I have 2 old genealogy record books which were compiled and Printed by Milo Custer in 1924 & 1925. There is no publisher noted. Because it is after 1923 are these in the public domain? Thanks in advance ..... --------------------------------- Find your next car at Yahoo! Canada Autos

> I have 2 old genealogy record books which were compiled and Printed by > Milo Custer in 1924 & 1925. > There is no publisher noted. Because it is after 1923 are these in the > public domain? > > Thanks in advance ..... I don't know what Canadian copyright is since you're writing from Canada with Canada address... but at least in USA, 1. Before 1923 2. No copyright notice 3. If copyright is listed, was copyright renewed or lapsed before 1978? These are for those in USA only. In other countries, you need to check what copyright laws are in your countries. Not all treat them same. That is it. W. David Samuelsen

Trina, If they don't say that they are copyrighted, they are in the public domain. If they do say that they are copyrighted, then they are *probably* in the public domain, because unless they were a best seller they probably didn't have their copyright renewed. One technical point. We say "before 1923," so we should say "after 1922." The point I'm making is that 1922's published works are automatically in the public domain, but 1923's published works are not necessarily in the PD. They fall in the category with those from 1924 and 1925. Cliff Trina Huynh wrote: >I have 2 old genealogy record books which were compiled and Printed by Milo Custer in 1924 & 1925. > There is no publisher noted. Because it is after 1923 are these in the public domain? > > Thanks in advance ..... > > > >