Joan: Scan the original family photos at 600 dpi TIFF (non-lossy large files with high-resolution to retain detail) and burn the master images onto CD-Rs (700 MB) and/or DVD-Rs (4.7 GB). Get everybody identified in the photos along with dates and places and write it on the back of photos so your children and grandchildren who inherit your photos will know who the people are. You can always use photo-editing software later to clean up the photos and/or create JPEGs of your high-resolution TIFF masters as needed to send to family or for your genealogy software program or screensavers. Display copies of the photos in your house on the walls, NOT the originals as you don't want them to fade or be damaged anymore than they already are. Put the originals in a safety deposit box for safekeeping. With new DVD-editing software on the market, you can customize your family photo collection burned on your DVD-Rs to play in a DVD player and display on your TV, HDTV or big screen. You can also create customized screensavers with JPEG images of family and ancestors that cycle through photos when your computer is idle. Designate in your will, living will or estate the trusted relative, child or grandchild who values you having an interest in genealogy and who will be the future caretaker of your genealogy stuff and who has enough brains not to throw away or sell all of your valuable records and personal belongings after you die. Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan T Kaemmer" <jkaemmer@juno.com> To: <MO-STLOUIS-METRO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 11:39 AM Subject: [StL-Metro] photos Dear List, I recently received a treasure in the mail...an old photo album with photos of my great grandfather's parents and most of his siblings. The pages in the album are falling out. The photos are glued in. Any one have any experience with old photos? I think I would like to take them out of the album (the album itself isn't that old) and either frame them or put them in a new album. I experimented with one photo and it won't be that difficult to remove them from the paper. Any thoughts or suggestions? Thanks for your help. Joan ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== If you haven't visited Dave Lossos' "Genealogy in St. Louis" website (http://genealogyinstlouis.accessgenealogy.com/) you might want to take a look.

I agree with only one exception, writing on the backs can bleed through,damage the originals, I scan and use the writing tool and write the info beside / under each photo,then print. Some I have were written on yrs ago by the orig. owners, I like to put the in new Acid free albums with the information on little sm.tab lables with each picture / also number them in a safe spot to reference picture with tabs.Make sure all materials are acid free.I create and put my copies in page covers for each person along with all documents relating to persons.From a scan I cut out and make a collage of each family group also .Alot of work but I like having a person with his family. Nannette Jerry Tichacek <tichacek@quixnet.net> wrote: Joan: Scan the original family photos at 600 dpi TIFF (non-lossy large files with high-resolution to retain detail) and burn the master images onto CD-Rs (700 MB) and/or DVD-Rs (4.7 GB). Get everybody identified in the photos along with dates and places and write it on the back of photos so your children and grandchildren who inherit your photos will know who the people are. You can always use photo-editing software later to clean up the photos and/or create JPEGs of your high-resolution TIFF masters as needed to send to family or for your genealogy software program or screensavers. Display copies of the photos in your house on the walls, NOT the originals as you don't want them to fade or be damaged anymore than they already are. Put the originals in a safety deposit box for safekeeping. With new DVD-editing software on the market, you can customize your family photo collection burned on your DVD-Rs to play in a DVD player and display on your TV, HDTV or big screen. You can also create customized screensavers with JPEG images of family and ancestors that cycle through photos when your computer is idle. Designate in your will, living will or estate the trusted relative, child or grandchild who values you having an interest in genealogy and who will be the future caretaker of your genealogy stuff and who has enough brains not to throw away or sell all of your valuable records and personal belongings after you die. Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan T Kaemmer" To: Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 11:39 AM Subject: [StL-Metro] photos Dear List, I recently received a treasure in the mail...an old photo album with photos of my great grandfather's parents and most of his siblings. The pages in the album are falling out. The photos are glued in. Any one have any experience with old photos? I think I would like to take them out of the album (the album itself isn't that old) and either frame them or put them in a new album. I experimented with one photo and it won't be that difficult to remove them from the paper. Any thoughts or suggestions? Thanks for your help. Joan ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== If you haven't visited Dave Lossos' "Genealogy in St. Louis" website (http://genealogyinstlouis.accessgenealogy.com/) you might want to take a look. ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== Search the Archive of Messages for MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List at http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=MO-STLOUIS-METRO Nannette Reasearching Surnames: WARFIELD Mitchell McConnell HEUGELE Rowbotham STIENECKE Summerman VanGels Berger COLLINS DUNNAVANT PARRISH . States: Md,Mo.,WV.,Wi. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search

