Thanks to all for your comments. I don't have first-hand experience of these matters so I find this discussion very illuminating.
As you can tell, I am a longtime FR lurker but a first time poster. My husband and I have been planning to convert to the Orthodox Christian Faith from Roman Catholicism and Anglicanism, respectively, but so far we have not contacted any particular church. The reason is that we are frankly bewildered by the many Orthodox factions in the U.S. and we don't want to fall for a group that may be schismatic or even heretical. FR seems to have many posters who are thoughtful and well-informed about the state of the OC so I thought I would seek out your views. Thanks again to all.