Keyword Year Type Select Ads Obituaries How to Search Advanced Search Showing 239 results Sort by: Title Refine search Source Select...Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)Herald of Kansas (Topeka, KS)Kansas City Sun (Kansas City, MO)Maryville Republican (Maryville, TN)Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA)San Francisco Elevator (San Francisco, CA)Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)The Anglo-African (New York, NY)The Appeal (Chicago, IL)The Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN)The Elevator (San Francisco, CA)The Freedman (Boston, MA)The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, OH)The Langston City HeraldThe McCook Tribune (McCook, NE)The New York Age (New York, NY)The New York World (New York, NY)The Oklahoma Safeguard (Guthrie, OK)The Pacific Appeal (San Francisco, CA)The Pacific Appeal (San Fransisco, CA)The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)The Seattle Republican (Seattle, WA)The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)The St. Louis Argus (St. Louis, MO)The Star of Zion (Charlotte, NC)The Tulsa Star (Tulsa, OK) Item Type Ad Tags migration (west)African Methodist Episcopal Churcharmy substituteattorneyaunt(s)capturedchanged namechild(ren)Civil WarCivil War battleConfederate States Armycontrabandsdeceaseddoctors (African American)dowryemancipationemigrationescapedestateestate divisionExodustersfamily historyfemale enslaverforced migrationformer enslaverfree people of colorfreedgrandparent(s)heir(s)inheritancekidnappingleft with Union Armyliteracylocation knownmanumittedmaster diedmigration (north)migration (post-emancipation)ministerministers please readmissing person(s)multiple adsnephewnieceparent(s)passingperson with a disabilityphysical descriptionprisoner of warReconstructionremarriedresistancereunion successfulrewardrunawaysailorself-emancipationself-purchaseSherman's Armysibling(s)skilled tradeslave tradeslave tradersold southsoldierspousesteamboatstolenU. S. ArmyU. S. Colored InfantryU. S. Colored Troopsuncle(s)Underground Railroadunnamed person searchingveteranwhite newspaperwidow Jane Stokes searching for her mother Mrs. Harriet Cooley and her children The Elevator (San Francisco, CA) June 25, 1869 Unidentified mother searching for her son James Marriot The Elevator (San Francisco, CA) June 14, 1870 Unidentified man searching for his father Alfred Turner The Elevator (San Francisco, CA) July 8, 1870 Margaret Stone searching for her son Benjamin The Elevator (San Francisco, CA) December 4, 1868 James Brodis searching for his siblings Edward and Harriet Brodis The Elevator (San Francisco, CA) November 6, 1868 Catherine Jackson searching for her children Mary Ann Ringo, America and Henry Thompson, Susannah and Eleanor Darby, and Harrison Kane The Elevator (San Francisco, CA) July 5, 1867 George W. Dennis, Cecelia, and their mother seeking Andrew and Richard Dennis The Anglo-African (New York, NY) August 12, 1865 Mrs. Charlotte Powell looking for her father Sam Mosely, mother Elizabeth, three brothers Harvey, Amos, and Isaac, and two sisters Rebecca and Lucretia San Francisco Elevator (San Francisco, CA) June 3, 1870 Mrs. L. C. Carter searching for her son Fred F. Carter Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN) May 23, 1891 A. W. Lanagan searching for his sister Lizzie Lanagan The Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN) May 23, 1891 B. T. Davis searching for their aunt Flora Hillard Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 14, 1889 Brothers Joshua Collins and Solomon Collins meet in Cincinnati after decades-long separation The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, OH) October 17, 1867 George Harris and Mary J. Brooks reunite and remarry after 45 years San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA) July 23, 1904 Tom Carnahan, the only black police officer in Lincoln, NE, finds his brother after two decades The McCook Tribune (McCook, NE) November 4, 1886 Mrs. Clara Bashop searching for her daughter Patience (3rd of 4 ads placed) The New York World (New York, NY) October 2, 1892 Jesse Miller seeking their father Judarn Miller The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) June 15, 1895 H. Lamb searching for mother Lucinda Yarndle and siblings The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) September 22, 1894 Mrs. Annie Bell seeking her son John Scott The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) September 19, 1896 Elsie Watson looking for her son Edward D. C. Bryant The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) June 10, 1893 Ann Waddell (formerly Ann Bell) seeking her mother Lydia Bell and sisters Rosetta and Helen Bell The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) June 11, 1892 George Wootson searching for mother, Mahalie Wootson, and sisters, Margarat and Marinda The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) January 23, 1892 Margaret Miller searching for Thomas Jackson The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) November 28, 1891 John P. Jackson searching for Lydia Jackson and brother Plato Jackson The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) May 23, 1891 Adaline Turner (formerly Allen) searching for her sister, Sarah Allen, or Jiles Absolom The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) April 25, 1891 Allen Jenkins searching for Harriet Hicks The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) September 27, 1890 of 10
