I'm also interested in a beginner guide for reedeming private keys, someone knows a good one?
By 'redeeming' I am guessing you have private/public keys with a bitcoin balance, and want be able to spend from that address?
You will need to use a client such as armory or electrum, here is more info on wallet choices:
https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-walletThen you will need to sweep or import the keys into your wallet so you can spend from it. Here is another thread that discusses sweep/import:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=336708.0Good luck.