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Nifty Thrifty:  Old photo albums become new digital albums  |
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cowgirlandboys
True Blue Farmgirl
308 Posts
Rachael
Missouri
USA
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 Posted - Feb 03 2011 : 09:05:45 AM
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A project I have been working on this year is digitalizing my grandmother's photo albums. She is going to be 91 this year and was a great recorder of family events, but because she has so many children and so many grandchildren, there is no way we could split up her photos in a way that would be fair to everyone, so we decided to digitalize them. I take one album at a time, take digital photos of the photos in the album, record the who what where and when under each photo, and then burn a disc of that album for each of her children (and then they make copies for their children, etc). After this is done, I disassemble the photo albums (they can not be saved because they have a bad smell and no one has room -- there 114 of them!) and divide the photos that are salvageable into envelopes to be mailed to family. It has been a great way to learn more about my family, especially from my grandmother's point of view and for my cousins, aunts, and uncles and I to remember all the fun times we had together. My grandmother is happy to know that her memories are being preserved and the photos that noone wants, of people we don't recognize, or of landscape, pottery, etc I use to make cards. It has been an overwhelming project but a very frugal way to preserve history and give each other presents. We only have one rule : no naked baby pictures on facebook! :)
Happy Trails!
Rachael
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KathyC
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kathy
Gastonia
NC
USA
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Posted - Feb 03 2011 : 10:27:28 AM
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Nice project - my brother is dong something like this for our family. Its so nice to have names with those faces that we don't recognize, then it means something instead of just being a stranger.
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edlund33
True Blue Farmgirl
1510 Posts
Marilyn
Renton
WA
USA
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Posted - Feb 03 2011 : 6:44:12 PM
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What a great idea! I have boxes and boxes of unmounted photos that I'm sorting and labeling. Someday I'll be ready to do something with them. Digitizing them is a great idea and will allow us to share them with everyone rather than fighting over the originals. I've recently gotten in contact with relatives in MN and Sweden that we didn't know existed and it has been fun to trade old photos. Technology has come along way in the past few years.
Cheers! ~ Marilyn
Farm Girl No. 1100
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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cowgirlandboys
True Blue Farmgirl
308 Posts
Rachael
Missouri
USA
308 Posts |
Posted - Feb 03 2011 : 7:43:04 PM
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It has been a great way to communicate over email and facebook, too. That might be helpful with your relatives in Sweden.
Happy Trails!
Rachael
Farmgirl Sister #535 |
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edlund33
True Blue Farmgirl
1510 Posts
Marilyn
Renton
WA
USA
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Posted - Feb 03 2011 : 7:56:27 PM
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Yes, we are using Facebook to share our photos. It is amazing!
Cheers! ~ Marilyn
Farm Girl No. 1100
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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