The correct answer is: NOBODY The following paragraph is pulled from the 1st reference. Facts about your pedigree are not copyrightable and are in the 'public domain'. Therefore, you can copy the 'facts' from any source you want, including your cousins gen charts. What you can't do is copy any narrative or unique format in which the 'facts' are presented. Dave "The copyright laws affect both the research and the publication of your genealogy, either a narrative family history or a simple pedigree family line. First, though, consider that the basic facts about your ancestor's life (such as name, birth date and place, marriage partner, date and place, and death date and place) do not receive copyright protection, no matter their source. Whether you went to the county courthouse, rented a microfilm of the relevant records, or found the data in a commercial CD-ROM, the basic facts of a person's life may be freely copied; they are in the public domain." ============================================================ At 01:12 PM 8/27/1999 -0400, you wrote: >If anyone is perplexed about this issue, here is an excellent resource to >read.. It clarifies the 'actual' definitions as to origional works, public >domain, fair use, authorship.. and many other features that you may >encounter on the web or in your research. You might want to bookmark these >pages for reference. > >I think we all need to read these and understand just what is copyrightable >and what isn't. I s the info youres or your cousins? Hummm? <g> >Check it out.. >Cher > >http://www.genealogy.com/genealogy/14_cpyrt.html >http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikegoad/copyright1.htm > > >==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== >Okay.... so I don't descend from anyone...... >Now What ???? >