DEAR EDITOR-- I am seeking the whereabouts of the relatives of my mother-in-law, whom she left in North Alabama, near Old Huntsville. She says they called it Old North Alabama. This was about the year 1832. Since she left them they belonged to Dr. Ford. Her father's name was Patrick Ford and her mother's was Clara. She and her mother and sister Martha were sold to a Mr. Dick Prior. He took them to Marengo county, Ala., and sold them to Mr. Edwin A. Glover. She says she was quite a small girl, but after they were sold her father married Sallie Steel, and they had five boys whose names are unknown to her, but she has learned that the boys have been making inquiry for her. Since the emancipation she and her sister Martha and the boys are the only relatives living there, as her mother is with us and Clara. Ford is dead. The boys are the children of Sallie Steel. My grandmother's name was Katie Catherine, and grandfather's was Frank Cooper. My father, Patrick Ford had one brother and sister, whose names were Stephen and Mason. Mother had three brothers and three sisters. The brothers were Allen, Jessie and Washington, and the sisters Maria, Hester and Hannah. Maria went to Nashville, Tenn. My five half-brothers have been inquiring for me and my sister since the emancipation, but Mr. E. A. Glover had brought us to Texas, where we now live. I don't know whether my father is living or not. Mr. Glover heard that he was dead, but I would like to hear from my five brothers; my mother is dead. Dear friends, help me to find my brothers, for the Lord's sake, and if found tell them to address me at San Felipe, Texas, in care of Leroy Samuels. ELIZA TINNER.