If you have access to records
for the St. Landry Parish area, and can perform lookups by request,
we need you.
If you would like to volunteer,
contact
Bryant Walker. Please give the source you will
do lookups in and your name and contact address.
Guidelines for Lookup Volunteers
The lookup volunteer is the actual author and copyright holder of the publication.
The lookup volunteer is using primary source documents ... whether they are treking
to the courthouse or using their own copies of public domain documents.
The lookup volunteer has written permission from the author or copyright holder to use
their publication for lookups.
Volunteers may be able to make certain limited scope lookups in copyrighted publications
under the "fair use" provisions of existing law.
Potential volunteers are encouraged to review the explanations of copyright protection,
especially the "fair use" provisions, available elsewhere on the Web.
Volunteer Copyright Information
Rules for Lookup Requests
- To request a lookup from any of the references, click on the name of the owner and ask
them politely. Remember, they are volunteers so they don't have to do this. Please
remember to say thank you to the volunteer.
- Mention the name of the book in your message. Our volunteers aren't mind-readers &
they may not remember which books they volunteered for.
- Limit your request for lookup in scope. "Tell me everything about the Smiths" is
probably too broad.
- -- Researchers should not ask, nor may lookup volunteers offer,
to violate copyright laws in responding to requests for lookups in any copyrighted material. --
- If you haven't already read it, please go to the
US GenWeb Copyrights
FAQ Page and read it carefully before you request a lookup or volunteer to do lookups.
This page has important information about copyright laws as they
apply to the USGenWeb project.
