Hi,thanks for the reply.It is a possibility,my Parks moved to W.V.too.I will definately keep an eye on those names.I am waiting for some marriage certificates and should have more info in a week or so.I'll be sure to let you know what I find out.Happy Hunting! Bobbie Lee -----Original Message----- From: Pat Dunford <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, January 23, 2000 6:26 PM Subject: RE: [PARKS] William Parks,Kentucky >Bobbie Lee >I don't know anything direct about your family. However, we have a George >Ballard W Parks, born abt 1820 in Greenup Co. KY. Family moved across the >Big Sandy to West Virginia. Then, some (GBW for example) left before 1850, >some stayed and fought the Civil War. Some are still in KY/West Virginia, >while some branches followed GBW to Oregon in about 1879. I tell you this >because we have no "clue" as to the Ballard part of GBW's name (nor what the >"W" is for at all, for that matter). Given the obvious family habit for >naming children after ancestors, perhaps your William comes from one of the >"stay behind" Parks. What do you think? > >Pat >in AZ > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2000 11:37 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [PARKS] William Parks,Kentucky > > >Hi all,I am looking for info for William Parks b about 1870 ,married to >Rebecca Stidham in 1891.I descend from thier son Shade.I believe thier other >childrens names were Orphie, Arkijane (sp?) and Emily, brothers Sam, >Ballard, and Cain, there may be more .The family was from Kentucky.I hope to >have more info in a few days about William but thought I would throw this >out there since I have gotten lucky with less info than this before.Thanks >and Happy Hunting to All, > Bobbie Lee [email protected] > > > >==== PARKS Mailing List ==== >If you need to contact the listowner, you can reach me at >mailto:[email protected] > > > >==== PARKS Mailing List ==== >The Parks Resource page is located at >http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/p/a/PARKS/ > >