How Do I Do a Search In Notes On My Mac Including Only Specific Folders?

I have several Folders containing lots of info on subjects I no longer use but want to keep for possible referral to in the future. Is there a way to ‘separate’ these folders so that are not included when doing a search?
The items in these folders contain a lot of info on items I have sold (homes, cars, boats) that I want to keep for future reference incase the new owners have questions or I need to refer back to them in the future. It would be nice if when I did a ‘search’ in Notes these folders would not be included…. unless I wanted to search that group of folders. As it is now… when I do a search all that info is added to the huge long list of things I have to look through to find what I want.
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Doug Brandt