You can also add any number of "tags" to the photos after you scan them that will be saved with the digital images, so be sure to add that data, too. They will be transmitted if you share or post them online. Kyla -----Original Message----- From: rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Phyllis Garratt Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 10:31 AM To: rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com Cc: rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [RMagic] How to handle photos I would scan both sides with the same file name but add "front" and "back" to the title. Being able to see both side in their entirety provides clues you may not realize are there. This includes the photographers address as well as details about the edges of the photo....can be helpful in dating the photo. Phyllis Sent from my iPhone On Oct 24, 2012, at 8:18 AM, Jinny Angelis <jinnya@msn.com> wrote: > > At last, I have time and inclination to scan the box of family photos. I was wondering if I could get some input as to what everyone is doing. > Are you scanning both sides of the photo? I have some names written on some. For a few I recognize my husband's handwriting and recall that he wrote the info about 10 years ago probably when we went through the images. > How are you tying the 2 sides together? with names? combining them together in one image? > I've been adding the photographer's name and his location if they were taken by a professional. > It seems that some history of the image or things that you may have learned might be interesting in the future. I have some photos of neighbors, that evidently became friends as they had the photos. I only figured this out from looking at the census and who lived close to them. > Any thoughts greatly appreciated. Is there a source that addresses how one might handle this? > Jinny Angelis > > > =================================== > RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message =================================== RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message