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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IN)The Evening Post (Wilmington, NC)The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, OH)The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY)The Loyal Georgian (Augusta, GA)The Loyal Georgian (Augusta, Georgia)The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL)The Nationalist (Mobile, AL)The New York Herald (New York, NY)The Newberry Weekly Herald (Newberry, SC)The Norfolk Post (Norfolk, VA)The North Carolinian (Elizabeth City, NC)The Owensboro Monitor (Owensboro, KY)The Pacific Appeal (San Francisco, CA)The Pennsylvania Freedmen's Bulletin (Philadelphia, PA)The Progress-Index (Petersburg, VA)The Richmond Climax (Richmond, KY)The Richmond Times (Richmond, VA)The Selma Times and Messenger (Selma, AL)The Southern Argus (Selma, AL)The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)The St. Louis Republican (St. Louis, MO)The Star and Enterprise (Newville, PA)The State Journal (Jefferson City, MO)The Sun (Baltimore, MD)The Tri-Weekly Standard (Raleigh, NC)The Union Flag (Jonesborough, 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 James R. Starkey searching for his son Alexander Starkey The Elevator (San Francisco, CA) October 6, 1865 Richard and Sarah Reynolds searching for their son Wm. A. Reynolds The Elevator (San Francisco, CA) September 13, 1865 Adam Willis searching for his sister Marian Willis The Elevator (San Francisco, CA) September 13, 1865 Frederick Douglass reunites with his brother Perry after 40 years separation The Loyal Georgian (Augusta, Georgia) July 28, 1867 J. J. Redmond searching for Sarah Fisher and her son Frank Daily Missouri Republican (St. Louis, MO) August 31, 1867 Maria Pope searching for her husband Andrew Daily Missouri Republican (St. Louis, MO) September 19, 1866 Mrs. Julian Clark (Julia A. Clark) searching for her brothers Reubin and William Gibbins The St. Louis Republican (St. Louis, MO) July 14, 1876 Mrs. Lucy Burk searching for Mary Burk Gold Hill Daily News (Gold Hills, NV) (reprinted, with editorial commentary, from the Indianapolis Evening News) April 24, 1873 Preston Pagitt searching for his wife Ann Pagitt and children John Alexander Calhoun, Casandra Jane McDaniels, and Mary Lydia Frances Livingston Journal (Livingston, AL) May 11, 1867 Peter Mellett searching for his wife Henrietta Charleston Mercury (Charleston, SC) May 23, 1867 Unnamed person searching for Leah Richards The Sun (Baltimore, MD) December 28, 1867 M. Judson searching for Henry Delaunney or Delaney New Orleans Daily Picayune (New Orleans, LA) September 17, 1865 Mrs. Ellen Alexander searching for her sons, Robert C. Davis and Daniel Davis Daily Picayune (New Orleans, LA) May 6, 1871 Polly Sandros searching for her daughter Juda Sandros and sister Susan Tears Anglo-African (New York, NY) May 27, 1865 Paris Carter searching for his siblings Alfred, Osville, and Jane Carter Anglo-African (New York, NY) May 27, 1865 George Van Buren searching for the children of Frank and Sophrona Van Buren The Anglo-African (New York) May 27, 1865 Fanny Jones searching for her mother Ella McIntire and her siblings Anglo-African (New York, NY) May 27, 1865 Frank Waters searching for his son John Waters Anglo-African (New York) May 27, 1865 Leroy Humbler searching for his son Lee Andrew Humbler Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY) August 8, 1865 Wm. Garnet searching for his wife Jane and children Willis, Abraham, and Jeney Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY) July 19, 1865 Robert Balem searching for his wife Jane C. Balem Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY) July 10, 1865 F. K. Steele searching for Adeline and Mary Wheeler The Richmond Times (Richmond, VA) August 10, 1866 Tula Butler searching for her daughter Hannah Butler Norfolk Virginian (Norfolk, VA) December 27, 1865 Charles Scott searching for his wife Mrs. Melinda Scott and daughter Nancy Scott Memphis Evening Post (Memphis, TN) October 5, 1868 Mrs. Ann Rucker searching for her son Mack Paine Knoxville Press and Messenger (Knoxville, TN) August 12, 1874 of 25
