4.0 RELATIONSHIPS [AND AFFILIATIONS?] AREA
4.1 PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
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DEFINITION: |
Information
about relationships connects the named person with other persons. |
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DISCUSSION: |
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>>Purpose: |
Information
about personal relationships does what?? |
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>>Nature: |
Assuming
that the named person is a party to the relationship, the other components
of relationship information are: type
of relationship, name of the other party to the relationship, dates
associated with the relationship, Some
personal relationships are also legal relationships that involve rights
and responsibilities. |
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SOURCES:
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Information
about familial relationships is recorded among "vital statistics"
registrations (e.g., in birth, death, and marriage registrations) required
by governments of their resident population. Such information is generally
given in most biographies and biographical reference works, for which
it may have been collected from the biographee. The
LDS church probably maintains the largest store of data concerning familial
relationship information compiled from many separate sources. Information
about other types of personal relationships (e.g., friend, mentor) is
not routinely recorded in registration systems or secondary reference
works. |
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USES: |
Genealogy: Information about personal relationships
may be used to trace familial and ancestral history. |
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ACCESS: |
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TERMINOLOGY: |
Terms
for most types of familial relationships are in common usage among the
general population in a cultural group and almost universally understood |
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EXAMPLES: |
Familial relationships, e.g., spouse, parent/child, sibling Kinship relationships??? Legal relationships (e.g., heir, guardian, executor) |
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INTERCHANGE: |
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RELATIONSHIPS: |
Information
about personal relationships may be closely linked with information
about ?MDBO?Life ?MDBO?events (e.g., the event
of birth implies parental or filial relationships, depending on the
point of view). The events of marriage and divorce define the date span
of a marriage relationship. Relationships are reciprocal; the same relationship
may be expressed in terms of either party to the relationship. Information
about some personal relationships might also be considered information
about ?MDBO?Roles and activities (e.g.,
there exists a personal relationship between a person and a mentor,
but mentor might also be considered a role. |
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PRACTICE: |
Information
about some family relationships is often routinely given, if known,
in biographical sketches that are part of traditional archival finding
aids. It is seldom, if ever, indexed‑‑unless there is information
about the related person in the archival materials for which the finding
aid is prepared. Usually there is no attempt to seek such information
beyond that which comes readily to hand. |
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4.2 ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
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DEFINITION: |
Information
about relationships between the named person and named organizations. |
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DISCUSSION: |
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>>Purpose: |
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>>Nature: |
Assuming that the named person is a party to the relationship, the other components of relationship information are: ‑‑type
of relationship ‑‑name
of the other party to the relationship ‑‑dates
associated with the relationship ‑‑other (as yet undefined) circumstances of the relationship. |
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SOURCES: |
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ACCESS: |
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TERMINOLOGY: |
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EXAMPLES: |
Types of relationships (the existing examples are not all the same kind): Employment Membership Political Religious Professional |
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INTERCHANGE: |
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RELATIONSHIPS: |
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ISSUES: |
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