If you are completely new to genealogy, please check
You'll find many valuable hints, tips and links.
The following is a summary of some facilities that you may find useful in the context of Wardell research:
Check Geneanet which is a large, free database of GEDCOM files with a user interface in many languages.
FamilySearch is one of the most comprehensive search sites in the world, by FHL-LDS (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints)
Wardell in Wikipedia