hey cog,
welcome to the wonderful world of bonsai. I would start with this link. Brent has written some wonderful articles for beginners. Start at the link and work your way throught the rest of the articles...
http://www.evergreengardenworks.com/bonsaip.htm
Starting trees from seed can be very difficult for beginners...not the propigation, but rather the patitence in growing the tree into something useful. good luck with your trees.
-Moe