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 Caroline Ramsey seeking information of her son Wesley Ramsey (1 of 2 ads) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 13, 1891 Jackson Thomas looking for his brother Scott Zackery (also known as Washington Zackery) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 16, 1891 Lucinda Tillman (formerly Lucinda Roberts) seeking her parents Dido and Charley Harris and several siblings The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 3, 1881 Clara Carriger looking for her daughter Minerva Cavanaugh The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 8, 1890 Allen Hodge seeking information about his father Dave Smith The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 20, 1893 John Brittingham searching for his mother Mary Brittingham The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) December 24, 1891 Robert A. Jeter searching for his sister Nancy Jeter The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 27, 1893 Amanda Banks searching for her sister Mary Eitson. The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) December 10, 1891 Rachel Farrer seeking information about her mother Maria Farrer and siblings Turner, Fannie, Almira, and Charity The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 13, 1891 John Whitsett seeking information about his sister Mae Etta and three half-brothers James, William, and Frank Garvin The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 21, 1890 Emma Washington seeking information of her mother Lucinda Johnson The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 15, 1893 Mrs. Jane Horton looking for information about her mother Louisa Banks and brother Benjamin The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 23, 1893 C. B. Baldwin has information about Laura Young The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 29, 1893 Mrs. M. Davis seeking information about her sisters Laura Patrick and Mason Louisa Patrick The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 19, 1893 J. W. Williams seeking information of his grandparents Joshua and Mahala Williams or any of their descendants The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) December 21, 1893 Hannah Frances Jackson looking for her father Jackson Jefferson and mother Franky Jefferson The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 19, 1891 Jefferson Philips looking for parents Grace and G. G. Philips The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 19, 1893 Rev. Samuel R. Ringgold searching for his father Felix Ringgold The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 16, 1893 Edward Robinson looking for his sister Eliza Dandridge The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 14, 1891 Mrs. Geo. P. Downey looking for her sisters Dollie and Faithy Scott The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) October 5, 1893 W. D. F. Pyle searching for his mother Christian Ann Belgrove and several siblings (1st of 2 ads) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 18, 1893 Phillis Whitmire looking for several siblings including her sisters Lucinda Wright and Nicy Albirdy and brother Eli Wright The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 15, 1894 Mrs. Jane Turner seeking information about father Lathern and siblings Mary Boyd, Mahala Lathern, and an unnamed brother The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 10, 1881 Charlotte Johnson searching for her parents Henry and Pindee Johnson and several siblings The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 24, 1881 Moses Morris (formerly Moses Sapp) looking for father Nelson Morse (also known as Nelson Mayoland) and mother Peggie The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 10, 1881 of 29
