Sorting and linking to the photos was quite a chore. I have lots of subpages of photos, besides those that were on the main surname pages. I finally selected what gallery plugin I wanted to use, then downloaded all the photos from the old website into one folder. From there, I selected them by surname to make galleries.
After the photos were all in their respective galleries, I went through the old site looking for captions and information to add to each photo page. It took a few hours, but went rather smoothly.
Each photo page is a subpage of the surname in the main menu and also has links to the gallery within the surname page itself. I think old photos are fascinating and I wanted to be sure to give easy access to them. Once the site is complete, I’ll be searching for more to scan and add to each gallery.
