If they do not know what archival quality means, go ask someone else. Don't subscribe to journals where you hope someone will write something pertinent to your own research. If you think that an ancestor might be mentioned in a society newsletter or journal, go to a library and check. Pouring money into a subscription that might help you in your research is like buying many extra orders of French fries to see if you really won something on the peel and scratch decal on the food container. Yes, a regiment of four-drawer filing cabinets standing side by side is impressive but few people have the funds or space for such an array.
Some people are lucky to have a few two-drawer filing cabinets.
Fortunately, by a stroke of bovine luck, filing folders fit perfectly into milk crates. Since original milk crates are rare or unavailable, the need has been filled by the plastics industry which makes colorful milk crates by the million. First, check your Sunday paper for auctions. Auctions are very neglected sources of office supplies. But do not wait for an office supply auction.