1. A fingerprint biometric security method which utilizes a first feature set to screen a plurality of enrollment biometric templates for a most relevant enrollment biometric template and a second feature set for matching said most relevant enrollment biometric template comprising the steps of; a. deriving from a biometric sample, a sample first feature set, b. providing a plurality of enrollment first feature sets derived from each member of said plurality of enrollment biometric templates, c. comparing in a one-to-many relationship, said sample first feature set to said plurality of enrollment first feature sets, and d. determining said most relevant enrollment biometric template by selecting an enrollment first feature set which most favorably compares to said sample first feature set.