I generated a paper wallet at Bitaddress and sent my bit coin to it. It says I can check it's balance by going to the block chain and entering the new address.
When I do that I get "first bits not found." So how does one go about checking to see if the bit coin is there?
Are you sure you're entering the full (33-34 characters, starts with '1') address at blockchain.info?
Thank you, that be it.
One more question: Bitaddress generated my private keys, but do I not need to invent a password as well or is my private keys my password?