Another part of my line involves BAKER. There is a Baker DNA study in progress. The basic tests are about $100, with an extended study being more. Here is the contact address for the study administrator. Regards, Fred Turner

Amanda Smith b 1866 married William J. Parks about 1880 in Butler Co MO, and about the same time Sarah Smith b 1861 married Robert Parks in the same county. They all gave their birthplace as Il, and Robert and Sarah specified Massac Co IL. Is anyone researching these families, or have any information about them? I would appreciate contacting you. Betty

Hi! I have a book that has a benjamin f parks. Contact me at my email address of llthomas@iwon.com. I will be happy to forward you all my information! Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith Damewood" <jhdame@erols.com> To: <PARKS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 12:12 PM Subject: [PARKS] Parks in Arkansas, Texas, Kansas? > I am searching for information on parents/siblings of Robert Henry > Parks, who, according to his obituary, was born 17 Sep 1871 in Little > Rock, Arkansas. I believe his father was B. (Benjamin?) F. Parks, who > appears at age 43 in Mill Twp, Garland County, Arkansas in 1880 with > wife Verzena J., 24; Antonio, age 10; Robert H., age 8; Evelyn, 8 mos, a > stepdaughter. Robert died in Pocatello, Idaho 26 Jul 1951, and had a > surviving brother, A.T. of Fort Worth, Texas. Robert was known to have > had relatives in Weatherford, Parker County, Texas, and we have located > a cemetery record for A.T. "Tony" Parks, who died 22 Nov 166, in Oakland > Cemetery, Parker County, Texas. V. Jane Parks is buried in the same > cemetery, and must be Verzena J. from the 1880 census. We also located > (online) Benjamin F. Parks in Strouds Creek Cemetery, Hood County, > Texas, with no dates recorded, but with Co. K-12 Kansas Inf. on the > stone. The Civil War database shows Benjamin F. Parks, residence Mound > City, Kansas, enlisting in Co. K, 12th Infantry Regiment Kansas on 30 > Sep 1862 and mustering out 30 Jun 1865. The pension card file shows > Benjamin filing for an invalid pension in 1891 and widow Verzena J. > applying in 1917. Presumably Verzena was Benjamin's second wife. We > will get the pension file at the earliest opportunity, but would love to > hear from anyone who has any knowledge of this family. > Judy Damewood > > > ==== PARKS Mailing List ==== > If you are unsubscribed from the list unintentionally, simply > resubscribe. A full mailbox, computer error or spam may cause you > to be unsubscribed. >

I am searching for information on parents/siblings of Robert Henry Parks, who, according to his obituary, was born 17 Sep 1871 in Little Rock, Arkansas. I believe his father was B. (Benjamin?) F. Parks, who appears at age 43 in Mill Twp, Garland County, Arkansas in 1880 with wife Verzena J., 24; Antonio, age 10; Robert H., age 8; Evelyn, 8 mos, a stepdaughter. Robert died in Pocatello, Idaho 26 Jul 1951, and had a surviving brother, A.T. of Fort Worth, Texas. Robert was known to have had relatives in Weatherford, Parker County, Texas, and we have located a cemetery record for A.T. "Tony" Parks, who died 22 Nov 166, in Oakland Cemetery, Parker County, Texas. V. Jane Parks is buried in the same cemetery, and must be Verzena J. from the 1880 census. We also located (online) Benjamin F. Parks in Strouds Creek Cemetery, Hood County, Texas, with no dates recorded, but with Co. K-12 Kansas Inf. on the stone. The Civil War database shows Benjamin F. Parks, residence Mound City, Kansas, enlisting in Co. K, 12th Infantry Regiment Kansas on 30 Sep 1862 and mustering out 30 Jun 1865. The pension card file shows Benjamin filing for an invalid pension in 1891 and widow Verzena J. applying in 1917. Presumably Verzena was Benjamin's second wife. We will get the pension file at the earliest opportunity, but would love to hear from anyone who has any knowledge of this family. Judy Damewood

