Larry had some good points, but I have to disagree with one of his points. 
I would not keep them in archival slide pages.  I would just keep them 
where they are within the trays.   It's cheaper and if you store them in a 
cool,dry place they will be around for a long time.  I presume you still 
have the cardboard boxes they came in.   I have slides sitting in trays 
from 40 years ago.  From what I can see, they are in good shape as the day 
they came back from the lab.  I have other slides stored in pages (non 
archival) which have been virtually destroyed from the chemicals in the 
plastic.

One of the benefits of scanning the photo's is the ability to bring the 
pics into software such as Photoshop.  You can enhance them and  colour 
correct them.  You can also send them electronically to a local lab and 
have prints made.  Obviously you will want to cull and choose the best. 
The process of scanning can take a great deal of time.

 Of course you then have the problem of how to store the electronic image 
long term.



John Annunziello
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