You have certainly bitten off a huge chunk!!! I xeroxed the pages for all of my family names from his set and it took me some 8 months just to enter the names and dates into my genealogy program. I can imagine - with such a huge work - it would take me years to type everything! More power to you. I'll be looking forward to the completion of your work for when it appears on the internet. Jan > Hi Jan, > > There is no problem retyping names, dates, etc. from any published work > into a database. The copyright issues would be involved if I were to scan > the work and put it online or otherwise redistribute it. > > Additionally the Jacobus work is only a part of my large database, not > an entity into itself and I source every entry as well. > > I've been typing since December and am only about 1/3 of the way > through. It is a very time consuming project. > > Thanks for writing though .... Margaret Scheffler > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jan Turner" <jaturner@harborside.com> > To: <NYOSWEGO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 10:01 PM > Subject: Re: [NYOSWEGO] Genealogy Research > > > > Have you checked on the copyright on this? If my memory serves, he wrote > > this set in about 1937 and he and/or his heirs might object to your > > putting > > it out on the internet. > > > > Better safe than sorry! > > Jan > > > >> > >> In a message dated 5/2/2006 1:12:47 AM Central Standard Time, > >> mscheffl@twcny.rr.com writes: > >> > >> I am currently in the process of typing the entire 3 volumes of Donald > > Lines > >> Jacobus monumental 3 volume work "Families of Ancient New Haven" into my > >> database to share online. When complete with my additions, I hope to add > >> additionally correct lineages to the many incorrect ones currently posted > > online > >> at WorldConnect/Ancestry. > >> > >> > >> > >> Margaret, a thousand thanks for doing this immense project! > >> > >> ~ Dori (a descendant of ancient New Haven families) > >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~partsch/index.htm > >> > > > > > > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > > List Administrator Bonita Shafer > > Northern New York Genealogy - http://www.nnygenealogy.com > > sagemarie98@earthlink.net > > > > ============================== > > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > > New content added every business day. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > > > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > List Administrator Bonita Shafer > Northern New York Genealogy - http://www.nnygenealogy.com > sagemarie98@earthlink.net > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > >