Notes on the back of old photos

PaynesGrey

DotScot

Allira said You can upload photographs on to Ancestry in your Family Tree.

You can, and many people do, but be aware that the uploaded images then become the property of Ancestry.

No they do not.

Ancestry Copyright Policy is clear:

Content which has been contributed to public areas of Ancestry® sites by users remains the property of the submitter or the original creator and we are a licensed distributor of such content.

support.ancestry.co.uk/s/article/Ancestry-Copyright-Policy

Thanks PaynesGrey.

I think it does say on Ancestry who else has downloaded any photos into their family tree.

Doodledog

I was told by a professional photographer that we should write in stickers and put those on the back of photos rather than writing on them directly, as the pressure of the pen on the paper can make copying them difficult. I think there might be some possible reaction between the inks too, but I can't remember more than the fact that stickers are the way to go.

Yes, stickers are best for the backs of photos.

I have an envelope full of old but good family photos from DH's family but neither of us have any idea who they are, neither did his cousin when we asked. It seems such a shame to bin them as I keep thinking we might find out one day.

Thanks for the correction PaynesGrey. It is a while since I used Ancestry and they have obviously responded to users' concerns about this.

Yes. Pen or pencil pressure can “emboss” the paper leaving raised impressions on the right side which will affect any attempt to scan them. My late DH learned the hard way by writing descriptions on the back of a set of holiday snaps with a ballpoint pen!. Fortunately that’s all they were. We had the negatives should we have wished to reprint them but what he did could have damaged irreplaceable vintage photos. Advanced Photoshop tools can clean up a lot of imperfections but far better to take care in the first place!

I was told by a professional photographer that we should write in stickers and put those on the back of photos rather than writing on them directly, as the pressure of the pen on the paper can make copying them difficult. I think there might be some possible reaction between the inks too, but I can't remember more than the fact that stickers are the way to go.

I get my photos printed straight from my phone by Freeprints, wonderful service, you just load the app by putting into your phone Freeprints, tick the photos you want printed on your phone, I think you are allowed about 40. They just charge fee for postage.

Les1950

Crossstitchfan; I took my fone to a shop which can print them out as fotos, if you can't print them from the cloud.

Thank you. I’ll give that a go.

I have 100's of old photos sadly not labelled and no-one left to tell me who they are of,some people in the pictures have beautiful clothes, but is it worth keeping them my (adult) children don't want them.

After DH's parents died we went through their photos, mostly views were labelled, but not the ones of people! We thought we had struck lucky when we spotted some writing on one of a group of people - it said 'Tuesday'!!!

We make photo books. And then delete the photos we no longer want.
You can make them very interesting as you can add information on the pages.
One of my aunt and her new husband on one page has their names and the damming words ‘He was a Philanderer!’
He was too!
You can scan old photos to add them to the book. Lots of companies do this online.

Last week I opened a huge tin box and found dozens of photographs which I can't identify.
Some were taken in Central America and a few in India .
I've tried to sort them out,
but with little success .
If my parents were alive I could ask them .
The extraordinary thing is they kept horticultural notes in incredible detail .
Obviously they were that interested in their families or ancestry .

DotScot

Allira said You can upload photographs on to Ancestry in your Family Tree.

You can, and many people do, but be aware that the uploaded images then become the property of Ancestry.

No they do not.

Ancestry Copyright Policy is clear:

Content which has been contributed to public areas of Ancestry® sites by users remains the property of the submitter or the original creator and we are a licensed distributor of such content.

support.ancestry.co.uk/s/article/Ancestry-Copyright-Policy

Crossstitchfan; I took my fone to a shop which can print them out as fotos, if you can't print them from the cloud.

Allira said You can upload photographs on to Ancestry in your Family Tree.

You can, and many people do, but be aware that the uploaded images then become the property of Ancestry.

cornergran

I was also in holiday on Hayling Island in 1956 foxglove. It was my parents choice for our annual week at the seaside. . Mr C and I have had several holidays there too. It’s not changed so much.

