- Is there anything more frustrating than opening up the old family album and looking at the figures in the photos and saying, 'Who are these people? I wish someone had put that information here for us'. You can make sure that future generations of your family don't have the same frustration
- To make a photograph relevant, the viewer needs to know the answers to the following questions:
- When was it taken?
- Where was it taken?
- Who is in the photograph? If it is a group photo, identify people left to right, row by row, with a question mark whenever you don't know
- What was the occasion?
- Who took the photo?
- If you're unsure of anything, ask other family members, old school friends or ex workmates to help. It might be worth recording such sessions, as looking at old photos sparks off memories!
- Use a soft pencil or indelible pen to put the details on the back of each photo, or write the details on a sheet of paper and insert it alongside the photo in the album.
- In order to add your photos to Nations' Memorybank you will need to scan and save them digitally and save each digital photo file with a distinct number. Create a spreadsheet, or document file with the details of each photo on it and save that too. (See How to organise an archive for details of how to digitally store and organise your material)
- When you come to upload your photos on to your section of Nations' Memorybank, having already labelled and organised your photos into folders will make life so much easier.
