Dorothy In regard to that disputed photo - Check the clothing style.  If you can determine which time period that type of clothing was used, you can pinpoint the approximate date of the photo and thus determine who the disputed individual is. Also, a photo is copyrighted by the individual who took it.  However, be aware that two people can take a photo of a gravestone and they may appear to be the same photo when in reality there is a very slight difference if you really look for one.  I took photos of some gravestones back in the 1980's.  I found those gravestones at Find A Grave and they were quite nice..  When I compared them to those I took, they looked the same, but I knew I only had one copy and never made copies for anyone nor provided the negatives to anyone.  So two people did take the photo of a gravestone and they looked so much alike that you could swear one was a duplicate of the other but I found the one small difference between them. If you want to protect your photos, add a caption to it in the lower corner which says "copyrighted (year) by (your name)".  Then make sure you note which websites you posted the photo to.  Later if you find someone copied it to another site, you can contact the person and website owner about copyright infringement and request they remove it.  Make it in writing and keep a copy.  Then if they don't follow your request, you can file a lawsuit against them. Debbi --- On Mon, 3/30/09, Cook, Dorothy <Dorothy.Cook@badger.k12.ar.us> wrote: From: Cook, Dorothy <Dorothy.Cook@badger.k12.ar.us> Subject: Re: [ILMACOUP] Cemetery Photos and FindAGrave To: ilmacoup@rootsweb.com Date: Monday, March 30, 2009, 8:45 AM I talked with a lady once who found a copy of her grandparent's marriage license at the court house and took it.  She said that it was her relative and she thought she had a right to it.  I was appalled that anyone could do that.  She is not a genealogist by the way.  I do take photos and gladly share anything I have dug out and dug up.  If I have made a mistake about something I like to be made aware of the fact.  I am still discussing a picture of my grandmother with someone who thinks it is someone else.  My mother claims it as her mother. Thank you to all who are willing to share our common history.  ________________________________ From: ilmacoup-bounces@rootsweb.com on behalf of LRFArnold@aol.com Sent: Mon 3/30/2009 8:42 AM To: ilmacoup@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILMACOUP] Cemetery Photos and FindAGrave I, too agree with Rick in that I find and use Find-A-Grave to be  extremely helpful.  Most of us could never go in person to the cemeteries  where our family members (distant cousins, the greats, or even in-laws) are  buried around the country. Being in California, I have gone to most of the cemeteries where my  families are buried and have posted photos of the markers to  Find-A-Grave.  One of my distant cousins asked me to go to the Riverside  National Cemetery to take a photo of her father's marker and I  did.  I sent it to her, then asked if she wanted me to post it at  Find-A-Grave or if she wanted to do so.  She asked me post it for her (I  don't think she knew how).  Sometimes the information is incorrect, but it  sure gives clues to finding the correct information. Unless so marked (a copyright claimed or implied), I am of the persuasion that what is posted online is there for sharing (and/or taking).  If  it helps another researcher, why not?  Some of my photos have  been taken without permission and posted elsewhere online.  Yes,  I was upset but only because I was not accorded the courtesy of being asked  first.  But then, if you post something online I think you have to expect  it to be used elsewhere, ie taken.  I don't post anything online what I  don't want to taken. Just my thoughts, Linda R.F. Arnold Menifee, California P.S.  Dare I mention that yesterday was near 80 degrees  here and the only sign of snow was on the mountain tops and melting  fast. In a message dated 3/30/2009 4:32:30 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, hmdoty@madisontelco.com writes: I agree.  I use findagrave to help make index lists to send to Gloria for the Mac  site and help keep track of if I have the entire cemetery done or not and  if the person is a relative I can add extra info. I have found info I submitted there copied into duplicate listings, I have found photos I sent to Gloria posted there as from others none of that matters to me as long  as the info gets out there for the researcher who wouldn't be able to  visit the cemetery any other way. Soon the weather & my time will get  where I can get out and get some more so get ready Gloria  ;-) Rick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard &  Jene Cheek" <cheekfamok@yahoo.com> To:  <ilmacoup@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 10:26  PM Subject: Re: [ILMACOUP] Cemetery Photos and FindAGrave Let me  say to start with that I am only speaking for myself and do not mean it to  be criticism of anyone else. Everything I post, cemetery pictures and otherwise I post hoping that someone will find it helpful. Consequently I don't really care whether it is copied or posted on other sites with or without giving me credit. I think I would object if someone decided to charge for information I provided for public access but to my knowledge  that has not happened. I post pictures on my own websites, on FAG, on  rootsweb, etc. and fully intend to continue to do  so. