When my Mum died, she had many, many albums of her travels - none of which were labelled, and all of which contained "views". I had no idea where any of them were taken. But they were my Mum's memories, not mine, so I binned all that I could not identify, keeping only those that had people I knew in them.
I then managed to apply this method to my own (huge) collection - looking at it through the eyes of my daughters, who would have to sort all my albums when I finally shuffle of this mortal coil. All "views" have gone, I have them in my head along with the atmosphere they created at the time. My girls will not be able to do that, so I have saved them the heartache of decision.
All others have been put into slip albums in chronological date order, or sent to appropriate members of the family if I felt they would be interested. I have also culled my digital photos, by having them printed for free by an online site, and deleting them from my phone, tablet and computer.
I think you have to be ruthless. A family group I had taken resulted in all members of the group (around a table) actually had their backs to the camera, so, although it was part of a Family Day, it was useless as a record.
Just my thoughts, I hope they helped.
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