Genealogical publications are the result of long-term research. The publications are valuable for family, namesakes and other genealogists. While still alive, authors can indicate at Genealogy Online via the Your digital, genealogical legacy page what should happen to their publication after their death: it may remain online or it may be deleted. When the publication is held online, the author's name will be preceded by "late" and the contact option will be removed.
In addition to the publications, the author can indicate who the "family tree heirs" are. When Genealogy Online is informed about the death of an author, these people will receive an e-mail message from Genealogy Online containing a link with which they can easily download the data and images.
Genealogical publications are copyright protected. Although data is often retrieved from public archives, the searching, interpreting, collecting, selecting and sorting of the data results in a unique product. Copyright protected work may not simply be copied or republished.
Please stick to the following rules
Request permission to copy data or at least inform the author, chances are that the author gives permission, often the contact also leads to more exchange of data.
Do not use this data until you have checked it, preferably at the source (the archives).
State from whom you have copied the data and ideally also his/her original source.