I first found an old (probably as old as some of my seeds) cookie baking sheet (in the garage), I put a double layer of paper towels (for moisture) the length of the pan then I poured water in to wet the towels. I then started to carefully place the seeds (3 each) in a line down the pan and writing on a separate sheet of paper in the same order, the name and the source of the seeds (if I knew). For now I will just wait until germination, if this happens, if not then I will toss the rest of the seeds and start with new this year. This may not be the best way to do this but I am going to give it a shot, and maybe instead of putting the seeds that don't grow in the trash I will pour them into the compost heap and see if there is one or two or 20,000 that still grow, that way I can still get the harvest.
I will re post in 7-14 days to show the progress or the failing of this test.
Update:
The sprouting is going great, I have several that have sprouted and a few left to go. I will give them a few more days but frankly getting tired of looking at the tray... :)