Thanks for that Gavin It still surprises me re COOK Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) > Nivard Ovington wrote: > >>... >>It surprised me how few COOKs there were in Aberdeen, before looking I was >>thinking it may be as common as SMITH and ANDERSON (having both in the >>line >>I know how difficult it can be to trace those) >> >> > > From the MI Index for NE Scotland (about 130,000 entries) the commonest > surnames are SMITH, MILNE and ANDERSON. COOK appears in 145th place, > between Morison and Gall. > > > Gavin Bell