If you know any instructor in a college level environment, especially English or History dept, they have specialized software that looks for existing copies of documents or portions thereof submitted by students. The purpose is checking for plagiarism. You might be able to get some help from some one like that. Douglas Burnett In a message dated 11/19/2014 10:22:47 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I have a four page typewritten essay that I picked up in a used book store. It has the author's name but no date. It is mainly about changing customs. For example an oil lamp being a new invention. And people taking off their shoes and walking to town and then putting them back on as shoes were scarce. So it is talking about the early 1800's in Ontario, Canada. For the most part no names of people are mentioned and a generic name like Mrs. Smith could be substituted with no loss of coherence. Because it is typewritten is it correct to assume a copywright exists? I'm guessing the author is no longer living. Would I need to find who is the heir to her estate and get permission to post online? My only reason would be that it is an interesting document that I would like to share, I have no desire to make any money. Any thoughts? -- *Kathie Fortner* *[email protected] <[email protected]>* *www.fortner.50megs.com <http://www.fortner.50megs.com>* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message