Take Control of Your Digital Legacy, 2nd Edition

5. Digitize Photos and Documents

Many of us have boxes full of old photos and documents that will last longer if converted to digital form.

Earlier, in Inventory Other Personal Data, I talked about your digital photos, including how to make notes about which ones are especially important to add to your archive and pass on to other people. But those aren’t the only photos you should be thinking about.

If you’re like most people, you have photos and videos in digital format going back to whenever you started using a digital camera. You probably also have digital documents of various kinds stretching back even longer. But you may also have paper ...