I am passing the below information to those possibly interested in publishing their family information sometime in the future. The article mentioned in this website is very informative and may give you a sigh of relief regarding old timey copyrights, or the lack thereof, as pertaining to them in today's world. There is also a free mailing list ~ [email protected] which is equally informative. Recently I shared to a list, information from records my grandmother [1869~1969] had made, probably using family notes from her mother-in-law [1820~1900] and copied from a family Quaker member's diary written late 1700s to about 1835. My post was ultimately removed from the archives with the claim that the information had been copyrighted by a genealogical society in the 1930s. Between Mike GOAD's article on his website [mentioned below] and the Copyright list, one should definitely know when they are on safe ground... which I was, definitely. Hope these help someone else to not go through the stress that I did. Annie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I've made free reprint and redistribution rights available to all of the list administrators (and anyone else who is interested) for an article that I wrote on copyright and genealogy. The intent was that they share the article and reprint/redistribution rights offer to their subscribers if they thought it worthwhile. I thought I should share it here, as well, for those who are not subscribed to other lists, since I'm the list admin for this list. This is what I provided to the others who are on the mailing list for list administrators: I have written a new article on copyright and genealogy that I am making available with free reprint and redistribution rights. Please feel free to use it on your mailing lists or web pages if you deem it appropriate. Often, in genealogy, questions related to copyright arise. For several years, I've had a website where I tried to answer many of those questions and I've actively participated in the discussions on the copyright-l mailing list at RootsWeb. More recently, I've been writing articles based on what I've learned about copyright, which I am also posting online. My most recent article is intended to apply some basics of copyright to genealogy related issues. "Copyright Fundamentals for Genealogy," was specifically written to grant free reprint and redistribution rights. It is located at: http://www.stellar-one.com/copyright_concepts/fundamentals_gene.htm Please feel free to use the article for any genealogy related use, such as: - your own website (with its look and feel), - email to others, - mailing list posting, - genealogy or historical society newsletter, - as a free handout at libraries The only restrictions that I have for its use is that its text is not edited or altered and, if used in a website, that a link is provided back to my copyright website." Thanks Mike Goad http://stellar-one.com list administrator for the Goad, Shinn, Snodgrass, and Wineland mailing lists on RootsWeb