Thanks to Jeanette for several contributions she's made to the Huguenot women thread on HWE over the last day or so. Firstly, for posting yesterday with the titles, authors and summaries of those three articles about Huguenot women. As Jeanette said, the info may inspire others to add more details or to do further research. Jeanette, what was the website where you obtained this info and would it be accessible to other subscribers? And thanks again to Jeanette for telling us more about the contents of the "Shouting down Abraham......" article and for rightly pointing out that I hadn't mentioned that Catherine Randall was the author of that article. My apologies for that. I inadvertently deleted Ms. Randall's name while editing my post before sending it. Now might also be a good time to mention copyright issues. Jeanette, in fact, brought up this topic herself and she is wise to be aware of it. And copyright issues are also mentioned in one of our list guidelines. This is because it's an important subject we all should be aware of. As researchers, we are always eager to share what we know with others. But we need to do it in such a way that does not violate the copyright of others. So, what does this mean? Well, it means firstly that each of you owns the copyright to any e-mail you've authored and sent or posted anywhere. And that anyone who wants to pass on your e-mail(s) to others (or forward it on in any way such as to other lists) should ask your permission to do so first. It also means that lengthy, word for word, copying/pasting of info from websites isn't advisable. Small portions are OK, though, because they fall under the "fair use" category, as long as you cite where you got the info and who the author is and the URL (if there is one) so everyone can go read the rest of the details themselves. Did you know that historical facts such as where and when someone was born, married, died, etc. aren't copyrightable? However, copying how someone else has arranged those facts is copyrighted. Indexes would fall under this category, for example. Another example would be posting a family history that was done by another researcher without attributing the work to that other researcher and without asking their permission first. This happened to me recently when I was shocked to discover a massive amount of my research -- including notes containing personal info -- had been posted on Ancestry.com by someone I didn't know at all. I might tell you the story of it some other time, just as a cautionary tale. Did you know that something can be copyrighted even though that fact isn't explicitly stated? So always assume something is copyrighted unless you know otherwise. And possibly those of us on HWE need to tread a little more carefully, too, because we are often delving into info from several different countries. Copyright law might differ from country to country so we need to stay aware of that. That's all I have time to post right now about copyright. It's a big and important topic. Please take some time to acquaint yourself with it...... **but** please.... *no ongoing discussion to HWE about it*. (There is a separate list for that called Copyright-L). I've mentioned the topic here only as the list admin and to warn HWE subscribers about it as a prevention. I hope others will carry on with the Huguenot women thread in the coming days and weeks. But if this topic doesn't suit you, pick something else. As long as it has to do with Huguenots and/or Walloons in Europe and/or England and/or Ireland. Regards, Andrea (HWE list concierge)