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Why an archive may keep an untidy original order
Original order preserves how a creator arranged records. Learn what that can reveal and how to take research notes without rearranging an archive.

Original order preserves how a creator arranged records. Learn what that can reveal and how to take research notes without rearranging an archive.

Keep the archive, full reference code and page or item details with local-history notes so another reader can find the evidence behind a claim.