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Photo Memoir Resource Guide
(Updated 29 April 2005)

 
Album Manufacturers, Speed Tools & Supplies

www.creativememories.com www.lightimpressionsdirect.com www.centurybusinesssolutions.com www.cardinalbrands.com
www.lillianvernon.com
www.onlineorganizing.com
www.retrospectbysmead.com

 Web-based Photo Albums

www.myalbummaker.com
www.acdsystems.com
www.StoryLife.com
www.snapfish.com
www.hello.com

Photo Memoir Assoc., Tools, & Journaling

www.personalhistorians.org www.memorymakersmagazine.com www.creatingkeepsakes.com/mag/
www.BioBinders.com  - structured interview

 Photo Restoration

www.loc.gov/preserv/care/photolea.html article on Care, Handling, & Storage of Photographs
www.restoration-photo.us restoration service

 Archive Quality Storage (Containers & Photo CDs)

Corrogated poly boxes www.metaledgeinc.com

Library archive supply www.gaylordmart.com
Boxes, cases, sleeves www.archivalmethods.com
Slide storage www.lightimpressionsdirect.com

MAM-A Gold CD-R www.mam-e.com

eFilm Gold “300-Year” CD-R www.delkin.com

 

Mindmapping Tool

MindManager X5, www.mindjet.com/us/ a Visual Tool for Planning, Collaboration and Business Process Management

 

Digital Photo Organizing Software (also offer online sharing)

  1. ACD Systems International – ACDSee www.acdsystems.com

  2. PhotoShop Elements 3.0 www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelwin/main.html

  3. Intermedia Organizer Inc. – iO – www.imageorganizer.com

  4. Photodex Corporation – CompuPic www.photodex.com

  5. Zac Image Walker www.imagewalker.com

  6. Picasa2 freeware from Google www.picasa.com

  7. CoffeeCup – Image Viewer freeware www.coffeecup.com/viewer

 

Photo finishing (digital to paper) Those with a * also offer free online sharing.

www.StoryLife.com - photo cards, scrapbooking

www.Shutterfly.com 20 cent prints

www.Snapfish.com * 19 cent prints

www.Ofoto.com (now kodakgallery.com)* 25-29

www.Searsphotos.com  39 cent prints

www.Walgreens.com  29 cents prints

www.costco.com 18 cent prints

www.Mysticcolorlab.com * 29 cents

www.Photoworks.com  19 cents, album books

www.Wal-mart.com 24 cents

www.cmphotocenter.com * 27 cents

Mobile Digital Albums – Tablet PCs

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/tabletpc/evaluation/products.mspx from Microsoft, displays a comparative list of 22 different models of Tablet PCs, with features and links to the manufacturers’ website.

 Photo Scanning Services (paper to digital)
www.DigMyPics.com based in Mesa, AZ, scans for 29-59 cents any photo up to 5x7”, on a sliding scale, at 300 dpi, in TIFF or JPG format.  At 600 dpi the cost is 20 cents additional.  Slides are scanned at 49-79 cents, at 2000 dpi.  For $5 additional you get a Thumbnail album (of up to 250 images).  High quality enhancement.
www.YesVideo.com based in Santa Clara, CA, transfers movie film, 35mm slides, and prints to CDs or DVDs.  Some at retail kiosks.  Transfers to DVD available only through Walgreens and select camera stores.

 Genealogy Resources

Costing $30-100 per quarter www.ancestry.com searches US Census, Newspapers, UK, & Ireland records.

Social Security Death Index http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi/

Church of Latter Day Saints, http://www.familysearch.org/, offers a database of family histories, open to the public at Morman centers in most cities throughout the United States.

 Binding Services

Binding options at Kinko’s www.fedex.com/us/officeprint/storesvcs/copyprint/finishing.html

Kodak EasyShare Gallery www.evite.kodakgallery.com/  (formerly Ofoto) – 20 page bound book for $30-40.  You upload, layout, use their templates.

Coffee table book design and binding www.mythcreative.com

Fee-Based Print on Demand Publishing Services http://www.sfwa.org/beware/printondemand.html  (e.g., Xlibris and iUniverse) purveyors of publishing services to writers.   http://dehanna.com/database.htm

Other NAPO Photo Organizers (partial list, alphabetical)

bulletSue Becker, From Piles to Smiles (Downers Grove, IL),  organized@pilestosmiles.com, web http://www.pilestosmiles.com/your_photos.htm
bullet Elaine Bloom, A Place For Everything (Maplewood, NJ), elainebloom30@aol.com
bulletDiane Campion, Organize This! (Albany, NY) email diane@org-this.com, web www.org-this.com/management.html
bulletAllison Carter, The Professional Organizer (Marietta, GA), www.theprofessionalorganizer.com
bulletLiz Corso Davis, Custom Organizing Solutions (Escondido, CA), lizcorso@cox.net
bullet Betsy Fein, ClutterBusters!!  (Rockville, MD 20855),  betsy@clutterbosses.com, www.theclutterbusters.com
bulletDiana Jillie, Executive Organizing (La Jolla, CA), www.djillie.com, e-mail djillie@san.rr.com
bullet Jackie Kleinschmidt, Everyday Organizing, LLC (De Pere, WI) jackie@everydayorganizing.com, www.everydayorganizing.com
bullet Louise Kurzeka, Everything's Together (St Louis Park, MN) www.everythingstogether.com (with Pam Hix)
bulletVicki Norris, Restoring Order (Sherwood, OR), http://www.restoringorder.com/memorabilia.html
bulletEllen Palestine, Finally Organized! (Livingston, NJ), Ellen@FinallyOrganized.net, www.finallyorganized.net
bulletCheryl L. Perkins, Creating Balance (Playa Del Rey, CA), cherper@comcast.net
bullet Jacqueline Reed, The Photo Album Lady (Bel Air, MD), thephotoalbumlady@comcast.net
bulletJill Revitsky, You Are Organized (Pittsburgh, PA), http://www.urorganized.com/serv03.htm
bulletPamela Rodgers, Natural Solutions 365 (Coronado, CA), pamelar@earthlink.net
bulletHelen D. Volk, (Albany, NY) helen@beyondclutter.com,  www.beyondclutter.com, author of  “Organize Your Photographs.”
bulletSonya Ziegler, Aim to Simplify (San Diego, CA), www.aimtosimplify.com, email sonya@aimtosimplify.com

Associate NAPO Members – Products for Organizing Photo Memoirs

bullet“Generations,” distributed by Cardinal Brands, www.cardinalbrands.com, Uses screw-post binding.
bullet Delphi Health Products Inc, Debby Bitticks (Agoura Hills, CA) – product: BioBinder, www.BioBinder.com
bullet Lilian Vernon http://www.lillianvernon.com/catalog/thumbnail.jsp?parentCatId=3&catId=153  sells pocket albums 128 – 400 photos.
bullet OnlineOrganizing.Com www.onlineorganizing.com/ProductsCategory.asp?category=memorabilia distributes books and materials made by Sutton & Tracey
bullet Smead – CD self adhesive pockets -http://www.smead.com/Director.asp?NodeID=109
bulletRetrospect, division of Smead – photo & scrap holders, totes, folders, pockets – www.retrospectbysmead.com
bullet Unikeep View Case Binders are fully enclosed, stackable, archival safe and 100% polypropylene with capacities up to 5 inches  www.unikeep.com

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