Just FYI, Diane, I paid $25 for those little bits of info on the Kennedys from Dr. Herring. That leads me to believe those are my property. I may be wrong, but this seems logical to me. For whatever it's worth.......... Alice in KY ncduplin-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Today's Topics: > > 1. Duplin County On line Deeds (DONNA DURFOS) > 2. Re: Duplin County On line Deeds (Fran) > 3. Is there a Bute County website? Seeking GROVES (FLYFISHW@aol.com) > 4. Re: Is there a Bute County website? Seeking GROVES (Mike & Diane) > 5. Groves of Duplin Co. & Isle of Wight (FLYFISHW@aol.com) > 6. Leslie Brown Cards (Mike & Diane) > 7. Re: Leslie Brown Cards (Fran Salyers) > 8. Leslie Brown Cards (Dot White) > 9. Re: Leslie Brown Cards (Mike & Diane) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > d Time) > From: "Mike & Diane" <garebel@embarqmail.com> > Subject: [NCDUPLIN] Leslie Brown Cards > To: "Duplin County" <ncduplin@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <47C4B1EC.0005D1.03928@DIANE> > Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi all, > > I have some bad news and some other news. > > For the bad news... > > I was contacted today by a member of the Duplin County Historical Foundation > (not the same as the Duplin County Historical Society) saying that the > Leslie Brown Cards as well as the Dallas Herring Library are their property. > I was told I have to ask the Board permission to post any of the materials > from Dallas Herring's Library, and it would be to their discretion to allow > me and us permission to use and/or post the materials. > > I have written this person back and asked for a list of the Board members, > their positions on the board as well as their contact information, so that I > can ask "permission". As soon as I receive the list I will contact each > member and try to obtain their permission. > > Now for the other news... > > As for copyright or anything else dealing with the cards, or any other > materials that are or were gathered by any genealogist that is in the > library, as long as the materials were not published and were gathered from > public information there is and can be NO copyright. I am going to post a > copy of the laws that will cover us on the posting of the Leslie Brown cards > so no worries, the ones on the site will not be taken off line. > > Someone will be going to the library tomorrow to try and make copies of some > of the cards as the library is supposed to be open Wednesday thru Thursday > from 2-5 PM. I will let you know if they were able to make copies or not. > > If not, as soon as I get "permission" from the Board we will then begin > making copies of them to be transcribed. > > For anyone that has sent or is sending a check to cover the costs of copying > these cards, I will hold the checks, and if we are successful at making > copies tomorrow they will go towards covering these costs. If not, I will > hold the checks until we can get permission, or worse case scenario, are > told no, that we can't make copies of the cards. If we are told that we > cannot make copies I will send your checks back to you. > > Just wanted you to be aware of what is going on with this situation and I > will keep you updated as I learn more. > > Thanks for your patience and understanding! > Diane > >