10. A computer system for locating a preferred address for each of a plurality of parcels, comprising: a package-level detail database of active shipment records, each active shipment record comprising an active tracking number, an active ship-to address, and an active delivery pattern code; an electronic archive of delivery records, each delivery record comprising a past tracking number, a past ship-to address, a past delivery pattern code, and a stop identifier; a current parcel bearing address indicia; a mining key assigned to said current parcel, said mining key comprising a parcel tracking number and a current delivery pattern code related to said address indicia; a processor adapted to execute: an association process configured to compare said mining key to said package-level detail database and said archive by: (a) retrieving from said archive those select delivery records having a past delivery pattern code that matches said current delivery pattern code, each of said select delivery records having a select past ship-to address; (b) retrieving from said package-level detail database those select active shipment records having an active ship-to address that matches any said select past ship-to address in said select delivery records; (c) determining a set of mined data comprising said select delivery records and said select active shipment records, said set of mined data; (d) prioritizing said set of mined data in order of the records most closely associated with said mining key, such that a preferred address related to said mining key occurs first, by: (1) replacing one or more sequence values in a plurality of ship-to address records stored in said set of mined data with a representative symbol; (2) clustering together those said ship-to address records having the same stop identifier; and (3) clustering together those said ship-to address records having the same delivery pattern code; and an electronic address database administrator adapted to assign said preferred address to said current parcel for delivery.
10. A computer system for locating a preferred address for each of a plurality of parcels, comprising: a package-level detail database of active shipment records, each active shipment record comprising an active tracking number, an active ship-to address, and an active delivery pattern code; an electronic archive of delivery records, each delivery record comprising a past tracking number, a past ship-to address, a past delivery pattern code, and a stop identifier; a current parcel bearing address indicia; a mining key assigned to said current parcel, said mining key comprising a parcel tracking number and a current delivery pattern code related to said address indicia; a processor adapted to execute: an association process configured to compare said mining key to said package-level detail database and said archive by: (a) retrieving from said archive those select delivery records having a past delivery pattern code that matches said current delivery pattern code, each of said select delivery records having a select past ship-to address; (b) retrieving from said package-level detail database those select active shipment records having an active ship-to address that matches any said select past ship-to address in said select delivery records; (c) determining a set of mined data comprising said select delivery records and said select active shipment records, said set of mined data; (d) prioritizing said set of mined data in order of the records most closely associated with said mining key, such that a preferred address related to said mining key occurs first, by: (1) replacing one or more sequence values in a plurality of ship-to address records stored in said set of mined data with a representative symbol; (2) clustering together those said ship-to address records having the same stop identifier; and (3) clustering together those said ship-to address records having the same delivery pattern code; and an electronic address database administrator adapted to assign said preferred address to said current parcel for delivery. 13. The system of claim 10 , wherein said set of mined data further comprises: a plurality of ship-to address records having a representative symbol in place of one or more sequence values; clusters of said ship-to address records having the same stop identifier; and clusters of said ship-to address records having the same delivery pattern code.