Transplanting a Seattleite

If you are just wanting to share photos with your kids over the years, it will probably be acceptable. I will note that a number of my pioneer albums have only been perused a few times(thus limiting them to exposure) and I'm still seeing degradation.

Black and white prints hold up better over the years, imho.

For pics I am especially fond of, I am def. scanning and using a prO service to have digital albums made.

Dean's mom gave us OLD family pic in a three ring binder. She photocopied them and then slipped them into Avery folders. They have held up well.

If you want something that can be passed down through generations, I would def. look into something like Renaissance that creates albums for weddings, etc. that are meant to last. They can be quite expensive but you get what you pay for generally. Not sure if you are interested but I use Picaboo or similar to make little albums of family outings, birthdays, etc. and the nice thing is I can order 4 of the same album with little hassle- one for each of the girls and extras for the family. It also allows for quotations, dates and prose printed next to the photos to give context.

I ended up being te only one really interested in photography and genealogy so I inherited several generations of photos from "I have a stick up my butt daguerreotypes", glass negatives and tintypes. Very cool stuff but I am still researching trying to figure out years and who is actually in te prints. (All were passed down from my grandma). I still scan- my pro photo days made me vey paranoid.

BTW- I had a huge stack of prints sitting atop their negatives. This is before I went digital. A huge class f water spilled on the lot unbeknownst to me and dried. I sent several days with casserole dishes and soaked them, freeing each picture which then had to be hung to dry. When reasonably dry, I tucked them one by one into a massive coffee table book so they wouldn't war. Maybe that is when I really stated pursing digital :)