In these days of digital life, there are still so many individuals and families that have not converted their old photos to digital images, even with the potential for disaster lurking around every corner. There are so many potential threats that can rob you, your children and future generations of the ability to enjoy these visual images that you have captured of your life, yet many families never think about backing up their photo collections until it is too late.

Depending on the number of photos that you have and the amount of spare time that you have, your options for protecting your photos include: 1. scanning them into a computer your self and then storing them on a third party server or photo sharing site. 2. scanning them into a computer yourself and then storing them on a CD or DVD offsite. 3. Hiring a photo scanning company to scan them for you.

If you have lots of photos or are limited on time, option number 3 is probably your best bet. There are a number of companies that offer both photo scanning services and photo sharing or photo hosting. I checked out a few and the one that seems to have the best overall service and the lowest prices is Photobin.com. A few others include Scan Café and Digmypics.com.