Trina, Since all parts were previously published, most or all were likely published before 1923. We don't know if they were originally published without a copyright notice, but the author would almost certainly re-asserted his copyright if he had copyrighted them in the first place. I have seen a lot of cemetery records from that and later periods that lacked a copyright notice. In fact, not one of them had a copyright notice. I would feel safe that the genealogies were in the public domain. If I wanted to put them online or republish them, I would. You will have to make your own decision. Cliff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Trina Huynh wrote: >Hi Cliff > Yes they were typed and has his handwritten additional notes on some of the papers. > Here's what it states at the end of one of the sections: " ALL OF THE ABOVE WERE ISSUED IN SMALL EDITIONS, AND ARE NOW OUT OF PRINT EXCEPT THOSE NOTED THUS * OF WHICH THE AUTHOR HAS A FEW COPIES LEFT THAT ARE FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE." > > Compiled and Printed by Milo Custer, Bloomington, Illinois. > (I did some research & found that Milo Custer authored about 32 or more short genealogies in which he had compiled and printed himself and then distributed to various libraries etc...) > > >