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On Thursday, December 10, 1998 12:32 PM, Leona L. Magee-Dupree
[SMTP:leona -dot- magee-dupree -at- CCBCC -dot- COM] wrote:
> What is the rule for alphabetizing surnames? How is Janice Gibson-Payne
> alphabetized?
I'd say she was Gibson-Payne, Janice. After all, her last name is one unit--why
would you swap the parts around and make things more complicated? Of course, I
have a vested interest in not messing up hyphenated names. :-)
