Hi Helen: What is your family line? Are you from the Conrad Byers family line from Augusta Co, VA? We found his line in the "American Boyers" books in Vol. 5 Chapter 67 [CO] Conrad Byers, b. c 1750s; of Shepherdstown, W.Va. We are hoping to get someone from his line to join the Boyer DNA Test. Or are you from the John Byers line? I see in the book that it says: "Mr. Thomas W. Turner says 'There is strong evidence that Joseph, John and Lawrence Byers of this and nearby Maryland area were brothers of Conrad. John was sometimes referred to as John Boyer.'" This Thomas W. Turner was the family genealogist but he must have died by now. He was b. in 1905. "He and his brother operate the Turner Bros. Spring-Hill Dairy Farm, Shepherdstown, WV." I'll keep looking for the John Byers chapter in the books. Hope you have a male Byers relative who can join us in the test. We have posted the results and the family lines at: http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Boyer/ Gwen Boyer Bjorkman gwenbj@seanet.com -----Original Message----- From: byers-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:byers-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of gc-gateway@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 4:44 AM To: BYERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BYERS] Byers family of August Co., Va This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Byers Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.byers/289.308.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I don't have a connection with you, but with my Byers research, I have found several different spellings of the Byers name. Boyers & Beyers & then the way we spell it Byers. I don't know if this helps or not, but I thought I'd try. Good luck!!! Helen Byers