Recent correspondence on copyright reminds me that I get somewhat annoyed that people pass on any information you give them, regardless. My worst experience was when I thoughtlessly passed on the details of the death of someone a few weeks after the event, and the recipient instantly put it on his tree on FamilySearch, earning me an instant complaint from the widow of the deceased. We did manage to get it removed. In my early days of research I happily gave copies of Census images and BMD certificates to fellow researchers, but never put any of this on the Web myself. Now there are literally dozens of reproductions of these images on Ancestry; I know the certificates are from mine because of the serial numbers and dates. I can't identify any of the people who have done this and it wouldn't help if I did - it is too late, and many will say it is right to do this anyway. At least I can now know that the GRO won't pursue me for copyright infringements because their website now says: "Q: I'm publishing my family tree on the internet - I want to publish images of the certificates I have. A: As long as there are no details about living individuals there is no problem about publishing the images of the certificates on your family tree website. Any modern certificates would be subject to the Data Protection Act, and would need the permission of any living named person prior to publication." but from the recent messages the Census images aren't that straightforward. I now don't give away copies of certificates or censuses, I just give references; if the recipients can't take my word for it, hard luck. Adrian