Does anyone's data base have anything on John Parks who was b. 18 May 1706 in Essex Co., VA, and d. ca 1792 in Wilkes Co., NC ?? I specifically seek proof of the parentage (or some idea on it) of his mother, Sarah Miller, wife of Thomas Parks, they apparently wed ca 1705 in Albemarle Co., VA. Thomas Parks was b. 1670/1675 in Old Rappahannock, VA. I suspicion that Sarah Miller was connected to Capt. Simon Miller, but I've no proof. Any help in your data? John, son of Thomas, wed Mary Sharpe and d. ca 1792 in Wilkes Co., NC. Their daughter wed Cornelius Sale, and THEIR dtr. Mary wed Theophilus Simonton in Wilkes Co. in 1793; the latter two being my 3XGgrandparents. Thank you. Dave Ross David and Carol Ross 2771 S. Yates Denver, CO 80236-2018 Ph: 303-936-3148 e-mail: newtross@aol.com

HI! It's been awhile so thought I would try again. I am looking for any descendants of MARCUS LAFAYETTE PARKS AND ELIZABETH JANE (ELIZA JANE) TURNER. LAFAYETTE was born in January 1850 in West Virginia. His parents were JAMES SHELTON PARKS & SUSAN FRASHER. ELIZA JANE TURNER was born in Janiary 1852 in either Kentucky or Virginia. I am still looking to find the names of her parents. Their children: GENERAL WAYNE born 1870 West Virginia married FANNIE BIRCHFIELD ALFORD born February 27, 1871 Virginia & died September 14, 1938. He married LAURA TRENT. FAYETTE born August 1872 Breathitt County Kentucky marrried JANE UNKNOWN. SUSAN born 1875 in Virginia married FAYETTE BOHANNON. MARION born March 26, 1877 died January 6, 1975 married MARY LOU DUNN. LAURA born April 1879 West Virginia died 1966 married THOMAS TRENT. ANDREW born March 1884 Breathitt County Kentucky. Had 4 kids. GROVER CLEVELAND born December 26, 1885 Breathitt County Kentucky died September 24, 1969 Wolfe County Kentucky married SARAH SWEENEY. SAMUEL born July 1891 Breathitt County Kentucky. He was married to sisters LILLIE & NANNIE TAULBEE or BLACKBURN Anyone with any info please email me! Thanks! Shelly --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes

Harold, I'm not aware of any of my line (i.e., descendants of David Parks (1742-1814) of Baltimore Co., MD.) being in Indiana, and with those qualities, he's probably not from my line... Regards, Charlie You wrote: > My great uncle was Charles Parks, also. He was a fine > and brillant man with a great personality. He lived in > Bourbon, Indiana.

Charlie, My great uncle was Charles Parks, also. He was a fine and brillant man with a great personality. He lived in Bourbon, Indiana. Harold Chapman > I know that the Wells Family Association is doing this for some 24 lines. > See: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wellsfam/dnaproje/dnaproj1.html > > I think they started as a test case for the BYU Molecular Genealogy > Project, but now are using Relative Genetics: > http://www.relativegenetics.com > > I haven't paid a great deal of attention to this, since my nearest > male Wells ancestor died in 1761, so I was not eligible... > > Charlie Parks > Alexandria, VA > > SmiIinMike@aol.com wrote: > > > > If you can provide more info about the costs and > > perhaps a site to contact i may well pay for such myself....of course posting > > results. > > > ==== PARKS Mailing List ==== > Please remember: No attachments, Hoaxes, Virus or Chain Letters > are to be sent to the list. The use of foul language is also > prohibited. >

There are a lot of companies doing DNA testing now. And from what I have seen on the DNA-L list, there can be a lot of confusion trying to match the database from one lab to another. For example, I had my mtDNA tested in Europe and they start the base sequence at 16001 [I think, might be 16000] and put out an output of 400 characters and show where your mtDNA differs from the hub group [if it does]. Another lab [here in the states] begins the same sequence with 16100 [or 16101]. It seems to get more complex with guys [maybe] -- or at least interpreting the result does; and it seems to be more important to have a longer sequence tested. Thus, although there are a lot of labs in the business, it seemed more important to get together with a group of the same surname who were being tested. There is a Parke family being tested but I do not yet have details on where they believe their immigrant ancestor to have settled. The whole process is really rather exciting. While I fit into the Helena group of Europe, I am "off the hub" [be nice now!] and my particular derivation has been found in Syria, Azira, the Caucusus, Bulgaria, Karelia and -- well, east of the Alps [with the exception of one Swiss]. Cheryl

