I checked there too, :-). I am looking for this family that was in Collin County in mid-1870's, and 1880's. John Parker m.Mary ? Frances (Parker) Aultman m.James Aultman (he's not on the census) Zula and Johnann (Frances' daughters) Aultman. I was thinking they may have lived there. Thanks for your help. Tonya Aultman-Harris mtharris@ev1.net Pay for your research (and mine) with Alladvantage.com #CNO-573 ----- Original Message ----- From: <Kelki@aol.com> To: <TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2000 11:25 AM Subject: Re: [TXCOLL-N] Parker, TX <<Can anyone tell me about this populated place in Collin County, TX?>> This is what I found in the Handbook of Texas Online at http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/ PARKER, TEXAS (Collin County). Parker is on Farm Road 2514 near Maxwell Creek two miles northeast of Plano in south central Collin County. It developed around the gristmill and general store built by T. L. Johnson in the early 1880s. In the mid-1880s the St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway surveyed the community and laid out town lots. Later the company decided to run its tracks through Wylie, two miles southeast of Parker. Although bypassed by the railroad Parker continued to serve as a retail point for area farmers. A post office operated there from 1888 to 1901, when the mail sent to Allen, two miles southwest. The population in Parker grew from an estimated twenty in 1960 to 1,098 in 1980, probably a result of the growth of nearby Plano. In 1990 Parker had a population of 1,235. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Roy Franklin Hall and Helen Gibbard Hall, Collin County: Pioneering in North Texas (Quanah, Texas: Nortex, 1975). Kim Combs Elkins Denver, CO