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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Navyuncle(s)Underground Railroadunnamed person searchingveteranwhite fatherwhite newspaperwidow Elizabeth Chavis seeking information about Henry Brummel The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 1, 1867 Sandy Lynch searching for wife Silvey Lynch The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 17, 1866 Lethier Bird searching for her children Charles Henry Snyder, Charlotte Snyder and Martha Brown The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 3, 1866 An unnamed mother looking for information about her daughter Martha Chew The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 3, 1866 Julia Mandinell Crawford searching for her mother Lucy Mandinell, brother Charles Grandnell, and sisters Ada and Cornelia The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) October 13, 1866 Matilda Jones seeks the whereabouts of husband Richard Jones and sons John and Thomas The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 22, 1866 Nancy Ann Thomas looking for friends of Madison Medley The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 8, 1866. Phoebe Bryant looking for her son William Henry Fisher (formerly William Henry Bryant) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 9, 1866 Emeline Boesman searching for her son John H. Boesman The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 21, 1866 John Bond looking for information about his son Benjamin M. Bond The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 7, 1866 Lucy Bowrell seeking information about her daughters Mary and Matilda Bowrell The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 30, 1866 A. E. Augusta, M.D. searching for relatives of patient named Hester Aikins The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 9, 1866 Daniel Tate searching for his children Daniel, Susan, and Mary Tate The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 3, 1866 Jacob Galloway searching for his children Moses, William, Elizabeth, and Isaac The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 3, 1866 Hannah R. Barrett searching for her two brothers Nero and James Henry Blay The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 30, 1867 Henry and Virginia Thompson searching for their daughter Charlotte Thompson The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 19, 1866 Elizabeth Williams searching for her children Lydia, William, Allen, and Parker The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 17, 1866 of 25
