I am new. Been setting back and watching. My Parks are from OK and AR. My grandfather Tom Parks married Mary Elizabeth Miles on Dec 16, 1900. They had five children, Wayne b. March 24, 1902; Morris b June 24, 1918; William b. April 26, 1912, Irene b. July 5, 1905; and Alllie b July 18, 1904. Tom died in May 1924 and is buried at Leader Cemetery in Gerty, OK. All the children stayed in OK accept William who moved to MO in 1940 and then to CO in 1950. When my father, William, was young when the family moved into Arkansas for awhile and then back to OK. I do not know if the Miles or the Parks came from there or even both. They lived around McAlister and Gerty for years and then the children mostly ended up in the area around Pawnee, Shanee, Edid and Perry. I can remember many trips to those towns as a child. I am just starting this limb of the tree. My dad never was very thrilled about the idea of me digging around, but he left a note pad of his mothers with all kinds o! f dates in it and it has gotten me started. Anyone think they have a connection. Mary Lou