Surnames: Ashley <a href="http://genforum.genealogy.com/how-to/http://www.geneasearch.com/beginner.htmhttp://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rwguide/The">http://genforum.genealogy.com/how-to/http://www.geneasearch.com/beginner.htmhttp://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rwguide/The</a> key to the research is a LOCATION. Do you know where your ancestor was born?I am pretty sure you know that one starts with oneself going backwards generation by generation.