The Palmer Surname Project was begun in 2003 I believe, by Sue Palmer-Elliot. She passed away, apparently in 2006. Sue's pages are still active at, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~palmerpaths/

22 Oct 2007: Family Tree DNA International DNA Conference, Houston, Texas. Dr Hammer presented a new phylogenetic tree on the y-chromosome, to be released in 2008.
27 Oct 2007: The Palmer Surname Project Web revised. There are 48 testers belonging to this surname project. However a search in FTDNA shows that 86 Palmers have been tested. How can we get these testers to join our surname project?
5 Mar 2009: The project now includes 82 members.
12 Apr 2009: Dr J.D. Keith Palmer, one of our members has now published his book, Palmer in History. It can be found in lulu.com, Amazon, and ebay. Congratulations!

Meritorious Citations

• Palmer, J.D. Keith. Palmer in History. VA: privately printed, 2009.
• Palmer, John T. Palmers and Parmers of the South - MD, NC, GA, AL, ARK, OK, TX & MS. Santa Rosa, CA: privately printed, 2000.
• Palmer, John T. The Palmers & Parmers of NC, AL, & MS with Related Lines of Gates, Hays, Layton, May, Mangum, Ponder, Ross, Rouse, Drury & Other Early Simpson County, Mississippi Families. Santa Rosa, CA: privately printed, 1982.
• Palmer, David T. "Four Generations Remembered." Chronicle of a Utah Family. Provo, UT: privately printed, 1987.
• Leavitt, Emily Wilder. Palmer groups. Boston: privately printed, Press of D. Clapp & Son, 1901-5.
• Palmer Families in America, Vol. I, Lt. William Palmer of Yarmouth,Mass. and his descendants of Greenwich, Conn., Hon. Horace Wilbur Palmer, Ph.B., LL.B., edited by Nellie Morse Palmer (Mrs. Horace Wilbur Palmer), Published by Neshanic Printing Co., Neshanic, N.J. 1966, reprinted by Higginson Book Company, Salem, Mass.

Some Armigerous Achievements - Heralds College

• . ARMS: Argent, three palmers' staves sable, the heads, ends, and rests or. CREST: A cubit arm erect, habited azure, cuffed argent, grasping in the hand proper a palmer's staff.
• . ARMS: Gules, three water-bougets or, in pale a pilgrim's staff of the last enfiled with a water-bouget in base.
• ARMS: Azure, a chevron or between three open wallets argent, buckles and buttons of the second.
• ARMS: Azure, a chevron or between three palmer's staves and scripts sable.
• ARMS: Silver, a black lion rearing up with red claws, teeth and tongue between three silver palmers' staves, heads, ends and rests in gold. CREST: A golden lion rearing up having a red tongue, grasping a palmer's staff as in the arms.