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PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE OF THE FINDING FOREFATHER'S WEB SITE CAREFULLY. BY USING THE SITE, YOU ARE AGREEING TO ACCEPT THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, DO NOT USE THIS SITE.
Ownership of Materials on the Site
Finding Forefathers [FindingForefathers.com] and its contributors own the materials on this site. The materials are copyrighted and protected by the copyright laws of the United States and, throughout the world, by the copyright law of each jurisdiction reflecting pertinent treaties and conventions.
You may not copy, adapt, modify, display, perform, or otherwise use the materials (including use of these materials on any other web site or networked computer environment) without the prior written permission of Finding Forefathers or its contributors. Your use of the materials is conditioned on your maintaining all copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights notices appearing on the materials. Any unauthorized use of any of the materials on this site may violate copyright, trademark and other similar laws.
Your Right to Use the Site
You may use, print and/or download from this site the materials displayed on the site for your personal, noncommercial purposes only. If you are an employee, representative, or agent of a business or organization, you may download one copy of the material displayed only for noncommercial internal use in your business or organization. You may not transmit or distribute the material to any one (except inside your business or organization). If you breach any of these terms and conditions of use, your authorization to use this site will automatically terminate and you must immediately destroy or delete any downloaded or printed material.
Communications from You to the Site
Except as specified in our Privacy Statement, all communications from you to the site will be considered non-proprietary and non-confidential. Finding Forefathers shall have no obligations of any kind to you respecting your communications and will be free to use them on an unrestricted basis for any purposes.
You are solely responsible for these communications and their legality under all laws and regulations. You agree that you will comply with the terms of our Privacy Statement when using this site.
Monitoring
Finding Forefathers will have the right, but not the obligation, to review communications with the site to determine that they comply with this agreement and applicable laws or regulations. Finding Forefathers shall have no responsibility or liability for the content of any communications posted to the site, nor for any errors or violations of any laws. Finding Forefathers will comply with court orders in any jurisdiction directing Finding Forefathers to disclose the identity of anyone posting communications to the site.
Links with Other Sites
Finding Forefathers is not responsible for the content of any other site linked to or from this site. If you link to another site, you leave this site. If you decide to link to another site, you do so entirely at your own risk. Finding Forefathers does provide links from this site to other sites, but this is done solely as a convenience to you and in no way should be interpreted as an endorsement of any content, sponsor or owner of any other site. ALL WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS OR OTHER TERMS EXPRESS OR IMPLIED AS TO ANY SUCH LINKED SITE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY TERMS AS TO ACCURACY, OWNERSHIP, VALIDITY OR LEGALITY OF ANY CONTENT OF A LINKED SITE ARE HEREBY EXCLUDED.
Disclaimer
THE MATERIALS PROVIDED AT THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ANY WARRANTY, CONDITION OR OTHER TERM OF ANY KIND INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IS HEREBY EXCLUDED. Applicable law may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so the above exclusion may not apply to you. Finding Forefathers does not warrant the accuracy and completeness of the materials on this site. Finding Forefathers takes no responsibility for viruses or other destructive or intrusive computer programs that may damage your computer system or data resulting from your access to or use of this site. Finding Forefathers may make changes to the materials at this site at any time without notice. The materials at this site may be out of date, and Finding Forefathers makes no commitment to update the materials at this site.
Limitation of Liabilities
IN NO EVENT WILL FINDING FOREFATHERS OR ITS AUTHORS, BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE RESULTING FROM LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) ARISING OUT OF THE USE, INABILITY TO USE, OR THE RESULTS OF USE OF THIS SITE, ANY WEB SITES LINKED TO THIS SITE, OR THE MATERIALS OR INFORMATION CONTAINED AT ANY OR ALL SUCH SITES, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY AND WHETHER OR NOT FINDING FOREFATHERS IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IF YOUR USE OF THE MATERIALS OR COMMUNICATIONS FROM THIS SITE RESULTS IN THE NEED FOR SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION OF EQUIPMENT OR DATA, YOU ASSUME ALL COSTS THEREOF. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
Indemnification
Upon Finding Forefathers's request, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Finding Forefathers and its affiliates, representatives, officers, directors and employees from all liabilities, claims, costs and expenses, including attorneys fees, that arise out of or in connection with your accessing or use of the site or your uploading, downloading or transmission of all communications or material on the site.
Trademarks
The trademarks, service marks and logos (trademarks) of Finding Forefathers or others used on this site are the property of Finding Forefathers or their respective owners. You may not use, and nothing contained on this site grants by implication, waiver, estoppel or otherwise, any right to use any trademark displayed on the site without the written permission of Finding Forefathers or the respective owner.
Agreement in English
You and we agree that this agreement and all related documents be written in the English language.
Applicable Laws
This site is operated and controlled from Finding Forefathers's offices in Houston, Texas, United States of America. It can be accessed from any of the 50 states in the United States and from other countries of the world. By accessing this site you agree that the laws of Texas (without regard to its conflicts of law provisions) will apply to all matters arising out of or in connection with the site and your connection to and use of the site. Both parties submit to exclusive jurisdiction in Texas and further agree that any cause of action arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought only in the federal or state courts in Harris County, Texas.
Finding Forefathers makes no representation or warranty that any communications or materials on the site are lawful in other jurisdictions or available for use in all jurisdictions, and accessing them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. You agree that if you access our site from another jurisdiction that you are responsible for compliance with local laws. If any provision of these Terms and Conditions of Use is held to be invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be deemed to be restated to reflect as nearly as possible the original intentions of the parties in accordance with applicable law, and the remainder of the Terms and Conditions will remain in full force and effect.
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- Background Property Research
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