Valley County Lookup Volunteers
If you have access to records for the Valley County area,and can perform lookups by request,we need you. If you would like to volunteer, contact Sharon McConnel, County Coordinator. Please give the source you will do lookups in and your name and contact address.
Rules for Lookup Volunteers
Volunteers may do unlimited lookups if and
only if:
1.The lookup volunteer is
the actual author and copyright holder of the publication.
2.The lookup volunteer is
using primary source documents ... whether they are treking to the courthouse
or using
their own xeroxed
copies of public domain documents.
3.The lookup volunteer has
written permission from the author / copyright holder to use their publication
for lookups
Volunteers may be able to make certain limited
scope lookups in copyrighted publications under the "fair use"
provisions of existing law.
Potential volunteers are encouraged to review
the explanations of copyright protection, especially the "fair use"
provisions, available elsewhere on the Web.
http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html
Rules for Lookup Requests
To request a lookup from any of the references, click on
the name of the owner and ask them politely. Remember,
they are volunteers
so they don't have to do this. Please remember to say thank you to the
volunteer.
Mention the name of the book in your message.
Our volunteers
aren't mind-readers &
they may not
remember which books they volunteered for.
Make your requests for lookup limited in scope.
"Tell me everything
about the Smiths" is probably too broad.
-- Researchers should not ask, nor may lookup volunteers offer,
to violate copyright laws in responding to requests for
lookups in any copyrighted material. --
If you haven't already read it, please go to the US GenWeb Copyrights
FAQ Page and read it carefully before you
request a lookup or volunteer to do lookups. This page has important
information about copyright laws as they
apply to the USGenWeb project. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html
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