There is a comprehensive article about what is happening, directly and indirectly, called: "Databases of the Dead", at: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/7.07/mormons.html The future of research is suggested in the production of primary source documents on the Internet. One major company is called Primary Source Media, at: http://www.psmedia.com/site/body_index.html They presently work with "rare primary source materials in the humanities and social sciences". This includes US City Directories. Primary Source Media is a part of the Gale Group. The GaleNet Databases has database resources available to most major library centers: http://www.gale.com/gale/galenet/gnetcont.html If you refer to Archives and Library Resources, at: http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~vctinney/archives.htm you will note a section for: Web Pages for Scholarly Societies, at: http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~vctinney/archives.htm#Scholarly_Societies One of the sites listed there is: LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Provides unparalleled research services to the academic community. Both online and web-based subscription services allow students, faculty and staff access to a vast universe of information. Considering all of the above, resources for the Future of Genealogy Research are available from: (1) The LDS Church sites, such as those listed at: http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~vctinney/LDS.htm (2) The ever contracting number of interconnected Independent for-profit organizations [companies]. (3) Group societies and organizations, such as: http://www.publist.com/indexes/REF013000.html This resource is severely restricted at present by lack of representation on the Internet. Less than 20% of individual web pages are indexed by major search engines. (4) The educational information sites in the humanities and social sciences on a college/university level. This would include the Library of Congress web site, Interlibrary Loan and the OCLC FirstSearch system, at: http://www.oclc.org/oclc/menu/fs.htm Respectfully yours, Tom Tinney, Sr. http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~vctinney/ Listed in: Who's Who In The West, 1998/1999 Who's Who In Genealogy and Heraldry, [both editions]