There are some possible explanations. One is that they were not actually from Scotland at all. Another is that they were, but any records that survive used some spelling variant you have yet to reinvent, possibly even one that doesn't start with the letter 'k'. Or they were originally English, and when they moved to Scotland they attended the Episcopal Church, which is analogous to the Church of England. The surviving records of the Episcopal churches are not on Scotland's People, and they are often pretty hard to find. Anne From: Alexandra Haslip via <lanark@rootsweb.com> To: 'Nivard Ovington' <ovington.one@gmail.com>; lanark@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, 17 April 2016, 21:34 Subject: Re: [Lanark] Twenty most common names in Scotland Thank you Nivard. I have explored ScotlandsPeople using known variants but with no luck. Seems strange there isn't a single one in the 1700 to 1800 period. I have looked several times. Alexandra   ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online:  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message