Keyword Year Type Select Ads Obituaries How to Search Advanced Search Showing 617 results Sort by: Title Refine search Source Select...Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, VA)American Citizen (Canton, MS)Anglo-African (New York, NY)Anglo-African (New York)Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)Atchison Daily Free Press (Atchison, KS)Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)Baton Rouge Tri-weekly Gazette & Comet (Baton Rouge, LA)Brownlow's Knoxville Whig (Knoxville, TN)Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, NC)Charleston Mercury (Charleston, SC)Clarksville Weekly Chronicle (Clarksville, TN)Cleveland Daily Leader (Cleveland, OH)Daily Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, AR)Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)Daily Missouri Republican (St. Louis, MO)Daily Picayune (New Orleans, LA)Evening Post (Wilmington, NC)Evening Star (Washington, DC)Gallipolis Journal (Gallipolis, OH)Gold Hill Daily News (Gold Hills, NV) (reprinted, with editorial commentary, from the Indianapolis Evening News)Harrisburg 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TN)The Vicksburg Daily Herald (Vicksburg, MS)The Weekly Clarion (Jackson, MS)The Weekly Louisianian (New Orleans, LA)Topeka Weekly Times (Topeka, KS)True Southerner (Hampton, VA)Union Springs Herald (Union Springs, AL)Vermont Phoenix (Brattleboro, VT) [Ad copied from the Zion Church Advocate, published in Washington, DC, with commentary by the editor of the Vermont Phoenix]Weekly Standard (Raleigh, NC) Item Type AdObituary Tags ReconstructionAfrican Methodist Episcopal ChurchArmy Hospitalarmy substituteattorneyaunt(s)capturedchanged namechild(ren)Civil WarCivil War battleConfederate CongressConfederate RaidsConfederate States Armycontrabandscustodydeceaseddesertion (spousal)dying wishemancipationemigrationEnoch Ardenescapedescaped from jailestateestate divisionfamily historyfemale enslaverforced migrationformer enslaverfree people of colorfreedgrandparent(s)heir(s)hired outinheritancekidnappingleft with Union Armyliteracylocation knownmanumittedmaritime workmaster diedmigration 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S. ArmyU. S. Colored InfantryU. S. Colored TroopsU. S. Navyuncle(s)Underground Railroadunnamed person searchingveteranwhite fatherwhite newspaperwidow Unknown Person seeking Isaac and James Bea, Annanias Harcum, Atwell Smith, and Alfred Redman The Anglo-African (New York, NY) December 9, 1865 George W. Dennis, Cecelia, and their mother seeking Andrew and Richard Dennis The Anglo-African (New York, NY) August 12, 1865 W. P. R. searching for Emma Avery The New York Herald (New York, NY) January 9, 1869 Jane Bell is searching for her children Polly Bell, Grafton Bell, Jeremiah Bell, Lorenzo Bell, and Fanny Bell Republican Banner (Nashville, TN) May 13, 1871 Leven Husten searching for Eliza Pollard New Orleans Republican (New Orleans, LA) August 22, 1868 Lucy Brown searching for her mother Mrs. Rachel Brown The Sun (Baltimore, MD) April 2, 1867 Kesia Able searching for her daughter, Frenes Taylor [Frances Taylor] (3rd of 3 ads placed) Evening Star (Washington, DC) May 1, 1867 Joanna Hamilton searching for her sons The Evening Post (Wilmington, NC) March 21, 1873 An unnamed person searching for Henry Dales Republican Banner (Nashville, TN) February 18, 1872 Geo. L. Mabson searching for George Smith Evening Post (Wilmington, NC) December 24, 1873 General Butler searching for Rebecca and Patsey St. Louis Evening Post (St. Louis, MO) October 15, 1878 H. Kimberly searching for Joseph Nicholson Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) June 25, 1867 David Walke and Nancy Gibbs reunited after 32 years Public Ledger (Memphis, TN) July 26, 1871 Mary Williams searching for her daughter Harriet Hayes, grandson Mansa, and granddaughter Helen Raleigh Daily News (Raleigh, NC) February 25, 1874 Rachael McCutcheon searching for her daughter Dolly (two ads) Republican Banner (Nashville, TN) August 21, 1868 Britton Richardson seeking their son Isham Richardson The Tri-Weekly Standard (Raleigh, NC) November 26, 1867 Dollie Ingram searching for her mother Margaret Ingram Daily Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, AR) November 11, 1871 Mary Jane Blair searching for her mother Susan Blair Daily Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, AR) October 3, 1871 Harriet Carter searching for Violet Shelvy Memphis Daily Appeal (Memphis, TN) December 26, 1873 Stephen McKinny and Silva McKinny searching for their sons and daughter-in-law The Weekly Clarion (Jackson, MS) September 8, 1870 William Body searching for his brothers Dick, Jim, and Joe The Columbia Herald (Columbia, TN) February 25, 1870 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 James Henry Johnson searching for his mother Betsy and sisters Mary, Ellen, Harriet, and Rose Richmond Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA) April 4, 1872 Mary Rakes searching for her mother and her mother's grandchildren Sammy, George, and Betsy Richmond Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA) July 20, 1871 Reuben Thornton searching for his sister Amy Thornton and brother Ransom Thornton Spirit of Jefferson (Charles Town, WV) April 27, 1869 of 25
![Kesia Able searching for her daughter, Frenes Taylor [Frances Taylor] (3rd of 3 ads placed)](https://www.informationwanted.org/files/fullsize/841f0b1f9bb962e2b35cdd337da976ab.jpg "Kesia Able searching for her daughter, Frenes Taylor [Frances Taylor] (3rd of 3 ads placed)")
