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376 - FAMILY INFORMATION (R)

MARC 21 Authority
Draft of approved field 2009
First Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined

Second Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined

Subfield Codes

$a - Type of family (R)
$b - Name of prominent member (R)
$c - Hereditary title (R)
$s - Start period (NR)
$t - End period (NR)
$u - Uniform Resource Identifier (R)

$v - Source of information (R)
$0 - Record control number (R)
$2 - Source of term (NR)
$6 - Linkage (NR)
$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

Additional information about families that have not been recorded in separate elements previously. These include: type of family, prominent member of the family, and hereditary title.

GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

■ INDICATORS

■ SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Type of family
A categorization or generic descriptor for the type of family (RDA 10.3.1.1), e.g Family, Clan, Dynasty, Royal House.
$b - Name of prominent member
A well-known individual who is a member of the family (RDA 10.6.1.1). It is required when needed to distinguish a family from another family with the same name.
$c - Hereditary title
A title of nobility, etc., associated with a family. (RDA 10.7.1.1)
$s - Start period
Starting date associated with a family, such as date of origin or birth.
$d - End period
End date associated with a family, such as date of termination or death.
$u - Uniform Resource Identifier

Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), for example a URL or URN, which provides electronic access data in a standard syntax. This data can be used for automated access to an electronic item using one of the Internet protocols.

In field 376, subfield $u is used to record the location of external or supplemental information accessible electronically.

$v - Source of information
Source where the information recorded in field 376 was found.
$0 - Record control number
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
$2 - Source of term
Subfield for specifying a controlled vocabulary or source list from which a term is used
$6 - Linkage
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
$8 - Field link and sequence number
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

EXAMPLES

Please note that RDA instructs cataloguers to construct access  points for families 
in a different way to current practice. The  following examples illustrate RDA instructions.

100 3# $a Medici (Royal house : $g Medici, Lorenzo de’, 1449-1492)  
376 ## $a Royal house $b Medici, Lorenzo de’, 1449-1492

046 ## $s 1925 $t 1979  
100 3# $a Pahlavi (Dynasty : $d 1925-1979)  
376 ## $a Dynasty

100 3# $a Cholmley (Family)  
400 3# $a Cholmeley (Family)  
400 3# $a Cholmondeley (Family)  
376 ## $a Family $c Marquesses of Cholmondeley  
376 ## $a Family $c Dukes of Cholmondeley $s 1852

046 ## $s 1529 $t 1739  
100 3# $a Nayak (Dynasty : $d 1529-1739 : $c Madurai, India)   
370 ## $f Madurai, India  
376 ## $a Dynasty

100 3# $a Yan (Family : China)  
370 ## $c China  
376 ## $a Family

100 3# $a Denny (Family : $g Denny, Anthony, 1501-1549)  
376 ## $a Family $b Denny, Anthony, 1501-1549

100 3# $a Denny (Family : $g Denny, Arthur Amstrong, 1822-1899)  
376 ## $a Family $b Denny, Arthur Amstrong, 1822-1899
            [two families with the same name differentiated by          
            addition of prominent member of the family]


 

INPUT CONVENTIONS

Data recorded in subfield $b (Prominent member of the family) can be encoded following RDA instructions (10.6.1.3.), i.e. in the form of the preferred access point representing the person. It may also be encoded according to other description rules.

 

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