There’s a certain charm to scrolling through digital records at midnight, coffee in hand, uncovering new ancestors with the click of a button. But once you’ve collected a few dozen census pages, probate files, and handwritten family notes, you might start to feel a little… buried. Tabs multiply, download folders fill up, and suddenly, you’re not sure where that one 1870 census record went—or whether you ever saved it in the first place.

That’s where paper steps in—not as a step backward, but as a grounding force in your research. Building a paper-based family history folder (or several) gives your work structure, clarity, and even a bit of beauty. It’s not just about printing out documents. It’s about creating something you can flip through, revisit, and share.

Let me show you why I returned to paper—and why it’s become one of the most valuable tools in my own research...

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