Store older records elsewhere. Clean files at least once a year. Some items should never be filed. Leave room for a large wastebasket. Back To Top A Sample Filing System Begin today to set up your household filing system.
Bold headings are for file dividers, followed by suggested file folder categories.
Adopt a home filing system that fits your needs and those of your family. This is just one possible method. It was revised for Extension publication, Organizing Household Records, by Dr. Joyce Jones, Extension family financial management specialist, Kansas State University, 1990. The Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service offers its programs to all eligible persons regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, marital or veteran status, or any other legally protected status, and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The mention of any commercial product in this web site does not imply its endorsement by the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service over other products not named, nor does the omission imply that they are not satisfactory.