Am an Anderson descendant also ...one area of research has them coming from the Edinburgh area and others from Berwick-upon-Tweed.  The immigrant arrived here in the States in the 1600's and his name was William...I have 5 Williams in my direct line.  Don't give up on the Cooks...I think I found out the Anderson name was number 9th place!!!!!They first settled in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland. Scottie 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 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ANGUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Scottie My ANDERSON and SMITH lines are from Lesmahagow to early 1700's at least Dundee is not exactly next door to Glasgow where Jean COOK marries Alexander SMITH so what brought Jean to Glasgow is anyone's guess I don't think I will give up on my COOKs just yet, I am a bit more resilient than that <g> Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) Am an Anderson descendant also ...one area of research has them coming from the Edinburgh area and others from Berwick-upon-Tweed. The immigrant arrived here in the States in the 1600's and his name was William...I have 5 Williams in my direct line. Don't give up on the Cooks...I think I found out the Anderson name was number 9th place!!!!!They first settled in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland. Scottie