The Surname Project option sounds interesting. Of course this all depends on someone else having already participated in the service and their data being on file.
The issue here is that there are many companies providing this kind of service. If I use one company and some distant ancestor uses another company then a link will never be made.
I would be more inclined to use a company that shows data on the number of previous clients so that I get an idea of how big their database is.
http://www.familytreedna.com/Surname.aspxI have hit a brick wall in tracing my ancestors back to Ireland around 1830. Maybe I will ask Santa for a genealogy DNA kit.
