Hola Brent!
Welcome to the forum!
A good resource to get background information on styles is
www.martialresource.com It gives a brief synopsis about each identified school of training in martial arts.
What you have to decide is what you want to accomplish with your martial training (I'm assuming you don't have any, please correct me if I'm wrong).
If you've got a family of four interested in training you better have some funds available. Most schools want to charge you an arm and a leg...
Good luck,
and don't hesitate to hit me up for advice. It is well known around here that I am an expert in everything!
Spanky