The primary aim of this project is to sort Ackers (and other variants of Germanic surname Eckhardt) into related groups. Ancestry uncertain? Here's the opportunity to establish scientifically what the paper trail could not. Currently represented are descendants of Palatine emigrants Joh. Adam Eckhardt of Dutchess Co. NY and Nicholas Eckhardt of Schoharie Co. NY, as well as Peter Acker of Pendleton Dist. SC, William Akers of IL and a growing list of others including Eckard, Achor, Ackerson, et al...