Preserve your memories before time erases them.
At Archive Lane, we preserve life’s irreplaceable moments, home videos and printed photographs, by converting them into high-quality digital formats designed to last.
When needed, we go beyond digitization, offering organization, storytelling, and ongoing preservation through services like The Memory Drop, our quarterly preservation service for meaningful paper memories.
Every item we handle is treated with care, intention, and respect, because your trust is our priority.
From start to finish, your trust is our priority
Bring your home movies into the digital age
VHS, VHS-C, MiniDV, Hi8, and more
Converted to modern, easy-to-view digital formats
Handled with care from start to finish
Digitize My Home Videos
Preserving important papers with the same care we give your memories.
Personal, family, and business documents
Old and modern paper formats
Secure scanning with optional organization and OCR
Digitize My Documents
Archive Lane is not a factory mail-off service. We are a preservation-minded partner you can trust.
Preserve printed photos before they fade.
Loose photos and albums
Gentle, high-quality scanning
Secure digital delivery
Digitize My Photos
Beyond Digitization
Preservation doesn’t always end with scanning.
Some projects require organization, context, storytelling, or ongoing care. Archive Lane offers additional services designed to help you thoughtfully use, interpret, and preserve what you’ve digitized.
Genealogy & Family History
Explore your family’s story beyond names and dates. Our genealogy services help organize existing knowledge, research historical records, and connect documents, photos, and timelines into something meaningful and accessible.
Especially helpful for: families, inherited records, legacy projects
Community Programs & Book Creations
Some memories are meant to be shared. We partner with schools, teams, organizations, and community groups to create end-of-season books, memory collections, and collaborative keepsakes.
Especially helpful for: teams, schools, nonprofits, milestone groups
Digital Slideshows
Bring photos and videos together into a cohesive, story-driven presentation. Slideshows are a natural next step after digitization or a meaningful way to share existing digital files.
Especially helpful for: celebrations, memorials, family sharing
The Memory Drop
An optional quarterly preservation service.
Life doesn’t pause long enough for one big organizing project. The Memory Drop offers a simple rhythm for preserving meaningful papers, artwork, and printed memories, one intentional batch at a time.
Especially helpful for: families, ongoing paperwork, everyday life
Not sure where to start? Many Archive Lane projects begin with a conversation.
About Archive Lane
Archive Lane was founded on the belief that what we preserve matters, not just how we preserve it.
From home videos and printed photographs to important papers and family records, we approach every project with care, discretion, and intention. Our work is rooted in thoughtful digitization and organization, helping individuals, families, and communities protect what matters most and move forward with clarity and confidence.
While photo and video preservation are at the heart of what we do, we bring the same respect and professionalism to every service we offer.
Meet Our Founders
Amanda Anderson is a U.S. Navy veteran and former Navy Personnelman with more than 20 years of experience in procurement, operations, and records management. Her background spans both military and corporate environments, where accuracy, confidentiality, and process-driven workflows were essential.
Throughout her career, Amanda managed sensitive personnel files, travel orders, payroll records, audits, and large-scale operational documentation. This experience shaped Archive Lane’s commitment to careful handling, clear processes, and ethical responsibility are values that apply whether preserving a single-family photograph or managing a complex digitization project.
Melissa Lapa brings over two decades of experience working in fast-paced healthcare environments, where accurate documentation and privacy are critical. Her firsthand experience managing sensitive records across multiple medical offices provides deep insight into the challenges of paper-based information systems.
Having worked extensively with protected records, Melissa understands the importance of accessible, well-organized digital files, especially when time, clarity, and trust matter. Her perspective helps ensure Archive Lane’s services remain practical, human-centered, and grounded in real-world needs.
Why We Do This Work
We founded Archive Lane to make digitization feel personal, not transactional.
Whether you’re preserving family memories, organizing important documents, exploring your family history, or creating something meaningful for a community or group, our goal is the same: to handle every item with care, intention, and respect.
From memories to records, Archive Lane exists to help you preserve what matters, thoughtfully and responsibly.