Wldcats@aol.com wrote: > I wonder if there is a way we could get permission to do a reproduction of > the book if the times doesn't want to do it. I think there would be enough > intrest to see about finding another vendor to do the printing. Maybe we > could pay the times for the rights to the book since they are not going to do > another reproduction. Any ideas?? > > Brian Hi Brian, My first guess would be to contact a live person at Higginson Books and see if they could/would. I know they either need a copyright release of some sort on the original copyright need to be expired. I sincerely doubt this book's copyright is expired since it was published in 1986, but if the newspaper has no interest in republishing, perhaps they would sign a release. I would offer to make the contact, but my schedule right now is totally unbelievable and I won't be seeing daylight until time to start preparing for Thanksgiving. (That's why I made my "lookup offer" on a TIME-AVAILABLE basis. Hope this helps. -- Diane Scannell Wichita, KS dscannell@kscable.com Rootsweb Sponsor and Proud Donor http://sikes-sykesfamilies.rootsweb.com http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~inthetrees/

Looking for John M Melton (s/o John Melton & ??? Sheffield) b. 1833 AL d. 1904 Bryon Co, OK m. 2/19/1857 Itawamba Co, MS to Mariah Parker (d/o Anderson Peyton Parker & Nancy Melinda Mabry) b. 1836 AL d. 1915 Bryon Co, OK. Any help on this family would be appreciated. belinda melton hughes -- BJ's Genealogy Site http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/7241/index.html Child Support Central http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/Garden/2342/