Rules for Look-Up Volunteers
Please follow these rules when you do look-ups:
- You must be the actual author and copyright holder of the publication, or
- You must be using primary source documents, whether you are going to the courthouse or using your own copies of public domain documents, or
- You must have written permission from the author and/or 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. A good source of information is the fair use article available from the United States Copyright office.
Rules for Look-Up Requests
- Be sure to mention the name of the book in your request message.
- Limit the scope of your request. Please don't ask for "everything about the Jones family."
- You should not ask, and the volunteer should not offer, to violate copyright laws.
Look-Up Volunteers
Please contact the county coordinator, Kris, if you have material that you can share, or if you know of books that have come available relating to Pettis County.
You can find look-up volunteers for books about Pettis County on our look-ups page. Also, be sure to check the Books We Own list at Rootsweb.