Myers Name Study

Hello,

I would like to welcome descendants of the Myers family to our one name study group. Please come & help us organize this effort. My focus presently is the Myers families from Switzerland and Germany; also the Myers families that migrated to America, particularly Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia. We are also looking to find the migration pattern from this particular family group. Please contact the project leader Kim Myers or post a comment to the right. If you have any questions, just ask. Thanks!

As a One Name Study, this project is not limited to persons who are related biologically. Individual studies can be used to branch out the research into specific methods and areas of interest, such as geographically (England Myers), by time period (18th Century Myers), or by topic (Myers DNA, Myers Occupations, Myers Statistics). These studies may also include a number of family branches which have no immediate link with each other. Some researchers may even be motivated to go beyond the profile identification and research stage to compile fully sourced, single-family histories of some of the families they discover through this name study project.

Also see the related surnames and surname variants.

Myers Name Origin

English (mainly Yorkshire): patronymic from Mayer 1, i.e. ‘son of the mayor’. English: patronymic from mire ‘physician’ (see Myer 1). Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Midhir, probably a variant of Ó Meidhir ‘mayor’ (see Mayer 1).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press

How to Join

To join the Myers Name Study, first start out by browsing our current research pages to see if there is a specific study ongoing that fits your interests. If so, feel free to add your name to the Membership list below, post an introduction comment on the specific team page, and then dive right in!

If a research page does not yet exist for your particular area of interest, please contact the Name Study Coordinator: Kim Myers for assistance.

... ... ... is a member of the Myers Name Study Project.

Once you are ready to go, you can also show your project affiliation with the ONS Member Sticker:

Goals

1. This is a One Name Study to collect together in one place everything about one surname and the variants of that name. The hope is that other researchers like you will join our study to help make it a valuable reference point for people studying lines that cross or intersect.
2. Document and correctly connect all Myers lines on Wikitree
3. Add Myers DNA results to help confirm connections
4. Create a meaningful bio for each profile so that it represents a person's life
5. Develop a reference library specifically for Myers genealogy research

What You Can Do?

1. Add the category or template Myers to all of the Myers profiles which you manage. [If you add the template it will automatically add the category.]
2. Make sure the Myers profiles that you manage have good sources and a biography
3. Ask questions in G2G if you need genealogy help
4. Post comments in the boxes on this page to share Myers Genealogy information
5. Link Myers Space Pages to this Project Page.
6. If you are interested in a new “Myers” category [e.g. Myers from a particular location, etc.] let your leader know.

Categories

• Category: United States, Myers Name Study
  • Category:Virginia, Myers Name Study
  • Category:North Dakota, Myers Name Study
    • Category:Ward County, North Dakota, Myers Name Study
  • Category:Maryland, Myers Name Study
    • Category:Carroll County, Myers Name Study
    • Category:Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Myers Name Study

Tasks

If you've put up all of the Myers's in your family (or at least all the ones you've found so far), and are looking for something else to do, here are some tasks that you might be willing to help with:

1. Biographies:
   • We need to make sure that each Myers on WikiTree has a narrative biography containing all the genealogically relevant facts about them (birth, marriage, and death at the very least). For information on biographies, see the Biographies help page.
2. Categories:
   • We need to make sure that each Myers on WikiTree has the appropriate categories applied to their profile. For information on categories, see the Categorization help page and the Categorization Project.
3. Subcategories:
   • Need to create subcategory for state, region, etc
4. Coats of Arms:
   • It would be great if we could find (or create) well-rendered, but public domain, images of the various Myers coats of arms listed in Burke's General Armory, to add to the profiles of those people who have the right to bear each of them.
     • Progress: not started
5. Connecting:
   • We need to connect all the Unconnected Myers profiles on WikiTree. (This can count towards the Connectors Challenge if you're feeling competitive.) For information on connecting profiles, see the Connectors Project.
     • Progress: profiles =  %
6. Merging:
   • We need to merge any duplicate profiles for the same person into one profile for that person. For information on merging profiles, see the Merging help page.
7. Sourcing:
   • We need to have sources for all the profiles on WikiTree. Specifically, we need at least one (and preferably more) sources added for all the Unsourced Myers profiles on WikiTree. (This can count towards the Sourcerers Challenge if you're feeling competitive.) For information on sourcing profiles, see the Sources help page and the Sourcerers Project.

Research Pages

Here are some of the current research pages included in the study. I'll be working on them, and could use your help!

Membership

• Billie Keaffaber
• Gavin Myers
• Keith Mann Spencer

Related Surnames and Surname Variants

None identified

Resources

• List of Myers on Wikitree

• G2G feed of questions tagged "Myers".

• Orphaned Myers profiles on WikiTree.

• Unsourced Myers profiles on WikiTree.

• Unconnected Myers profiles on WikiTree.

• Internet Surname Database: Myers