Where the paper copy should live
The vault holds a copy. Write one specific line for where the paper original lives, tell your Legacy Steward, and update that line if the papers move.
Families lose whole afternoons hunting for a folder everyone assumed someone else had.
Your vault holds a copy. But the bank, the county recorder, or the funeral home may still ask for the original. That's why every document needs one extra line: where the paper lives.
Step 1: pick one home for originals. A fireproof box. A drawer you actually use. A lawyer's office. A safe-deposit box only if a living person can open it. (A box no one else can access is a hiding place, not a plan.)
Step 2: write the line. Make it specific:
• "Fireproof box, hall closet, top shelf, blue binder."
• "Smith Law, 2019 will, original in their file."
Step 3: tell your Steward. One place, named, so no one has to guess which closet.
No treasure maps. No originals scattered across four counties. And if you ever move the papers, update the line. A stale location is how a good plan quietly fails.
P.S. Start with the documents you filed in Email 1. Three lines, about two minutes.