Hi Michael, and welcome to WikiTree. THank you for introducing yourself in our g2g forum. I would suggest your next step would be to upgrade to a family membership. After you have upgraded you would be able to add tags to your profile. These tags could include your ancestors name and/or locations where they lived. After you have added these tags, you will immediately be connected to other members of WikiTree that are also researching these same names and locations.
Thanks again for introducing yourself in WikiTree, and I hope you learn to love it as much as I have.