Me too.
One memory is my sister turning on the poolside shower while I was under it. I had never seen one before.

We went there for a couple of years before moving to Scotland in 58

Petra, thank you! I had no idea the photos could still be found on the cloud. I will look into this.

Colls

For the last 'tech' times - since about 1993 I have realised that digital photos will mainly be lost to future generations.
I wish there was a depot for all this social history.

I wonder if it is possible to upload photos of the originals onto genealogy sites? Watching Who Do You Think You Are, people are so happy to find photos of previous generations.
Mostly younger people are not interested but as soon as they hit 50ish, start to get more interested.

FoxGlove77, could you afford to have them all digitalised - with the notes on the back, that is much easier to pass on. A sort of time-package for children or grandchildren etc.?

You can upload photographs on to Ancestry in your Family Tree.

That's how I discovered some photos of DH's extended family and in fact met some of the family he had no idea existed.

A lot of old photos will end up at the dumpI suppose.There are only so many times you can look at Great Aunt Ethel on a rock in Cornwall or Great Grandad Maurice on the Pier in Southend circa 1910.😁

Crossstitchfan

Like some others, when I found my parents’ photos after their death, I found that there was nothing on the back of any of them to say who and where they were.
I have got boxes of photos which are from my marriage in 1966 . Unfortunately, I went down the route of having some of them on the computer and didn’t print them off. Thankfully, I still kept the originals so when the computer died, I lost nothing. I have learned nothing from that though and the photos I take now are on my iPhone. As far as I know, I couldn't print them off if I wanted to, so if and when that dies, they will all be gone.
My children and grandchildren only have the photos that are on their phones. I feel sad that future generations won’t have photo albums to look at and won’t see how things were at this time. Half the fun of researching family tree stuff on the computer is seeing photos of times gone by. Future generations won’t have that and it’s very sad. How will they know what we wore, the houses we lived in, the furniture we chose? I find that heartbreaking.
What do others think? Am I being a dinosaur?

Your children and your grandchildren’s photos are in the cloud. Future generation after generation will be able to look at them.
As for the photos on your iPhone there are shops / supermarkets everywhere where you can get your photos printed off.

knspol I feel like you. We have loads of photographs, even though I have thrown away a lot as well.

I found it distressing sorting out my Mum's and Dad's personal effects. I don't want to leave all that for my son to do so I will try and get rid of a lot more stuff over the next few years.

For the last 'tech' times - since about 1993 I have realised that digital photos will mainly be lost to future generations.
I wish there was a depot for all this social history.

I wonder if it is possible to upload photos of the originals onto genealogy sites? Watching Who Do You Think You Are, people are so happy to find photos of previous generations.
Mostly younger people are not interested but as soon as they hit 50ish, start to get more interested.

FoxGlove77, could you afford to have them all digitalised - with the notes on the back, that is much easier to pass on. A sort of time-package for children or grandchildren etc.?

I have 2 large plastic boxes of old photos and I keep thinking of putting them on the bonfire. I can't see anybody actually wanting them after I've gone and want to avoid them feeling guilty about throwing them away.

Recently a cousin of DH's sent him some video footage of his parents in their 20's when they were courting. It was really funny to see them fooling around when he remembers them as much more sensible parents. We also realised how much like his Grandad my youngest son is; we'd never realised. I also got to see my husband as a toddler too. It was wonderful.

grannygran

A few years ago I had someone to colorize a wedding photo of my husband and me..it turned out beautiful, true to colours too.
I was so pleased I shared it on my Facebook. I have 2 great grandchildren..seeing my wedding photo I was asked by Mummy if I'd get a copy for the children, and any other older family pictures, asked to write on the back. I,was delighted to do so as I'm very much into the family tree.
I not only had them printed but placed them in a nice album..
Last year when the family moved house the album was returned.."I believe this is yours" as it was handed to me..my heart sank. It's stil here if they want it, when clearing my home..

This (labelling old photos) has been on my 'to do' list since I moved into my flat 14 years ago!! Both adult children have been to visit me - from the US - this summer, and I have been encouraged to get on with it!!!