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. 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Cox searching for his brother Wilson Cox The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 10, 1884 Mary Harris searching for her sister Susan Smith and an unnamed brother The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 24, 1884 Martha Jane Oldom seeking information about her mother Nancy Wilhite The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) October 25, 1883 Alice Ann Dungill (formerly Alice Ann Moore) looking for her aunt Rebecca Cornel or uncle Aaron Moore The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 30, 1883 Charlotte Clarke searching for her mother Phoebe Clarke; her aunts Rose, Mary, and Diana; and her siblings Jane, Susie and Andrew The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 14, 1883 Henrietta Hudgens (formerly Henrietta Jones) looking for her son George Washington Jones The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 12, 1883 Charles Crowner's Widow searching for her brother-in-law William Crowner The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 12, 1883 Nathan Bentley (or Bently) seeking his brother Daniel Bently The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 22, 1883 Mrs. Maria Newton looking for information about her sister Caroline Tompkins The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) December 28, 1882 George A. Lee searching for his grandparents Caroline and Robert Burley and several aunts and uncles The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 9, 1882 Peter Johnson searching for his mother Armensetta Johnson and his sisters Princess, Charlotte, and Janey The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 9, 1882 Stephen White (formerly Stephen Coffin) looking his sister Mary Ball The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) October 19, 1882 George S. Banks looking for his brothers Samuel Timothy Banks and William Warner Bailey The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 10, 1882 Mary Greenwood (formerly Mary Perjew) searching for her mother Charlotte Houseman, brothers Sam and Elijah, and son The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 3, 1882 Jeff Buford (formerly Jeff Nowlen) looking for his mother Hannah Nowlen, father Sharp Nowlen, and several siblings The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 3, 1882 Mealia Williams searching for information about her parents Elizabeth and David Foster and several siblings The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 23, 1882 Andrew Jackson Cook looking for his father Robert Cook The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 23, 1882 of 29
