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