Thanks, Rondina. for your information on current FamilySearch procedures for accepting donatied material, and for confirming my understanding that it does not operate as a pubvlisher. Donn Donn Devine, CG, FNGS Consultant, Documentary and Genetic Genealogy CG and Certified Genealogist are proprietary service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogy, used under license by its certificants after periodic review of their genealogical competence, and the Board name is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. In a message dated 5/4/2015 4:03:35 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Date: Sun, 3 May 2015 14:42:28 -0500 From: Rondina Muncy <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TGF] Disseminating information online To: DonnDevine <[email protected]> Cc: Transitional Genealogists <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]om> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Donn, I have used scanned copies of unpublished manuscripts from the FHL through links on *FamilySearch*. In the front, there is a letter of permission by the author (normally the copyright holder) that allows the library permission to use the copy. This does not make the FHL the "publisher" per se, but the avenue to the copyrighted work. Unless the rules have changed, with proper permission, submissions that are sent using PDF files with the author's (or copyright holder's) permission can be placed online and linked to search results. When I have spoken with them, they inferred that the PDF format was preferable. The current link to donating material is: https://familysearch.org/sites/default/uploads/Donations-Guidelines-REVISION -12-July-2012.pdf Rondina _______________________ Rondina P. Muncy Ancestral Analysis 4008 Linden Avenue Fort Worth, Texas 76107 682.224.6584 [email protected] www.ancestralanalysis.com