The Family Archive

Somewhere in your home there's a shoebox, a drawer, or a hard drive holding decades of photos, letters, Super 8 reels, and recipe cards in someone's handwriting. This is your guide to rescuing those things before time takes them — how to scan, organise, and store them, and how to turn a pile of loose prints into a shared archive the whole family can add to and keep.

• How to Scan a Shoebox of Old Family Photos Without Losing a Weekend — A step-by-step method for scanning a shoebox of old family photos without losing a weekend - triage first, then digitize, name, caption, and back up.