I started researching a couple of weeks ago and I am using Legacy for recording my findings.
There's free version available at
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/
and you might want to consider dowloading Geneology Finder at
http://www.town-local.net/genfinder/
Also take a look at the Great Harwood Geneology site at
http://www.arrodgen.org/ for tips, resources and useful links.
There's also a Yahoo Group at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrodgen/