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 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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 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S. ArmyU. S. Colored InfantryU. S. Colored TroopsU. S. Navyuncle(s)Underground Railroadunnamed person searchingveteranwhite fatherwhite newspaperwidow Joe Hawless looking for his two sisters Minder and Sarah Hawless The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 9, 1899 Jack Hughs looking for parents Jacob and Mary Hughs The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 9, 1899 Cue and Caroline Willis searching for their sons Charles Henry Willis and Joseph Willis The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 11, 1865 Rev. Cyrus Boey searching for his brothers Nelson and Wesley Smothers and six sisters The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) October 28, 1865 John Copeland searching for his seven sisters and two brothers The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) October 28, 1865 Richard Henry Croxen searching for his brother Madison Woods The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) October 21, 1865 Hamilton E. Waters searching for Matilda Waters, his brother Simon Cater (or Simon Waters) and several friends The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) October 28, 1865 Richard Parker searching his wife Sophia Parker and children The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) October 7, 1865 Benj. Coates searching for his mother Eliza McDowell The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 16, 1865 Joseph Stewart searching for his parents Daniel and Aggie Stewart and his brother Charles The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 26, 1865 Cheaney Neal searching for her husband Garret Neal The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 19, 1865 Eliza Ellen Crummer searching for her siblings London Beckwith, Maria Jane Robinson, Samson Robinson, and Jerry Robinson The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 12, 1865 Amanda Jane Bass (formerly Amanda Jane Wilson) searching for her mother Emily Wilson and siblings The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 5, 1865 Rachel Davis searching for her daughter Abbie Davis The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 5, 1865 Sergeant Olmsted Massy searching for Mrs. Nancy Massy The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 5, 1865 Fannie Robinson searching for her husband Cayrel Robinson The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 1, 1865 Hannah Cole (formerly Hannah Person) searching for her son John Person The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 2, 1865 Elizabeth Ann Jackson searching for Kitty Williams, Sally Wallace, Wm. Beekly and John Beekly The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 3, 1865 Rev. Thomas Henry looking for his son Asberry (or Rousbey) Henry The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 3, 1865 Thomas Allen searching for Mrs. Eby Allen, Moses, or Alex Allen The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 29, 1865 John Harrison Bean seeking Rose Redmon and her daughters Eliza Ann and Henrietta The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 1, 1867 Jenny Carter (formerly Jenny White) looking for children Cisly, Oscur, Emily Francis, and Lucy Ann White The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 27, 1867 Susan Simons looking for Susan Prior The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 6, 1867 Joanna Whyders looking for her mother Cordney Whyders The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 30, 1867 James Scott looking for information about his father Thomas Scott The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 30, 1867 of 25
