This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Byers, Boyer, Beyer Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.byers/289.308.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: In the American Boyers books there is a Samuel Boyer in Washington Co, MD. He was b. 1813 and d. 1891. Chapter 9 (Al) JOHANN ANDREAS BEYER of Bern Twp., Berks Co., Pa. 90 2-A15 JOHN PHILIP BEYER of Westmoreland Co., Pa. 90 4-A1541 HENRY BOYER of Perry Co., Ohio 91 3-A157 JOHN CHRISTOPHER BOYER of Clark Co., Md. 144 4-A1576 ABRAHAM BOYER of Waterville, Ohio 172 5-A15761 SAMUEL BOYER of Washington Co., Md. 172 Do you know if your Byers family is in the American Boyers books? We have started a Boyer DNA test for the German lines of any spelling and we are trying to figure out all of these family connections. See our website at: http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Boyer/ The Y-DNA test is a very simple sponge swab of the inside of the cheek of the person being tested. The test participant must be a man who is a direct line descendant of your David Byers. You can see the results that we have now on the webpage and we have five new tests on order. We are hoping to combine a lot of the family records that are in the "American Boyers" books. Sometimes we just can't find that vital piece of evidence to tie us to another family and with the DNA we can prove a relationship. Write to me if you have any questions. Gwen Boyer Bjorkman gwenbj@seanet.com