Keyword Year Type Select Ads Obituaries How to Search Advanced Search Showing 128 results Sort by: Title Refine search Source Select...Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)Atchison Weekly Champion (Atchison, KS)Buffalo Evening News (Buffalo, NY)New National Era (Washington, DC)Provincial Freeman and Weekly Advertiser (Windsor/Toronto/Chatham, Canada West)Richmond Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)St. Louis Palladium (St. Louis, MO)The Black Hills Daily Times (Deadwood, Dakota Territory)The Buffalo Enquirer (Buffalo, NY)The Chicago Weekly Tribune (Chicago, IL)The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)The Weekly Clarion (Jackson, MS) Item Type Ad Tags estate divisionAfrican Methodist Episcopal Churchantebellum adaunt(s)changed namechild(ren)Civil WarConfederate States Armycontrabandsdowrydying wishemancipationescapedestatefamily historyfemale enslaverforced migrationformer enslaverfree people of colorfreedgrandparent(s)heir(s)inheritanceleft with Union Armyliteracylocation knownmanumittedmaritime workmaster diedmigration (north)migration (post-emancipation)migration (west)ministerministers please readmultiple adsnorthern slaveryparent(s)passingperson with a disabilityphysical descriptionprobaterailroadrailroad workerReconstructionremarriedresistancereunion successfulrunawayself-emancipationsibling(s)skilled tradeslave tradeslave tradersold southsoldierspeculatorspousestolenU. S. Armyuncle(s)Underground Railroadveteranwhite newspaperwidow Wm. Oliver Holmes looking for his sister Mary Holmes Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) September 13, 1890 Rev. J. K. McKenzie Harrison searching for information about his uncle Caesar Emanuel and brother Richard Spencer (1st of 2 ads) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) October 15, 1896 William Taylor looking for his siblings Thomas, James, Julia, Mary Jane, Eliza, and Lucy Ann McKithon The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 25, 1895 Caleb Moore looking for his brothers Johnson Hansberry and Peter Henderson and cousins Andrew Jackson and Aaron Thomas The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 22, 1894 Henry Flood searching for his parents Wm. and Charlotte Flood, and his siblings Alexander, Maria, Louisa, Ann, and Rose The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 17, 1887 Lizzie Ragsdale looking for information about her sisters Louisa and Harriet Walton The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 15, 1886 Adam Johnson searching for his mother; his son Elder; his brothers Aaron, Daniel and Charles; and his wife's sisters Judie, Susie, Cinda, and Dicie The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 13, 1884 Fanny White (formerly Fanny Nowland) looking for her parents Ben and Silvey Nowland and sister Paise Nowland The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) October 19, 1882 Louisa J. Jackson Staunton looking for information about Cecelia McBride and her children The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 3, 1882 Charles Milton looking for his mother Leah Turner and father William Turner The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 26, 1891 Andrew Catchem looking for his mother Nancy Ubell The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 16, 1891 Louis Loucus searching for his father Thomas Loucus, brother Simon Thomas Loucus, and Nancy Cephens The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 12, 1882 Hannah Frances Jackson looking for her father Jackson Jefferson and mother Franky Jefferson The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 19, 1891 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 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 S. M. Hightower searching for their uncle Howard Hightower and several relatives The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 2, 1880 Melvin Bell seeking his sister Lettie Lucinda The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 18, 1897 Rev. J. McKenzie Harrison seeking information of his uncle Caesar Emmanuel and his brother Richard Spencer (2nd of 2 ads) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 28, 1897 Rev. William Chapman looking for information about his brother John Chapman and sisters Sarah and Francis Chapman The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 22, 1897 Somerset Cannon searching for her sisters Margery and Mahala Cannon and brother Stephen Cannon The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 25, 1869 Lewis Blackwell searching for his son Charles Blackwell The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 8, 1869 Elias Lewis searching for his daughter Spencer Ann Ringo (2nd of 2 ads placed) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) December 26, 1868 Mary Hill looking for her children Samuel, Thomas H., and Sarah Price The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 26, 1868 Gibson Turner looking for his sisters Nancy and Hannah and brother Clemen The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 25, 1868 John Granston and Albert Thurston Robinson searching for their parents, with the help of Susan Trueblood The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 2, 1867 of 6
