Julie I just wrote the Rockford M. S. and here is the letter I wrote...I will let you know the response I get. sue Dear Sir/Madam, My name is Sue Schlosser and I reside in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. I am an avid genealogist with all my family ties going back to Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois. The reason I am writing you is that recently I was loaned an album of family obituaries and news articles relating to my family. In that album there was a front page clipped that brought great interest to me and others who are researching the Stephenson County area. The front page headline says,"44 Freeport Selectees Leave for Induction Center," and it is dated Wednesday 30 April 1941. It has a photo of the 44 men who are leaving for the Army induction center in Chicago and identifies all of them. As a member of the Stephenson County website for genealogy which you can find at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilstephe/toc.html I am writing to ask permission to post the article on the site. I understand there is a copyright law protecting the publication of such news articles unless I have the permission from the originating source. Can you please advise me as to who to write in order to get permission, if it can be granted? I hope to hear from you regarding this and thank you for your time. Sincerely, Susan A. Schlosser Julie Wirgau wrote: > >While going through the books of obits etc. that my grandmother kept, I > >also came across a wonderful news article., It was on the front page of > >the Rockford Morning Star and dated Wednesday 30 April 1941. > >The title is 44 Freeport men leave for Induction Center. The photo is > >wonderful! AND everyone in the photo is identified. While I would love > >to share this with everyone and esp. anyone who might have a family > >member in it I am sure that scanning and sending it email to each person > >who would like a copy would not be the most efficient way to do this. > >Any ideas? Anywhere that I can post it on the county site? Do I need > >permission to post it online? > >Thanks for any suggestions. > > Hi Sue, > > I have no problem putting it up on the county site, but yes, we'd > need to get permission from the Rockford paper since it isn't 75 yrs > old or older. Hopefully, if we credit them with the intial works, > they won't object. > > Rockford paper - http://www.rrstar.com/ > > Copyright info - > http://www.public.asu.edu/~dkarjala/publicdomain/SearchC-R.html > > http://www.cswnet.com/~sbooks/genealogy/copyright/copyright.htm > > ==== ILSTEPHE Mailing List ==== > Due to other responsibilities, I need to give up "Stephenson County ILGenWeb". If you would be interested in adopting this web site, please contact mailto:RichPump@wf.net Richard Howland (Northern Regional Coordinator). > > ============================== > Genealogy calendars, guestbooks and more: > Visit RootsWeb's Resource Center at > http://resources.rootsweb.com/