Hi Susan,
I've been researchibg for quite a while now and it's a good passtime. I had a quick visit to your site and it's coming on well. I would suggest that you research along only one line at a time. For example, take your fathers, and his father, and his. Use the genealogy tab at the top of these pages, and hit the research tab. This site has an excellent search engine. Put in your dads name and I'm sure you'll find plenty hits. I'm in the north of Ireland and neither of the names are familiar in my area. The best of luck with your research.
Gerry (geroid)