In a message dated 8/8/01 5:56:40 PM, ojaisandy@ojai.net writes: >The only >thing you can copyright is the FORMAT in which the data is presented. The above is another copyright myth. Some legal basics: Under the Berne copyright convention, which almost all major nations have signed, every creative work is copyrighted the moment it is fixed in tangible form. No notice is necessary, though it helps legal cases. No registration is necessary, though it's needed later to sue. The copyright lasts until 50 years after the author dies. Facts and ideas can't be copyrighted, BUT expressions of creative effort can. So, are your family trees the result of your creative efforts? Mine are! Cora