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The Inherited Albums Worksheet
A free, printable worksheet for working through a parent's photo albums: what to keep, what the story is, and how to share fairly with siblings. Enter your email and you can download it right away.
Why inherited albums stall
It is rarely a lack of willpower. It is that nobody gave you an order of operations.
Too much at once
Albums, shoeboxes, envelopes in three closets. Without an inventory, every session starts over from zero.
Grief in the way
It is not just sorting. One photo can end an afternoon, so the boxes go back in the closet for another five years.
Siblings and originals
Most family friction is about who keeps the print. There is a simple order of operations that avoids it.
What's inside
- 1Take stock: an inventory page for every album, box, drawer and envelope
- 2Set your finish line, so you know what 'done' actually looks like
- 3Sort into four piles: keep, share, scan, let go
- 4Capture the stories, names, places and years while someone still remembers
- 5Divide fairly among siblings, scan first and then decide on originals
- 6Protect what you saved: archival storage, scan settings and 3-2-1 backups
Written by Angie, Certified Photo Manager, Arizona and beyond.
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