Reply #10: That was my initial instinct [View All]

[dropkickpa]

I have used paintshop pro in the past (haven't had it in a couple years). I'll be picking it up again in the next couple of months.

My reason for wanting a good cataloging program is because, once I am done getting these all sorted, many of them I want to give to the town where the majority were taken, in addition to making a nice "photo album" and distributing it to family.

There are some very nice pictures of local buildings and landmarks, both still existing and those that are now gone. One interesting photo is the one that was taken of the building that used to stand on the site of my g-grandfathers Shell station. It existed as a boarding house and reputed to be a brothel for close to 40 years before it burned down (under suspicious circumstances). About 5 years after the fire, my grandfather bought the land, as it was right off the downtown main drag, and build a Shell station. This town was very busy riverport on the Mississippi river, so there was apparently more than enough people to keep the brothel in business. My grandmother, who had never seen the picture (it was in the possesion of my grandfathers family) saw it when we were cleaning out great grandma's attic and said "Oh! That's the old brothel!". We had heard some stories about how grampas dad built where the brothel was, but never thought that there was picture or anything.

Thank you all for your help, I am excited to start this project!