Hi Irene, Thanks for helping me.  First I should say that researching Scottish records/sources of any kind is new to me.  I've heard of ScotlandsPeople site and just registered.  I need to study just how it operates,  but a basic question is,  Do they charge for the full information from records?   How interesting that you found Edward Lambert; indeed this has to be the right family as my Joseph and Catherine's youngest known child was Edward; I had 1828 and you find two Catholic entries for an Edward in 1827.  I did not think they were Catholic, so that does bring in a question mark.   I will check the  nls link for trade directories in Edinburgh.    You will see that I made an addition just a bit ago to my original message, naming the seven known children of Joseph and Catherine.  Jerry   ________________________________ From: Irene Macleod <[email protected]> To: Jerrold Brosious <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, February 15, 2012 3:58:05 AM Subject: Re: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] My Lambert ancestor, Galloway--need help! Hi The IGI gives a date of 1828 for the birth of an Edward Lambert in Scotland to Joseph Lambert and Catherine Bacon - and says this Edward died in Minnesota in 1919. The scotlandspeople site index gives 2 Catholic entries for an Edward to a Joseph and Catherine in 1827 in Edinburgh. If Joseph was born around 1760 it would make him significantly older than his wife and also pushing 70 when he emigrated ...unusual. The nls site has trade directories for Edinburgh online http://www.nls.uk/family-history/directories/post-office/index.cfm?place=Edinburgh Have you found a baptism entry for Andrew or John on scotlandspeople? Irene On 15 February 2012 03:32, Jerrold Brosious <[email protected]> wrote: Well,  here's the message regarding my elusive Lambert ancestor. > >Joseph Lambert was born c. 1760;   I've seen years ranging from 1758-1764.  >According to his 1843 New York State Naturalization papers he declared that he >was " a native of Galloway, Scotland ".     He married Catherine Bacon (born c. >1780) who was born in Ireland, place unknown.  Whether Joseph Lambert and >Catherine Bacon married in Ireland or Scotland, I don't know.   By no later than >June of 1807 they were living in Edinburgh, when my great-great-grandfather >Andrew Lambert was born.   I have only one earlier documented child, and that is >John Lambert born c. 1805; for his brthplace I have seen both Scotland and >Ireland. > >The Lamberts resided in Edinburgh until 1832;  Joseph is said to have been "a >merchant", but what kind, hasn't been specified.  If of any relevance, >some/many of this family were artists, though as far as I know, none >professionally.  They emigrated to America, arriving on or around April 2, 1832 >at the port of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.  Their destination for settlement was >Mooers Forks, Clinton County, New York, only a few miles across the Quebec >border.  Joseph Lambert and Catherine Bacon Lambert died at Mooers Forks, NY, he >in 1851 and she in 1866.   Some of their children migrated to Glencoe,  McLeod >County, Minnesota in the 1860's and 1870's. > >Basically,  Help, please !   If anyone has any resources for information, or >even general ideas of how I might proceed as to identifying a birth, parents, >siblings, etc., anything about the origins of Joseph Lambert,  I'll be deeply >appreciative. > >Jerry Brosious, >Minneapolis, Minnesota,  USA > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message >