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
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.
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.
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.
Good system for file organising but as a historian I caution you in: 1) the document scanner ix300 etc are not appropriate for old photos. They bend and damage them. At least use an Epson v600 or similar flatbed to protect the images. You are damaging the paper and ink. 2) The ideal to write notes is good, but not directly on the back of the photograph. Again, this damages the old photographs in impressions and ink. It is easy to just place a card/paper underneath it in your archive sleeve. Well meaning archivists in the past damaged irreplaceable photographs by making these errors. Lastly, I would not throw out any photographs. You never know what use they might have years from now. Save them and all your old negatives, as negatives are more important.
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
Thank you so much for these ideas. I learned a lot. I especially like the idea of including the pedigree chart with the photos.
Thank you! It's a big challenge to organize old photos but there are tools and methods that can help.
Thanks! I'm in my 80's and have a LOT of photos and need to do something like this!
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
Very useful!!
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.
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.
I'm pretty sure it's a Holy Communion photo.
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.
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.
You are welcome. Yes, the chart really gives me a lay of the land when looking at a specific branch.
Good system for file organising but as a historian I caution you in: 1) the document scanner ix300 etc are not appropriate for old photos. They bend and damage them. At least use an Epson v600 or similar flatbed to protect the images. You are damaging the paper and ink. 2) The ideal to write notes is good, but not directly on the back of the photograph. Again, this damages the old photographs in impressions and ink. It is easy to just place a card/paper underneath it in your archive sleeve. Well meaning archivists in the past damaged irreplaceable photographs by making these errors. Lastly, I would not throw out any photographs. You never know what use they might have years from now. Save them and all your old negatives, as negatives are more important.
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
Here is the scanner I use, which so far works really well and is very fast: amzn.to/3TXUikL