Here\u2019s how you can submit your yearbook<\/a> to Classmates.com\u00ae so that it can be digitized forever for anyone to enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Classmates offers a free yearbook scanning service for elementary, middle, high school, and college yearbooks<\/a> as long as your yearbook isn\u2019t already in the online yearbook collection, is from the United States, meets the eligible year requirements and isn\u2019t damaged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are the steps to finding out if you\u2019re eligible to submit your U.S. yearbook to Classmates<\/a> and what the process looks like to get your yearbook scanned, digitized, and sent back to you: <\/p>\n\n\n\n If you\u2019re a registered member on Classmates<\/a>, since you provided your school name and grad year when you signed up, any yearbooks from your years at the school will automatically show up on your Classmates.com homepage when you login<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Check there to see if your yearbook has already been digitized. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Alternatively, you could kick off a yearbook search<\/a> to see if the yearbook(s) you\u2019d like to submit are already featured there. In the search bar, type out your school name, state, and publication year of the yearbook to see if it shows up in the results. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For example, if you went to Reading High School<\/a> in PA, you would type \u201cReading High School Pennsylvania 1965\u201d to see if your 1965 yearbook is already in the collection:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Example shown for demonstration purposes; actual results may vary.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n In this example, the yearbook is <\/em>in the collection, and shows up in the search results, so you wouldn\u2019t have any need to scan your own yearbook, since someone from your Class List<\/a> already did it (or Classmates acquired the yearbook from the school, library, or another third party). You can look for similar results with your own school to determine if it’s already been turned into a digital yearbook<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Example shown for demonstration purposes; actual results may vary.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are requirements you must meet in order to submit your yearbook for digitization: <\/p>\n\n\n\n Classmates is unable to perform its free yearbook scanning services properly if the yearbook<\/a> is damaged. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Old yearbooks<\/a> with the following types of damage cannot be submitted for scanning: <\/p>\n\n\n\n Classmates is not accepting non-U.S. yearbooks at this time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Classmates can only accept yearbooks to upload online to its archive as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n From the yearbook submission<\/a> landing page, you need to share specific details about who you are and the yearbook(s) you\u2019re submitting to be scanned and added to the Classmates collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Please provide these details about your yearbook: the State, City, High School Name, and Grad Year. Also confirm whether you\u2019re ready to submit the yearbook now, or if you need more time for preparation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After you provide your personal and yearbook information, click on \u201cSubmit\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, you\u2019ll need to agree to the following terms before you can send your book to Classmates to be scanned and digitized:<\/p>\n\n\n\n I represent that I am the rightful owner of the yearbook and that Classmates.com<\/a> may scan my yearbook \u201cas-is\u201d, including all hand-written content contained in the book. I grant Classmates the perpetual, non-revocable right and license to use, publish, display, modify, market, distribute, transmit and create derivative works from the yearbook images for use on the world wide web, in email, and in any other electronic, print or mixed media for any purpose. Additionally, I release and discharge Classmates, its affiliates, employees, agents, licensees, successors and assigns from all claims, demands or causes of actions that I may have now or in the future for libel, defamation, invasion of privacy or right of publicity, copyright and\/or trademark infringement or violation of any other rights from the use of my yearbook. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Once Classmates confirms your book meets the eligibility requirements for digitization, a shipping label will be sent to you so that you can send it directly to the yearbook scanning department free of charge!<\/p>\n\n\n\n After your yearbook is received and processed, Classmates will perform its yearbook scanning service, upload the yearbook to the digital collection, and send it right back to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Please note that it may take some time before you see it live on Classmates.com <\/p>\n\n\n\n Uploading your yearbook to the Internet can grant alumni, loved ones, and historians access to digital (or even physical) versions of your yearbook: <\/p>\n\n\n\n Once your yearbook is scanned and uploaded to the Internet, think of all the value you\u2019ve created for<\/p>\n\n\n\n UEU, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n\n\n\n For anyone that lost their yearbook over the years, uploading your yearbook to the online collection allows them to order a fresh yearbook reprint<\/a>*. Once a yearbook is in the collection, Classmates has hard and softcover copies available for sale. Now:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Classmates\u2019 free yearbook scanning service was built to preserve U.S. history and grant anyone access to online copies of yearbooks featuring themselves or their loved ones. By sharing your yearbook to be scanned, digitized, and sent back to you, you\u2019re helping to support this critical mission! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Get started on submitting your yearbook<\/a> to Classmates today! And of course, register for free<\/a> to browse the 480,000 yearbooks already in the collection, potentially including some of yours or your loved ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n *Reprints are created from previously owned yearbooks so handwriting or effects of aging may be present, and pages, images, or other content may be missing or obscured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All product names, logos, brands, trademarks and copyrights are property of their respective owners.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Maybe your friend that lives across the country called you up upset that they lost their yearbook. You\u2019d love to share yours with her, but she lives across the country. Or maybe you\u2019re a genealogy buff that recognizes the historical value of your yearbook and want to preserve it. 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