Shorthand Points of Reference: Countries/Areas Worldwide In the continuing process of upgrades, the following are noted as important: (1) OneSource Comprehensive Directory Index http://www.academic-genealogy.com/onesource.htm has instructions for use of country - nation area index A to Z at: Ancestor Roots Information. http://www.academic-genealogy.com/ancestorrootsinformationdatabases.htm This reference has been updated completely. http://goo.gl/Wn8Am Evaluation format for sample country is duplicated for every other world country. Every national site in the world, with information related to their civil records, culture, genealogy, libraries, museums, printed - country family history outlines, country studies groups, individual identity information, indigenous peoples, etc., is now online here.* The horizontal use of internal links combines all major area data sources together without the necessity to vertically return back to the top of the pages for connective research. . . . FIFTH LINK goes to Map from World Atlas; Etc., with famous natives, fast facts, flags, land statistics, landforms, latitude - longitude, links, maps, symbols, time, timeline, travel information and weather; as presented. EXAMPLE: [SAME FORMAT FOR ANY COUNTRY] EIGHTH LINK SUB SET goes to Culture of [Italy Country Insight]; Italy taken from: globalEDGE| Country Insights by globalEDGE Business Knowledge; (or else, the [Country / Geographical Location] is taken from a carefully selected country / geographical location resource.) This is the followed by the Topic Outline of Area from Wikipedia®, in combination with listing of higher education studies sites, libraries, depositories, or other related country culture links, as shown: . . . (2) Reference and Homework Help http://www.academic-genealogy.com/referencehomeworkhelp.htm Provides under Reference Help http://goo.gl/kYA49 * Credo Reference: Credo Reference Smart research starts here. Easy access to trusted content from over 70 of the world's leading academic publishers. - Citable Information At Your Fingertips - Start Research With Topic Pages: Examples - Credo Reference: Blog Free access to Credo available through any subscribing library. (3) Regional Genealogy and Local History Research http://www.academic-genealogy.com/regionalgenealogy.htm Presents direct access to country links at IndexY (Yahoo!); or, where available, country GlobalTower Resource Directory, giving full access to Britannica Online Encyclopedia references. (4) Schools - Colleges - Universities http://www.academic-genealogy.com/schoolscollegesuniversities.htm Immediately lists Universities, with links to websites of Ministries of Education and other national agencies or institutions responsible for education in each individual country, where available via UNESCO. Countries by population can be individually compared with Zip (BYU), http://lib.byu.edu/sites/familyhistory/education/ or Genealogy Links: Education in Selected Country - Directory: Information & Search. http://goo.gl/zosub Respectfully yours, V. Chris & Tom Tinney, Sr. http://academic-genealogy.com/