Hi Tony and Sue,
I know what you mean, you just want as much info as possible and then it just ends up being one big mess.
Don't know if its any help but I got myself a couple of ring binders, quite big ones and also two packs of coloured dividers the ones with a sticky out bit that you can write on.
I then put everything in the binders and wrote on the sticky out bit what each was, i.e.
Banks, Pets, Furniture, Elecrical goods, customs, Bars, Efes....!! etc etc I found at least then I could go straight to what I wanted to find instead of wadding through loads of paper.
Hope it helps, and good luck with your plans.
June