From a newletter, a series of articles on "how to be a genealogist" with links to related pieces on "how to print/publish your stuff" and "how to pick programs to use" and some other related "stuff" might be of interest to those who've "thought about" finding some monkeys in their family tree and could also have some tips for more experienced researchers.

What appears to be the "lead article" is at:

Trace your family history: find out about your ancestors Discover your ancestors and build a family tree.

This article is at an "introductory level" but includes links to "Related Information" that can take you to the other articles in the series. Experienced searchers will want to look there mostly for the links to the "other stuff," although there are some comments on organizing and searching that might include a few useful tips even for the experts(?)

The article on "programs" does contain some information on how to choose programs that can import/export genealogical data to be able to trade the fruit(s?) from your tree with others who may be using something different. This is a factor that can be very important once a tree has a lot of twigs in it, and more advanced practicioners may find some clues about why some data is harder to handle.

(Sharing information with others is a very important part of researching for those who get very far, according to my resident expert.)

The article on printing/publishing might be of interest even for those who are just curious, who'd like to see how some people get a whole tree on one sheet of paper (there are pictures).

FWIW

John