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Capture, check, repair, then archive
Getting Started with Nostalgia
New to Nostalgia? This guide walks you through your first photo restoration in under two minutes, from upload to saved result.
Scanning GuideHow to Scan Old Photos
The single biggest factor in restoration quality is the scan itself. A clean, high-resolution scan gives AI models more to work with, and better results to show for it.
Workflow GuideChoosing the Right Workflow
Nostalgia works best as a sequence: check the photo, repair carefully, stop when it looks faithful, then add context.
Restore a parent's albums across borders
Organizing Inherited Photos: A Six-Step Playbook
A practical six-step playbook for turning a shoebox of inherited family photos into an organized, captioned archive that relatives can actually use.
CollaborationSharing & Family Vaults
Old photos are a family effort. Here is how to share restored photos privately, set up a Family Vault, and work on a collection together.
MemorialBuilding a Memorial for a Relative
How to build a private memorial vault for a relative who has passed: what to include, who to invite, and how to share it without turning grief into a public feed.
Set expectations before you run AI
What AI Can and Cannot Do
AI restoration is useful, but it has limits. Here is an honest look at what works well, where results fall short, and how to get the most trustworthy output.
Damage GuideRestoration by Damage Type
Different damage needs different approaches. Here is how to handle the most common types of photo damage, from minor fading to severe water damage.
Turn finished photos into a usable family archive
Preserving Your Archive
Restoring a photo is only half the job. Here is how to store, back up, and protect both your digital files and physical originals for the long term.
Collections GuideDigitizing a Large Collection
When you have a box of 200, 500, or 1,000+ old photos, the digitization step is the real time commitment. Here is how to triage, set up a scanning station, and batch scan and restore efficiently.
Archive WorkflowOrganizing a Large Collection (After Scanning)
Once the scans exist: triage tiers, batch sizing by plan, naming conventions, and how to bring the family in.
Use Nostalgia beside the tree tools you already trust
Family Tree Import
Bring a GEDCOM tree from Ancestry, MyHeritage, FamilySearch, and more. People records and photo suggestions staged for review.
Genealogy Hand-offWorks Alongside Ancestry, MyHeritage, and Your Tree
How Nostalgia fits beside the tree software you already use. Where to keep names and records, where the photo work belongs, and how the hand-off works in practice.