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 Lazarus Holland looking his parents James and Kenna Holland and several siblings The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 6, 1895 Emily Dennis looking for her son Martin Dennis The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 6, 1895 A. W. Harvey looking for Jacob Edwards (formerly Jacob Koakley) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 23, 1895 William Ransom searching for his brothers Benton and James Ransom The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 2, 1895 Joseph Green looking for his brother James Green The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 25, 1895 Mrs. Eliza Brunson seeking information about her brother Henry Taylor The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 25, 1895 A. Clark seeking information about Mrs. Millie Dukes The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 25, 1895 Mrs. Fanny Robinson searching for her mother Mrs. Louisa Hacket The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 17, 1895 Robert A. Jetor searching for William McKenzie's family The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 17, 1895 Allen Hodge searching for his father Dave Smith The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 22, 1894 Emma Washington seeking information about her mother Lucinda Johnson The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 22, 1894 C. J. Johnson searching for Ann Elizabeth (2nd of 2 ads) The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN) October 7, 1865 C. J. Johnson seeking information Susan Hineway's granddaughter Ann Elizabeth Sykes (1st of 2 ads) The Colored Tenessean (Nashville, TN) October 14, 1865 G. Alex Cooper seeking information about his brother Clayborn Cooper The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 9, 1887 Arie Anna Green (formerly Arie Anna Massey) seeking information about her sisters Elizabeth, Catharine, and Agnes Massey The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 25, 1887 Drennon Logan seeking information about his brothers William West and George Logan The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 28, 1887 Julia Williams looking for brothers Alfred, Pete, and Bill Cawood The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 17, 1887 William Padgett seeking information about his son Harris Padgett The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 17, 1887 Henry Flood searching for his parents Wm. and Charlotte Flood, and his siblings Alexander, Maria, Louisa, Ann, and Rose The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 17, 1887 Ellen Williams looking for her son Daniel Williams and her sister Mary Mahorney The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 3, 1887 Lizzie Ragsdale looking for information about her sisters Louisa and Harriet Walton The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 15, 1886 Martha Kennedy searching for her parents Becky and Billy Hunter and siblings Washington and Sady Hunter The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 15, 1886 Jacob French-Stewart seeking information about his mother Matilda French and several siblings The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 1, 1886 Susan Perry seeking information about her brother George Pinchback The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 20, 1886 Rev. Mrs. Louisa Singleton seeking information about her sister Mary Ann Goskin and brother George Goskin The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 8, 1886 of 29
