Carol,

Best Buy (Amazon) sell a reasonable slide copier that you stick the slide in a slot and it saves it to a JPEG that can be transferred.
Idiots delight for sure, but that is how I have captured most of my old pics into digital format.

They are not the quality to blow up into large pictures, but fine for digital posting and kindling great memories
The key is that the slides have been saved in a dry cool space...
Basements are not necessarily good for the longevity of slides