How to Organize Your Family Photos and Videos Using Online Albums
Organizing your family photos isn’t physically hard, but the memories can suck you in because it’s easy to get wrapped up in a stroll down memory lane. Let’s face it. We’re not folding laundry here. Your family history is unique and it’s worth taking the time to do it right. Tackle the task a little […]
Enjoy Organizing and Storing Photos to Show Your Family History
Get started on illustrating your family history using photos, videos, and key documents that you find and collect. During February, I’m having a special focus on our family histories that includes preserving the stories for future generations. Your Family History Your family’s story is unique and it’s not just for you to enjoy now. […]
Researching Your Family’s History and Story Using Photos and Free Resources
You’ve heard colorful tales of the past so you begin researching your family’s history to learn what’s true, but you wonder what tools are the best to use. A listing of free resources below can help you form a complete family tree. Or, you got a good start digging into the genealogy but can’t get […]
Help for Researching Family History and Genealogy
If you’re wondering how to connect the pieces of your family’s lineage and genealogy, then here are sites to visit and begin your journey. If you need professional help, then that’s available as well. But what do you do with your findings and how do you safely store them? As a photo coach, I’ve […]
Photo Organizing and Photo Storage Highlights of 2021
As 2021 winds down, I wanted to highlight key blog posts from this year, My very first post this year was in March, focusing on my 26th anniversary as a photo coach. Not many people know what a photo coach is or does. In this post, I describe how I didn’t do scrapbooking as my […]
5 Important Benefits of Researching Family History and Family Photos
Digging into our family’s past has special meaning for all generations. Here are benefits of researching our family history and using the stories we uncover to add special dimensions to family photos of bygone eras. 1. Adds Depth to Older Family Pictures You come across a black and white picture from several decades ago. […]
Why Photos Make Meaningful Gifts for the Holidays and All Year Long
The most meaningful gifts you can give may be stuffed in forgotten envelopes or albums on a shelf: pictures of you and your family today and in years past. Photos connect the generations You can read about the men and women who fought in World War Two, or you can share pictures of […]
How Storing Photos Online Connected a Family Across Continents
Once a month, I’m having my friends share their experience storing photos online in a storage system they own and that’s guaranteed for a lifetime, plus 100 years. The above photo is from Margarita Buitrago, who I’ve known for almost 20 years. The picture is saved and will be accessible for generations to […]
A Tip for Researching Family History and Organizing Family Photos
You come across a family photo that was tucked away in a photo album and wonder who’s in the picture. More questions surface and you decide to research your family history. What you learn about relatives from previous generations will help you weave a story of who you are and connect the past to the […]
Research Your Family History and Safely Store Your Old Media Files
You dig in a closet and come across a box that has old photo albums and a round tin can. You open it and see reels of old home movies that you watched as a child. Now you wrestle with some thoughts: There were relatives in that movie and you’d like to know more […]