Footnote - The place for original historical documents online. All that paperwork: What to keep and what to toss 2/06. Storing Family Records Guidelines For Organizing Family Document. Simply living our daily lives can leave quite a paper trail to organize.
We have owner's manual, birth certificates, employment information, military papers...the list goes on and on, making the piles grow around our homes. Here's a list of what to keep, where to keep it, and for how long. Papers to Keep Permanently Birth, Marriage, and Death Certificates.