sinead

I have many photos from the past from parents etc.,
not sure what to do with them.
Would like to possibly put into digital photo album but don't know how OR the old fashion way in on hands album. Not even sure if my inquiry is correct. Any thoughts on this?

Thanks.

S

Tim Stapp Loc: Mid Mitten

Do you still have the negatives or just the prints?

sinead

Prints mostly but what I did ALSO was scan them to computer.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

I use a digital frame that sits on my kitchen counter running 24x7. Any time I came by something unexpected is displaying at 5 seconds per image, now on an SD card with 8000+ images.

Jimmy T Loc: Virginia

I scanned my really old B&W photos and mixed them in with photos from way back to the present and display them on two 15" digital frames. Each frame has literally thousands of pics on their SD cards. You will not believe the number of times a day that family members and friends will stand transfixed in front of one frame or the other while the memories come flooding back. My albums and slides seldom, if ever, see the light of day in their closet home. My frames only turn on when someone comes within a certain proximity of the frame and stay on until a seconds after heir departure. This function also leaves both frames off for the night or until someone passes by. I personally like the following NIX frames similar to the following, which look nice, come with a remote, easy set-up, or you can just load a SD card with pics, install the card into the frame, plug in the frame and the frame will boot-up in a default mode and run perfectly. Or you may customize it to suit you.

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charlienow Loc: Hershey, PA

since you have already scanned them you could make a photo book from somewhere like shutterfly...I have done several photo books and love them...shutterfly does a great job. before i make a book i edit all of the photos for better results...

on shutterfly they run a sale from time to time that gives a nice discount and unlimited pages for the book...i think that the max number of pages is about 120. i make the 11x14 and it runs around 39 dollars plus shipping...

sinead

Thank you everyone for the ideas!

RodeoMan Loc: St Joseph, Missouri

I'm glad you want to preserve the photos from your parents. I want to comment on the preservation of the actual photographs. If it hasn't already been done, these should be identified, I think, on the back of the picture using an appropriate writing utensil behind a darker area of the image. I would also index the picture to where ever the picture was stored by negative or digitally. I know you probably can identify the people in the photographs you have, but years from now, it would be a big help to others viewing the pictures to know at whom they are looking. There are antique malls full of unidentified photographs or just as bad those unhelpfully labeled as "mother's sister's first husband' or some other vague useless identification. Imagine visiting a cemetery and seeing gravestones that read 'Man with hat in front of car" or 'Woman in front of Christmas Tree'. It is nice to be remembered whether on stone or on paper or pixel.

sinead

Must tell you, I went through all of mom's photos when she passed at 92 four years ago, and back in the day, they just didn't identify the photos. Ugh! It was awful. I sat up many of hours wondering who in the world Joe the plumber was! So yes now, I know the importance of identifying. The other day, I called my 93 year old aunt in Florida, to question an identity of a couple of people in the pics.