Take a class at your local community college on genealogy.

Yes. Start with your parents. With their full names, birth (and death?) dates, and birth location, you can get copies of their birth certificates, which should list their parents' names. Then you do the same with your grandparents. Then their parents, and their parents, and ... so on and so on... You may be able to find information via Google (quotes around your parents' full names... If nothing found or what's found is NOT yours, then remove middle name... Then try nicknames... Same with everyone else. Sometimes it takes finding a sibling to find a misspelled name. (My grandfather VERNE, was listed in the 1920 Census - I think - As VERN and female. My grand-aunt, WILMA, was listed in the 1920 census as WILLIAM and male). There are genealogy programs and websites out there (Ancestry is a GREAT website, but to get the most out of it, it will take a subscription.) www.usgenweb.org is a FREE site, and has different people handling each state and each county within that state. Most are local, but there are some who only had family there, but do a great job. (Boone County, Indiana is run by a lady living in Japan. Her family is from here.) The whole trick is to not believe EVERYTHING you read or hear, and not let yourself get frustrated when you find yourself having troubles finding someone. Most-likely, names are misspelled. Of course, some of the BEST places to go would be to the libraries and genealogical/historical societies in the area you KNOW your family member lived in. The whole purpose is to find sources proving your family member was in a given location, their name there, their age, their relatives, etc. County courthouses are VERY good, too.

You can log onto iconn.org as a guest and use their heritage quest resource to view census info from 1790 to 1930. You can also use familysearch.org and do simple searches of old family member's names. Good luck.:)

ancestry.com its all there.

serious shit here alot of moromon churches have genealogy rooms and will assist you for free and when your there no pressure like the dudes on the bikes

There are several levels of services that you can hire. Most are fee based, depending on the level of help you want. The highest price would be the person who will do all the work for you, as far back as you want.

Start with yourself, then your parents, then your grandparents...generation by generation you can build your family genealogy.Go to the genealogy department of your local library for assistance and guidance. Research original documents as much as possible...don't just blindly accept what someone else may have posted online or in a library. Use such information as a guide in verifying accuracy.

Hire a genealogist

Check for a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon) in your area. They should have a Family History Center where volunteers will help you get started. The FHC also has subscriptions which you can use for free on their computers that will greatly help in your search. If you are living in the area where your ancestors have lived for years, you might check your public library for history and biographies of people. Also your public library might have subscriptions to some of the genealogy sites. They also should have people to help you get started. My first choice would be the FHC. They usually have microfilms and microfisch of a lot of records available for you to search. Good Luck. It is lots of fun.