Not only were the original Crooks lowlanders, they paid tribute for protection to the Stewarts. Gordon Crooks ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 1:54 PM Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Looking for Crooks' > > >> Regret to be a contrarian, however my family were certainly not >> Highlanders > > I'd have to agree, the vast majority of my family are Lowland Scots with > no > known Highland associations and yet usually followed the naming pattern. > Mind you, the situation may have been different in the larger towns and > cities, most of my folk were country dwellers. > > Steve > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.33/1132 - Release Date: > 11/15/2007 9:34 AM >