I have a feeling we are not from the same branch of the Cooks but our name similarity and your feelings about where your people are from leads me to at least make this contact. We have traced our branch of the Cooks back to probably the Mary and John ship which came over from England in 1630, as I remember it. I am not now where I can check it. They came into Boston, and migrated to Windsor and other Ct and NY sites, finally winding up in Dutchess and Columbia counties, NY. Nowhere in all this do I see either Gurdon or Norman Cook. However, you seem more into the genealogy business than I am and maybe you may find some connection. I am willing to give you more information on my side. By the way, my gedcom is on rootsweb under my name. All my info is there. Alan Cook