Project Surnames
Bairs, Bayer, Beyer, Beyers, Biars, Bias, Biers, Buis, Buise, Buyer, Byars, Byas, Byers, Byres
Project Background
The general purpose of the Byers project is to learn more about our ancestors in the U.S., Canada and Europe. Can we answer specific questions about our country of origin? Can we distinguish between various colonial ancestor lines? Do the Canadian Byers share the same ancestor y-DNA? Participation is open to those males with the surname and spelling variants. In addition to the name being tested it would be helpful to have family group sheets (excluding persons living) and the name, date and place of birth of the oldest known ancestor. This information will help in analyzing results.