It could be that older contracts were moved to history as part of your year-end procedures.  Here's a link to the year-end procedure guide and Contracts start on page 29:  https://cdn.na.sage.com/Docs/en/customer/300cre/open/YEProcGovtFormsGuide-US.pdf 

THank you for sending me this link.  I had already looked thru here and it doesnt really narrow it down.  Any ideas on how to get those older contracts to show again? They do show in job cost, just not in contracts.

There is a tool in Contracts to move contracts from History to Current.  I've never used it.  Of course you should backup first.  Here's a link to help you:  https://support.na.sage.com/selfservice/viewdocument.do?noCount=true&externalId=104740&sliceId=1&isLoadPublishedVer=&docType=kc&docTypeID=DT_Article&stateId=5373&cmd=displayKC&dialogID=348653&ViewedDocsListHelper=com.kanisa.apps.common.BaseViewedDocsListHelperImpl&openedFromSearchResults=true

There is a tool in Contracts to move contracts from History to Current.  I've never used it.  Of course you should backup first.  Here's a link to help you:  https://support.na.sage.com/selfservice/viewdocument.do?noCount=true&externalId=104740&sliceId=1&isLoadPublishedVer=&docType=kc&docTypeID=DT_Article&stateId=5373&cmd=displayKC&dialogID=348653&ViewedDocsListHelper=com.kanisa.apps.common.BaseViewedDocsListHelperImpl&openedFromSearchResults=true