Over the last 40+ years, I've documented, researched, and corrected connections to my ancestral family tree. Now, I'm focused on correcting and connecting the graves of my family I knew personally. It's a long, exhausting process! My maiden name is Lawson. Some of my family sir names are Ammons, Poe, Skelton, Butner, Russell, Stamps, Pipkin, Gattis, Smith, Turner

I ADD OBITS! fair use doctrine, and it's set out in federal law at 17 U.S.C. § 107:

the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means …, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include –

(1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;

(2) the nature of the copyrighted work;

(3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and

(4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.7