Hi George, Yes, I knew that this was one way of doing it, but I've also heard that this is just a temp copyright and that you should still be sending your fee and request in to the copyright office. At leaset, that is what I last heard from the Coyright list at Rootsweb. Doesn't mean it's correct, but just that this is what I read. Thanks, Peggy At 11:48 PM 6/30/98 -0400, George G. Morgan wrote: >Hi Ardis and Peggy! > >You do NOT need to "apply" for a copyright. Simply by adding the >copyright sign, followed by the words, "Copyright 1998 [your name here] >- ALl rights reserved" you have preserved your rights. Long past are >the days of applying to the Patent Office for a copyright. > >George Morgan > >Mark and Peggy Perry wrote: >> >> At 10:42 AM 6/30/98 -0500, Ardis wrote: >> >Does the copyright laws effect family history books? In other words, do >> >I need to get permission to print information for my family history >> >book? The books would be printed strictly for our family members and >> >not for sale to the general public. Besides the birth, marriage, and >> >death dates of family members, I'd like to include information and >> >history of places our ancestors came from. >> > >> >Thanks for any help you can give me. >> >Ardis >> > >> > >> >==== GenTips Mailing List ==== >> >Support online research! Donate to the RootsWeb Genealogical Project! See >> more information at: >> >http://www.rootsweb.com >> > >> Hi Ardis, >> >> My suggestion would be to apply for the true copyright. It's to protect you >> from someone else using your work as their own - not the other way around. >> You don't need "permission" to print any work that you yourself have >> written. Be sure to include a copy of the printed book in your local >> library and genealogical/Historical Societies as well! >> Thanks, >> >> Peggy Perry >> pegmar@mhtc.net >> >> Moderator for The Obituary Daily Times >> the email newspaper of obituaries from around the world! >> To subscribe: send a message to: GEN-OBIT-Request@rootsweb.com >> with the message: subscribe >> >> Visit our searchable web page at: >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~obituary >> >> WI GenWeb coordinator for Iowa County - visit us at: >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiiowa >> >> President - Iowa County Wisconsin Genealogical Society >> http://www.friendsnfamily.net/wiiowagensoc/index.html >> >> Co-Owner of the GENMSC mailing list. >> To subscribe: send a message to: GENMSC-L-request@rootsweb.com >> with the message: subscribe >> >> ==== GenTips Mailing List ==== >> Support online research! Donate to the RootsWeb Genealogical Project! See more information at: >> http://www.rootsweb.com > > Thanks, Peggy Perry pegmar@mhtc.net Moderator for The Obituary Daily Times the email newspaper of obituaries from around the world! To subscribe: send a message to: GEN-OBIT-Request@rootsweb.com with the message: subscribe Visit our searchable web page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~obituary WI GenWeb coordinator for Iowa County - visit us at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiiowa President - Iowa County Wisconsin Genealogical Society http://www.friendsnfamily.net/wiiowagensoc/index.html Co-Owner of the GENMSC mailing list. To subscribe: send a message to: GENMSC-L-request@rootsweb.com with the message: subscribe