Who am I and Why am I Doing This?

I'm Kristen and I'm just now starting to get into this whole family history thing (hence the "budding"). I'm also under the age of 80 (hence the "young").

So why this blog? I've learned a lot of stuff on my journey to do the genealogy thing, and I've found that the genealogy information out there right now is either 1) very basic; or 2) way too complicated. Getting started was a frustrating process for me. I want to make the process easier, and capture some of the lessons I've learned, in plain English.

Speaking of English, here's a couple of other things you might want to know about me: 
1. My ancestry is mostly English, so that's where the bulk of my research has concentrated.
2. I'm still new at this and still learning - I don't claim that anything on this blog should be taken as gospel.
3. And speaking of gospel - I'm Mormon, so some of these posts will have an LDS twist on them. Not all - but some.