My Mom is downsizing to an apartment. (actually larger than mine, lol) She gave me all the family photo albums to scan/digitize.
I've decided to use my flatbed scanner, since buying a new sheet fed one is too expensive. I would love a portable one, again, too expensive.
My big stumbling block right now is how/what to name what I scan. What to name folders, etc. And how to organize. Unfortunately some of the albums are just completely random sets of photos. Mom has never had an interest, and Dad is gone now. I also have a box full of loose photos. We went through a bigger box and tossed more than half of them already. Random baby pictures of unknown kids, landscapes and scenery...
Without my Dad's keen memory, a lot of them are unidentified people and places. Sigh. This is why I tell people to Scrapbook, lol!
Previously I had named the first 2 folders "AlbumBook-a", and "AlbumBook-b" with "Album2" in the second folder, but that's not very descriptive. Yet I don't want long folder/scan names. Numbering makes sense for a chronological set of folders/photos. Also seems very daunting, as I'm sure I will find things in other boxes etc that would need to be put in between.
I did go through the books already and put sticky notes with the approximate year of the album. Funny, there are over 4 albums for 1983, the year my daughter was born, Mom and Dad's 25th, and a bunch of weddings, lol!
Anyone tackled this kind of project, and what would you recommend?