Why scan?

The number one reason is to secure and protect the things that are most important to you.  Having a high-quality digital copy of your photos and documents, kept in a secure location, will give you peace of mind.  If tragedy strikes and your items become lost, damaged or destroyed, you will have a high-quality digital back-up.

 

Other reasons:

• Photos, slides, documents can fade over time; obtaining a digital copy preserves the original quality.  But if fading or deterioration has already occurred, scanning and restoration can bring them back to life 

• Digital files can easily be shared with friends and family, either by uploading to a cloud file such as OneDrive or Dropbox, or by creating a duplicate copy, usually on a flash drive or solid-state drive

• Digital files can be mirrored on a large television screen or loaded saved on your computer, allowing you to see details in the images that may have been too small to see on the originals and to easily share with a crowd!

• Your files can be with you wherever you go by putting a copy on your cell phone or other mobile device

• Images can be posted onto social media or ancestry websites to enhance your family history

• Use your images to compile slideshows for weddings, birthday, memorial services or other special occasions

• If you organize everything with keywords, you’ll be able to find a needle in a haystack just by typing in a word or two.  No more searching through cumbersome photo albums!