Edit History in Bridge

I have been looking for a way to link renamed images in files to the original document, which is in a folder with a date and the image itself has the Nikon number (DSCxxxx). When I decide an image is ready to print, I copy it to a print folder on a different drive and rename it so it fits the image. I then lose the connection to the original file location or name.
I noticed today  "Edit History". It is in some of the metadata, which I hadn't noticed before,  but not all images. I placed a stitched image into the Print folder and the Edit data followed, which includes the the original file location and date, plus another line beneath which appears to be a time stamp. This gives basic traceability, which I have been looking for for a while now, except for one thing: Not all images have this history. In fact, some variations on the identical image have none, while others have it.
Assuredly, this isn't random, so what has to happen in prefs or otherwise to assure this history is always recorded and always transmitted? Why do some images, obviously edited and possessing a different ext (tif vs nef). I have prefs pretty consistent, so I don't know what I am doing different from image to image.
Any explanations, or a link to explaining/exploiting this process?
Thanks!

It's all set up at defaults at the moment.
I'm interested in the fact that the Edit History is present in some images and not in others despite the fact that they are variations of each other, sized different or final sharpening etc.
What is the determining factor which triggers saving this data to  metadata?

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