How would I go about converting negatives from 1895 to digital?

If it is about 2x2.5" then it is medium format and you can buy a medium format film scanner if you really want to do it yourself.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/647187-REG/E...

I would contact a local professional film processing lab and find out how much they would charge to convert all of the negatives to digital. If it costs even close to what that scanner costs for similar resolution, I would buy the scanner and do it yourself instead. You could always resell the scanner when you've finished with it if you like.

Just keep in mind that not all scanners are capable of scanning film. You could send the negatives in to a lab and have prints and a CD made but that could probably cost as much as that scanner.

I don't know. What kind of negative is it? Is it a glass plate negative? Or the flexible plastic or paper kind? You may or may not be able to do it yourself depending on what kind it is.

If it's the plastic kind everyone is familiar with, you would need a scanner that can scan negatives (I'm assuming it will be a large negative - but you don't really say).

Best bet is to take it to a dedicated photo lab (not a one-hour lab).

so they are medium or large format negs, get a flatbed scanner and scan them