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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Colored Troopsuncle(s)Underground Railroadunnamed person searchingveteranwhite fatherwhite newspaperwidow Mrs. Milla Dawsey (formerly Milla Bond) searching for her son and her brothers The Boston Daily Globe (Boston, MA) April 10, 1898 Henry Anderson searching for mother Peggy, brothers Chas, Horace, and Alex, and sisters Sarah Ann and Malinda The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) December 7, 1895 George Henry Forbes searching for his father George Henry, mother Henrietta Forbes, and siblings James, Margaret, and Area Atchison Weekly Champion (Atchison, KS) September 5, 1885 John Milton Anderson searching for his relatives including his father Dick Anderson (formerly Dick Gillam) The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL) April 20, 1900 Charles Stewart searching for two of his sisters Fannie Stewart and Harriet Stewart Southern Republican (Demopolis, AL) December 21, 1870 Arthur Larkman searching for his sister, Eliza Larkman Afro-American Ledger (Baltimore, MD) November 3, 1906 Mrs. Clara Bashop searching for her daughter Patience (3rd of 4 ads placed) The New York World (New York, NY) October 2, 1892 Mrs. Clara Bashop seeking information about her daughter Patience (2nd of 4 ads) St. Louis Post Dispatch (St. Louis, MO) October 2, 1892 Randle Johnson searching for his relatives and the relatives of his wife Sandy Anderson The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) August 17, 1895 David Turner searching for his brothers John, Charles, James, and Thomas The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) July 27, 1895 Hattie Cornell seeking her brothers George Broadie and Peter Ealum The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) March 16, 1895 Lucinda Pillow (formerly Lucinda Hargrave) searching for her siblings George and Fannie Hargrave The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) January 26, 1895 Mary Hughes seeking the whereabouts of her sister Susan Adlet White The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) January 5, 1895 Sallie Johnson seeking her sisters Lucretia, Eliza, and Polly Sadler The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) August 25, 1894 Sam Russell searching for his mother Goodly and siblings The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) August 8, 1896 Harriett Bennett searching for her mother Susan Basley The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) July 15, 1893 Susan Anderson (formerly Susan Burrus) seeking information about her mother Rachel and her father Martin The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) March 3, 1894 John C. Brock searching for Sally and Henry Carey on behalf of their parents, Burrel and Frances Carey The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) February 3, 1894 Kitty Presnell seeking information about her children Davie, Mariah, and Catherine Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) January 31, 1884 Ann Washington (formerly Ann Stubb) seeking her relatives including her mother Lucy Stubb Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) January 10, 1884 Sarah Hooper (or Hooker) searching for her mother and sisters The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) December 10, 1892 Jiles (or Giles) Burleson and Missouri Burleson searching for their son Crocket Burleson The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) October 15, 1892 George Smith is searching for his relatives including Isiah, Michael, Theodore, and Elvira Smith The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) October 15, 1892 Eliza Dyson searching for her family The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) July 16, 1892 Lucy A. Johnson responding to Eliza Husher (formerly Eliza Clark) The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) July 16, 1892 of 29
