Genealogists are no different than any other computer user who wants to store photos or scanned images on their computer system, butthey may have a greater need to specifically identify the images.Fortunately, there are dozens of programs, some of which are free, thatcan help organize images. One issue that arises immediately is the needto maintain image associations. As one commentator wrote recently, shehad an old picture album from a relative and wanted to maintain therelationship among the photos. I handle that problem in a number ofways.
When I scan a photo album, I scan the entire album page first to show how the photos were originallysituated. Then I scan the individual photos or, depending on thequality, simply make multiple copies of the page and then crop each copyto each photo. By scanning or digitally photographing the entire pagefirst, I maintain the overall relationship of the items in the physicalalbum. In addition, I name the photos with a name that I use torepresent the album. This keeps the photos together in one set.
Additionally, any number of image management programs maintain “albums” or collections of images inwhatever order they are designated. There are several free programs, themost useful one being Google's Picasa. Picasa will search your harddrives for any images and then put them in order by date or file name.If I scan documents into a folder with a date, all of those images willappear in the same folder in Picasa. I can then view the images in thesame order and with the same relationships as scanned or downloaded.
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