ISO best way to scan lots of photos and store in "the cloud"

If you don't have time to scan them, maybe you could photograph them with your phone or DLSR camera.  ETA: I see that you did that with some, but it may be quicker to do than scanning with all of them.

I've used an app (Photoscan) to scan photos in frames or too big for my scanner. It does a decent job but it's not like a true scanner.

I bought a scanner that scanned fast and easy - I had over 10,000 photos to scan. I had a few vintage ones that I needed to use my flatbed scanner for but it handled pretty much everything from bitty little photos (maybe 2" square?) to 8x10 and also scans documents.

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SO true

I've put all of them up on Google Drive to share with my sister and children  (they are the photos from my mum's house 1880s-2019) and I've printed copies of some (nothing big - I think 8x10 was the largest but mostly 4x6ish) to share with relatives. I haven't really done editing yet - I'm still working on dating, identifying, and organising.

They are currently on Google Drive, on my second internal hard drive, on an external hard drive, and backed up automatically by Carbonite

PSA PLEASE label your photos with people's names and the date, please, please, please

Being a former pro photographer I'm picky about quality and for me I've used and love scancafe.com   They are a business that you send your photos, slides and/or negatives to, and they hand scan and inspect each one and scan them. They started with just a facility overseas (I think in India) but for the past several years now have one in Indiana. You can choose which facility you want to send your photos too and they are tracked so you don't have to worry about them getting lost in the mail. 

I have a large collection of older family photos-my father was an avid photographer when I was a little girl. DH used to work at a camera shop and knows all about the business and tech end. We talked about buying a scanner but decided by the time we bought one that suited our needs (one large enough for the results we wanted) we'd spend less using Scan Cafe and save time too. 

That could be an option for you too. They offer a value kit where they send you a box and you can fill it with up to 500 photos for a set price-that would be the fastest option for you if you have that many. If not they also offer a piece by piece price option-for photos it is a photo up to 8x10 for 37 cents a scan. This applies to negatives and slides too. 

I hope you find a solution for your precious photos and I'm so glad you made the decision to hang on to them. It gives me an ache inside when I hear of folks throwing theirs away-you just never know what might happen.