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Here are some of the comments from the original site's guestbook:

Chris Harbison, Australia
21/1/2001
Nice effort-though I'm really not so happy about Eckford being derived from "Oak ford".
George Black's "Surnames of Scotland" mentions a Alexander de Hecford witnessing a charter in 1206 re the Abbey of Kelso. Could it be that the name was introduced with the ruling Norman/Flemish overlords. This name form occurs elsewhere-in Shropshire/Salop-now defunct, Essex and Bedfordshire.

Kerrie Pallister, Australia
13/8/2001
I am originally an Eckford, and i am very interested in learning about anything to do with our history.

David Thomson, Canada
2/12/2001
Thank you for putting this website together. My Eckford ancestors were Thomas Robson (son of William Robson and Agnes Hewie) and Jane Clark (son of James Clark and Margaret Balmer), who emigrated to Canada in 1831 with 5 of their 7 children. I plan to vists Eckford on my next trp to Scotland, and your site is a very good introduction to the area.

Suzy Eckford, England
31/10/2002
A very interesting website, it would be good if more information could be obtained about ancestors of eckford as we believe that ours had a sawmill in eckford and were landowners there. We seem to keep hearing about other surname families living there, but what about the Eckford's who lived there?

Russell Young, Scotland
10/4/2003
I was amused by the story of the blacksmith and his fate.my great great grandfather was a blacksmith in eckford (1881 cencus thomas young and sons john and thomas all worked at eckford smithy).our family originally came from nisbet in the parish of crailing (seven generations of blacksmiths).

Lorraine M James, New Zealand
4/6/2003
Wonderful site and have really enjoyed reading a more personal history of Eckford. I descend from James Patterson and Susan Tait of Eckford who lived at Blinkbonny farm and he worked as a hind at the Caverton Mill. Many thanks to the website manager for all the help she has given and offered

Fiona Sinclair, England
27/12/2007
Really nice website. Informative and interesting, thanks. I have Eckford ancestors. Mine were the Rutherford's that lived at Eckford Cottage.

Billy Wood, Scotland
23/2/2008
Very good website. I lived at Mosstower from 1959-1970 and at Eckfordhall from 1970-1978. My father worked at Mosstower from 1958-1987 under Andrew Stark then Will Fleming and then under the present farmer Brian Fleming. Keep up the good work.

Ralph Richardson, Australia
25/6/2008
My 6 x Great grandfather William Richardson was born in Eckford in 1670. Your site gives a good idication of what the area would have been like in these days.Keep up the good work, Great site for Borders History Buffs and genealogists

Gerry Eckford, Canada
20/1/2009
Thank you for your efforts to provide a history of value and interest.I look forward to updates and an eventual visit to the place of the origin of my surname.