English Ancestry Committee

Chairman	Treasurer
Nolan B. Hensarling 10009 Parkford Drive Dallas, Texas 75238 (214) 343-4629 Email: nolanhilda@aol.com	Edward L. Strother 36 Puget Drive Steilacoom, Washington 98388-1521 Email: EdStrother@aol.com

The English Ancestry Committee was formed in 1999 to make an organized, sustained search for the ancestors of William Strother, the immigrant. As there had been recent advances in the use of analysis of the Y-chromosome of the DNA to trace ancestry up the male line, the Committee decided to use this method first to try to obtain evidence of the purported English ancestry of William for which documentation has not been found.

As of 2006, we have not identified William's ancestors either through DNA testing or document research. We tested eighteen Strother men from the UK and four other countries but did not find a match to William. We also did searches of records in England that have become available since prior searches but to no avail.

The Committee has now set up a Strother Surname Project on the Internet through which any Strother anywhere with Internet access can have his Y-chromosome tested at a discount. The results of the testing will be available to the Committee for comparison with that of William.

Click here to access the Strother Surname Project Web page.

Contributions in support of the work of the English Ancestry Committee may be made by sending contributions to the Treasurer of the Committee at the address above. Make checks payable to The William Strother Society, Inc. and mark them for the English Ancestry Committee.

For further details of the activities, progress and findings of the Committee, see the following reports of the Committee made to the Board of Directors at each biennial conference of the Society.

The following reports are in pdf format. You must have the free Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to view them. To download the free program click here.

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2000 EAC Report to the Board

2002 EAC Report to the Board

2004 EAC Report to the Board

2006 EAC Report to the Board