Do you know anyone in Kosciusko that can help find another nephew who might be interested in our project? Willie R. Hughes ----- Original Message ----- From: "Everette Carr" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 12:53 PM Subject: Re: [MSATTALA] Cemetery Book > Mr. Eddie Fenwick's secretary is mistaken. There is absolutely no question > but that the "Attala Mississippi Cemeteries" book is subject to the > copyright laws of the United States. The copyright is clearly shown on the > face plate as LCN 87-90930 TX2249140 2/1/88. > > It is true that the initial project of copying the cemeteries of Attala > County was begun under the auspices of the Attala Historical Society but the > majority of the cemeteries were copied by Maryganos McCool Fenwick and > Billye Brown Akin. Ultimately, Mrs. Fenwick used her personal funds to have > the cemetery transcriptions published and the Attala Historical Society did > not participate in this endeavor. She no doubt copyrighted the material to > protect her investment, at least until she was able to recover her initial > investment. She sold the books for exactly the amount required to recover > her investment, so profit was not a motive. > > But the fact remains, no matter what Mrs. Fenwick or Mrs. Akins's intent may > have been, the material is copyrighted. In order to put the information on > the Attala County web site, written permission would have to be obtained > from a representative of the surviving relatives of Mrs. Edward Fenwick. > > As previously stated, the "Attala Mississippi Cemeteries" book is sold out > and no additional copies are available. The majority of the cemeteries were > copied in 1958 which means that even if we were successful in putting the > information on the Internet, the information on the most recent burial would > be almost fifty years old. But it is the early nineteenth and twentieth > century listings that make this book so important, for in the ensuing fifty > years many of the headstones have become illegible. Or, many of the > transcription contain information taken from a Funeral Home marker where a > headstone was never erected. > > On the Acknowledgements page of the published book, Mrs. Fenwick gave credit > to a number of people that assisted with the project including not only > those that copied cemeteries or provided information on cemeteries, but also > to map-spotters, proof readers, etc. But, the person that was singled out > as having made the greatest contribution for her work in setting up the > computer print-out and the indexing for the book was Mrs. John Rimmer > (Janice B.) Craft. Maryganos stated that without Janice Craft the book > "would not have been possible". > > And the effort to obtain permission to post goes on... > > Everette Carr > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gigi Tanksley" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 10:06 PM > Subject: Re: [MSATTALA] Cemetery Book > > > Everette, > > He made no response at all. His secretary told me there were five > surviving nephews. She didn't seem to think that a copyright applied. If I > read correctly the Attala Historical Society had something to do with > getting it published. According to Joyce Sanders in her Historical > Happenings article it was a joint effort of Historical Society Members. > Maybe not though....... > > Gigi > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Everette Carr<mailto:[email protected]> > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 7:59 PM > Subject: Re: [MSATTALA] Cemetery Book > > Gigi, > > Before I pursue my next possible approach to obtain permission to post the > Attala Cemeteries to the Attala County web site, I need to know if Eddie > Fenwick ever got back to you with respect to giving permission to post the > cemetery listings from the 'Attala County Cemetery' book. > > If he has failed to respond, then it may be time to begin the next phase. > > Please advise. > > Everette Carr > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gigi Tanksley" <[email protected]:[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]:[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 4:29 PM > Subject: [MSATTALA] Cemetery Book > > Hi all, > > I called Eddie Fenwick who is a nephew of the Mrs. Fenwick who wrote the > cemetery book. I am hoping he will give written permission to post the > information. I was unable to speak with him but his secretary was very > helpful. She said she would see what she could work out for us and get back > in touch with me. > > Gigi > > > > > > > > > ==== MSATTALA Mailing List ==== > Before forwarding any Virus Warnings or Chain Letters to anyone, check them out at: http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/ Also, please Visit the Attala County Rootsweb site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~msattala/ >