This may pertain -- http://www.mother.com/~randy/law.html, by Randy B. Singer, Attorney at Law. Mr Singer says, "Plagiarists, please note, this site is copyrighted (lists and compilations are copyrightable under Title 17, USC, Chapter 1, Section 103(a)). The author of this site will prosecute any plagiarism to the fullest extent of the law." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sounds as if the one who posted marriage records did include the society's format. But what does "a much older issue of the magazine" mean? Much older than what? Anyway, a list isn't the place to ask permission to post someone else's work. Need to ask whoever holds the copyright -- author and/or publisher.