Quote Originally Posted by mcnurlenj View Post
Thanks I'll try this, unfortunatly most of the people who know are now gone. I have a great aunt((?)Grandfathers sister) who has been working on this but her side of the family and mine dont play well together and she wont share.
Then do it on your own. While family members are always a good place to start, they are not the only source available. Visit your local public library and see if they have a genealogy department than can help you with data from obituaries, census records, etc. You can also see if there is a local genealogical society. Both may offer free classes on basic genealogy. There are also online resources (that may be available again through the public library) that you could use like ancestry.com and heritagequest.

Remember that even family stories can be wrong. In fact, I would say that family stories are some of the biggest pitfalls the beginning genealogist faces.

Regards,

Todd