Ancestry World Tree and OneWorldTree^SM Submission Agreement

Before submitting your Family Tree File to Ancestry.com, please review the following terms and conditions that define your rights, responsibilities, and benefits as a contributor to the Ancestry World Tree.

By submitting your GEDCOM file to the Ancestry World Tree and the OneWorldTree service, you agree to the following:

• Ancestry may reproduce, compile, and distribute, all information about non-living individuals in your submitted GEDCOM file.
• Ancestry will remove all information about living individuals except the name prior to reproducing, compiling, and distributing your submitted GEDCOM file. We will use a process which in our belief excludes the living if a date of death is not included on any particular record.
• Ancestry may display your name, e-mail address, and/or Ancestry username, to other family history enthusiasts who may wish to contact you.
• You agree not to submit information that infringes on the copyrights of others, invades the privacy of others, or is defamatory or profane in any way. Ancestry reserves the right to remove any information, which, at its sole discretion, violates these terms.
• You agree that submitting your GEDCOM file to the Ancestry World Tree and/or the OneWorldTree service does not entitle you to any compensation, monetary or other.
• Ancestry grants you download rights to GEDCOM files that have been contributed to the Ancestry World Tree, except information about living individuals.
• Ancestry, Ancestry.com, and Ancestry World Tree are trademarks of MyFamily.com, Inc. OneWorldTree is a service mark of MyFamily.com, Inc. Only the compilation of information contained within the Ancestry World Tree and the OneWorldTree service is copyrighted. This copyright does not apply to your individual GEDCOM file nor does it limit you from publishing, selling, giving, or otherwise distributing for commercial or non-commercial purposes your own family information as you see fit.
• The general terms and conditions for use of the Ancestry site apply to your use and submission of GEDCOMs to Ancestry.