Actually Family Discoverey.com is currently being persued through the courts by Rootsweb for copyright infringement. Rootsweb I gather copyrights all its submissions by volunteers in order to make sure that it remains free.For example I am sure many of you have seen the information that Rootsweb puts out with regard to people copying or misusing submitted info.Anyone is free to copy or reproduce any of their information as long as the author/transcriber is given credit.It does also clearly state that this is a condition of the information remaining free. Rootsweb confirmed they are taking Action but declined to go into detail. Ian.