You will find that it helps to have a good understanding of your genealogy, no matter how little or how much information you may have. Compile the information you have worked so hard to gather into the basic components before putting it into a computer or a formal working document.

Develop or use one of the many style of forms and charts available to you to compile your data. This will not only allow you to take a visual inventory of what information you have and do not have as well as give you an abstract for easy reference when doing your research.

Ancestry Chart - Sometimes known as a 'pedigree chart' or 'birth brief. This is a 'map' of your direct lines (i.e., Parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc.).
Family Group Sheets - Forms used to enter data of your collateral lines (i.e., brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.). It helps to number or code these sheets to your ancestry chart. There are several standard numbering conventions available for you to follow. Refer to the National Genealogical Society (US) 1992 publication by Joan Ferris Curran, "Numbering Your Genealogy: Sound and Simple Systems" for reference on these acceptable standards. Try not reinventing the wheel by creating something of your own inspiration! These methods identified in Ms. Curran's publication are sound systems understood by most genealogists.