[OscarCunningham]

That would let you check instantly if you had that dollar, but you'd then have difficulty physically finding it.

[llampx]

Create an index. Sort the notes into sets of 1000 and label them, add the label as a column into your Foxpro database.

[mywittyname]

Most likely scenario, you never look sort through it again. Least likely scenario, you get $30,000 (probably like $280,000 in today's money) to dig through them all one more time.