This is one of my favorite links and I'd recommend you start here:

The USGenWeb Project

Help For Beginners

• Genealogists' Index to the World Wide Web (John Rigdon)
• Deciphering Old Hand Writing
• USGenWeb Archives Table of Contents
• Cyndi's List of How To
• 1820 Pension List - United States - Searchable by Surname
• History on your Own
• GEDCOM to HTML Converter, Version 2.50