If you (Parkman male) or your Parkman brother, cousin, father, uncle, grandfather, etc. were ever interested in discovering how your ancestor links to either, the New England or Southern Parkman families (even the UK) you might want to consider taking advantage of the special DNA test that is being offered by FamilyTreeDNA (until June 29, 2009) to test both your Y-DNA (paternal) and your mtDNA (maternal) at half price.
The Parkman Surname DNA Project at FamilyTreeDNA and WorldFamilies.com needs more participants to help solve the mystery of how all of the Parkman families connect here in the U.S. and eventually to those across the water.
For more information contact Ardell J. Parkman Lynds at lyndsonline AT myfairpoint.net (substitute the AT for @ when sending an email). Also see the above mentioned websites for additional information. To receive the special price you must join through a project at FTDNA.
Regards,
Ardell