This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cowan, Hammett, Akers Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DMQ.2ACIB/1139.1.1 Message Board Post: I'm afraid we have lost track of all family members. My maternal Cowan grandmother, Afton, deserted my mother when she was three back in 1939. We're not sure what ever happened to her. This is one reason I want to find out more about the family. Please let me know if you have any information. Thanks!