[Phoenix]

This is the story of my life, Libby.

At work, when a file was no longer in use, it was put in the attic, in alphabetical order. By the time I arrived, there were huge piles, never sorted and it would take HOURS to find that important file.

In the end, I numbered each file and produced a spreadsheet of them with basic information. Over the years it has saved many fruitless hours - and I had the destruction lists, to proved that others had authorised the fate of the files that had gone!

If you have original documents, either store each in numbered, acid free covers, or organise them chronologically with a reference either on the scan or in notes to your tree to number/location.

This is one of my projects for retirement. I have a box of documents - probably a thousand sheets and I have no idea how to sort it all!