You might try testing your Y DNA, if it is a patrilineal (father's father's father's, etc) brick wall. Family Tree DNA at
www.ftdna.com is the leading company, has the largest database, and is therefore the place you are most likely to find a match or near match to your own Y DNA. You are not likely to uncover hard, documents, but it may give you a clue to where to look, and as importantly, clues where it wouldn't be useful to look. FTDNA has a FAQ that does a fairly good job of explaining what you can and cannot expect. While you are there, you might take a look at their list of surname projects to see if some one has organized one for your name.
Although they have $99 test for 12 markers, most people get 25 or 37 tested. You can test fewer and upgrade to more markers later.
If you get tested there (or anywhere) you can enter your test results at
www.ysearch.org, to see if there are matches or near matches with men who have tested with other companies. Or you could just go there and do a search for your surname and see what you find.
Good luck!
Originally Posted by gilmore
You might try testing your Y DNA, if it is a patrilineal (father's father's father's, etc) brick wall. Family Tree DNA at www.ftdna.com is the leading company, has the largest database, and is therefore the place you are most likely to find a match or near match to your own Y DNA. You are not likely to uncover hard, documents, but it may give you a clue to where to look, and as importantly, clues where it wouldn't be useful to look. FTDNA has a FAQ that does a fairly good job of explaining what you can and cannot expect. While you are there, you might take a look at their list of surname projects to see if some one has organized one for your name.
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