I know that the Wells Family Association is doing this for some 24 lines. See: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wellsfam/dnaproje/dnaproj1.html I think they started as a test case for the BYU Molecular Genealogy Project, but now are using Relative Genetics: http://www.relativegenetics.com I haven't paid a great deal of attention to this, since my nearest male Wells ancestor died in 1761, so I was not eligible... Charlie Parks Alexandria, VA SmiIinMike@aol.com wrote: > > If you can provide more info about the costs and > perhaps a site to contact i may well pay for such myself....of course posting > results.

> I'm not a genetics expert but it is my understanding that the DNA could > prove useful even if the surname is not Park/e/s. But, you would need to > ask that of a testing facility. The tests are expensive, especially if you > request to be tested for more sites; but with that expense comes more accuracy. ... -- Cheryl: The Cone family has done quite a bit of DNA testing on the Cone males, as there are two principal Cone lines in the US. The tests have been very helpful. They work only for males with the Cone surname. Cost has been around $140 per test, I think, using swabs of DNA from one's inner cheek. So far about two dozen Cone males have participated. Bob in Atlanta Robert S. (Bob) Duggan, Jr. r.duggan@ieee.org [home page] http://pages.prodigy.net/r.duggan [genealogy] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~duggan

There is a DNA test available through Ancestry.com You have the choice of doing males, which proves association and one for the females but that only proves mother to mother to mother. The website (for review) is pasted below. It explains everything. http://www.ancestry.com/dna/mygg.asp Vivian

If you can provide more info about the costs and perhaps a site to contact i may well pay for such myself....of course posting results. Background on my branch of the family i can verify thus far...sorta fyi....anyway....Robert Parks <from ireland or scotland> Hugh Bruce Parks < born ? perhaps new brunswick> Charles Herbert Parks <born new brunswick died california> Henry Nolan Parks <born n died california> Nolan Richard Parks < born n died california> Michael Dale Parks <me...living> Jared Michael and Brandon Henry <my sons also still living> and i have other Parks contacts as far out as fifth cousins who might be interested in doing this but like me would need more info and also like me are too lazy to find out lol.

I am unaware of any such program......are you refering to a specific Parks line or any male carrying the name?

I'm not a genetics expert but it is my understanding that the DNA could prove useful even if the surname is not Park/e/s. But, you would need to ask that of a testing facility. The tests are expensive, especially if you request to be tested for more sites; but with that expense comes more accuracy. There are at least 12 immigrant Park/e/s ancestors who emigrated from England and Ireland in the 1600/1700. From the FS Parks books, it seems that there is uncertainty how many of these immigrant ancestors might be related to each other - some are suspected to be. It is my understanding that if a man believes that he is descended from one of these lines, a y DNA test will help confirm that. Of course, there are cases where there might be illegitimacy or adoption (previously unknown) that would/should result in a negative finding. Cheryl At 12:12 AM 8/27/02 -0400, you wrote: > I am unaware of any such program......are you >refering to a specific Parks line or any male carrying the name? > > >==== PARKS Mailing List ==== >Please remember: No attachments, Hoaxes, Virus or Chain Letters >are to be sent to the list. The use of foul language is also >prohibited.

Does anyone know if there is a program to test the DNA of male Parks family members? Thanks Cheryl

Does anyone have access to genealogy.com 1900 census that they could look up Earl J. Parks in Illinois for me? Thanks. Donna

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Has anyone run across a Lucy PARKS who was born in England 1829, immigrated 1861 to the U.S. in 1861, and married William ASKEW in Noble Co., IN in 1864? If anyone knows who Lucy's parents were or where in England she came from I'd love to hear from you. Mildred Prather-Garner Columbia, MO mprather@coin.org