Keyword Year Type Select Ads Obituaries How to Search Advanced Search Showing 139 results 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) Item Type Ad Tags African Methodist Episcopal Churchaunt(s)changed namechild(ren)Civil WarConfederate States Armydeceaseddesertion (spousal)dowryemancipationemigrationEnoch Ardenenslaver looking for former slaveestateestate divisionfamily historyfemale enslaverforced migrationformer enslaverfraternal groupsfree people of colorfreedheir(s)inheritancekidnappingleft with Union Armyliteracylocation knownmanumittedmaster diedmigration (north)migration (post-emancipation)migration (west)ministermissing person(s)multiple adsparent(s)pension (Civil War)person with a disabilityphysical descriptionprobaterailroadReconstructionremarriedresistancereunion successfulrewardrunawayself-emancipationsibling(s)skilled tradeslave tradeslave tradersold southsoldierspousesteamboatstolenU. S. ArmyU. S. Colored CavalryU. S. Colored InfantryU. S. Colored Troopsuncle(s)veteranwhite newspaper A. W. Lanagan searching for his sister Lizzie Lanagan The Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN) May 23, 1891 Henry Wilson reunited with his sister after 39 years The Jacksonville Daily Journal (Jacksonville, IL) November 4, 1903 Brothers Nathan Branch and Lee Branch reunited after 66 years The Chicago Weekly Tribune (Chicago, IL) July 14, 1899 Mrs. Charlotte M. Cook (formerly Charlotte Price) searching for Thomas Price The Chicago Defender (Chicago, IL) December 25, 1920 W. H. Anderson searching for three Civil War soldiers' service information The Chicago Defender (Chicago, IL) October 30, 1920 Clara Goodman Jones searching for family The Chicago Defender (Chicago, IL) May 29, 1920 Mary Saunders The Chicago Defender (Chicago, IL) January 15, 1916 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 George W. Moveety finds his family The Chicago Weekly Tribune (Chicago, IL) November 17, 1886 Abraham Blackburn finds his mother after writing 236 letters of inquiry The Chicago Weekly Tribune (Chicago, IL) December 8, 1886 Lucindy Millsap searching for her two brothers London and Anderson Bass The State Capital (Springfield, IL) July 18, 1891 Margaret Young reunited with her son Dowen Young Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN) January 1, 1898 William Davis and his sister Mary reunited after forty years separation Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN) August 14, 1897 Richard B. Smith searching for Samuel Kennedy Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN) May 28, 1898 M. Johnson searching for Matilda Parker The Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN) December 11, 1897 Mrs. Francis Chilcoat searching for her siblings Emiline Octavia, Rhoda, John, Henry, and James Leftwich The Appeal (Chicago, IL) September 3, 1892 Ellen Warmack searching for her sister Jennie Norman. The Appeal (Chicago, IL) April 25, 1891 Thomas Kellum searching for his cousin Emma Ashby The Appeal (Chicago, IL) April 25, 1891 J. H. Jenkins searching for his aunt Ann Eliza Gaskins The Appeal (Chicago, IL) August 6, 1892 Mrs. G. A. Page searching for her son Wilson Page The Appeal (Chicago, IL) October 8, 1892 Sarah E. Foreman searching for her two sons, Willie and Arthur Spencer The Appeal (Chicago, IL) June 4, 1892 Mary Miller looking for her brothers William Gardner and Green Cockrell The Appeal (Chicago, IL) August 6, 1892 Mrs. Anna De Baller searching for William and Anderson Flemings The Appeal (Chicago, IL) June 4, 1892 Smith Fields searching for his father William Fields The Appeal (Chicago, IL) January 24, 1891 Mrs. Gracie White (formerly Gracie Ship) searching for her uncle Washington Ship The Appeal (Chicago, IL) June 4, 1892 of 6
