Copyright query for beginner

[Skwide]

Before I actually do it, can I post a Google Drive (no login shareable) link to a download of an 1862-1863 image of a pair of pages from a CoE baptism record book. Digital source Ancestry. Image would be as downloaded and without modification (noting the T&Cs for FindMyPast and Ancestry suggest it might(??) be OK if you leave any copyright notices unaltered).

Or do I have to post the Ancestry link and leave the query to someone who happens to have a subscription?

I'd really like to understand the whole copyright scenario a bit more with genealogy... But I do have a very specific query that needs to show a few records for inference.

On a related note, in general, can I republish images of censuses, baptism records, banns etc as part of my tree?

If not, I assume I would be OK to transcribe the relevant records myself and post that in my query here?

Many thanks, Tim

[rosie99]

You can post a snippet of an image if you cannot read what it says, otherwise you will need to transcribe it.  You can also post the link alongside the transcription.

[Skwide]

You can post a snippet of an image if you cannot read what it says, otherwise you will need to transcribe it.  You can also post the link alongside the transcription.

Thanks - I will do that.

[Skwide]

Transcription for this board it is.

But I would like to understand the copyright issues a bit more in general.

Crown Copyright as I understand it, suggests I can republish freely if I don't alter it. But that's assuming I digitised it direct from source.

Copyright may also be owned by the company who digitised the image. Anyone have a feel for what Ancestry and FindMyPast allow you to do with images that are relevant to your own tree? Or shall I go ask Ancestry directly.

Cheers, Tim

[sarah]

I am just sending you a pm.

Regards

Sarah