Ever wonder what’s the best way to protect your family photos, videos, important documents and other files?
Maybe you’ve looked into buying specially designed metal boxes and sheet protectors and the best external hard drives. Those can serve as a good back-up. But there’s a better way to safeguard your most meaningful memories for many decades into the future.
Read on and see where the safest place is to store your memories, like I did for my parents’ photos and more:
Do you know where your memories are?
Family photos and videos are some of our most prized possessions because they show a unique part of our lives that aren’t captured anywhere else.
It seems like our memories will always be safe because year after year nothing ever happens to them.
Until something happens.
Take this quick inventory.
Hard copies
What: Printed photos, videos, slide shows, and more
Where: Closets, boxed in the garage or a storage unit?
Do you know what photos, videos you have and why they’re important?
Digital files
What: External hard drives, Flash drives, Laptops, Smartphones
Social media and photo storage sites
How safe are your digital files?
Beware of these mishaps
Burglary
I know of two instances where friends of mine had their home broken into and their laptops were stolen and years of saved photos were gone.
Fire and other natural disasters
We’re told to take precautions like making sure you can grab your family photos and other valuables in a moment’s notice. Our family had to do this in the early 90s when we were ordered to evacuate during a fire in the Pasadena, California area.
Home maintenance problems
Water pipes can freeze and burst in the winter.
Technology’s shortcomings
Flash drives are easy to lost and external hard drives can fall and break or wear out. Hard disc drives (HDD) are expected to last up to 5 years while solid state drives (SSD) will last up to 10 years, according to data recovery company EaseUS (link below).
My passion is safeguarding your memories
Let’s bring your printed photos, VHS tapes and more into the same, safe place as your most prized digital pictures and videos.
We’ll store your memories together in the cloud … your digital home that’s uniquely guaranteed safe: FOREVER®.
This is a letter saved in a FOREVER® digital album with space in the right margin to write details about the file.
No other company is designed to last like FOREVER® with files triple-backed up and guaranteed to remain safe for a lifetime, plus 100 years and with the goal of going beyond that time frame.
Social media companies won’t promise that your files will be safe. Do you think Google Photos will?
Even the most well-known photo storage companies aren’t like FOREVER® and I’ll gladly share how they compare.
My goal is to help you protect your memories
My 30th anniversary as a photo coach takes place in March 2025 and I’ve always had two areas of focus:
1. Helping families tell their stories using their photos, videos, and other files
2. Preserving their files through digitizing and permanent storage
Here’s a closer look.
Step 1 Digitization
Printed photos are fun to hold and look through but they can get misplaced and they’re easily damaged. VHS tapes, slide shows, cassette tapes and other media files that are now obsolete can be turned into a digital format so they’re easy to share and they’re protected … if you know the best place to store them.
Step 2 Permanent storage
It’s easy to upload your photos, videos, and other files to social media or photo storage services like Google Plus or Apple and pay a monthly fee. Month after month.
Facebook and other similar companies aren’t under any obligation to ensure your files are safe.
Having permanent storage and owning the rights to your digital content offers peace of mind.
Confident storage with FOREVER®
A core part of my business uses the services of FOREVER®, a company that is designed to store your files safely for a lifetime, plus 100 years and with a goal of going beyond that.
FOREVER® makes it possible to store your printed photos, videos, and other files in the same digital home as your newest photos and videos taken on your smartphone.
Since we’re focused on storing your memories safely, just how safe is FOREVER®?
It’s the best permanent storage solution that I’ve seen since it’s triple backed up and private.
The FOREVER® Guarantee Fund ensures that your files will be migrated to the newest formats as they become available.
Scroll down to contact me and I’ll share more about FOREVER®’s guarantee. The company launched in 2015 and I know their leadership. They’ve earned the highest Trust Pilot rating of any company in the industry.
Let’s save our photos together
Have you ever gotten together with friends or other family and looked through your photos?
It’s fun to work on your memories with others. Click my Events page to read more.
We’ll learn how to keep your files safe from natural disasters, theft, and other risks. It’ll be highly interactive and hands-on.
I care that families preserve, or safeguard, their memories for future generations.
Gather a few friends and family together so you can learn together and keep each other updated on your progress.
How can I help protect your family’s memories?
Contact me and ask me about a good strategy for protecting your family’s story.
Again, I help families preserve their memories for several generations into the future and beyond. And I’d enjoy helping you.
There’s so much you can do with FOREVER®.