They’re the building blocks of any genealogy: wills, deeds, vital records. Once we've gathered records from all areas where our ancestors lived, we tick that off under the Genealogical Proof Standard—the element that once was called the “reasonably exhaustive search.” We have, we believed, examined “a wide range of high quality sources” and therefore minimized “the probability that undiscovered evidence will overturn a too-hasty conclusion.” Or have we?

Copyright. Licensed. Public Domain. The difference between an image that’s covered by one of these terms rather than another can be the difference between getting sued for using an image in your genealogy report (or book or blog or website) – and having no problems at all. Judy will show you how to find images from around the world that you can freely use.