Keyword Year Type Select Ads Obituaries How to Search Advanced Search Showing 49 results Sort by: Title Refine search Source Select...Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, VA)Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)Evening Star (Washington, DC)Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA)Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY)National Freedman's Savings Bank (Washington, D.C.)Newbern Journal of Commerce (New Bern, NC)Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA)Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Alabama, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870, Letters Received, A – F, 1867, NMAAHC.FB.M809 Page 1: https://nmaahc.si.edu/freedmens-bureau/record/fbs-1662423774659-1662426330240-2?destination=%2Fexplore%2Ffreedmens-bureau%2Fsearch%3Fedan_q%3D%2522my%2Bwife%2522%26page%3D3 Page 2: https://nmaahc.si.edu/freedmens-bureau/record/fbs-1662423774659-1662426330240-3?destination=%2Fexplore%2Ffreedmens-bureau%2Fsearch%3Fedan_q%3D%2522my%2Bwife%2522%26page%3D3Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)Southern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)The Appeal (Chicago, IL)The Birmingham Reporter (Birmingham, AL)The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)The Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)The Enterprise (Omaha, NE)The Florida Peninsular (Tampa, FL)The Herald of the Union (Wilmington, NC)The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY)The McDowell Times (Keystone, WV)The New York Herald (New York, NY)The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)The St. Louis Argus (St. Louis, MO)The Sun (Baltimore, MD)The Tri-Weekly Standard (Raleigh, NC)The Union Flag (Jonesborough, TN)The Wilson Advance (Wilson, NC)Vermont Telegraph (Brandon, VT)Western Appeal (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN; Chicago, IL) Item Type Ad Tags kidnappingAfrican Methodist Episcopal Churchantebellum adattorneyaunt(s)capturedchanged namechild(ren)Civil WarCivil War battleConfederate RaidsConfederate States ArmycontrabandsconvicteddeceaseddowryemancipationEnoch Ardenescapedfamily historyfemale enslaverforced migrationformer enslaverfraternal groupsfree people of colorFreedmen's Bureaugrandparent(s)hired outleft with Union Armylocation knownmanumittedmigration (north)migration (post-emancipation)migration (west)ministerministers please readmissing person(s)multiple adsparent(s)person with a disabilityphysical descriptionReconstructionremarriedresistancereunion successfulrewardrunawayself-emancipationsibling(s)slave tradeslave tradersold southspousesteamboatstolenU. S. Armyuncle(s)veteranwhite fatherwhite newspaper Thomas A. Miller searching for his siblings Southern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) March 21, 1889 Henry and Charlotte Williamson searching for their daughter Susan Bragilton National Freedman's Savings Bank (Washington, D.C.) September 1, 1871 Simon Culver writing to Freedmen's Bureau Wager Swayne trying to get his wife and children released from indenture Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Alabama, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870, Letters Received, A – F, 1867, NMAAHC.FB.M809 Page 1: https://nmaahc.si.edu/freedmens-bureau/record/fbs-1662423774659-1662426330240-2?destination=%2Fexplore%2Ffreedmens-bureau%2Fsearch%3Fedan_q%3D%2522my%2Bwife%2522%26page%3D3 Page 2: https://nmaahc.si.edu/freedmens-bureau/record/fbs-1662423774659-1662426330240-3?destination=%2Fexplore%2Ffreedmens-bureau%2Fsearch%3Fedan_q%3D%2522my%2Bwife%2522%26page%3D3 February 6, 1867 Story on Lizzie Dawkins The McDowell Times (Keystone, WV) March 30, 1917 Story on Woman Living in Slavery in Buffalo, NY The Birmingham Reporter (Birmingham, AL) December 18, 1920 Peyton Hemingway finds wife remarried The Wilson Advance (Wilson, NC) May 2, 1884 Jose Brown (formerly known as Beary Brown) searching for his brother Peter and sister Ann Washington The Enterprise (Omaha, NE) March 20, 1897 J. J. Wright searching for George Young Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) July 8, 1879 Katie Bailey searching for her mother Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) October 27, 1881 Laura Brown seeking her mother Katie Holmes and siblings Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) August 30, 1888 Laura Brown searching for her mother Katie Holmes and siblings Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) August 23, 1888 Hester Spraglin seeking her mother Emily Thompson and father Joseph Thompson Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) July 19, 1888 M. Lockmann seeking their children Lucy and Mastick Lockmann Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) August 18, 1881 America Liggins searching for her father Pat Robinson, her mother Mima, and her siblings Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) August 4, 1881 Elmira Mills searching for her mother Millie Mills and siblings Ailsey Mills, Louisa Mills, and Isham Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) June 30, 1881 Leroy Humbler searching for his son Lee Andrew Humbler Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY) August 8, 1865 Annie Grey searching for her son Charles Brice The Sun (Baltimore, MD) September 17, 1866 Henry Taylor searching for his son Charley Taylor The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY) January 29, 1867 Parents searching for their missing son Washington The Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA) February 14, 1866 Nancy Stewart searching for her daughter Caroline The Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA) March 10, 1866 Carolina Thomas searching for her son Aron Thomas Evening Star (Washington, DC) August 9, 1866 Daniel Rouse searching for his son General Rouse (two ads) Newbern Journal of Commerce (New Bern, NC) July 25, 1869 William Johnson searching for Frances Johnson (formerly Frances Archer) Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA) October 9, 1848 Parents seeking information about their son Perry Alexandria Wayman The Sun (Baltimore, MD) June 25, 1867 Venus Safford searching for her son Hiram Vermont Telegraph (Brandon, VT) May 17, 1843 of 2
