Tuesday, May 29, 2018

How to Overcome the Challenges of Inherited Family Photos

Are you lucky enough to have inherited old family photos?  While that is certainly a blessing, there are a lot of possibilities for additional challenges.  Maybe some photos aren't labeled so you don't know who is in the photo.  Maybe you have duplicates.  Maybe you just have so many photos that the thought of doing something with them is pretty daunting.


One of the biggest motivators, I think, to getting on the ball and getting photos out of boxes and into albums is this:  preservation.  If they're not preserved properly, photos can kind of decay over time.  And you certainly don't want that happening to that box of pictures from your mom.  Photos are sensitive to light, heat, and humidity (and water), as well as whatever is touching them.  Photos in a box in the attic are a ticking time bomb, so to speak.  Remember those magnetic photo albums from the 1970s?  Turns out the acids those pages were made of actually eat up pictures over time.

I'd like to help!  Getting those photos out of boxes not only preserves them but allows them to be shared.  What would photos of your grandparents mean to your children or nieces/nephews?  What about to your siblings?  They would be eternal gifts!


I published three articles about dealing with inherited photos that can help:
To read each one, just click the links!  These articles will help you as you sort through your treasured photos.  If you need some organizational help, there are some good tips {right here at this link}.

6 comments:

  1. My mother-in-law has boxes and boxes of photos! I think she has been organizing them since we got married. We just celebrated 16 years, lol.

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    1. That's a common story. I hope these tips can help. It's so much fun to really get them preserved in an album where you can tell their stories.

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  2. Wouldn't it be so sad if those amazing memories and family history disappeared just because we let them sit in a box? These are great tips to help kick me into gear with getting those pictures preserved!

    Thanks for joining #WanderingWednesday! :)

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    1. I'm so glad, Shiree! I feel the same way--they're too precious to let them just disappear...

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  3. Or if you are me... who are those people in these photographs???

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    1. Yes! That's a tough one. Sometimes aunts, cousins, and other family members can help. Sometimes not! I have a picture of my mom holding a 1-year-old baby that I think is me, but I'm not so sure that it isn't my sister! My grandmother wrote on the back of every photo, and that's such an important habit to get into.

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