[MR] RE: heraldry

[Robert J Welenc]

>FWIW: Why are we saving hard copy long enough for the ink to fade?

My lord, I'm talking about inks changing color in a matter of 3
WEEKS, much less the 4 months before Laurel sees them.

>Wouldn't a scanned data base of images and data using a common
>program, like Access, be more convenient? Make it doable to use a
>keyword search on charge and/or fields. Burn an annual CD for sale
to
>the masses for $10 or so for a fund raiser.

Yes, it would.  There is, however, a tiny problem about copyright for
all images (just a mere 16 file cabinets worth) prior to 1997, when
the forms were amended to allow such use.  And even then, there is a
problem with selling information that is clearly marked "for internal
heraldic and scribal purposes."

Alanna
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