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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2018 15:31:35 GMT
Need some pea advice. My mom is cleaning out her photos and pulled EVERYTHING out and now wants help organizing. She inherited all the pics from my dad's side when he passed. it's a big project. Any ideas on a good process ? I plan on scanning as needed but I feel like I need to get them in archival storage by family (hers, his, mine). I took a lot of pics as I am the only one with kids - my sisters do not. Appreciate any advice, including supplies. Now she is anxious and overwhelmed and I plan on going over this weekend and sorting.
Thanks in advance!
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Post by grammadee on Aug 30, 2018 15:54:34 GMT
Sounds like a huge process, with the possibility to be either overwhelming or a wonderful journey down memory lane.
I would start with archival boxes that you can keep open for each collection so you can slip the photos in in order of date. If your mom comes up with some memories as you are doing this, take notes, or have her write them on cards that can be slipped into the box, or on the back of the photo. (you can photograph that later, and it is sure to keep the proper info with the specific photo.
If you find a photo--say of your dad and his siblings growing up--that you will want copies of for each of the boxes, identify it with a sticky note and keep on with the sorting by date. You can make copies later and then slip the copies into their respective boxes.
Do NOT take albums apart until you are ready to do something else with those photos. They include so much context for the photos you really want to keep!
Once the photos are all sorted, and any copies made, you can decide if you want to scrap them, put them in photo albums, or leave them in the sorted boxes for later.
Good luck with this project. I hope the project itself becomes a cherished memory.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2018 16:07:06 GMT
Thanks grammadee. I should probably get archival divider cards for the boxes. |
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Post by mikklynn on Aug 30, 2018 17:46:11 GMT
I would throw away all the photos that are of scenery from vacation sort of thing. I might keep a photo of a family home or car, but generic scenery photos can go.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2018 17:48:45 GMT
Get a pen that is safe to write on back.
Big coincidence but I had some very old scene pics that I used to help dgs identify where some of our family worked in a copper mine. He lives near there now and was researching them. They were from about 1930.
I did this with great aunt. It was the best day ever with her telling me stories about our family. She was in her 90's.
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Post by mikklynn on Aug 30, 2018 18:24:21 GMT
Get a pen that is safe to write on back. Big coincidence but I had some very old scene pics that I used to help dgs identify where some of our family worked in a copper mine. He lives near there now and was researching them. They were from about 1930. I did this with great aunt. It was the best day ever with her telling me stories about our family. She was in her 90's. That is awesome! My dad and I took his family album to visit his 90 year old cousin. She was very helpful in identifying who and where. Thank goodness we did that, as she passed away not long after. |
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Post by myboysnme on Aug 30, 2018 18:27:25 GMT
If you keep some scenery pictures, just use them to accent a story or other photo where more is known. For example if a person was a farmer and you have a photo of a field in the same era, just put it on the page.
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Post by stinkerbelle on Aug 31, 2018 0:27:05 GMT
i think the process grammadee outlined sounds great, but if it were me, i wouldn't worry about putting things in date order in the beginning. i would sort everything and then go back and do dates. but that's just me!  and i totally forgot to say, have fun!! |
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Post by GiantsFan on Aug 31, 2018 3:41:16 GMT
I did this! I was given the huge box of family photos because I scrapbook. No matter that I don't have kids to pass anything on to.
Anyway, I did a as much separating as I could, then had a family dinner and after dinner made my mom and aunt identify people, while I wrote notes on who they were. I scanned what I wanted, sorted by family and put them in archival boxes. No one else wanted copies...yet.
I would keep the scenery photos in their own archival box. Then at a later date you can sort through them or just donate them to your local history museum.
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Post by mikklynn on Aug 31, 2018 11:48:43 GMT
If you keep some scenery pictures, just use them to accent a story or other photo where more is known. For example if a person was a farmer and you have a photo of a field in the same era, just put it on the page. I love that idea. I was thinking of all the slides my in-laws had of vacation locations. They are pretty generic. |
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Post by myboysnme on Aug 31, 2018 11:57:23 GMT
I was thinking of all the slides my in-laws had of vacation locations. They are pretty generic Yes! Recently at work I went through a large box of photos from different events here at work and tossed about 3/4 of them. Most of them were scenery where the person taking the pics was just randomly trying to finish off a roll of film. I tossed the negatives too because no one here will ever want those. They have been stashed in a cardboard box for like 20 years. |
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Post by dasmith2 on Aug 31, 2018 12:33:48 GMT
Maybe by theme for now and could write notes as needed?
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