Scanning old photos? Here’s my approach for organizing and deciding what to throw out

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Ian's approach to organizing old photos ... and deciding what to throw out.
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[@maureentaphouse5206]

What a good idea to keep a pedigree chart with them. In the UK I have most of my birth and death certs are digital images I've downloaded from the government site . ( They cost considerably less than paper copies so a worthwhile saving . I can see that a chart for each side of the family in the birth and death folders will be helpful Thank you for the idea.

[@EasyGenie]

You are welcome. Yes, the chart really gives me a lay of the land when looking at a specific branch.

[@terrik8577]

Thank you so much for these ideas. I learned a lot. I especially like the idea of including the pedigree chart with the photos.

[@EasyGenie]

Thank you! It's a big challenge to organize old photos but there are tools and methods that can help.

[@larrydewein]

Thanks! I'm in my 80's and have a LOT of photos and need to do something like this!

[@EasyGenie]

Here are more details about my approach (see the section on ABC'S): easygenie.org/blogs/news/interview-preserving-photos-and-other-heirlooms-with-michele-doyle?_pos=2&_sid=84a02af9d&_ss=r

[@EasyGenie]

Here is the organizational approach that I use for old photos (ABC'S): easygenie.org/blogs/news/interview-preserving-photos-and-other-heirlooms-with-michele-doyle

[@EasyGenie]

Here is the scanner I use, which so far works really well and is very fast: amzn.to/3TXUikL

[@jacoblawrence6580]

Thanks for the tips. I have been busy organizing mine and my parents pictures as well as my grandparent's pictures. My grandparents saved all of their parents pictures and my great grandparents saved the majority of their parents pictures as well. I have found pictures from the 1850's to current times. I have the majority sorted by family, but still have a lot of duplicates and bad pictures to get rid of. I had thought about either doing binders on the different branches but also thought about Scrapbook albums too. Not really sure. If I do Scrapbook albums I will be sure to use photo corners for the older photos.

[@gordonaitchison1040]

I also have a lot of photos on my family history and just to say about the photo of the lass standing on the car, that's a huge assumption you're making as the car could have been owned by someone they knew i.e. a neighbour etc.

[@user-cb5tb6eq1r]

The white armband on the left arm of one of the boys may mean the photo was taken at the time someone close to them died.

[@EasyGenie]

Thank you for noticing that. I was not aware of the significance, but their mother (my great grandmother) died in childbirth when my grandfather was just 11 years old.

[@peterfreeland7643]

I'm pretty sure it's a Holy Communion photo.