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 Martha searching for her children Montgomery Daily Advertiser (Montgomery, AL) May 24, 1872 Riley Driver searching for his son Jeff Prior and sister Rosana Driver Topeka Weekly Times (Topeka, KS) July 3, 1873 Madison Harris searching for Susan Cozzins, Henry Cozzins, and Lizzie Watson Richmond Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA) February 23, 1876 R.B. Poore searching for his brother-in-law J.W. Hill Richmond Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA) June 12, 1876 Alfred Harrison searching for his mother Mrs. Cloe Jarvis The North Carolinian (Elizabeth City, NC) September 30, 1874 John Caesar Barber searching for his mother Mrs. John Jackson Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN) May 23, 1891 Mrs. J. W. Willis searching for her brother William and her twin sister Malinda Rogers Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN) May 23, 1891 James Lawrence searching for his wife Margaret Lawrence Brownlow's Knoxville Whig (Knoxville, TN) August 21, 1867 Unidentified parents reunited with their daughter after 20 years Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) July 29, 1875 Katie Hubbard searching for her father Ben Berket (formerly Berket Doncler) The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL) February 23, 1900 Sarah Reed searching for her son David Reed The Cincinnati Daily Star (Cincinnati, OH) November 9, 1875 William Watson searching for his wife Nancy Watson and their children George and Jane Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY) March 21, 1866 Unidentified person searching for their son William Minor The Vicksburg Daily Herald (Vicksburg, MS) May 8, 1867 Cupid Blue and Kitty Blue searching for their daughter Millie Blue Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) October 26, 1869 T. & W. searching for an unnamed woman formerly enslaved by Mrs. Worthington Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) December 18, 1867 Lucretia Palmer searching for witnesses to her pre-Civil War marriage The Richmond Climax (Richmond, KY) May 14, 1890 Stephen Brown searching for his son Samuel Brown Atchison Daily Free Press (Atchison, KS) April 6, 1866 Unnamed person searching for Columbus Coursey The Selma Times and Messenger (Selma, AL) February 25, 1868 John Wesley searching for his brothers Tom, Daniel, and Manual Nowlan The Southern Argus (Selma, AL) December 13, 1872 Charity Dilashaw searching for information about her son Donob Dixon Evening Star (Washington, DC) July 13, 1874 Thomas Doss searching for his parents Isaac and Nancy Doss The Daily Picayune (New Orleans, LA) July 12, 1870 Charles Stewart searching for two of his sisters Fannie Stewart and Harriet Stewart Southern Republican (Demopolis, AL) December 21, 1870 Stephen and Judy Calhoun searching for family including Judy's siblings Sarah, Indiana, Silia, Harriett, Estha, Ransom, Mark, Matthews, Squire, and Welcom Union Springs Herald (Union Springs, AL) January 7, 1874 Charles Stewart searching for his sister Sarah Stewart Southern Republican (Demopolis, AL) July 27, 1870 Samuel Toogood searching for family The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) December 29, 1873 of 25
