I first got interested in tracking my family roots back during the 1970's, at that time it was all done with paper and pencil. I was able to have some success with running down my ancestors with trips to various libraries. Having a full time job as well as other things that needed attention left very little time for my family research especially since most of it required hours spent in the previously mentioned libraries.
A friend and I went to the library in Pensacola one day during the early 1990's, and when we were in the part of the library where the copy of the records are kept, he ask...