Many Benefits to Sharing Family and Community Historical Society Photos Online

The ability to share on the Internet is a powerful thing. Images, ideas, news, music, product information, and you name it.

A meaningful opportunity for families is to easily unlock the sharing potential of the many photos now being held by a single family member in a shoebox, dresser drawer, or traditional album or scrapbook. By digitizing these closely held images and placing them online, the extended family can share, print, and download the digital files for their own creative project purposes.

The images can be easily shared by distant family members as a basis for gathering image identification information and genealogical color. The act of sharing online can reveal a particular family member's interest in coordinating an effort to better organize a family tree and the history around it. For more online family image sharing ideas and thoughts, read the article Sharing Possibilities Expand with Digital Images at LocalArchiver.com.

Community historical and genealogical societies have similar opportunities by developing or expanding their online image sharing activities. Placing images online clearly expands the viewing potential and can help the society meet its community history education objectives, generate additional interest in society activities, boost membership interest, and likely help in fundraising activities.

For additional ideas and guides to scanning, preserving, and sharing photos and documents, visit LocalArchiver.com.