It's almost November, and most of the fall projects have been completed - it's just about time to consider winter projects!
In fact, as I type this, I have just cleaned off my scanner in order to get back to scanning pictures. I've discovered that digital copies take up less room than physical ones!
While I do not intend to get rid of all the physical media, I do intend to thin things out to a more manageable size for both personal and storage reasons. I have seven or so storage boxes full of photographs, negatives, and slides to sort through.
As I have written before, the material is the result of several generations of family hanging on to things. I am the last member of this particular branch of the family, so I have inherited, or been saddled with, dealing with the material. I am also the last member of the immediate family who still has a chance of easily identifying people and places in the photographs - while my memory is still fairly good at remembering what I have been told about the pictures, and family history, and what I can recall personally.
However, this is also a project that has taken on a life of it's own as I work at it, and change and refine what I want to do with all of the material.
Currently, the plan is to scan everything, identify the people places and times, store what I want to keep, and dispose of the rest. So far, my disposal options are to send the material to the people in them, trash, or I have also contacted local archives to see about donating them with the intent of saving bits of history.
Of course, none of that has prevented me from collecting more material. While doing some internet research of people and places, I have found some information and photographs that are of interest to me. Such as passenger lists, history and photographs.
I am beginning to understand why some people reach the point of just tossing everything, but so far I am too stubborn to throw in the hat!
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