A small suggestion , commit them all to cd's , easily retrievable in mint condition , i have thousands of photos stored this way because of extremely high humidity . Want readily showable photos in an album ? Have them plastisized , they will not deteriorate due to finger 'oils'that most people are not aware exist , these oils have destroyed many a document . There is an expression "Keep it simple stupid " . Extreme methods cost extreme money and are not neccessarily expediant or appropriate , you do not own a musium or similar , you just want/need to keep your photos safe for future enjoyment . colin .