Hi List sorry dont know if this subject is done with my mailbox was closed again (long forwards do that please remove the original message). I completely agree with Jim! I have many many records on my "family" website. I have cited sources and I have covered my rear with the "family" in case someone wants to get nasty about it. However, Iam of the thinking that the ancestors I search are my ancestors they dont belong to ancestry.com, etc. They belong my family, they are readiy available records, they come from church records, census,(which no church census, etc own the census records) etc. The ONLY time I ask permission from anyone is if it is something they have written personally, or a picture they have personally taken. Which brings me to a question here..I belong to several lists.I have pictures I own of my ancestors on my webpages,some are on the Platte County website, which I donated to my list. I own the pictures, my sisters owns some pictures etc, mostly my Mom owned them and shes been gone several years now. So would someone have to ask me or the list admin permission to use my pics? I believe if its on the internet its not personal or it wouldnt be here for the world see. I will continue to do as I have always done, use the sources I wish and really dont care what their copyrights are. You cant copyright something you dont own. They didnt ask MY permission to put my grandparents, newspaper articles the census etc. online so why should I need to ask theirs. I do and I wont and so far no one has ever challenged me, They wouldnt get too far, I wont remove my information. thats my 2¢ worth. Cris