Keyword Year Type Select Ads Obituaries How to Search Advanced Search Showing 189 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)Clarksville Weekly Chronicle (Clarksville, TN)Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)Daily Evening Bulletin (Maysville, KY)Evening Star (Washington, DC)Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA)Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, OH)Indianapolis Sentinel (Indianapolis, IN)Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)Leavenworth Daily Conservative (Leavenworth, KS)Loyal Georgian (Augusta, GA)Memphis Daily Appeal (Memphis, TN)Nashville Union and American (Nashville, TN)National Republican (Washington, DC)New National Era (Washington, DC)New York Age (New York, NY)New York Herald (New York, NY)Ottumwa Courier (Ottumwa, IA)Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA)Republican Banner (Nashville, TN)Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)Southern Republican (Demopolis, AL)Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LASouthwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans)St. Albans Daily Messenger (St. Albans, VT)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 and Minneapolis, MN)The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, GA)The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)The Bourbon News (Paris, Bourbon County, KY)The Chicago Weekly Tribune (Chicago, IL)The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH)The Colored American (Augusta, GA)The Colored Tenessean (Nashville, TN)The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN)The Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)The Daily Dispatch (Wilmington, NC)The Daily Picayune (New Orleans, LA)The Daily Standard (Raleigh, NC)The Elevator (San Francisco, CA)The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)The McDowell Times (Keystone, WV)The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL)The Nashville Daily Union (Nashville, TN)The National Era (Washington, DC)The National Gazette and Literary Register (Philadelphia, PA)The National Tribune (Washington, DC)The New York Age (New York, NY)The New York Herald (New York, NY)The New York World (New York, NY)The Newberry Weekly Herald (Newberry, SC)The Plaindealer (Detroit, MI)The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)The Southern Workman (Hampton, VA)The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)The St. Louis Argus (St. Louis, MO)The Sun (Baltimore, MD)The Sun (New York, NY)The Topeka Plaindealer (Topeka, KS)The Tri-Weekly Standard (Raleigh, NC)The Tulsa Star (Tulsa, OK)Washington Times (Washington, DC) Item Type Ad Tags physical descriptionAfrican Methodist Episcopal Churchantebellum adArmy Hospitalattorneyaunt(s)changed namechild(ren)Civil WarCivil War battleConfederate States Armycontrabandscustodydebtdeceaseddesertion (spousal)desertions (Civil War)emancipationemigrationenslaver looking for former slaveescapedestateestate divisionfamily historyfemale enslaverforced migrationformer enslaverfree people of colorgrandparent(s)heir(s)inheritancekidnappingKnights of Pythiasleft with Union Armyliteracylocation knownmaritime workmigration (north)migration (post-emancipation)migration (west)ministerministers please readmissing person(s)multiple adsNative Americansnephewnewspaper replynorthern slaveryparent(s)passingpension (Civil War)person with a disabilityprobaterailroadrailroad workerReconstructionremarriedresistancereunion successfulrewardrunawaysailorself-emancipationself-injurysibling(s)simultaneous searchskilled tradeslave tradeslave tradersoldsold southsoldierspeculatorspousesteamboatstolensuicideU. S. ArmyU. S. Colored CavalryU. S. Colored TroopsU. S. Navyuncle(s)Underground Railroadveteranwhite fatherwhite newspaperwidow Mary Eliza Ham searching for her mother Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) March 21, 1889 Reply to Mrs. Byard's ad seeking Robert Byard (2 of 2) St. Albans Daily Messenger (St. Albans, VT) December 09, 1898 William H. Scott offers reward for information about his wife, Margaret Gray Scott The New York Age (New York, NY) December 20, 1890 Thomas Smith searching for Samuel Smith The Tulsa Star (Tulsa, OK) October 17, 1914 Rebecca Flood searching for her husband, Jerry Flood The New York Age (New York, NY) May 29, 1913 Wilford H. Smith searching for James E. Smith The New York Age (New York, NY) April 9, 1908 Hattie Hunt searching for her sister, Lucy Hunt The New York Age (New York, NY) March 21, 1912 Andrew Jenkins searching for his wife Rosa Loyal Georgian (Augusta, GA) July 21, 1866 Mrs. Thomas and attorney H. M. Bomar search for Willie Thomas and Frank Washington The St. Louis Argus (St. Louis, MO) November 05, 1920 A. D. Johnson searching for his brother, Robert Johsnon The St. Louis Argus (St. Louis, MO) August 3, 1917 Unnamed woman searching for her brother, Frank Carter The St. Louis Argus (St. Louis, MO) December 13, 1918 Mrs. Austin Murrell searching for her father, Augustus Moore The St. Louis Argus (St. Louis, MO) May 10, 1918 Jordan Williams searching for his lost 13-year-old son, Silas Williams The Southern Workman (Hampton, VA) October 1, 1872 James Davis searching for his son George Davis The McDowell Times (Keystone, WV) August 10, 1917 Eliza Hemphill searching for her son, George Clingman Hemphill The McDowell Times (Keystone, WV) October 22, 1915 Lucy Lee looking for her son, Willie Lee The Plaindealer (Detroit, MI) November 7, 1890 Rev. M. T. Metts searching for his brother Parson Metts The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 4, 1897 Pleasant Beal (formerly Pleasant Slater) searching for Slater family The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) October 5, 1893 John Henry Campbell looking for his mother Elizabeth Campbell Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) October 31, 1891 Robert Atkinson searching for Robert Atkinson Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) April 5, 1891 Mrs. George Carr searching for Jenkins Murphy Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) October 10, 1889 D. J. Price searching for his nephew Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) June 24, 1880 Celestin Willis searching for her brother Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) May 29, 1879 Former enslaver W. C. Templeton searching for James and Rebecca Harris Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) May 23, 1889 Matthew Thompson seeking his mother Jane Thompson and aunts Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) December 22, 1887 of 8
