My brick wall is Fred Parks. Born C 1801 in Connecticut, he married Lucy, went to New York for a while, then moved the family to Iowa. What I know (with source material) is at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kell/fparks.html Would love to connect. Have indications that maybe Lucy was a Van Ostrand. Also that maybe his father's name was Aaron. thanx, Kelly in RI [email protected]