Time Machine opens the wrong window

I am trying to find an earlier version of a document that resides in a sub-folder called 'R. School' within my Documents folder. When I enter Time Machine with 'R. Folder'as the foremost (and only) open window it immediately closes and is replaced by my Home folder. I can navigate within Home to get back to the folder 'R. School'but subsequent attempts to have Time Machine go to earlier versions of the latter don't work. Can anyone advise me?
Thanks -
FJL

Are you sure the document existed, in that exact same location, with exactly the same name, on earlier backups?
Start with your home folder, then navigate to the date you're looking for, then look inside the Documents folder to see everything that was there when that particular backup was performed.

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