Advice please. Am I safe in doing this?

[AnnB]

Good for you. and if it goes bad and you get locked up, we will smuggle you in a cake, disguised as a box of hacksaw blades.

And just think what fun any future members of your family might have, when they discover that Great Aunt Glenys was a jailbird........

love
Ann

[busyglen]

Mmm. Now there's a thought!

Glen

[Barmouth]

As a good friend of mine says ' It's better to ask for forgiveness than permission'

(Ref Lisa M numerous occasions, various places)

Regards
Linda

[busyglen]

As a good friend of mine says ' It's better to ask for forgiveness than permission'

(Ref Lisa M numerous occasions, various places)

Regards
Linda

That takes me back to my childhood!

If I asked my mother if I could do something, 5 times out of 10 she would say no. If I didn't ask, and I did something wrong, I would always say I was sorry, I didn't think!

Glenys

[Koops]

I have two queries that are similar, but not sure how I stand on them, so would be grateful of some advice.

I am re-creating as much info as I can find relating to a village that was pulled down in the mid-1970s, but so far most of the info has been transcribed by me. I was recently given a copy of a local directory for 1901 (over 100yrs old) which included details of the people living in the village. It wasn't taken from the Census as there were quite a few different people living in the houses, and there was no info on copyright. The firm no longer exists, so I copied it, changing the order from Name index to Road index. Could I fall foul here, bearing in mind the company no longer exists?

The second issue is that I have been given photocopies of three directories for 1953,1957 and 1964 relating only to the village. I believe it was printed by a local Estate Agents, which still exists on the Island, but with different partners etc. and a copy of these are held in the local Library. Could I use this information if I altered the layout, and what would the position be regarding the people who lived in the village at these times. Bearing in mind again that the village no longer exists.

I have been doing this in an effort to help anyone searching for their families that lived in the village, which so far has brought quite a few results.

I 'd welcome your advice.

Glenys

Hi Glenys, this project sounds facinating are you able to tell us which village it all relates to? Can't wait to read all about it!
Koops

[busyglen]

Hi Koops,


I'm afraid I can't give you the link here as unfortunately it is hosted by a commercial site. But the village is Westminster on the Isle of Sheppey.

Glenys

[fudgecake]

googled site and had a look, very interesting, love the pics, keep up the good work xxx

[Guy Etchells]

There is nothing wrong with posting information about living people on an individual's website.
The Information Commissioner has previously made a statement about this.

However there may be a problem depending upon the relationship between your site and the commercial site.

If you simply mean you have been provided webspace by a company then there is nothing to worry about. If your website is simply another page of a commercial site then there could be problems.
Cheers
Guy

[busyglen]

googled site and had a look, very interesting, love the pics, keep up the good work xxx

Thank you fudgecake.

Glenys

[busyglen]

Thanks for your reply Guy. I appreciate your comments, which help.

Glenys