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I am sorry to come to this group so ignorant, but the amount of
information on the web is just overwhelming for a poor old schoolteacher
like me.
My grandparents surnames are (Floyd) Goodpaster and (Ida?)Murphy and
they lived/died in Wolcottville, Indiana. My other Grandparents names
are(Dolly?) Schaeffer(spelling?) and (Robert?)Hayes and they lived/died
in Muncie, Indiana. I remember my mom saying that some ancestors may
have come to Indiana by way of Kentucky, but what about before that? I
saw one family bible when I was about ten years old, and saw the names
Bryan and Hupschmidt, if I remember correctly.

My last grandparent died in seventy eight.
My parents died when I was fairly young, and I never got any
information about my "roots". I have always wanted to do a search and
find out when my ancestors came to America, any famous relatives, etc.
I don't have any living relatives that I have talked to or know of for
twenty five years. Do I have enough to go on?

Where do I start? Is there any easy way to do this on line? How much

Chris Watts...

Go to a library and get out a book on genealogy - there are many excellent
ones avaialable and it will tell you the basics that you need to know.

singhals...

Or he can buy the Boy Scout Merit Badge book -- roughly pocket-sized,
fewer than 100 pages, and basic enough for a beginner to understand.
B'lieve they're still under $3 at BSA suppliers, such as JCPenney's.

would a professional charge to search for me? I have heard that the LDS
has a treasure of information, how do I access this?

Christopher Jahn...

Indeed they do, and it's a good place to start:

Thanks for any help you could provide.