BRAVO SANDRA SS!!!!!!!  Finally the voice of reason!!!  I would only make *one* tiny correction ... that CAN be fully verified (even via their OWN sites) The "other" "registries" did NOT start 10 years ago .. .. If I recall correctly, the NOW DEFUNCT ISSDC/r started in 1998, and closed shop in 2000? Since that time the other "registries" were formed by various "breeders" that could not agree with each other.  The *new* ISSDC was not started until the summer of 2004.