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Using standard alphabetical filing rules (surname first, then first name, then middle initial), which name should be filed SECOND? • Victoria Cruz-Lopez • Cecilia J. Cruz • Aurora J. Cruzat • Victoria W. Cruz-Lopez • Emmanuel A. Santa Maria

  1. Aurora J. Cruzat
  2. Cecilia J. Cruz
  3. Emmanuel A. Santa Maria
  4. Victoria Cruz-Lopez

Answer

A. Aurora J. Cruzat

Solution

Indexed for filing: (1) CRUZ, Cecilia J.; (2) CRUZAT, Aurora J.; (3) CRUZ-LOPEZ, Victoria; (4) CRUZ-LOPEZ, Victoria W.; (5) SANTA MARIA, Emmanuel A. Alphabetical filing compares names unit by unit: surname first, then first name, then middle initial. Surname prefixes (de, del, de la, delos, San, Santa, Mac) and hyphenated surnames are treated as one unit, ignoring spaces and hyphens (e.g., de la Cruz is filed as DELACRUZ). "Nothing comes before something": a surname that matches the beginning of a longer one is filed first (e.g., CRUZ before CRUZADO). An initial, or a missing middle initial, comes before a full name or initial beginning with the same letter (nothing before something). The second name is Aurora J. Cruzat.

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