Help with aligning tables in HTML

[dantep6]

I am trying to construct a page where I want to 3 tables underneath each other next to another column of tables.
I can only get the tables to show up next to each other horizontally.
I know it will involve the <tr> tab but when i place them in to make the second row the first one stays on top and the second one goes on the bottom of the page.

 

[okiiyama]

<Table>
<tr>
<td id="column1ofTables">
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<table id="column1table1">
<tr>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<table id="column1table2">
<tr>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<table id="column1table3">
<tr>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
<td id="column2ofTables">
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<table id="column2table1">
<tr>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<table id="column2table2">
<tr>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<table id="column2table3">
<tr>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>

 

[phrozt]

I left borders on for testing purposes:
<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td width="50%"> &nbsp; </td>
<td width="50%">
<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td>
<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td>Table 1</td>
</tr></table>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td>Table 2</td>
</tr></table>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td>Table 3</td>
</tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
</td>
</tr></table>

 

[dantep6]

Thanks for the reply that is very helpful, but one more thing is now i want to have a layout like how you have mentioned which i can get to work fine. But I am still have problems aligning my second column of tables with the first. here is what I am looking for in terms of layout.

Top of Page
Table 1 Table 4
Table 2 Table 5
Table 3 Table 6


I know it involves the <tr> and <td> tags but I will not come up to the top of my page it always at the bottom I must be missing an end tag of something.. Im not sure