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    paparks Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Jan 8, 2007, 02:08 PM
    Alphabetizing Rules
    If you have a person's name followed by a DBA name, which name do you file under? Example:

    John Doe DBA Prairie Custom Services

    Would you file under Prairie, or Doe, John?

    Thanks!
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    Jan 8, 2007, 02:16 PM
    You need to look at the mentality of who would be pulling the file. If many people might pull the file, and the common person wouldn't know anything other than Prairie, then file it under Prairie. If access is limited, then file it under what you feel comfortable in remembering.
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    Jan 9, 2007, 01:08 PM
    I suggest filing it under the name it is most commonly referred by and filing a second, empty folder by the alternate name - with a note that says to look under the other name.

    Example:
    File under P for Prairie Custom Services and put an empty folder under D labeled "Doe, John - See Prairie Custom Services".
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    May 7, 2008, 11:10 PM
    I had this same situation when I was working as assistant for a office. I would go, Doe, John lot eaiser.
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    Jun 16, 2008, 06:43 PM
    In my office we generally will file it under the name that most know it by. If the company is what everyone knows it by, then why file it under the individual name?
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