In a message dated 9/19/2006 4:31:53 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I have searched the book inside out , there is no copyright . From the letters written about the church from many pastors in the area , the closest date I can get is 1984 . The book is a soft cover and on the back it says 200th Jubilee of 200 years of American Methodism . --- If the book was published in 1984 (or thereabouts) it doesn't need to have a notice in order to be under copyright. See: http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm Joan