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X00 Personal Names -- First Indicator

Type of personal name entry element

LC treats a surname as a single surname when it begins with one of the following articles, prepositions, or a combination of the two. Note that the following is not a complete list of such prefixes and that the articles, prepositions, or combinations may appear in both upper and lower case, may contain a space or hyphen, and/or may be modified by diacritical marks. [From X00 yellow pages, USMARC Authority, May 1993]

A	Dal	Dellos	Et	Ka	O or Ó	Us
Á	Dalla	Den	Ett	Ke	O' or 'O	Van
A'	Dallas	**Der	Gl'	L	Oi	Van de
Af	Dalle	Des	Gli	L'	Op	Van den
*Ag	***Das	Det	Ha	La	Op de	Van der
Ai	***De	Di	Hai	Las	'S	Vel
*Ak	De'	Dia	He	Le	Si	Ver
*Al	De la	Die	Heis	Les	T	Vom
Am	De las	Do	Hen	Lh'	'T	Von
*An	De lo	Dos	Het	Lhi	Ta	Von der
Ap	De los	Du	Hi	Li	Te	Von zu
*Ar	Degli	E	Hin	Lis	Ten	Y
*As	Dei	Een	Hinar	Lo	**Ter	Ye
Au	Del	Eene	Hinir	Los	To	Yn
Aus	Delah	Ei	Hinn	Lou	Um	Yr
Aux	Dell'	Ein	Hn	Lu	***Um¯a	Z
*Az	Della	Eine	Hoi	Mia	Un	Zu
Bel	Dellas	Eit	I or Í	Na	Una	Zum
D	Delle	*El	Il	Ni or Ní	Une	Zur
D'	Delli	Els	Im	Nje	Uno
Da	Dello	En	Isa	Ny	Uns

* If the name is an Arabic Surname, this treatment does not apply. Instead, the name is considered a compound surname and first indicator value 2 is used.

** If the name is an Armenian surname, this treatment does not apply. Instead, the name is considered a compound surname and first indicator value 2 is used.

*** If the name is an Indian (India) surname, this treatment does not apply. Instead, the name is considered a compound surname and first indicator value 2 is used.

Guidelines for Tagging Geographic Names

In Cataloging Service Bulletin, no. 42, the table below appeared indicating how geographic names are tagged at the Library of Congress. The table was republished as the result of a correction to the tagging in authority records of references in the form [Jurisdiction. Place in city].

	Authority Record	Bibl. Main Entry	Bibl. Added Entry	Bibl. Subject Entry
Jurisdiction alone	151	110	710	651
Jurisdiction + place in city (reference only)	410
Jurisdiction + title	110	110	710	610
Jurisdiction + subject subdivision	151			651
Jurisdiction + corporate subdivision	110	110	710	610
Jurisdiction + corporate subdivision + subject subdivision	110			610
Geographic heading alone (not a jurisdiction)	151			651
Geographic heading (not a jurisdiction) + subject subdivision	151			651

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