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As Projectkin, we’re hooked on family history stories. So often, these stories start with the stuff left for us by our ancestors. In Kathy’s Corner, Projectkin contributor Kathy Stone, helps us sort through and make sense of these materials with insights learned in her decades of experience as a professional photo organizer. Explore our calendar for coming events here.

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For many of us, handling personal archives is tricky. Not only do we have to keep track of those endless utilitarian photos, we’re also master archivists for our extended family. To sort through all of that, you now have the company of friends (Projectkin) and the expertise of a pro, Kathy Stone.

Today, Kathy walked us through the simple terms you’ll often hear tossed around with an assumption that we all know what we’re talking about. Well… that’s not always true — and we often have slightly different meanings for the terms we use.

The goal here isn’t to agree on the terms, necessarily. Instead, we want to help you understand how the terms are used to ensure that you can plan a workflow for your own materials. At the end of the day, the most important thing is that you never lose these precious archives. It’s also pretty nice when you can find exactly what you’re looking for when you need it.

In this recording, Kathy’s asked questions like:

* Should you Sync a Legacy collection?

* How much should be in a Legacy Collection?

You’ll see that the answers to these questions are not always as straightforward as you might think.

In the recording, Kathy mentioned an example of a Legacy Collection - this one is public:

* forever.com/app/users/john-a-jack-snyder

Legacy and archive may have subtle differences that matter in how they’re used by backup and sync are by no means the same. Kathy’s recommended this article as background:

* proton.me/blog/backup-vs-sync

She also talked about the classic mnemonic: The ABC's of Photo Organizing: A—Album, B—Box, C—Can (trash), and S—Stories. Here’s The Photo Managers articulation of the strategy:

* thephotomanagers.com/the-abcs-of-photo-organizing

Finally, Kathy referenced Ann Larkham of Photogenealogy and the approach she’s used for these terms. Here’s a summary she shared as a pdf:

* Ann Larkham’s Photogenealogy Terminology

As a tip to next month’s focus Kathy is actively participating in The Photo Managers annual Save Your Photos Month. As part of that program, Kathy has shared her affiliate link to their programming, most of which is entirely free during the month of September.

* thephotomanagers.ontralink.com/t?orid=557&opid=43

Do you have questions for Kathy or other members of the community, drop them in the chat below and let’s keep this conversation going. I know I have a good idea for an archiving project I should have done a while ago. 🤭 No time like the present!

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