Looking at the news sites
Comparing terms of use So there’s a new player in the online access to newspapers field as of yesterday. Ancestry.com launched its new Newspapers.com website, joining GenealogyBank.com and NewspaperArchive.com as the major players in the pay-for-play category....Facebook’s changing ToS
Changing again Facebook is at it again. Changing its terms of service again. It’s the third, maybe the fourth time this year. As changes go, they’re fairly small and they’re more transparent than you’ll find with nearly any other website: not...NYC Photo Archives terms of use
More useable photos If you have ancestors from New York City, live in New York City, live near New York City, love New York City or even … sigh… are among those who love to hate New York City, The Legal Genealogist has good news for you. You’ve read...Terms of use: GenealogyBank
Re-publication no-no You’ve ponied up your $69.95 for an annual GenealogyBank.com subscription, entered your search terms, clicked on the Search button… and there it is. A wonderful little newspaper clipping from sometime back in the 1800s about your...Terms of use: Mocavo
Play nice. Obey the law. The name really doesn’t mean a thing in any language. You won’t get a real live human to do your research for you. You do have to register to use the website, but the basic tools are free. The site is Mocavo.com, which was launched...Update: findmypast.com amends terms
A victory for genealogists The terms of use at findmypast.com, the newly-launched American flagship of Britain’s brightsolid online publishing, have been revised in significant ways to make them friendlier and less restrictive. D. Joshua Taylor, Business...Terms of use: findmypast.com
Don’t re-use or share images There’s a new kid in town in terms of genealogical records providers… or at least a new kid in the American town. The site — findmypast.com — is the flagship of British online data provider brightsolid online...Library of Congress terms of use
LOC terms of use Pamela Boyer Sayre calls it “Our National Treasure”1… and oh boy is she right. The scope and breadth of the offerings, digital and otherwise, at the Library of Congress — the nation’s premier public library — is downright...Grave terms of use
A grave question of terms of use Next in the occasional series on terms of service are the two big websites set up for crowdsourcing1 of tombstones and other death information: Find A Grave; and BillionGraves. Both are free services, both have content almost...Subscribe by Email
