This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/5538/DMQ.2ACIB/1101.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: hi clare do you have any relatives from the edinburgh area of scotland dating back to early 1800's.i know there are lots of cowans in the borders.have you beeen to kirk cowan?if not i have a photo of the old ruined kirk i can email to you if you would like.my parents moved back to the borders and dad is buried in closeburn[lovely village with lovely people]