How do you find the history of your family?

Question:

How do you find the history of your family?

In my family all I know are my great grandpa and great grandma. How do I trace my family farther back to find where we came from? There must be record of them somewhere. Anybody know how to do it?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Brigham Young University has several free online courses on tracing your family history.

BYU Broadcasting has several free podcasts on the Questions and Ancestors site - you can listen online, download to an iPod or burn to a CD.

Roots Television is a website that provides many free audio-video resources for learning about genealogy.

Hewlett Packard has a free online genealogy class.