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Allen County INGenWeb Project, is part of the volunteer INGenWeb Project and USGenWeb Project, providing "Free" online genealogical information for educational and research purposes since 1996. We provide hundreds of pages on our Allen INGenWeb site, with links to other genealogy web sites like Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana, Allen County Public Library genealogy collection The Genealogy Center, tombstone photos on the NSDAR - National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Mary Penrose Chapter site, the Fort Wayne History Center blog, the Internet Archive ebooks, Google ebooks, blog's, photos, videos, and any other online resources that might provide information for successful family history and genealogy research.

We attempt to provide proper citation to our online sources, but mistakes from source changes, input errors, computer issues and transmission errors may cause mistakes to occur. If you find any errors or ommisions please let us know.

Fair Use

The United States Copyright Law (U.S.C. Title 17, Section 107) allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. The Fair Use clause of the U.S. Copyright Law permits use of copyrighted works for the purposes of criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research without seeking the permission of the copyright owner. These uses are not an infringement of copyright.

The Allen County INGenWeb Project pages welcome the "Fair Use" of our web site and its contents for research purposes which includes proper citation to the source. Reproduction of these digital works for any commercial purpose without prior authorization is strictly prohibited.

Additional Information

  1. Library of Congress - Citing Primary Sources based on MLA-Style Citation Format and Chicago Citation Format.
  2. The National Genealogical Society Guidelines For Publishing Web Pages On The Internet.
  3. Purdue Online Writing Lab - Online Guides to Citing Electronic Sources
  4. Using Creative Commons Licenses for Sharing your Genealogy FamilySearch TechTips April 12, 2012

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