Family History Friday (FHF): Family Photos!

Do you have bins of photos? 

I do! 

I have a plan for what I'm going to do with them. I'm going invite my family to have a little "Family Photo Organizing Party".  We will all sit together and go through the photos. 

This is what else we'll do:

*Label the photos with the date, (to the best 

of our knowledge), on the back. Be sure to use a pen that is archival quality. It will be labeled "safe for photos". (Sharpies have an alcohol base and are not good for photos.)

*Put the names of those in the pictures on the back, using the special pen again. 
*Organize them into groups: families, trips, people, year, etc.
*Then we'll put them into some books with acid-free plastic sleeves.

One day I'll have all of them in scrapbooks, but until then, we'll be able to look at the photos, and be able to enjoy them. We'll also not have to worry about remembering all the particulars about each photo. If you have a selection of older photos too, you might want to have a "Family Photo Organizing Party" with your extended family. See who remembers the important information and get it written down before it's too late! ;)

Happy Family History Friday! Love, Joy