My first database was Paradox 3.0 for Dos. Upgraded to Paradox 1.0 for Windows and eventually 2 or 3. Discovered Access around the time I tinkered with Foxpro (1998 ish) played with it but didn't make the jump. Tried it in 2003 with Office 2003 because we left WordPerfect 5 (wasn't as crazy about the Windows release).  Started building databases with Access after tearing apart Northwind around 2009. Thought I really don't understand it well enough. Hit the TubeofYou or YouTube and searched for videos. Some good, others not so good.  Found some Access channel where the camera didn't focus the whole time on the presenter and actually taught stuff. Wonder which YouTube channel that was.