FRIDAY FOSSICKING MAY 1ST, 2015

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 

Walter Withers

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_domain

* Thanks to Ireland Family History....

Almost 9,000 Catholic Baptismal Records added to Ulster Historical Foundation
bit.ly/NewRCRecords

* Thanks to Genealogy's Star (Richard Tanner) for this very interesting blog onThe Library of Congress.. and for the guide to using it... If, like me, you have looked there before and given up, I think you'll find this is a great help.

* COPYRIGHT.. can be a very frustrating thing to work around/with.

 I'm sure you respect other's work as you want them to respect yours.

 I won't go into all the various restrictions here, you can check those for yourself, as it differs in various countries. Just look for advice now and then, as it can alter a little. What you may not realise is that there are a number of sites that allow you to use Images free of copyright, but you should always give credit where credit is due... and check the usage right of each image  e.g.   These are but a few useful sites...

 Pixabay

Wikimedia Commons

The Old Design Shop

Shopify

NB.. Shopify has a list of sites, not all of which I have tried.. be careful and read the full terms. Some allow so many free images per week, some are outright free to use.


* Plus, just in case you have had your eyes shut for the last few days... 

📢  NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND will be releasing over 40,000 images of Catholic Parish registers on July 8th...I don't think I will even try to look on that date...  📢

http://www.nli.ie/en/parish-register.aspx