It's Time to Preserve Old Photographs

Sugar Bowl Confectionery, Butler PA, 1940s

It's scary to think of what is becoming of our old family photos. Too many of them sit in boxes in basements or -- god forbid! -- attics, crumbling away, taking our pasts with them.

Make it a priority if you can to have older family members tell the histories of your photos and identify who is pictured. And commit to saving your photos now with the help of information from these web sites on how to preserve your irreplaceable family photos:

http://www.wisebread.com/maintaining-memories-how-to-save-old-photographs

http://lifestyle.howstuffworks.com/family/heirlooms/properly-store-really-old-photos.htm

http://genealogy.about.com/cs/digitalphoto/a/digital_photos.htm

If there is one particular photo you would like to share with the world, visit here  It may be hard to choose just one, but at least you will have done that.