It will be great if you can locate the author and get permission to use the list. Otherwise, you might want to examine the question of what it is about a copied list from history that can be covered by a copyright. Cec kayn@webtv.net wrote: > Does anyone on this list know how I can contact Eleanor Davis McSWAIN? > She compiled the book "Abstracts Of Some Documents Of Twiggs County > Georgia" in 1972. In that book she lists Ira Peck's Mercantile Store > customers. The store was in Marion, Ga. Twiggs County. Mr. Peck kept a > 'Day Book' of names of his customers from 1826 & 1827. I have a list of > the names and was adding them to this mail list. Because of 'copyright' > laws I may not be able to add them without Ms. McSWAIN's permission. > I know how important it is to find your ancestor in a certain place and > in a certain time. I found my George Remer YOUNG in the 'Day Book' in > January 1826. Can anyone help me find Ms. McSWAIN?? > Thanks, Kay > > ==== GATWIGGS Mailing List ==== > Pat Evans > Twiggs County List Manager > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lake/8044 > surnames: evans, james, batchelor, bullington, haddock, davis, conine... > > ============================== > Ancestry.com now has more than 200,000 subscribers! To celebrate, > access to ALL of Ancestry.com will be free from July 18 to July 31! > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/freepromo.asp?sourcecode=A11AM