[Bell Historians] book search directory of church bellringers 1935

[Lawrence Greenall]

The potential situation for record offices is more complex than just GDPR.
Copyright protection is also a powerful factor, especially if the 
Bristol United Ringing Guild or its legal successor still exists. 
Copyright expiry of material created by a legal entity is different to 
that of works created by individuals such as authors and artists.
My county record office would not let us (a local historical society) 
reproduce a survey of this town made in 1827 until we could establish 
who owned the copyright in it, and then got permission from them to use 
the survey.
There may also be restrictive terms under which an item has been 
deposited with a record office.

Best wishes, Lawrence

On 16/09/2025 11:31, Giles Blundell wrote:
>
>     Try local historical societies, who might have it in their collections
>
>     of local material, and maybe the county record office - though they
>     might not allow access because of the names and possibly addresses
>     in it.
>
>     Lawrence Greenall
>
> I'm following on digest so apologies if the discussion has moved on, 
> but I don't see any reason why a 1935 (i.e. 90 year old) publication 
> listing people who were then adults wouldn't be available: GDPR only 
> applies to the living, and I suspect that current Bristol ringers 
> would know of, and celebrate, any ringers who were 105 or more and 
> still with us.
>
> Cheers
>
> Giles
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Bell-historians mailing list
> Bell-historians at lists.ringingworld.co.uk
> https://lists.ringingworld.co.uk/listinfo/bell-historians
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.ringingworld.co.uk/pipermail/bell-historians/attachments/20250916/c40d6d63/attachment-0001.htm>