Jerry, great answer! Joan that is wonderful!!! Just for those who may not have a scanner or are not very computer savvy, I am enclosing some links to sites that deal with preserving photographs. They will be at the bottom of my response. Another thing you might consider with a few of them is to have them "digitally copied" by a photo studio. The digitally copied images can be electronically touched up so you get rid of fading, cracks, tears, etc. This can get costly but if it is really special picture you may want it professionally redone. A cheaper alternative that might have very good results is if you have a techy teen in your family they might also know how to do this. I have done it myself on a few photos in my family. It is time consuming but there might be one or two really special pictures that you want to do this with and then have a few copies made so you can hang one on the wall. Also if you ask for a CD with jpgs of the photos you can email them to all your friends and relatives. One last idea...many of the community schools have photo workshops. It might be a fun class to take! Here are the links I promised. http://www.uni.edu/petersog/icpctip5.html http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/6662/photopre.htm#clean there is a section about cleaning and preserving in this long text about storing, keeping, cleaning and preserving photos http://www.cyndislist.com/photos.htm Good luck! Laura ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Tichacek" <tichacek@quixnet.net> To: <MO-STLOUIS-METRO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 11:57 AM Subject: [StL-Metro] Recommendations for Old Family Photos > Joan: > > Scan the original family photos at 600 dpi TIFF (non-lossy large files with > high-resolution to retain detail) and burn the master images onto CD-Rs (700 > MB) and/or DVD-Rs (4.7 GB). Get everybody identified in the photos along > with dates and places and write it on the back of photos so your children > and grandchildren who inherit your photos will know who the people are. You > can always use photo-editing software later to clean up the photos and/or > create JPEGs of your high-resolution TIFF masters as needed to send to > family or for your genealogy software program or screensavers. Display > copies of the photos in your house on the walls, NOT the originals as you > don't want them to fade or be damaged anymore than they already are. Put > the originals in a safety deposit box for safekeeping. With new DVD-editing > software on the market, you can customize your family photo collection > burned on your DVD-Rs to play in a DVD player and display on your TV, HDTV > or big screen. You can also create customized screensavers with JPEG images > of family and ancestors that cycle through photos when your computer is > idle. Designate in your will, living will or estate the trusted relative, > child or grandchild who values you having an interest in genealogy and who > will be the future caretaker of your genealogy stuff and who has enough > brains not to throw away or sell all of your valuable records and personal > belongings after you die. > > Jerry > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joan T Kaemmer" <jkaemmer@juno.com> > To: <MO-STLOUIS-METRO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 11:39 AM > Subject: [StL-Metro] photos > > > Dear List, > > I recently received a treasure in the mail...an old photo album with > photos of my great grandfather's parents and most of his siblings. The > pages in the album are falling out. The photos are glued in. > > Any one have any experience with old photos? I think I would like to > take them out of the album (the album itself isn't that old) and either > frame them or put them in a new album. I experimented with one photo and > it won't be that difficult to remove them from the paper. > > Any thoughts or suggestions? > > Thanks for your help. > > Joan > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > If you haven't visited Dave Lossos' "Genealogy in St. Louis" website > (http://genealogyinstlouis.accessgenealogy.com/) you might want to take a > look. > > > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > Search the Archive of Messages for MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List at http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=MO-STLOUIS-METRO > >