Organizing photos
Initially, to organize all the photos, I separated them by year. I used photo boxes with index card dividers.
From those photos, I pulled out all the 3 children and 15 grandchildren photos and sorted them by name. I have had good luck finding photos using this method and travel excursions get sorted by date. It forced me into determining dates for the photos, which was good.
I scanned all the photos of my three children for scrapbooks using a Canon Pixma copier/printer. It accommodates copying of slides also. If the photos needed editing, I used Paint Shop Pro software. When I gave the children their scrapbooks, I included a c.d. of (1) their own scrapbooks and those of their siblings; and (2) all their pictures (whether I used them in their scrapbooks or not). They got pictures of their siblings too this way.
I am not done yet - I have more old slides from my parents to scan.....maybe this year.
Good luck on your project. I worked on this a long time. In my opinion, it takes more patience than expertise.