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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Scott searching for his sister Mary Jane Page Scott The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 22, 1867 Harriet Mayo searching for her sister Mary Christopher The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 20, 1867 Daniel Hicks seeking information about his father Isaac Hicks and his siblings Carter, Sam, Jack, Harriet, Eliza, and Hattie The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 23, 1867 Amy Clemens searching for her brothers Hance, Richard, and Robert Smith The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 8, 1866 Phoebe Ann Jackson informing her brother of her location The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 11, 1866 James Washington searching for his children James and Stephen Washington and Edlina Roberson The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 14, 1866 Sophia Copelis looking for her daughter Fannie Lane The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 28, 1899 Yanka looking for brother Joe and mother Caroline The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) October 19, 1899 Amos Marsh seeking information of his brother James Marsh The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 9, 1899 James Hayes seeking his father Spring Hayes and mother Charity Hayes The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 8, 1900 Mrs. Louvisa G looking for information about her brother Jack Noble and mother Rachel Noble The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 8, 1900 Monroe Penny seeking information on his brother Robert Penny The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 16, 1899 Hattie Taylor seeking information on her aunt Mary The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 15, 1900 Bettie Dooms seeking information on her uncle Charles Woodson The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 2, 1899 Ersia Jurault seeking information on her uncle Moses Marlow (also known as Moses Howard) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 1, 1899 Mary J. Davis seeking information on her aunt Anna O'Neil The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 26, 1900 Mary Ann Harris seeking information on her mother Jane Fields and siblings The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 26, 1900 J. H. Smith seeking information on his brother and sister, named Jes and Louisa Butler The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 6, 1899 W. A. Bookram searching for his grandchildren Ransom, George, and Andrew The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 5, 1866 Hagar Outlaw seeking information about her children Cherry, Viny, and Mills Outlaw The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 7, 1866 H. P. Riley searching for their brothers Charles, Bob, and Irvin The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) December 2, 1865 of 29
