100 - Main Entry--Personal Name (NR)

Indicators 1st -  Type of personal name
0 - Forename only
1 - Surname (includes single, prefixed, and multiple surnames)
2 - Multiple surname (obsolete, use 1)
3 - Family name (family, clan, dynasty, house, etc.)
2nd -  Undefined (since 1991)  Older records may display values of 0 or 1.
Subfields _a  Personal name (NR)
_b  Numeration (NR)
_c  Titles and other words associated with a name (R)
_d  Dates associated with a name (NR)
_e  Relator term (R)
_f  Date of a work (NR)
_g  Miscellaneous information (NR)
_j  Attribution qualifier (R)
_k  Form subheading (R)
_l  Language of a work (NR)
_n  Number of part/section of a work (R)
_p  Name of part/section of a work (R)
_q  Fuller form of name (NR)
_t  Title of a work (NR)
_u  Affiliation (NR)
_4  Relator code (R)
_6  Linkage (NR)
_8  Field link and sequence number (R)
Guidelines
  • A period should be placed at the end of the last subfield in the 100 tag, unless another mark of punctuation (such as a hyphen or parenthesis) is present.
  • Subfields:  _b preceded by no punctuation; _c preceded by a comma; _d preceded by a comma; _q placed in parenthesis.
Examples
100  0# _aJohn
_bXXII,
_cPope,
_d1881-1963.
100  1# _aGresham, G.A.
_q(Geoffrey Austin)
100  1# _aBrown, B.F.
_uChemistry Dept., American University.