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A GON Reader Asked:

Hi Maria, I will be starting a many generational photo project myself soon. The problem is I'm not sure how to start? I do have many nieces and nephews I would like to send pictures to, but I'm not sure the best way to do that. Is it better to put pictures in albums or just boxes?

The ones I plan on keeping I was thinking of having digitized. Do you know how I would go about doing that? I'm not exactly certain the best approach for this undertaking and would appreciate any and all thoughts on the subject.

I read your emails every day and always appreciate your advice and information. Thanks for all you do!

--Brenda, Westchester County, NY

Maria Gracia's Response:

Hi Brenda,

Thank you for your lovely note and question. I'm not sure how many photos you have, but sorting is usually a wonderful place to begin with this type of project. Hopefully you have a large, empty table to work on that will allow you to keep coming back to this project, a little bit at a time, until it's done.

Just grab a pile (or box) of photos and begin sorting them into piles by category. When you see a particular pile of photos getting big, that's your clue that those photos need to be sub-categorized. This may take awhile depending on how many years of photos you have. Separate vacations, holidays, pet photos, etc.

For your nieces and nephews, are they still young children or grown up? Young kids love flipping through mini albums, but teens and adults may prefer digital photos. If you have a large number of photos you're planning to send to them, I would actually ask them what they prefer. If you're only talking about a handful each, I would say a small, inexpensive album of photos would be a nice gift to send.

For the photos you'd like to digitize, there is a company called Legacy Box, and many other companies, that you can Google who will easily handle all of this for you. You mail your photos to them, and they return them to you, all digitized, via the Cloud, thumb drive, or labeled DVD's. If you'd rather do it yourself, you can either scan each photo on a scanner, or take a photo of each photo on your phone. You can then upload these photos to your computer or an online service, such as Smug Mug.

Hope this helps get you started. Feel free to reply with follow up questions. Best of luck with this project!

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