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 Patsey Spotsey searching for her daughter Millie Spotsey Evening Star (Washington, DC) December 4, 1871 Carolina Thomas searching for her son Aron Thomas Evening Star (Washington, DC) August 9, 1866 Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson searching for her husband Sypio Johnson Evening Star (Washington, DC) June 25, 1866 John Woodford searching for his nephew Frank Whipps Evening Star (Washington, DC) October 24, 1873 Ewd. Dozier searching for Nancy Dolly Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) October 21, 1872 Robert Johnson searching for his son George Henry Johnson St. Louis Palladium (St. Louis, MO) October 24, 1903 Frederick Frazier searching for his children Cornelia Ann Frazier and Richard Frazier Evening Star (Washington, DC) January 9, 1873 Emma Green searching for her son John Anderson Evening Star (Washington, DC) June 18, 1873 Daniel Rouse searching for his son General Rouse (two ads) Newbern Journal of Commerce (New Bern, NC) July 25, 1869 Mary Millard searching for her daughter Margaret Ritter Millard Evening Star (Washington, DC) June 16, 1865 Richard Brown searching for Capt. S. F. Craig The Sun (Baltimore, MD) September 12, 1865 Mary Boston searching for Leah Merrill The Sun (Baltimore, MD) June 25, 1867 Parents seeking information about their son Perry Alexandria Wayman The Sun (Baltimore, MD) June 25, 1867 Eliza Hammond looking for her daughter Eliza Jane Hammond who wandered off Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) July 30, 1868 Rachel Carter searching for her husband Joseph Carter The Sun (Baltimore, MD) January 24, 1867 Caroline and Cue Willis seeking their children Charles Henry Willis and Josephine Willis The Anglo-African (New York, NY) December 9, 1865 John E. Onley seeking his brothers Charles and Henry Onley The Anglo-African (New York, NY) August 12, 1865 John D. Brooks and Barbara seeking their brother Wesley Brooks The Anglo-African (New York, NY) August 12, 1865 Harriet Carrington searching for her son Patrick Finch The Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA) April 19, 1871 Susan Summers seeking her husband John Summers The Anglo-African (New York, NY) August 12, 1865 Matilda Wetherall searching for Robert and Alice Tolliver The Anglo-African (New York, NY) December 23, 1865 Burton Isom seeking his siblings James Isom, Ormand Isom, and Emily Murray The Anglo-African (New York, NY) December 23, 1865 Mrs. A. Haney and Mrs. M. E. Lynn seeking Henry, Edward, and Jinney Haney The Anglo-African (New York, NY) August 12, 1865 Samuel J. Howard seeking Joseph Clinton (formerly Joseph Post) The Anglo-African (New York, NY) August 12, 1865 Mrs. Thomas L. Johnson seeking her father Joseph Thompson, grandmother Rachel Marlin, sisters Cecelia and Priscilla, and brother Henson Thompson The Anglo-African (New York, NY) August 12, 1865 of 25
