Getting Started

So . . . you would like to organize your boxes and files full of disorderly pictures. These are actual physical pictures most likely taken the hundred years before the 'digital age'. Before you delve into the boxes, find a pair of thin protective gloves, either cotton or plastic, to keep dirt and oil from the photos and negatives. It is so much easier to create individual albums after you have managed to organize your snapshots chronologically. It helps to be able to sort in a room where you can leave your project set up. If you have the negatives, use a light box for viewing and place in negative sleeves. You can then put the photographs in order to match the negatives. Now do 100 at a time and then take a break to keep from being so overwhelmed. This will take quite a bit of time but the rest of your organization will flow smoothly once you have jumped this hurdle.