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[quote=Anonymous]99.99% of the time, photos are not historical documents. Photos are for enjoyment in the moment of taking them and in moments of viewing them, for the people for whom the photos hold some memories. Other people’s random photos are not something that anybody needs to feel obligated by. When you inherit a box of photos, if you want to go through them and pull out a few for some reason, you can. But you should feel free to throw out the rest. They have served their purpose and do not need to be kept any longer. They do not need to be digitized and take up space on your phone. They do not need to be placed into albums. If you store them in a box in the attic, you are just kicking the can down the road and probably handing this problem off to whoever survives you when you die. OP, if your parents don’t have the room, but you think they would enjoy looking at some photo albums, that’s a tough call. In your case I would probably pare down how many photos I had and then play it by ear down the road if I thought my parents wanted to see any of them.

Get the gun and sort appraised and sell them. Sell the silver. Donate the linens.[/quote]

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