Dear Keith, Why don't you do what I do when I can't read some entries in a scan? I print out my transcription ( takes about 7 pages) then take it to the Family History centre, check my entries with with their film or fiche, correct what I need to then go home and make the appropriate corrections. No problem with copyright laws, just take up a little of your time. I usually manage to check 3 or 4 flies in a 2 hour session at the FHC. Hope thie helps. Adrian Jervis >-- Original Message -- >From: "Keith Simpson" <Keylotus@ukonline.co.uk> >Subject: Photographing Scans >Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 13:24:01 +0100 >To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com > > >First may I express my thanks to Bob Phillips for his help with this. >After visiting my local family record centre and asking for permission to >photograph various scans which my syndicate find hard to decipher. I was >informed that copyright rules apply and they would need proof that I was >part FreeBMD. Yet they had no problem with me looking at the scans at any >time, subject to appointment, but this defeats the object. > >I then wrote to the Central Library in Birmingham, who have copies of the >fiche and received the following reply, >"Dear Mr. Simpson, >I am, of course, aware of the good work that you and your colleagues are >undertaking. > I think that there are Copyright issues that you need to address. Anyone >considering giving you access to the indices would require specific written >approval from the publishers before going forward with the project. As far >as I know we are only allowed to let people have an extract from the >indices for "fair dealing" and this specifically excludes publication. >Have you approached the Family Record Centre and if so what was their >response? > >Best regards >Robert Ryland" > >Has anyone else had this found this, and how did they overcome it. > >Keith Simpson >Gandalf(uk) >Syndicate coordinator > > > > >==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== >Need to get a fast answer to your transcribing problems? Go to the >Transcribers Knowledge Base at http://FreeBMD.RootsWeb.com/vol_faq.html > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > ___________________________________________________________ Unlimited Tiscali Broadband from 14.99! http://www.tiscali.co.uk/products/broadband/

I take photos of scans in the FRC in London, and they were fine about it - no problems with identification, or proof, just a request that I don't use flash. And as Adrian says, you can print your transcription from either WinBMD or BMDVerify. If you print from BMDVerify, you can just print your marked queries - you don't need to print the whole lot if you don't want - and then just check those against your local FRC scan. Regards Sue Smith Family Web Site http://www.harriesfamily.net/ -----Original Message----- From: andyjervisuk@tiscali.co.uk [mailto:andyjervisuk@tiscali.co.uk] Sent: 21 October 2005 17:09 To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: Photographing Scans Dear Keith, Why don't you do what I do when I can't read some entries in a scan? I print out my transcription ( takes about 7 pages) then take it to the Family History centre, check my entries with with their film or fiche, correct what I need to then go home and make the appropriate corrections. No problem with copyright laws, just take up a little of your time. I usually manage to check 3 or 4 flies in a 2 hour session at the FHC. Hope thie helps. Adrian Jervis >-- Original Message -- >From: "Keith Simpson" <Keylotus@ukonline.co.uk> >Subject: Photographing Scans >Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 13:24:01 +0100 >To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com > > >First may I express my thanks to Bob Phillips for his help with this. >After visiting my local family record centre and asking for permission to >photograph various scans which my syndicate find hard to decipher. I was >informed that copyright rules apply and they would need proof that I was >part FreeBMD. Yet they had no problem with me looking at the scans at any >time, subject to appointment, but this defeats the object. > >I then wrote to the Central Library in Birmingham, who have copies of the >fiche and received the following reply, >"Dear Mr. Simpson, >I am, of course, aware of the good work that you and your colleagues are >undertaking. > I think that there are Copyright issues that you need to address. Anyone >considering giving you access to the indices would require specific written >approval from the publishers before going forward with the project. As far >as I know we are only allowed to let people have an extract from the >indices for "fair dealing" and this specifically excludes publication. >Have you approached the Family Record Centre and if so what was their >response? > >Best regards >Robert Ryland" > >Has anyone else had this found this, and how did they overcome it. > >Keith Simpson >Gandalf(uk) >Syndicate coordinator > > > > >==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== >Need to get a fast answer to your transcribing problems? Go to the >Transcribers Knowledge Base at http://FreeBMD.RootsWeb.com/vol_faq.html > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > ___________________________________________________________ Unlimited Tiscali Broadband from 14.99! http://www.tiscali.co.uk/products/broadband/ ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== FreeBMD Transcribers homepage http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/vindex.shtml ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.12.4/143 - Release Date: 19/10/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.12.4/143 - Release Date: 19/10/2005