Keyword Year How to Search Advanced Search Showing 139 ads Collection: Illinois Sort by: Title Refine search Source Select...Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)Dziennik ChicagoskiFreeport Journal-Standard (Freeport, IL)Freeport Journal-Standard (Freeport, IL)Newburgh Journal (reprinted from)Rock Island Argus (Rock Island, IL)The Appeal (Chicago, IL)The Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)The Broad Ax (Chicago, IL)The Chicago Defender (Chicago, IL)The Chicago Weekly Tribune (Chicago, IL)The Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago, IL)The Daily Journal (Freeport, IL)The Davis Budget (Davis, IL)The Illinois Record (Springfield, IL)The Jacksonville Daily Journal (Jacksonville, IL)The Moline Review-Dispatch (Moline, IL)The State Capital (Springfield, IL)The Western Appeal/The Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)Western Appeal (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN; Chicago, IL) Tags African Methodist Episcopal Churchaunt(s)changed namechild(ren)Civil WarConfederate States Armydeceaseddesertion (spousal)dowryemancipationemigrationEnoch Ardenenslaver looking for former slaveestateestate divisionfamily historyfemale enslaverforced migrationformer enslaverfoundfraternal groupsfree people of colorfreedheir(s)inheritancekidnappingleft with Union Armyliteracymanumittedmaster diedmigration (north)migration (post-emancipation)migration (west)ministermissing person(s)multiple adparent(s)pension (Civil War)person with a disabilityphysical descriptionprobaterailroadReconstructionremarriedresistancereunionrewardrunawayself-emancipationsibling(s)skilled tradeslave tradeslave tradersoldsold southspousesteamboatstolenU. S. ArmyU. S. Colored CavalryU. S. Colored InfantryU. S. Colored Troopsuncle(s)untranscribedveteranwhite newspaper Ed Butler searching for his brother Alfred and his nephews Alfred and Edward The Appeal (Chicago, IL) August 6, 1892 Edmund Warren searching for his sister Louisa Warren The Appeal (Chicago, IL) February 28, 1891 Eliza Bailes searching for her mother Betsey Burr The Appeal (Chicago, IL) October 8, 1892 Eliza Givens searching for her mother, Ann Wood, brothers and sisters, John, Lewis, Noble, Martha, and Lucinda Wood, and half-brothers Armstead and Thomas Williams The Appeal (Chicago, IL) August 6, 1892 Ellen Warmack searching for her sister Jennie Norman. The Appeal (Chicago, IL) April 25, 1891 Executors of estate found Robert Busby, "ex-slave," and gave him an inheritance The Broad Ax (Chicago, IL) October 9, 1897 Geo. Gardener searching for his father Jacob Gardener Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN) May 23, 1891 Geo. Gardiner searching for his father Jacob Gardiner The Appeal (Chicago, IL) February 14, 1891 George Byrd searching for his brother Alfred Byrd and sister Jennie Byrd Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN) May 23, 1891 George W. Dority searching for his mother Mary Ann Dority and sister Mary Jane Dority Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN) May 23, 1891 George W. Moveety finds his family The Chicago Weekly Tribune (Chicago, IL) November 17, 1886 H.P. Jones searching for his uncle Jacob Jones The Appeal (Chicago, IL) June 4, 1892 Harry Tony searching for his sister Margaret Robers The Appeal (Chicago, IL) June 4, 1892 Henry Myers is searching for Elijah Marrs Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN) February 14, 1891 Henry Simpson searching for his mother Sophie Jerome The Appeal (Chicago, IL) August 6, 1892 Henry Wilson reunited with his sister after 39 years The Jacksonville Daily Journal (Jacksonville, IL) November 4, 1903 Henry Woods searching for his four sisters and brother Green Woods The Appeal (Chicago, IL) September 3, 1892 Ida Biggs (formerly Ida Johnson or "Dutch") searching for her mother Julia Ann Johnson, sisters, and brothers The Appeal (Chicago, IL) September 3, 1892 J. A. Simmons searching for Alex Wood The Appeal (Chicago, IL) September 3, 1892 J. H. Jenkins searching for his aunt Ann Eliza Gaskins The Appeal (Chicago, IL) August 6, 1892 J. W. Hunter searching for Lucy Samples The Appeal (Chicago, IL) June 4, 1892 J.A. McKinney searching for his brother James McKinney and Ben. Culp The Appeal (Chicago, IL) February 7, 1891 J.H. Jenkins searching for his aunt Ann Elizabeth Gaskins The Appeal (Chicago, IL) August 8, 1892 James E. Johnson seeking information about his parents Henry and Susan Johnson and siblings Walker Claybourne, George W. Johnson, and Henriette Johnson The Chicago Defender (Chicago, IL) November 3, 1917 James Smith searching for his mother Eveline Wade, stepfather Mike Wade, and siblings with the surname Heair Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN) May 23, 1891 of 6