This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.parker/9042.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: You must read: "Frontier Blood" by Jo Ella Exley published by Texas A&M University Press. This is the Parker Family history for the Texas/Oklahoma Parkers. The History Channel segment "Time Machine" has a documentary titled "Family Tree" available on tape and dvd. The story of the Texas Parkers massacared at Fort Parker in the 1830's is well told.