>Is there a possibility that UT volunteers could program a web-based database to record the name and current location of refugees? I'm imagining a web page where one could search for information on an individual or family name. Possibly village or city of origin. And of course fields to enter this type of info including current location. There should be a memo field where notes could be made and messages passed between family members. Perhaps a special field for emergency needs.

Very possible, but the effectiveness would be marginal, IMHO. Many of us have been keeping in touch with some of our UT brethren in Yugoslavia. For one, very few people over there access the net. And those that do, in general, have not left their residences, or, at least, not become refugees. From what I have heard, any evacuation of refugees would initially be sent to Guantanamo (sp?) Bay, Cuba. Then "processed" out from there. :(

Any web site would probably need to be targeted for the use of relief organizations to provide and search for information. Then try to corrdinate reunions or the relaying of messages.