Using the field of comments on the files in the Finder

If you select a file in the Finder and use the "Get Info" feature, there is an editable field called 'comments '. If all the data is inserted in this field, that data remains with the file even if you move the file to another source? For example, if I am looking at a JPG file in the Finder, and I add a brief description of the subjects or the location of the image in the comments field, will be those who comments always be there if I burned the file on a CD, send the file to someone on a Windows computer, copy it to a USB etc. ?

My goal for this question is the following. I have thousands of family photos, some dating back over 100 years, I'm going to be scanning in the near future. Once scanned, I'll be sitting with my mother and aunts to see these photos/files so that we can determine who is in these pictures, where they were taken, when they were taken, etc. I don't have most of the information I had at the moment I'm digitizing them, but I want an easy way to fix this information to each picture I revisit it with my mom and aunts. I also want to be able to eventually distribute digital files of other members of the family, but most of them do not use Mac (their loss, I know... LOL!). I don't think that using Photos for Mac, Picasa or a third-party to sort application and label will be an option. 30 years from now, who knows what technology will be available, so I want to keep the process as simple and generic as possible, so they can still access it in the future.

The comments field will work for this purpose, or you have any suggestions for a better way to permanently fix this information to JPG/photo files? Thank you very much for your help!

Long history, response to shore. Yes, the comments will stick. BUT: there is no guarantee that 30 years from now it will be a BONE that is able to read them.

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