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. 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Colored Troopsuncle(s)veteranwhite newspaperwidow Emeline Jones looking for her son John Jones The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 16, 1875 Lydia Ann Spinner looking for her mother Phoebe Ann The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 12, 1875 Margret Jones searching for her brother Bill Jones The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 20, 1874 Rachel Narrid (formerly Rachel Janes) looking for her father Eli Janes The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 4, 1874 Melvin Bell seeking his sister Lettie Lucinda The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 18, 1897 Patsy Nance seeking information about Randel and Mary Ann Nance The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 13, 1898 Diana Johnson searching for her parents Jack and Hannah Hellard and several members of her family The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 17, 1898 Mrs. Mary Heading (formerly Mary Booey) searching for her siblings Lancet and Simon Johnson and several extended family The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 9, 1874 Mary Jane Bell (formerly Suckey Blacklidge) searching for her daughters Mary Eliza Strebeck and Emily Blacklidge The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 16, 1873 Drucilla Bryant looking for her mother Maria Leece The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 30, 1872 Samuel T. Fisher looking for information about Alfred Myers The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 17, 1871 Isabella Lonzo looking for her daughter Harriet The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 21, 1871 Elizabeth Julian (formerly Betty Lee) seeking information about her sister Dora Lee The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 12, 1870 Hester Jane McPherson seeking her brothers Alex and Willis McPherson and sister Rosetta McPherson The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 14, 1870 Ella Lawson seeking her father and mother Joshua and Susan Bundy Lawson The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 9, 1870 Somerset Cannon searching for her sisters Margery and Mahala Cannon and brother Stephen Cannon The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 25, 1869 Emma Monroe and Millie Johnson looking for their mother Minnie Mayes The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 28, 1869 Edie Wicher searching for her daughter Maria Francis Wicher and also Amy Wicher The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 28, 1869 Edward Smith seeking information about his mother Sarah Hunter, his brother Charles, and his wife Sarah Wamton The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 24, 1869 Alexander Gaines looking for his mother Betsy Gaines and siblings Mary, Fanny, and William Gaines The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 13, 1869 Elias Lewis searching for his daughter Spencer Ann Ringo (2nd of 2 ads placed) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) December 26, 1868 Ephraim Allen searching for his mother Lucy Smith, brother Peter, aunt Sarah Smith and several cousins The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 21, 1868 Mary A. Glaneford searching for her relatives Henrietta, Eliza, and Louisa Woods The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 26, 1868 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 Rickley and Bro. Bankers searching for Miss Drusa (Drusilla) Nupper The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 9, 1867 of 13
