All options are out of the question. I also went to the online files for the Copyright office to do a look-up for the renewals. What a joke. Anyway, to get to my question. I hope somebody out there can give me a little guidance and answer my questions.
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If there were pat answers lawyers would be out of business. The wealth of genealogical information in these journals is wonderful. I would like to compile all the information in these journals into one book, index it and sell it. My delima is that I know that they were copyrighted but do not know if the copyright was renewed in it's 28th year. There were 4 journals per year for 8 years.