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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Dibol searching for Mariah's children New Orleans Republican (New Orleans, LA) June 9, 1868 Robert Hubbard searching for his parents Camilla and Robert and his siblings New National Era (Washington, DC) July 6, 1871 Unnamed woman searching for her sister Caroline Campbell New National Era (Washington, DC) July 6, 1871 Unnamed father searching for his daughter Rachael The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL) August 25, 1865 Mary Joyce searching for John Joyce The Sun (Baltimore, MD) September 22, 1865 Mary Hughes seeking the whereabouts of her sister Susan Adlet White The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) January 5, 1895 C. M. Manning writing to the editor South Carolina Leader (Charleston, SC) March 24, 1866 Jno. Coppage seeking information about his brother Mitchell Gray Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) March 3, 1884 Mr. Goosland [Rev. Matthew Goosland], sold in 1847, finds his sister New National Era (Washington, DC) April 11, 1872 Charles D. Weaver searching for his father Charles Henry Weaver Spirit of Jefferson (Charles Town, WV) August 19, 1873 Abraham Tyler searching for his brother William Carter The Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA) May 8, 1876 Robt. Ellis searching for his father Zack and mother Rosetta Ellis Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) June 12, 1884 Permelia Statefield searching for her son Turner Staterfield Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) June 11, 1885 P. W. Jones searching for his friend Wash Jones (formerly Wash Perkins) and his children Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) May 8, 1884 G. W. Beaman searching for his uncle Coleman Easell The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) May 1, 1884 Unnamed person searching for Albert Young, alias Albert Cotton New York Herald (New York, NY) May 3, 1869 Unnamed person searching for their siblings Adam, Evearn, Dinah, Lucy, Torney, May, and Lenie Wingard Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) September 20, 1883 Susan Howard searching for her son William Howard The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN) March 24, 1866 Sydney Elliot and Eliza Cannon are searching for Sidney and Harrison The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN) March 24, 1866 Eliza Moore searching for her daughter Sarah Moore and son Wm. Moony The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN) March 24, 1866 of 25
![Mr. Goosland [Rev. Matthew Goosland], sold in 1847, finds his sister](https://www.informationwanted.org/files/fullsize/0aafee16b7ff0c91c9ef045ae4e65e38.jpg "Mr. Goosland [Rev. Matthew Goosland], sold in 1847, finds his sister")
