# Best practice for storing contact information (phone, e-mail, address)

**URL:** https://the.fmsoup.org/t/best-practice-for-storing-contact-information-phone-e-mail-address/3237
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**Tags:** best-practices
**Created:** [December 1, 2022, 11:44am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/best-practice-for-storing-contact-information-phone-e-mail-address/3237 "2022-12-01T11:44:30Z")
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### Author: ![xochi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/0ea827/32.png) [@xochi](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/xochi)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/best-practice-for-storing-contact-information-phone-e-mail-address/3237/6 "2022-12-03T15:52:46Z")

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> [@Malcolm](#):
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> One simple trick for keeping a history of address changes is to use a Reverse Sort in the relationship

I use this technique all the time, it's very useful. Beware though: [Confusing 1 to Many Find behavior with relationship sorted by Date - #3 by bdbd](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/confusing-1-to-many-find-behavior-with-relationship-sorted-by-date/3139/3)

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