Kathy's Corner » Conquering that Photo Mess One Step at a Time » March 2024

Member’s often tell us that their interest in family history storytelling started when handling the photos, documents, and artifacts handed down by parents, grandparents, and ancestors.

Here at the Projectkin Community Forum, we have access to remarkable resources among our members including our “Cornerstone” Kathy Stone. Kathy distinguished herself as a Ponga member with her generous support of other members based on her experience as a professional photo organizer. She soon became an avid advocate and dear friend.

Today, Kathy’s turned her keen eye for photos and talents for organization to her own collection. In these sessions she shares her insights with us leveraging her “sort-first” strategy. You’ll find details about her approach in the “tubs-to-tales” post mentions in the video, now in the Projectkin archive:

Today’s program focused on questions submitted in answer to Kathy’s video post earlier this week. Much of the discussion centered on the challenge of preserving details on the backs of photos and linking that detail to the front of the photo as well. Companies mentioned included:

* Imagesnippets

* MemoryWeb.me

* Adobe Bridge

We also talked about practical solutions like naming strategies built into scanners or simple solutions like adding “_frt” and “_bk” to relevant photos. Below is the transcript of the chat session during the recording.

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Just near the end a question came up about file systems both on computers and in physical form. Kathy suggested that might be better as a topic for another day. If you have a question for Kathy Stone, ⏎ tap her name to go to her subscriber page on Substack, then tap Message.

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