need to be stored in acid-free paper if you want to protect them. some options include buying acid-free envelopes, photo storage boxes, or photo albums. it might be nice to have a series of matching albums that contain all of your photographs.
decide how you want to organize your photos – by year or by event – and then sort them into piles accordingly. as you do, use an acid-free, photo-safe pencil or pen to (lightly) label them. if you use photo albums, you may want to write beneath the photos instead of writing on them.
once your photos are organized, label each album, box, or envelope accordingly so you can find 