Thank you for the quick helpful responses!  I will give these a try.  I did find when I used electrum that the 'private key' choice was not available.  I thought maybe it was my computer operating system limiting the options I had in Electrum..   The youtube video I watched showed a prefix required when entering the private key as well.

Can anyone tell me the easiest way to upload the private key from a paper wallet?  I tried Electrum but I did see the menu options I needed (per the youtube videos I watched).  Thank you!