Keyword Year Type Select Ads Obituaries How to Search Advanced Search Showing 1424 results Sort by: Title Refine search Source Select...Afro-American (Baltimore, MD)Afro-American Advocate (Coffeyville, KS)Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, VA)American Citizen (Canton, MS)Americus Weekly Recorder (Americus, GA)Anglo-African (New York, NY)Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)Arkansas Weekly Mansion (Little Rock, AR)Asheville Daily Citizen (Asheville, NC)Atchison Weekly Champion (Atchison, KS)Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)Baptist Herald (Paducah, KY)Baptist Times (Garnett, KS)Buffalo Evening News (Buffalo, NY)Daily Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, AR)Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)Daily Republican (Wilmington, DE)Daily Selma Messenger (Selma, AL)Daily State Gazette (Green Bay, WI)Dziennik ChicagoskiElyria Independent Democrat (Elyria, OH)Freedmen’s Record (Boston, MA)Globe (New York, NY)Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA)Huntsville Gazette (Huntsville, 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Southerner (Hampton, VA)Union Springs Herald (Union Springs, AL)Western Appeal (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN; Chicago, IL) Item Type Ad Tags parent(s)African Methodist Episcopal Churchantebellum adattorneyaunt(s)capturedchanged namechild(ren)Civil WarCivil War battleConfederate CongressConfederate States Armycontrabandsconvictedcustodydebtdeceaseddesertion (spousal)dowrydying wishemancipationemigrationescapedestateestate divisionExodustersfamily historyfemale enslaverforced migrationformer enslaverfraternal groupsfree people of colorfreedFreedmen's Bureaufreedom suitsgrandparent(s)heir(s)hired outIndian TerritoryinheritancekidnappingKnights of Pythiasleft with Union Armyliteracylocation knownlynchingmanumittedmaritime workMasonsmaster diedmigration (north)migration (post-emancipation)migration (west)ministerministers please readmissing person(s)multiple adsmutual searchNative Americansnewspaper replyniecenorthern slaveryorphan/orphanagepassingpension (Civil War)person with a 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S. ArmyU. S. Colored CavalryU. S. Colored InfantryU. S. Colored TroopsU. S. Navyuncle(s)Underground Railroadunnamed person searchingveteranwhite fatherwhite newspaperwidow Mrs. Potter searching for her father Jos. C. Chase The Elevator (San Francisco, CA) May 4, 1869 Fanny Jones searching for her mother Ella McIntire and her siblings Anglo-African (New York, NY) May 27, 1865 Mahalia Johnson is searching for her mother Betsey Ann Taylor The Dallas Express (Dallas, TX) January 13, 1900 Wm. Patton searching for his mother Nellie Holmes and brothers Tom and Littleton The Weekly Floridian (Tallahassee, FL) June 5, 1883 Mrs. Amy Frenchy (formerly Amy Morris and Amy Baxter) found her mother Feraby The Black Hills Daily Times (Deadwood, Dakota Territory) May 4, 1884 Ellen Johnson reunited with her mother after 50 years The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) September 12, 1885 James Carter searching for his mother Caroline Norris The Sun (Baltimore, MD) May 16, 1874 Mary Stowers found her son Willis Green after 28-year separation The Owensboro Monitor (Owensboro, KY) May 6, 1874 Miss Carrie Lewis searching for her mother Annie Lewis and brothers Eddie and Orange Lewis Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) September 24, 1910 Horace Richards seeking his mother Senior Richards, father Warner Richards, brothers Louis and Arthur, and sister Martha Ann Richards The Cleveland Gazette (Cleveland, OH) December 15, 1883 Mrs. Kate Smith (formerly Kate Washington) seeking her mother Ann Washington The Cleveland Gazette (Cleveland, OH) July 26, 1884 Milton Anderson searching for his sisters Polly and Rachel and his father Richard Anderson Huntsville Gazette (Huntsville, AL) April 15, 1893 J. William Bailey seeking his mother Nancy Bailey, brothers Edward, James, and Rufus Bailey, and uncles John and Henry Ash The Cleveland Gazette (Cleveland, OH) February 2, 1884 Elizabeth Butler searching for her mother Anna Brown/Anna Blackwell and three sisters The Daily Picayune (New Orleans, LA) May 30, 1840 Mrs. Thomas L. Johnson seeking her father Joseph Thompson, grandmother Rachel Marlin, sisters Cecelia and Priscilla, and brother Henson Thompson The Anglo-African (New York, NY) August 12, 1865 Hyson Duncan searching for his mother, brothers, and sisters Baptist Times (Garnett, KS) March 1892 Lucy Smith is searching for her father William Smith Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) July 30, 1898 Mrs. Ann Hampton searching for her mother Nellie Beecham The Twice-a-Week Independent (Coffeyville, KS) March 20, 1896 Lucy Brown searching for her mother Mrs. Rachel Brown The Sun (Baltimore, MD) April 2, 1867 Alvin Steele searching for his mother Sarah Steele and his sister Harriet Steele The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL) September 6, 1895 Milton Anderson searching for his family The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL) February 28, 1896 Mrs. Alice Young searching for her mother Mrs. Candace Quinn and sisters Mrs. Ella Barby and Mrs. Missouri Walker The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL) July 16, 1897 Fanny Strong searching for her parents Joe and Sallie and her siblings Sucky, Dollie, Rachel, Joseph, and Green or her former enslaver's family Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA) May 13, 1907 Miss Mattie Gooseby searching for her mother Mollie Gravely Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) March 16, 1901 The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children of New York searching for James Davis's mother Annie Van Netten and his siblings Fannie and Stephen. 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