Keyword Year Type Select Ads Obituaries How to Search Advanced Search Showing 189 results Sort by: Title Refine search Source Select...Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, VA)Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)Clarksville Weekly Chronicle (Clarksville, TN)Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)Daily Evening Bulletin (Maysville, KY)Evening Star (Washington, DC)Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA)Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, OH)Indianapolis Sentinel (Indianapolis, IN)Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)Leavenworth Daily Conservative (Leavenworth, KS)Loyal Georgian (Augusta, GA)Memphis Daily Appeal (Memphis, TN)Nashville Union and American (Nashville, TN)National Republican (Washington, DC)New National Era (Washington, DC)New York Age (New York, NY)New York Herald (New York, NY)Ottumwa Courier (Ottumwa, IA)Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA)Republican Banner (Nashville, TN)Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)Southern Republican (Demopolis, AL)Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LASouthwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans)St. Albans Daily Messenger (St. Albans, VT)St. Louis Post Dispatch (St. Louis, MO)The Abbeville Press and Banner (Abbeville, SC)The Appeal (Chicago, IL)The Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, GA)The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)The Bourbon News (Paris, Bourbon County, KY)The Chicago Weekly Tribune (Chicago, IL)The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH)The Colored American (Augusta, GA)The Colored Tenessean (Nashville, TN)The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN)The Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)The Daily Dispatch (Wilmington, NC)The Daily Picayune (New Orleans, LA)The Daily Standard (Raleigh, NC)The Elevator (San Francisco, CA)The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)The McDowell Times (Keystone, WV)The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL)The Nashville Daily Union (Nashville, TN)The National Era (Washington, DC)The National Gazette and Literary Register (Philadelphia, PA)The National Tribune (Washington, DC)The New York Age (New York, NY)The New York Herald (New York, NY)The New York World (New York, NY)The Newberry Weekly Herald (Newberry, SC)The Plaindealer (Detroit, MI)The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)The Southern Workman (Hampton, VA)The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)The St. Louis Argus (St. Louis, MO)The Sun (Baltimore, MD)The Sun (New York, NY)The Topeka Plaindealer (Topeka, KS)The Tri-Weekly Standard (Raleigh, NC)The Tulsa Star (Tulsa, OK)Washington Times (Washington, DC) Item Type Ad Tags physical descriptionAfrican Methodist Episcopal Churchantebellum adArmy Hospitalattorneyaunt(s)changed namechild(ren)Civil WarCivil War battleConfederate States Armycontrabandscustodydebtdeceaseddesertion (spousal)desertions (Civil War)emancipationemigrationenslaver looking for former slaveescapedestateestate divisionfamily historyfemale enslaverforced migrationformer enslaverfree people of colorgrandparent(s)heir(s)inheritancekidnappingKnights of Pythiasleft with Union Armyliteracylocation knownmaritime workmigration (north)migration (post-emancipation)migration (west)ministerministers please readmissing person(s)multiple adsNative Americansnephewnewspaper replynorthern slaveryparent(s)passingpension (Civil War)person with a disabilityprobaterailroadrailroad workerReconstructionremarriedresistancereunion successfulrewardrunawaysailorself-emancipationself-injurysibling(s)simultaneous searchskilled tradeslave tradeslave tradersoldsold southsoldierspeculatorspousesteamboatstolensuicideU. S. ArmyU. S. Colored CavalryU. S. Colored TroopsU. S. Navyuncle(s)Underground Railroadveteranwhite fatherwhite newspaperwidow Alex Myers seeking information about his grandmother and her children Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) May 30, 1914 Jno. Coppage seeking information about his brother Mitchell Gray Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) March 3, 1884 Martha Ward searching for her sister Rosetta McQuillin New National Era (Washington, DC) September 29, 1870 William Johnson searching for his stepson William H. Bowman Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) June 8, 1907 Wm. H. Graves searching for his son William C. Graves Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) August 1, 1864 Peter Vinson and Peggy Vinson searching for their daughter Emma The Tri-Weekly Standard (Raleigh, NC) May 31, 1866 Mrs. Virginia Waugh searching for Washington Magruder Evening Star (Washington, DC) January 5, 1882 Ellen Dixon searching for her son John Dixon National Republican (Washington, DC) October 26, 1887 T. M. Purnell searching for "Big Will" Howard The Bourbon News (Paris, Bourbon County, KY) November 15, 1898 Worden Scott searching for his father Memphis Daily Appeal (Memphis, TN) July 11, 1878 Priscilla Stark (formerly Priscilla Baylor) searching for her kidnapped son. Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, VA) August 10, 1864 Mary Allen searching for Samuel Harding Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) June 12, 1884 Emma Griffis searching for her son Malekiah Parr The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) June 25, 1885 David Kelly searching for his brother The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) September 3, 1885 Caroline Holloway searching for her sister Francis The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) June 12, 1884 Betty Davis searching for her mother Prescella and brother Henry The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) April 2, 1885 Allison Washington searching for his relatives left in Missouri Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) November 22, 1883 Unnamed person searching for Albert Young, alias Albert Cotton New York Herald (New York, NY) May 3, 1869 Susan Howard searching for her son William Howard The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN) March 24, 1866 Joseph Hamilton seeking his wife Eliza Hamilton Evening Star (Washington, DC) May 13, 1865 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 Dave Coleman searching for his son Tom Coleman and brother Tyler Greenwade The Appeal (Chicago, IL) April 25, 1891 James Hill searching for his parents Archer Hill and Julia Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA) October 17, 1870 Patty Varner searching for her son Vincent Varner Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, VA) June 4, 1868 of 8
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