Where do I start?

[gilmore]

Thanks gang! I know my grandma did do some research before she passed away, so I am now on a quest through the family (joy...) to try and locate what she has done, which will hopefully give me a springboard into that. Also, who do you follow? I mean, just tracing back my grandparents parents (that's a mouthful) yields 8 people, and that's just back a couple of generations. Also, do you track "extended" family as well? This is starting to sound like an overwhelming quest!

Yes, you can track all of them, and yes, it is overwhelming. Every generation further back you go raises twice as many questions as it answers. It's something people do for decades, not weeks.