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Perhaps you have heard of sites such as Ancestry.com, where for a fee you can see online records. There are (for example) scans of census records, passenger lists, etc. Other sites, such as Heritage Quest are similar but Ancestry.com is the biggie, I think.
Many public libraries subscribe to Ancestry.com and/or Heritage Quest. You can often find free access to those fee-based sites or at least you can if your library subscribes. My library offers home access to Heritage Quest using the bar code on my library card.
These sites might give you ideas of sources to research, both online and elsewhere.
There is a link to a mailing list for newbies in genealogy and/or computers but this page has some online lessons. These lessons provide ideas on where and how to research.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/page3.html
There are many good ideas on this site too.
http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/
There is an excellent archive for Swedish American genealogy called the Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center. The Swenson Center has a website but its extensive collection of records is NOT online. You need to go there to research or pay them to research for you. I have found much information about my family there and some of that led to finding two sisters of my grandmother that I never even knew she had. Further research in various sources ended up in finding living U.S. descendants of those sisters.
http://www.augustana.edu/swenson/
Perhaps you are aware of the National Archive and Records Administration (NARA) and its branches. Many records (censuses, passenger lists, and more) can be seen there for free (except for copying costs) because our tax dollars are at work for us for a change. This site tells where you can find NARA facilities.
http://www.archives.gov/locations/
We can order microfilmed records which can be found in the huge Mormon Family History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City through a Family History Center (FHC). They have filmed zillions of records and they let us use them for free in SLC or we can borrow them for about $5.50 per film for a month's use at a FHC. This link tells where you can find a FHC.
http://tinyurl.com/4po5
A volunteer at a FHC will help you order and even help you use their catalog but if you'd like to see what can be ordered, use their online catalog.
http://tinyurl.com/95cp
I suggest that you join a genealogical society. (I belong to several: local, ethnic, areas where my ancestors lived, etc.) I was helped by someone in my genealogical society when I first started, which got me "off and running" much faster than I would have otherwise. It is great to bounce ideas off other people and learn of new ideas and so forth. Many of us go to genealogical conferences with expert speakers which give us more ideas.
Search for societies here. I suggest just entering the state name and browsing.
http://www.familyhistory.com/societyhall/search.asp
Happy hunting and good luck!
Judy
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