Genealogy help please

[PedeBasher]

Ok. I need some help. I want to track my family on my dad's side. Unfortunately, his dad is dead and thats really the part I wanted to know. All I really want to disclose right now unless one of you is a genealogist or knows one.

Our last name is West and we (more like I) am part Cherokee indian. From my studies it looks like while traveling the Trail of Tears we strayed upward towards Indiana while passing through Kentucky.

So PM me if you can help. I dont exactly want to pay but will if I have to. I really want to know my genealogy and pass it down because I have a feeling I am the last one with a spark to learn about my family genealogy.