Hi Nicole, if you go to Scotlands People www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ you can do a name search for the surname Baker which will tell you the statisitics on there numbers from 1552 to 1952. If you then register you can do a search for Bakers in Argyll, and elsewhere. Jimmy McPherson >From: Nicole Pickett <krsnick@yahoo.com> >Hello list > >I have been reading some books about scottish >emigration to North Carolina and learned that many of >the emigrants came from Argyll. One book mentions two >men with surname Baker as possibly being from >Scotland. Has anyone on this list ever heard Baker >mentioned as being an Argyll surname? > >Nicole _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with cool emoticons - download MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger