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www.past-presence.com How to sort photos from the past 50 years when you have almost nothing to go on
Genealogy How Tos · Photo and film scanning

How to sort photos from the past 50 years when you have almost nothing to go on

January 13, 2018May 6, 2020 wanderernolonger5 Comments

Got a box of loose photos and almost no info? Here's how I get around the brick wall.

www.past-presence.com The family picture scanning project: how I digitized 3000 images in my spare time
Genealogy How Tos · Photo and film scanning · Photo History

The family picture scanning project: how I digitized 3000 images in my spare time

January 6, 2018May 6, 2020 wanderernolonger10 Comments

The journey to digitize 8K images and how it led to Past Presence

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