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Augusta, M.D. searching for relatives of patient named Hester Aikins The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 9, 1866 Abbie Lee searching for her brother Elijah Wilt [Williams?] The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 28, 1875 Abraham and Maliala Chase seeking information about their daughter Jane Chase The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 22, 1877 Abraham Tyler searching for his brother William Carter The Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA) May 8, 1876 Adam Sisson (also known as Adam Webb) looking for his mother Fannie Webb (1st of 3 ads) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 31, 1872 Adam Sisson (also known as Adam Webb) searching for his mother Fanny Webb (3rd of 3 ads placed) The Daily State Journal (Richmond, VA) September 13, 1873 Adam Sisson (also known as Adam Webb) searching for mother Fannie Webb (2nd of 3 ads) The Andrew County Republican (Savannah, MO) November 22, 1872 Adam Willis searching for his sister Marian Willis The Elevator (San Francisco, CA) September 13, 1865 Adeline Bell searching for her sister Mary Ann Washington (formerly Mary Ann Graham) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) October 5, 1867 Agnes Coleman seeking information about her son William Coleman The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 27, 1867 Agnes Taylor seeking information about her son Watson The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 19, 1870 Agnes Watts searching for her son John Warren Watts Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) July 12, 1865 Alex Capron searching for Helen Jefferson The New York Herald (New York, NY) April 4, 1873 Alexander Gaines looking for his mother Betsy Gaines and siblings Mary, Fanny, and William Gaines The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 13, 1869 Alexander Pasco looking for his mother Jennie The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 8, 1874 Alfred and Eliza Lee searching for their sons Oliver Franklin and Charles William Lee The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 19, 1866 Alfred Grason searching for his mother Harriet Grason The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 17, 1866 Alfred Harrison searching for his mother Mrs. Cloe Jarvis The North Carolinian (Elizabeth City, NC) September 30, 1874 Alice Mitchell looking for her father Joshua Clarke and mother Polly Clarke and siblings Joshua and Kate The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 28, 1868 Allen Valentine searching for his son Allen Valentine, and his sister-in-law Ellen Nickers The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 18th, 1867 Amanda Allison (formerly Amanda Shaw) looking for her mother Ann Roscoe The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 11, 1869 Amanda Wood (formerly Amanda Bekley) searching for her sons William and Archibald Bekley The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 16, 1867 America Ringo looking for her 8-year-old daughter Spencer Ann Ringo and mother Ann Maria Stradford (1st of 2 ads placed for Spencer Ann) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 29, 1868 Amy Clemens searching for her brothers Hance, Richard, and Robert Smith The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 8, 1866 of 24