So if i go to court houses and copy marriages, deaths, etc and go to library and find info and pay the places for copies, then some where they are put on the list is my work that i found still mine or is it copyrighted? I do try to find all my sources even though i might get a lead from the list then get the document for my self. Am i understanding this right. Sorry to be confusing or stupid about this law. Does involve a lot sometimes. thanks for all the hard work that the list does. You are greatly appreciated. Sometimes with out your help lots of us would be totally in the dark on our family. thanks again judi

Judy, YOU did the work it is yours..... therefore, the same records could be transcribed by various individuals and each owns their own work, their "time and effort" to compile. SueEd --- JJwherebee@aol.com wrote: > So if i go to court houses and copy marriages, deaths, etc and go to > library > and find info and pay the places for copies, then some where they are > put on > the list is my work that i found still mine or is it copyrighted? I do > try > to find all my sources even though i might get a lead from the list then > get > the document for my self. Am i understanding this right. Sorry to be > confusing or stupid about this law. Does involve a lot sometimes. thanks > for > all the hard work that the list does. You are greatly appreciated. > Sometimes > with out your help lots of us would be totally in the dark on our > family. > thanks again judi > > > ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== > Please keep your topic related to genealogical research > in Gallia County, Ohio. > > __________________________________ Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/

This site was posted on another list in January. http://stellar-one.com/copyrightgenealogy/ Yolanda Campbell Lifter Malabar, FL ylifter@ohiofamilyresearch.com member Association of Professional Genealogists http://apgen.org Ohio Family Research http://www.ohiofamilyresearch.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <JJwherebee@aol.com> To: <OHGALLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 3:08 PM Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA-L] Copyright Law Question > So if i go to court houses and copy marriages, deaths, etc and go to library > and find info and pay the places for copies, then some where they are put on > the list is my work that i found still mine or is it copyrighted? I do try > to find all my sources even though i might get a lead from the list then get > the document for my self. Am i understanding this right. Sorry to be > confusing or stupid about this law. Does involve a lot sometimes. thanks for > all the hard work that the list does. You are greatly appreciated. Sometimes > with out your help lots of us would be totally in the dark on our family. > thanks again judi > > > ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== > Please keep your topic related to genealogical research > in Gallia County, Ohio. > >

A great resource, thanks for sharing that. A point of information to consider.....anything you write is copyrighted as soon as you write it ! This included email ! So, if you are in the habit of forwarding email to other people you are abusing a copyright ! I don't think that instance would really matter, but I wanted to point it out as a matter of consideration. Like that website mentioned, copyright laws are never easy.......... On 3/8/2005, "Yolanda Campbell Lifter" <ylifter@ohiofamilyresearch.com> wrote: >This site was posted on another list in January. > >http://stellar-one.com/copyrightgenealogy/ > > >Yolanda Campbell Lifter >Malabar, FL >ylifter@ohiofamilyresearch.com >member Association of Professional Genealogists http://apgen.org >Ohio Family Research http://www.ohiofamilyresearch.com > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <JJwherebee@aol.com> >To: <OHGALLIA-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 3:08 PM >Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA-L] Copyright Law Question > > >> So if i go to court houses and copy marriages, deaths, etc and go to >library >> and find info and pay the places for copies, then some where they are put >on >> the list is my work that i found still mine or is it copyrighted? I do >try >> to find all my sources even though i might get a lead from the list then >get >> the document for my self. Am i understanding this right. Sorry to be >> confusing or stupid about this law. Does involve a lot sometimes. thanks >for >> all the hard work that the list does. You are greatly appreciated. >Sometimes >> with out your help lots of us would be totally in the dark on our family. >> thanks again judi >> >> >> ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== >> Please keep your topic related to genealogical research >> in Gallia County, Ohio. >> >> > > > >==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== >Check the address you are replying to before sending your message. >

Information cannot be copyrighted........but the format the information is in is copyrighted...... If you learn that a certain person died on a certain day, that is information can can be included in anything you write.......... Even the format is in public domain after a certain number of years and is fair game for anyone to use in any manner whatsoever. These excerpts for a 1887 newspaper is certainly in the public domain........ On 3/8/2005, "JJwherebee@aol.com" <JJwherebee@aol.com> wrote: >So if i go to court houses and copy marriages, deaths, etc and go to library >and find info and pay the places for copies, then some where they are put on >the list is my work that i found still mine or is it copyrighted? I do try >to find all my sources even though i might get a lead from the list then get >the document for my self. Am i understanding this right. Sorry to be >confusing or stupid about this law. Does involve a lot sometimes. thanks for >all the hard work that the list does. You are greatly appreciated. Sometimes >with out your help lots of us would be totally in the dark on our family. >thanks again judi > > >==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== >Please keep your topic related to genealogical research >in Gallia County, Ohio. >