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ThanksIn Notes, have a look at the top left of the screen and see if you have the word Accounts there. If so, tap on it, and select All Notes. It could be that some of your notes are local and others in the cloud. Not sure whether there's a similar thing going on in Contacts, but I'm prepared to bet your real problem is iCloud.