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 B. J. Dandridge searching for Miss Adeline Young (formerly Adeline Moore) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 23, 1896 Mrs. Amy West searching for her sister Doll Irving The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) December 10, 1892 Frank Quinn seeking information about his brother Scott Henderson The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 28, 1895 E. D. Hicks searching for mother Harriet Hicks, sisters Mariah and Rhoda, and brothers Solomon and Alonzo The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 26, 1895 George Williams looking for his mother Lucy, sisters Agnes and Lucinda, and brothers William, Aaron, James, and Peter Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) February 3, 1900 Issac Bray seeking his father Carter Bray The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) January 13, 1900 Rachel Rogers seeking brothers Nick and Nussau Sanders and sister Sookie Toles Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) July 7, 1900 Bettie Woodson searching for her father Hudson Harris (also known as Hudson Hargrove), her mother Henriette, and several siblings Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) February 17, 1900 John E. Smith looking for his mother Catherine Smith, brothers James and Alfred, sister Mary, and uncle James Dudley The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) December 9, 1899 Mrs. Lillie B. Gibson searching for her father George Phillips The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) November 12, 1899 Emma Williams searching for her sister Rachel Dodge Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) September 3, 1898 Lula Montgomery looking for her mother Millie, her two sister's Mary and Judie, and her father whose name she does not remember The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) August 20, 1898 Robert Johnson seeking information about unnamed friends Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) March 21, 1896 Lucy Mead seeking information about her mother Patsy Reed and sisters Becky and Caroline The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) October 19, 1895 Julia Ann Page searching for her mother Mora Jackson (formerly Mora Page) The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) August 31, 1895 Eugene T. Broaddus seeking information about brother John Broadus (Broaddus) Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) July 20, 1895 William Branch seeking information of John Branch Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) First Ad: June 22, 1895 Second Ad: April 6, 1895 Bettie Johnson seeking information about her father Edwin Childs The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) October 19, 1895 John R. Hatter seeking information of his mother Susan Collins The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) April 20, 1895 William Tunstel seeking his brother McLeroy The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) February 16, 1895 Emma Morris looking for information about her aunt Esther Chambers The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) January 26, 1895 W. Anthony Cole, Jr. seeking the whereabouts of George Smith The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) January 19, 1895 Minerva Williams seeking information about her brother Alexander Sprattley The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) January 5, 1895 Thomas Scott looking for his mother Maria Taylor The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 29, 1895 Caroline Ramsey looking for her son Wesley Ramsey The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 29, 1895 of 29
