When I was growing up my grandparents were very important to me,but I never gave much thought to the rest of my family history. That was untill I had children of my own.When they asked questions I had no real answers for them,I could only tell them what I knew and that wasn't much. It has taken me a few years to get started,but now that I have,I can't believe the things that I have found out about my family and the history all the way back to the early 1200's. Sir John Hawkins being one of the most enteresting of them all.
Here are some of my favorite websites:
A Really Cool page (http://ancestry.com)
Another Really Cool page (http://familysearch.org)
The Coolest page of all (http://archives,com)