I'm really pleased to read about this intiative. I'm in England, and all my PA research is done online, from necessity. There are many members of my family who left Ireland for Pennsylvania, and tracking them is very difficult. The point about needing basic information in order to eliminate certain people from the list of possible family is absolutely what I find to be essential. I'll add my voice in an email to the Governor. best wishes Maggie http://users.rcn.com/timarg/PaHR-Access.htm . This is the link to the effort to get Pa DC's online and/or open to those who aren't direct descendants (or don't know for sure they are). Take a look and see if you agree if you do there are some ideas.