Genealogy Researching on the Internet has just taken a giant step forward, by the introduction of "geographic search technology to Northern Light." At present, "Geo Search" can be used "to find real- world locations, services, businesses, and activities anywhere in the US or Canada." Researchers "can specify a place in the U.S. or Canada" . . . "and a radius from that place -- from 1 to 100 miles", at: http://northernlight.com/geosearch.html Key to finding information is the concept of: "LIMIT SUBJECTS", "LIMIT DOCUMENTS", "SELECT DATE RANGE" and "SORT RESULTS BY" "Relevance", or "Date & Time". Application of this kind of resource to a "Federated Independent Genealogical and Family History Web Societies" organization, would "offer automatic internal Search services and automatic online submissions of data to all major search engines, ASAP and worldwide." The role of online research now requires a "reduction in current bureaucracy [Internet disorganization to a centralized unit], which can be promoted, to keep online genealogy free and independent; a part of the socialization and learning process of society as a whole. This independence requires responsible cooperation. Local organization societies, libraries and researchers with web sites, can voluntarily submit to national and international standards: for credentials that can be applied at the local level, within the state civil licensing communities. Scholarly standards must also merit research acceptability, as currently promoted by the community of institutions of higher learning, within each designated region." The critical difference between this and current local society's or library's sites, (which have links to relevant genealogical content, including mailing lists, organizations, and databases), is: the potential ability to format genealogy and family history Internet searching by three KEY items: LOCATION, TIME, [and with proper adjustment], SURNAMES or [Pedigree] RELATIONSHIPS. Respectfully yours, Tom Tinney, Sr. http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~vctinney/ Who's Who in America, Millennium Edition [54th] Who's Who In The West, 1998/1999 Who's Who In Genealogy and Heraldry, [both editions]