Family Tree Frog

How many of us still have encyclopedias at home?  How many times have you used them lately? There are all sorts of references available online now through your local library.  You don't need that encyclopedia taking up all that shelf space.  If you go online you will find all sorts of things there.  Membership of Moreton Bay Region Library Service gives you access to Brittanica Library and lots of databases through SLQ.  Do you want to see if that awful vase Aunt Dot left you is worth anything?  Check out Carter's Price Guide for Antiques.  See what's on offer here or check out your own local library. Don't know whether to buy a book or not?  Plenty of family history magazines have book reviews as do family history blogs or social media sites for readers such as Goodreads.  Have you read a good book lately?  Share it with us so we can all benefit. Rights  Not sure where you stand with regards to using those old photos......

Last Saturday I was invited to attend a Library Assistants' Meeting at my local society - QFHS .  We attend these about every 6 months just to keep up to date with new procedures/systems and to hear about specialist topics.  Saturday's specialist topics were Irish Research, Copyright and Maps.  See what you miss out on by not being a Library Assistant? I was particularly interested in the Copyright session because it reminded me of the last session of GeniAus' GeneaGala Hangout the previous weekend where the topic of copyright had been raised.  The session on Saturday at QFHS was more about Copyright in Libraries rather than for Family Historians but it was still interesting and raised some important issues. Copyright is an area that I'm sure fills most of us with fear and loathing and yet we do need to know about it so that we stay on the right side of the law, maintain good relations with all and sundry and ensure our integrity and reputation as family ...