Kathy's Corner » Digitize that Collection | Step 3: “Sort the photos at hand”

This third session in the series focuses on the Sorting step of her 8 Steps to Take You from Tubs of Photos to Tales of Yore blog post. This important episode steps through this critical step that can save you both time and money later.As Kathy points out in the blog,The key here is to sort what you have into chunks that make sense to you so that you can capture the relevant information as you move them to digital form in the next step. As you bundle photos into folders and envelopes make note of keywords like “Christmas 1960” on index cards to keep with the originals. These can easily be added to file names in the scanning step and be useful notes in your project tracking.We discussed in the session how this can save you time later in pulling items together — and money in scanning irrelevant photos or duplicates.Useful Mnemonic: “Have,” “See” and “Know”This tip she mentions in the session and is in the blog is also probably worth calling out here:* Keep in physical form the things people need to have (such as jewelry, for example)* Keep at least in digital form the things people need to see (such as children's drawings which can become quite fragile and are of little economic value.)* Keep in recorded or written form the things people need to know (such as memories, stories, and values.)Enjoy the program.Please note: This program is intended for the benefit of all Projectkin member subscribers. If you’ve managed to find this and are not yet a member, well, that’s because we’ve tried to keep all content free for everyone.Now that you’re here, wouldn’t you like to become a member? Get full access to Projectkin at projectkin.substack.com/subscribe