If "PARKS" been "quiet", this is a good time to get everyone's attention then! I am still trying to understand where the Parks name fits into my family. My gr-grandmother was Emily Parks Gee (b. 1831 Delaware Co. NY, d. 1909 King Co. WA--near Seattle), daughter of Benjamin Gee and Hulda Parks (although many records show "Hulda Hawley"). There is some question about the Parks or Hawley name, both names having very solid, primary evidence in support of each one being Hulda's surname. Even if the Hawley name turns out to be correct, the Parks name had to come from somewhere, especially since Hulda and Benjamin Gee named their first-born child with Parks as her middle name. I am aware of the various people named Parks in Delaware Co. NYat the time, but not found a connection to any of them so far. I am open to consider any clue that might help solve the mystery of where the Parks name came into this line. Thanks! Sherry Steele (Seattle)