Organizing & Curating Your Photos for Your Family Story Book Project

In this conversation, family historian Cory Bretz and family book designer Barbi Braude discuss the challenges of organizing and curating family history materials, including photos and documents. They provide practical tips for sorting and digitizing these materials, emphasizing the importance of preserving family legacies for future generations. The discussion highlights the emotional value of family memories and the joy of storytelling through curated family history books and movies.

Start by sorting images into piles by individuals. Organize photos chronologically by decades. Culling duplicates and poor-quality images is essential. Progress in organizing leads to a sense of achievement. Using professional help can ease the process.

You might find this video helpful if you’re interested in family history, organizing memories, curating photos, digitization, storytelling, publishing family history books, or producing family history movies and films.

Concepts Related to Organizing and Curating Paper Images and Documents

  • Organizing family history can be overwhelming…but you already know that!
  • Start by sorting images into piles by individual people.
  • Organize photos chronologically by decades.
  • Culling duplicates and poor-quality images is essential.
  • Progress in organizing leads to a sense of achievement.
  • Using professional help can ease the process and speed things up.

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