When I became involved with genealogy I assumed I could knock out the Family Tree in a couple of months or so. Hell, I had the Internet, plenty of computers, software, appropriate skills, time and enthusiasm. How hard could it be? Well I now have some understanding of that and vast respect for those who did this without computers.
Family. I now know that I knew almost nothing about the Ferguson Family. My level of ignorance was really scary. We take it all for granted, until it is too late and then find that the family info has been lost. Moving to W.A. certainly didn't help either.
Websites. I decided to publish as much family info as possible, within the privacy constraints, on the internet, where it would be available to family members. I maintain a number of websites for this purpose. My master Family Tree website is here Trees