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