This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Will Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/XeC.2ACI/25.1 Message Board Post: Hi Carolyn I note your message on ancestry.com is somewhat dated,but I thought I would write ayway. My ancestor Gilbert Dempster married a Janet Bertram of Garvald around 1750. I live in Scotland and recently visited Garvald which is a sleepy little village in East Lothian near Haddington. You are in luck. Alady called Irene Anderson has written a small book on "Garvald, The Lairds, Tenants and Tradesmen". The Bertrams were school masters.There is a chapter on the "Bertram Inheritance" You can write to Irene at "Beehive House, Garvald, East Lothian and I am sure she will send you a copy of her book. It cost about £1-50. If you have any record of the marriage of Gilbert to Janet I would be pleased to receive it. They had three children: Patrick, Alexander and Isable. Regards Ian Dempster

Hi Ian I read the message about Garvald my family were the Gordon's= Benjamine and William they were shoe makers do you think they will be in the book about Garvald? Thank you Heather