josephine and Thomas B. Shropshire The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 25, 1866 Andrew Miner searching for his mother Lavinia Miner and several siblings The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 25, 1866 Willis Guilford searching for his wife Mary Guilford and children Elam and Alice The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 25, 1866 Issac Jackson searching for his wife Perlina and children Rocksilania and Harry The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 18, 1866 Phoebe Ann Jackson informing her brother of her location The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 11, 1866 Stephen Deans searching for Dizah Ann Elizabeth Possick and Mary Ann Carney The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 11, 1866 Wm. P. Powell searching for Frederick Williams The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 28, 1866 Rev. Wesley J. Gains searching for Reuben Evans The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 28, 1866 James Washington searching for his children James and Stephen Washington and Edlina Roberson The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 14, 1866 Lewis Wade searching for his wife Lucy and children Benjamin, Harriet, and Charlotte The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 14, 1866 Susan Arnot searching for several of her children including Nelson Alexander and Elizabeth Mitchell The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 14, 1866 of 25
