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MR. EDITOR --- I wish to inquire for my aunt; her name was, when she left us in Plaquemine, La., in the time of the war, Carrie Serreen. She went to New Orleans with Mr. Derelard and his wife to wait on them, in the summer of 1864, and she staid [stayed] in New Orleans. The last time we heard from her she sent a letter of inquiry to all the churches, and this letter stated that she was living at the Starfield Plantation, near White Castle, in St. James parish. She had three brothers and three sisters; the eldest brother is Robert Blanchard and Edmond Blanchard; her father was named Cartell Blanchard; the oldest sister Harriet Carr, and Jennet wat [was] the next oldest; the youngest brother and sister is Willis Sterr and Rhody Sereen. Harriet Carr's oldest son is Rev. Bedford Carr and Henry Carr, the youngest was a baby when she left us. My father was Bedford Carr, he and Jennet Balley are dead. My owner was Samuel Warden, a bricklayer by trade, and he owned Cartell Blanchard also. We heard that Lucinda's husband died in 1876 and left her with 6 children. Please pastor of St. James district read this to your Sunday-school and church, and please inquire in the Baptist churches if such a person can be found. Carrie Sirreen was her name when she left us, but we don't know her name since she married. If she or any of her children can be found, please address me, Rev: Bedford Carr, at Belzora postoffice, La.