Keeper of the family photos

[RoseRed]

This guy is local and I've used him before to convert VCR to DVD movies.

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[GURPS]

Nope, not USB. SCSI and I have an old MAC II that I was going to connect to it. I thought that would be easier for her to operate. I know its resolution was pretty high for the times, but I have an all-in-one printer with a better scanner now. That damned thing cost between $200-300 when money was worth something.

You could unload that on one of the Mac Retro Groups on Facebook

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[ArkRescue]

Another suggestion: if you have an Ancestry account, you can upload the pictures and connect/share with other family members. I've seen some of my ancestors whose pictures/portraits I had never seen before. Some of them I actually have the same copies of them, but have never met these other family members. Both my Great and GreatGreat Grandfather's were professional photographers, so there is quite a collection. Some of them don't go that far back. My 12th great grandfather https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Colthurst

Someone bought that for my Mom. She wants to sign in to get started but has been too busy to take the time. She is the best person to get our branch started but at 82 years old I have no idea how much time she has left with the stress she is under due to my Brother's death a few years ago.

 

[LJ1999]

Sadly our family branch will stop growing when we die (Mom, me, my son) as there is no one else other than cousins to pass over photos/antiques to.

I am in this same boat. I have all of the photos from my family and just this past weekend, after 5 years of living in boxes in my closet, I finally sorted them. I will be putting them into albums. I have a 6 year old niece on my husbands side, and she wanted to look at the photos. I explained that she didn't know the people. It made me sad to realize there wasn't anyone else to share the photos with and that they would just be thrown away once I am gone.

 

[RoseRed]

Someone bought that for my Mom. She wants to sign in to get started but has been too busy to take the time. She is the best person to get our branch started but at 82 years old I have no idea how much time she has left with the stress she is under due to my Brother's death a few years ago.

I signed up 10+ years ago. I haven't yet paid for a membership, but I may do so in the future. I've reached the end of my lines out to the 1500's. Italy and Norway are much, much shorter lines. You do need to dedicate time to sit down and work on it.

 

[DogWhisperer]

Worth looking into further.

Oh, we also have a brazillion slides.

I took all of our family slides from the 30's on to Walmart and had them put on discs for my seven brothers. Cost a bit but well worth it.

 

[ArkRescue]

I signed up 10+ years ago. I haven't yet paid for a membership, but I may do so in the future. I've reached the end of my lines out to the 1500's. Italy and Norway are much, much shorter lines. You do need to dedicate time to sit down and work on it.

exactly on dedicating time which is why she has not started yet

 

[RoseRed]

exactly on dedicating time which is why she has not started yet

It seems daunting, but once started, just roll with it.

 

[TPD]

I am the keeper of the photos in my family. I got a couple thousand of them after my father passed a couple years ago and I was left to clean out the house. I did buy a photo scanner last year and started scanning them to a digital format but I need to sit down with my 2 aunts to help identify most in the photos. Not sure my daughter will be interested once I am gone. As it is, she will have 20,000+ digital photos of mine to decide if she wants to hit the delete button or save them for her kids. At least I have identified people in most of my photos.

 

[Kyle]

Bought the best tool for photo scanning I’ve had yet.

it scans and saves from the negatives.

works great.

 

[Merlin99]

My oldest family pictures make me think my ancestors flunked art class.

This is my favorite family photo, going clockwise from the top is my sister Debbie, me, sister Kelly (deceases), Steven, Cindy , David and Elizabeth .

 

[NOTSMC]

This is my favorite family photo, going clockwise from the top is my sister Debbie, me, sister Kelly (deceases), Steven, Cindy , David and Elizabeth .

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This is my favorite family photo, going clockwise from the top is my sister Debbie, me, sister Kelly (deceases), Steven, Cindy , David and Elizabeth .

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Your brothers and sisters? I love the expression on the little girl bottom row right.

 

[Louise]

Thanks for sharing. Seven children. Wow. My mom had three. I had two.

 

[Merlin99]

Your brothers and sisters? I love the expression on the little girl bottom row right.

That’s Kelly, we think she may have been possessed when the picture was taken.

 

[Ken King]

Were you all extras in Children of the Corn?

 

[Merlin99]

Were you all extras in Children of the Corn?

Thanks Ken, we can always count on you to be the ray of sunshine on a cloudy day.

 

[Ken King]

Thanks Ken, we can always count on you to be the ray of sunshine on a cloudy day.

Glad to help.

 

[NOTSMC]

That’s Kelly, we think she may have been possessed when the picture was taken.

LOL. It's a great picture - good looking family.