Organise Very Old Photos and Newspspers

[frankphoto]

Recently I came across a box of old family photos, newspapers and letters. I

want to scan all these documents into my P.C.....no problem so far! I also want

to transfer this material to discs in order to share them with other family

members.

Sounds simple enough!

There are two problems: 1) How do I organise such such a diverse collection of

material in a constructive way in my P.C. ...is there some sort of software that

might help?

2) Some of the iteme are in a delicate state (letters from 1922 and photos from

1890's) how should I organise them so that they do not deteriorate further, but

I would like to be able to display them from time to time.

I really would appreciate any advice on this matter.

Thank you ....Frank Gaffney.

[captjack]

just set up folders and sub-folders to keep it organized- you don't need another software program. I thelps if you save all the letters and printed material as PDF - high qulity Jpegs for all the old photos

[petemillis]

The letters - can you not organise them in an acid-free photo album with acid-free photo corners to mount them? Or sandwiched in an album between acid-free sheets? That should make it quite easy to display them from time to time. Or just display copies of them.

[frankphoto]

Thanks for the useful advice guys....I know the question sounds somewhat

obtuse, but I am a bit of a techno-eejit! Usually I go all around the World twice over trying to perform fairly simple tasks on my P.C. and then one of the kids informs me that I can 'do that by pressing ALT+XY'.

I wanted to get in a pre-emptive strike on them ! Anyway, Thanks again for the advice...SLAN....FRANK.