Thread: Credit Sources

AncestryAid is a free community forum. We welcome members to assist others in tracing their family history. If you choose to assist another member PLEASE MAKE SURE that you have permission from the source to post this information and out of respect to that source we ask that you always credit them accordingly. If the information is copyrighted it must include the corresponding copyright information (for example - Crown copyright, in care of TNA).

For convenience, here are excerpts from the usage guidelines of Findmypast.co.uk, Ancestry.co.uk & GenesReunited.co.uk:

Findmypast.co.uk

What you can use the service for: You can only use the website for your own personal non-commercial use, e.g., to research your own family history. We are also happy for you to help out other people with their family history by telling them about records available on the website and how and where they can be found, including showing them anything within our free search results. However, you must not provide them with copies of any of the records (either an original image of the record or the information on the results page), even if you provide them for free.

Ancestry.co.uk

You may access the Website only personally with an individual browser (bots, crawlers, spiders, scraping and other automatic access tools are prohibited), use graphics, information, data, editorial and any other content displayed on or accessible through the Website ("Content") only for personal or professional family history research, and download Content only as search results relevant to that research. For example, the download of the whole or material parts of any work or database is prohibited. Resale of a work or database or portion thereof, except as specific results relevant to specific research for an individual, is prohibited. Online or other republication of Content is prohibited except as unique data elements that are part of a unique family history or genealogy. Violation of this limited use license may result in immediate termination of your membership and may result in legal action against you. You may use the software provided on the Service only while online and may not download, copy, reuse or distribute that software, except where it is clearly stated in connection with software that it is made available for offline use, and a license for such use is provided in connection with that software. Ancestry and its licensors retain title, ownership and all other rights and interests in and to all Content, except as expressly set forth in these Terms.

GenesReunited.co.uk

The contents of the Genes Reunited Service, webpages, computer codes of elements comprising the Genes Reunited Service and any software provided to you by us may not be copied, reproduced, communicated and/or made available to the public, republished, downloaded, posted, recorded, broadcast or transmitted or used in any other way except for your own personal, private and non-commercial use, or unless otherwise expressly permitted by us.

You agree that you will not use the Genes Reunited Service in any way that may lead to the encouragement, procurement or carrying out of any criminal or unlawful activity, or cause distress, harm or inconvenience to any other person.

You will not do anything that may cause damage to the Genes Reunited Service or our servers, systems or equipment or those of third parties, nor access or attempt to access any users' data or to penetrate or attempt to penetrate the Genes Reunited Service security measures.

If you suspect another's post has been improperly annotated please notify a moderator so they may work with the member to get it fixed. Do not post this to the thread. Thank you for your assistance with this.