Hi Everyone, I have been checking sites to send you to and it made me realize I don't know anything (haha). There is just so much out there!!! A few basics for the Greenies: Start with yourself. Your pertinent information. Then your parents, sisters, brothers -grand parents- aunts uncles --and question all of them (kindly of course :-)) about other relatives and memories they have. You may find some thing invaluable later on. You work with the information you have and work backwards. parents grandparents great-grandparents etc. Even if you have very little information you can work this way. Always write down where you get any information at all so you can refer back if you need to. Write down dead ends too. That way you don't repeat yourself. If you do not have any Family Group Sheets (lists parents, children and etc) for each marriage, you need to get to work <G>. Any local Family History Center at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints will have FGS(family group sheets) and Pedigree Charts. Sometimes there is a nominal charge (5-10 cents usually). They are usually very nice volunteers that will help you if needed to learn how to fill out the forms. They are also very helpful --you do not have to be a member to use them. Check the white pages and call the church for hours. If you have a program in your computer for keeping your genealogy, most will print out these sheets, with the information you have accumulated or blank. If you don't have access let me know and I will send a few addresses off the net you can get free forms to print out on your printer. ALWAYS write down things, I can't stress this enough because I know what its like not to. I ended up backtracking a lot looking for the same information--a real time waster. There are so many places online to get how to information on genealogy, If you get tired of me rattling on how tos just let me know (I wouldn't mind that one being private :-)) OK - now everyone has their FGS and PC right! Fill out one with you as a child and as a spouse (if married). Then your parents. Be sure to include siblings and their spouses and children etc. A good location for how to's is at <A HREF="http://www.familytreemaker.com/how tofnd.html">Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: Getting ...</A> If this comes thru blue click it otherwise you can go to: http://www.familytreemaker.com/00000394.html The Family Tree Maker Genealogy site is good. They have a searchable index. Go to home page for a list of all things available. <A HREF="http://www.family treemaker.com/ifftop.html">Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site </A>http://www.familytreemaker.com/index.html I hopes this helps. If there is a specific research area you want please post the question on the mailing list- [email protected] so when I answer (of course assuming I can LOL) everyone will get the information at the same time. They may have been wanting the same information but were afraid to ask ;-). I will hush up now. Happy Hunting, Dianne