Please post your answers to the list, I am interested and I imagine there are others that are interested, also I am thinking about renting a copier to take to a family reunion where I have thought about asking all participants to bring their old pictures, any suggestions here? > Subj: Saving Old Family Photos > Date: 2/27/99 6:44:13 AM Eastern Standard Time > From: SForeh4055@aol.com > To: FLORIDA-L@rootsweb.com > > Hey Florida list members, I am in the process of trying to copy many > old > family photos and wanted to check with the Genealogy Community to see what > the > best meathod of copying would be. Most of the oldest photos are in the > possession of grandparents and great aunts; however, many are hesitant about > loaning the old pictures out for professional copying. I have considered > buying a portable copy-machine, digital camera or using my cam-corder and > transferring the pictures on to my computer. All of this is very expensive. > I > feel I am running out of time, because several of the great-Aunts are in > their > mid to late 80's and not in the best health. What is the best way to go > into > a home and get good copyies that are of good quality? Has anyone elese ran > into this Problem? I have about 200, pictures between 4 people that need to > be > copied and shared with the rest of the family, some of these pictures are > over > 70 years old!!!!! I know once these relative pass- on their children will > divide the photos up and spread the originals out to all four corners of the > world. Now is the perfect time to document my photo heritage. Any ideas????? > Thanks so very much, Steven Glen Forehand of Panama City FL. > > > >