She could post whole obits up to 1930 anyway without it being a problem. The Clarion mailing list has been posting the daily obituaries from the Clarion newspaper for a couple of months now, and there haven't been any problems. In fact, it has been a great resource, and I've added quite a few names to my database that I wouldn't normally have had available to me. I won't tell. :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: D. Bobenrieth <dboben@penn.com> To: <PAELK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2001 9:58 AM Subject: Re: [PAELK] Obituary Postings? > Julie, > > I believe it's illegal to post an obituary word for word without the permission of the paper that published it unless it's 70 years old. Who's going to tell????? > You could just post the names and anyone interested could contact you. > > Dave >