No idea where to start with family tree... Need help pls...?

Question:I want to do a family tree but the only thing is I am not really sure of my family background.

I do not know who or where my birth father is? My grand-mother on my birth mothers side was adopted out during WW2. My husband only has information/names or his grand-parents & no one else... Any ideas where to start as I would love to know my family history & back ground.
Thanks

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I want to do a family tree but the only thing is I am not really sure of my family background.

I do not know who or where my birth father is? My grand-mother on my birth mothers side was adopted out during WW2. My husband only has information/names or his grand-parents & no one else... Any ideas where to start as I would love to know my family history & back ground.
Thanks

I just try to ask what they know and write them down, sometimes talking will jog a person's memory, and getting in contact with others who most likely would know.

I hope everyone is not deceased that you speak of, and that there is a relative of that person who may know something. Sometimes the littliest information can help a lot....

I did not know my great grandmother, her obituary was the only thing I could work off of, and thank God it had her parents' names on it, with that I found her parents in every census, and even maternal and paternal grandparents in the 1800s. Asking questions and getting in contact with relatives I didn't know I had helped a lot to find information on people and answer questions to those things I didn't even know they would know.

Any documents you or anyone else may have can help, you may not know the information, but it has to be on paper somewhere.
Obits, marriage, birth, death records can have lots of info, if you know first and last names and any other important info, you can find families in Census Records unto 1930. Ancestry.com has lots of records, I don't know how the WW2 thing will work, but I don't believe that there is NO way.

You can Yahoo! search and google about information, there is always a site that can tell you something and help you to know what to do

I would say get together all the information you already know, find any household documents, get them all together, began asking questions, but first get your questions in order and what you're going to ask, don't do everything at once, work on one name, one family at a time. I'm no expert, but in seriously doing it for almost a year, I can give you what I have already learned, so far. It IS frustrating when you don't have all the information, and when all the odds are against you, but don't let it stare you in the face and look like a giant while you're a small little researcher in a big world.

You have to stare IT down and feel like the giant and these are small little matters that can be overcome with just a little be of faith. You have to say "I Can do it, Can't nothing Stop Me!!"

Work with what you have. You may have some blank lines, but that really is more common than people normally are honest about.
For bio dad.. the only thing that can be done with this, is ask. Mom, if she is willing to talk, or perhaps siblings of hers that might know the facts. These are YOUR private records, I don't advise posting trees online anyway. With a name and likely dates, you can check the ssdi to see if he may still be living. Knowing the information does not mean you are obligated to contact him, if he is living.
http://www.cyndislist.com/beginner.htm
I ALWAYS suggest cyndis list as THE place to start, because she has a multitude of topics and resources. You will also want to check out the list of adoption resources. Get the details (dates/ places) on grandmother.. and then see if you can confirm that there was a legal, documented adoption. Some adoptions are informal, and the names will be there.
Focus the search on specific persons, NOT surnames. And fair warning, family crests and such are a hot button here. They don't belong to families.
No one is expected to "have" the information when they start.. the whole thing about genealogy is that you are SEARCHING for info that would otherwise be lost. If you already had all the info... then the whole fun of the hunt is lost.
Last.. make yourself comfortable here, since there are many experienced persons to help you.

Well knowing who your birth father is would be a good place to start. You seem to have a really complicated family tree, and it would be pretty hard to get all the information you need. I reccomend www.ancestry.com as a reference.
And good luck!!!