Project needs more BigY Upgrades or new BigY members: For discounted upgrades just login to your FTDNA account and select the upgrades. To order a new test you can use this link: https://www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=Knierman

BigY Group Tree: https://discover.familytreedna.com/groups/Knierman/tree?subgroups=18599 (select your group/s on the left)

NOTE: The advanced YDNA BigY test is not just a one time review and analysis of your YDNA SNP's from Ancient to Modern times, it includes free weekly updates as new information or testing is added to your initial results. These updates may include new matches to any Private Variants (PV's) that were found in your YDNA results, new migration patterns based on matches to grave remains found across Great Britain or Europe, or new placement on the BigY and Project Time Trees.

Project Results: https://www.familytreedna.com/public/knierman/default.aspx?section=ydna-results-overview
NEW: July 2023 https://blog.familytreedna.com/earliest-known-ancestor/
The New Globetrekker Feature Will Also Use Earliest Known Ancestor Locations
Big Y testers will be able to trace the paths of their ancestors with the new Globetrekker in Discover. UPDATE YOUR Earliest Known Ancestor, this feature only works if it is entered correctly.


For this project the Y-DNA37 test is recommended. (Best test is BigY Y700, only males have YDNA)
Order Link: http://www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=Knierman

DNA Surname Project: Training Guides
https://pbase.com/image/161113860

Knieriemen Message Board: http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.knieriemen/mb.ashx
Knierman/Knieriemen DNA Surname Project: http://www.familytreedna.com/public/knierman/
Project Surnames: Knierman DNA Surname Project
Knearem Kneariem Knerien Kniereman Knieriemen Knieream Knierim Knirem Knierinm Knierman Knireman Nearman Nearaman Niermann
Pennsylvania German Pioneers http://books.google.com/books?id=eMsLAAAAYAAJ&q=knieriemen&dq=knieriemen&lr=&pgis=1

Horne's PA German Manual: 1895, 1905, 1910
Knerem: Shoemakers' strap or stirrup, Knieriemen
Link: http://books.google.com/books?id=C4RBAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA258&dq=knieriemen&lr=
Google German Translation for Knieriemen = knee belt