Tips wanted on how to organise photographs

[Finley 1]

Most of mine I have now put in Dropbox... online storage facility...  And thanks Jim,   had a quick sort as you suggested... so Now a copy of the main rellie in each folder pertaining to them...    :)whew   xin

[weste]

It takes me all my time to give them labels as to who they are. I have to make an effort now and then. Really ought to index them and the same with my certs.

[Rishile]

You are all so lucky.

I file my maternal grandparents photo on top of my paternal grandparents wedding photo.

Job done 

Rishile

[Ronin1077]

I have found that one of the best ways to organise photo's is to either scan them yourself (cheaper, but time consuming,) or have them scanned. This way they can be stored on your computer - obviously a separate hard drive would be helpful. As another member suggested, you could also use online storge as an extra backup. As for which order? I tend to keep them in family groups - EG my siblings and I in one folder with our parents. Descendants and predecessors in their own folder.

Hope this helps.

[busybod]

All I can say is that you are all very lucky that you have family photos at all, and that you know who they all are.  I have very few family photos.  When my Mother passed away two and a half yrs ago I found a large box full of really old photos (in sepia) but these were not labelled at all and so I dont have a clue as to who the people on them were.  I have two aunts living who are in their early 80's but they dont have a clue either.  Apparently, years ago when my Gt Grandmother died, a lot of photos were found but no-one again no-one knew who the people on them were so they were burnt!!  What a waste.

[Su]

I have photocopied all the old photo's of my ancestors and put them in the relevant ring binders of that family together with the relevant certificates and census information.  I have also scanned them and put them all on an external hard drive.
I am now looking for suitable old fashioned albums to put the originals in.

On the back of one of my Mum and Dad's wedding photos is a shopping list Mum wrote out once as she couldn't find a piece of paper!

I'm lucky enough to have photo's of my Grt Granddad, Granddad and Dad all in their Cheshire Yeomanry uniforms, Granddad is on his beautiful horse carring his sword.
I have lots of Dad in Palestine and Syria during WW2 and my Mum's two brothers, so am looking for a suitable album to put them in together with their military records and a history of the Yeomanry who were the last horse soldiers during the war.  Thought that would be a nice legacy for my great nephews.

The shoe box full of more modern photo's of the family is another matter.  I think they will remain in the shoe box 

[sunflower]

Hi Su

My posh album came from this site

http://www.paperhigh.com/photo-albums.html


Carol

[Su]

Thanks for that sunflower I'll take a look.  I've never been able to find a suitable one in the shops. 
My Aunt has the family photo album (from where I acquired all my photocopies) which is gorgeous.  It's one of those with beautiful hand painted flowers round each aperture, and has a brass clasp on it.  Envy envy!

Kind regards
Su