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Photos & archives

Scan, caption and keep the family's photos so they can still be found in twenty years.

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Organizing Family Photos: Caption Conventions That Make Them Findable

Who, where, and when, written into every caption. The simple labelling habit that turns a pile of uploads into an archive you can actually search.

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Photos & archives

How to Start a Family Archive in a Weekend, and Keep It Going

A weekend plan for a family archive: gather from every branch, scan the oldest first, name everyone while you still can, put it where the whole family can add to it, and keep your own copy of the originals.

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Start your family tree free

Add the people you know, invite the relatives who know the rest, and keep the photos and stories with the people in them. Private to your family.

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