Keyword Year Type Select Ads Obituaries How to Search Advanced Search Showing 317 results Sort by: Title Refine search Source Select...Afro-American (Baltimore, MD)Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)Baptist Herald (Paducah, KY)Brownlow's Knoxville Whig (Knoxville, TN)Buffalo Evening News (Buffalo, NY)Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)Freedmen’s Record (Boston, MA)Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA)Loyal Georgian (Augusta, GA)National Freedman's Savings Bank (Washington, D.C.)New Era (Washington, DC)New National Era (Washington, DC)New Orleans Republican (New Orleans, LA)New York Herald (New York, NY)Osawatomie Graphic (Osawatomie, KS)Provincial Freeman and Weekly Advertiser (Windsor/Toronto/Chatham, Canada West)Richmond Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)South Carolina Leader (Charleston, SC)Southwestern Christian AdvocateSouthwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LASouthwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)Southwestern Christian Recorder (New Orleans, LA)The Black Hills Daily Times (Deadwood, Dakota Territory)The Buffalo Review (Buffalo, NY)The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)The Cleveland Gazette (Cleveland, OH)The Colored Citizen (Cincinnati, OH)The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN)The Daily Dispatch (Wilmington, NC)The Freedman (Boston, MA)The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)The Loyal Georgian (Augusta, GA)The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL)The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)The Southern Workman (Hampton, VA)The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA) Item Type Ad Tags female enslaverAfrican Methodist Episcopal Churchantebellum adaunt(s)changed namechild(ren)Civil WarCivil War battleConfederate States Armycontrabandsconvictedcustodydebtdeceaseddowrydying wishemancipationenslaver looking for former slaveescapedestateestate divisionfamily historyforced migrationformer enslaverfree people of colorfreedFreedmen's Bureaugrandparent(s)heir(s)hired outinheritancekidnappingleft with Union Armyliteracylocation knownmanumittedmaritime workmaster diedmigration (north)migration (post-emancipation)migration (west)ministerministers please readmissing person(s)multiple adsparent(s)person with a disabilityphysical descriptionprobateReconstructionremarriedresistancerewardrunawaysearching for former enslaverself-emancipationSherman's Armysibling(s)skilled tradeslave tradeslave tradersold southsoldierspeculatorspousesteamboatstolensuicideU. S. ArmyU. S. Colored CavalryU. S. Colored InfantryU. S. Colored Troopsuncle(s)veteranwhite newspaperwidow Joseph Peco (formerly Alonzo Canady) looking for his brother Stephen Canady and William Walker (2nd of 2 ads) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 25, 1895 Thomas S. P. Miller seeking information about his mother Nancy Young South Carolina Leader (Charleston, SC) May 12, 1866 Eliza Ann Ratlif looking for her sons George, William, and Bearty Lewis The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN) March 24, 1866 Benjamin Branch seeking information about his wife Maria Branch The Colored Citizen (Cincinnati, OH) May 19, 1866 J. M. Ross seeking information about his brothers Thomas and Major Ross The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 23, 1887 Julia Williams looking for brothers Alfred, Pete, and Bill Cawood The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 17, 1887 Henry Flood searching for his parents Wm. and Charlotte Flood, and his siblings Alexander, Maria, Louisa, Ann, and Rose The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 17, 1887 Susan Perry seeking information about her brother George Pinchback The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 20, 1886 Mary Williams (formerly Florida Simms) seeking information about her mother Mrs. Martha Locket The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 18, 1884 Margaret Ownes seeking information about her mother Martha Patter, her father Joseph Larry, and brother Alex Patter The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 29, 1884 Frank Green (formerly Frank Taylor) searching for his brother Rolieu Rege?ter The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 10, 1884 Rev. T. R. Geda searching for Betsey, Lucinda, and Susan Walker on behalf of their mother Clerca Walker The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) October 18, 1883 Rev. P. G. Gowens searching for his aunt Gracy Goodwin The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 14, 1883 Charlotte Clarke searching for her mother Phoebe Clarke; her aunts Rose, Mary, and Diana; and her siblings Jane, Susie and Andrew The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 14, 1883 Nathan Bentley (or Bently) seeking his brother Daniel Bently The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 22, 1883 Mrs. Maria Newton looking for information about her sister Caroline Tompkins The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) December 28, 1882 George S. Banks looking for his brothers Samuel Timothy Banks and William Warner Bailey The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 10, 1882 Andrew Catchem looking for his mother Nancy Ubell The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 16, 1891 Louis Loucus searching for his father Thomas Loucus, brother Simon Thomas Loucus, and Nancy Cephens The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 12, 1882 Martha Willis searching for her mother Etta Vine, and her siblings Eliza and Morris Willis The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 7, 1881 Mrs. Elizabeth Fauntoy searching for Moses Timstol The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 5, 1893 C. B. Baldwin has information about Laura Young The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 29, 1893 Nancy Shuggert searching for her brothers John and Charley and sistern Gracey Casson The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 16, 1891 Alexander Reynolds looking for information about his father Jacob and several members of his family The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 20, 1880 Rosanna Patterson searching for her unnamed mother, as well as Sarah Paterson and Henry and George Holiday The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 16, 1878 of 13
