You haven't mentioned where or when. There was a very prominent Parke(s) family in Wilkes Co NC in the 1800s that i see mentioned a lot on the regional lists.....don't know if that helps or not. malinda "E. Tasker" wrote: > I received some interesting history on my Parks family lately. It informed > me that the earliest known Parks (my line) were Huguenots who lived in > France, where the name was spelled Parc. Later they fled to the British > Isles in order to avoid persecution by Roman Catholics. The earliest known > individual named Parks was John, who, tradition says, was brought as a young > child to America by his father. > > I am hoping that there is someone who is familiar with this. Any Parks > maybe? > > Sincerely, > Elaine > > ==== HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE Mailing List ==== > Be a participating subscriber! Post your surname interests often. > Once a month is about right, or more often if you have new details. > Address your post to HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Ancestry.com now has more than 200,000 subscribers! To celebrate, > access to ALL of Ancestry.com will be free from July 18 to July 31! > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/freepromo.asp?sourcecode=A11AM