My Grandmother and her first five children – Orillia summer of 1900.
Toronto. Many genealogists like me have been thrilled to track down and identify photographs. I have many going back to 1900. My dad used a Kodak Junior Six-20 he bought in the 1930s so I have pictures of my early years.
Once I began earning money in the 1950s, I used 35mm film and cut film. For some negatives I made a print, but many others exist as negatives only. I am busy scanning these negatives and adding key words while I can still remember details and dates. Of course all you need is the naked eye to see these prints and negatives!
While digitizing makes key wording and “developing” a snap compared to the old analogue processes, one cannot easily see the result – digital prints and negatives require software and hardware compatible with the original digital files. Continue reading
