She's either bluffing you or she doesn't know what she's talking about. Facts cannot be copyrighted. She gets hers, you get yours. About all she can copyright is probably her index. Go for it. Read Copyright Basics, Circular 1 from the Copyright Office. It's on the net. You can download it. It's easy to understand. Yvonne In a message dated 7/27/99 10:23:54 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << am new to this list and wanted to post a question I have not seen addressed regarding copyright. If an individual has copyright to a book on a particular family, does that forbid anyone else from that family doing research independently and then posting on their own web site? I understand you cannot "lift" another's hard work, but I was essentially told by this individual researching the same family "You have a family you can not do anything with. The copyrights are good for 75 years." I have compiled my work through many sources, have visited libraries, went to cemetaries, looked at bibles, etc. In addition, there is another person who has the same exact info on their website with regard as our families are related. >>