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<|  >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "I  hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity." -General Dwight David Eisenhower --- On Sun, 3/29/09, Debbie Hyland  <dlhyland@gmail.com> wrote: From: Debbie Hyland  <dlhyland@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [ILMACOUP] Cemetery Photos and  FindAGrave To: ilmacoup@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, March 29, 2009, 5:56  PM I have read quite a few cemeteries in my area and submitted the  information to the USGenWeb Tombstone Project and have always gotten credit  for my efforts.  I've had a lot of people over the years email me for  pics of tombstones, etc. which has been fun and rewarding.  I'd just  find somewhere else to submit your work and don't give up, because the  efforts you are making are helping many find ancestors and there are always  a few "bad apples."   Debbie On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at  2:16 PM, Mary Ann Kaylor <kaylorma@comcast.net>wrote: > I  agree with Wayne.  I have read several cemeteries and put them >  online.  FAG has some of them on their site just as I >  transcribed/photographed them.  At first when I contacted them,  they > wanted to make it right and they did put my name on them.   Later when > I found others, I emailed them and never heard from  them > again.  People were submitting them in their names when it  was my > work.  That is 'stealing'.  I think there is some  kind of "personal > contest" to see who can submit the most  cemeteries on the FAG site, > so people surf the Net and steal others  work.  So I am not fond of > the site either. > > At  03:24 PM 3/29/2009, you wrote: > >Re : May i ask what you know about  the find a grave web site > > > >Joseph and  everyone, > >I am not fond of this website at all, They take, and  take > >without giving credit or caring where it came from. >  >I have found some that they "stole" from my websites > >and after  some "work" I had some of these removed from > >FAG. But, I just  don't have the time to monitor it > >continually. Also there are the  ads. > >I have also heard rumors that FAG may soon > >become  a "pay for" site. > >This is just my opinion and does not reflect  the > >thoughts and ideas of anyone else. > > > >I  have a lot of cemetery photos on-line, from many > >sources over the  last dozen years or so and there > >is also some genealogical data  provided as well. > >The US photos and data are listed >  >http://www.gillespieil.com/genealogy/ > >and the Illinois  counties are divided by counties. > > > >Also they are my  county pages for Perry and > >Washington Counties in Illinois with  many cemeteries > >and other data. Then there is washignton  DC > >and Mcnairy County, Tn. >  >http://genealogytrails.com/ill/perry/ >  >http://genealogytrails.com/ill/washington/ >  >http://genealogytrails.com/washdc/ >  >http://genealogytrails.com/tenn/mcnairy/ > > > >Too  much, isn't it? About time to retire, maybe. > >Wayne >  >http://www.gillespieil.com/gillespie/ > > > > >  > > >Check out Macoupin County ILGenWeb page at >  >http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/. >  >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list,  please send an email to > >ILMACOUP-request@rootsweb.com with the  word 'unsubscribe' without > >the quotes in the subject and the  body of the message > > > Check out Macoupin County ILGenWeb  page at > http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/. >  ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please  send an email to > ILMACOUP-request@rootsweb.com with the word  'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the  message > -- Debbie Save Money Through My Web  Store Get the Details  Now: www.mywebcashstore.com/hyland7364 Check out Macoupin County  ILGenWeb page  at http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/. ------------------------------- To  unsubscribe from the list, please send an email  to ILMACOUP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without  the quotes in the subject and the body of the  message Check out Macoupin County ILGenWeb page at http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/. ------------------------------- To  unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILMACOUP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the  quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus  found in this outgoing message Checked by PC Tools AntiVirus (5.0.1.1 -  10.100.108). http://www.pctools.com/free-antivirus/ Check out  Macoupin County ILGenWeb page at http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please  send an email to ILMACOUP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe'  without the quotes in the subject and the body of the  message **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. 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