Hello Friends,
I know similar questions have been answered (such as https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/eh236m/how\_to\_organized\_scanned\_family\_photos/) but my question is slightly different so please don't shoot the messanger.
I am working on scanning my family's moderately sized photo library. The process itself is very easy, but figuring out how to organize the photos in a chronilogically based tool has been the issue. SO much so that my perfectionistic self hasn't made progress on this project in 2 years. PLEASE HELP.
Summary:
- my main storage location is Google Photos with secondary of Apple Photos and Amazon Photos
- Not all the photos have meaning to me but I'm currently scanning everything
- So far, my approach has been, if it's fairly recent photo date it as January 1, 2000 (more meaningful to me), if it's an old photo date it as January 1, 1901 (more meaningful as just having family photos). That way they are at least in a similar location when I scroll google photos.
- SOME of them have dates on the envolope but most don't. I'm torn as to whether I should date those or keep them in the generic buckets with the others (see bullet above)
- FWIW, the idea that two photos from the same event don't end up next to each other in the library drives me nuts, but that might just be life I suppose.
Any thoughts on best way to organize them?
Side question, has there been any AI based tools released lately which can help to organize? Honestly, that's part of my hope in parking the photos at a certain date for now in the hopes that more advanced tools come along.