1. A method of identifying and associating individuals comprising: providing a first set of records associated with one or more individuals at a defined geographic location and a defined period of time; providing a second set of records associated with individuals across multiple geographic locations and defined time periods; wherein the first or second set of records include identifications of locations of origin of an individual and wherein the identified set of individuals are in contemporaneous geospatial proximity, and further including identifying the preponderance of the location of origin of the identified set individuals, and using the preponderance of the location of origin to associate the location of origin relationships among the set of identified individuals who previously had no identified location of origin relationships in the first and second sets of records; selecting a desired demarcated area of the Earth; selecting a desired date range; searching, identifying, and returning a set of individuals corresponding to the selected demarcated area and the desired date range; and associating relationships among the set of returned individuals who previously had no identified relationships in the first and second sets of records corresponding to the demarcated area and date range.