Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)
4. Information Forms (hierarchy name)
5. information forms (objects)
6. document genres
7. [documents by function]

Narrower term/s

• [records by form or function][+]
  • bidding documents [+]
    • bid forms
    • instructions to bidders
    • bidding announcements
    • bids (documents)
    • quantity surveys
  • census records
  • medical records
  • property records [+]
    • conveyances
    • deed registers [+]
      • land registers
    • deeds [+]
      • mortgage deeds
    • land grants
    • plat books
    • deed books
    • tamrashasanas
  • studbooks
  • tax records [+]
    • tax bills
    • warrant books
    • tax returns
  • travel documents [+]
    • itineraries
    • passports
    • visas
  • vital statistics records [+]
    • birth records [+]
      • birth certificates
      • birth registers
    • death records [+]
      • death registers
      • burial records
      • death certificates
      • obituaries indexes
    • marriage records [+]
      • divorce records
      • marriage certificates
      • marriage licenses
      • marriage registers
  • administrative records [+]
    • agendas (administrative records)
    • amendments (administrative records)
    • ballots
    • bylaws (administrative records)
    • constitutions
    • minutes (administrative records)
    • personnel records [+]
      • attendance records
      • job applications
      • résumés (personnel records)
    • resolutions (administrative records)
    • work-flow documents [+]
      • progress reports
      • progress schedules
      • project calendars
    • election returns
    • minute books
    • bills of mortality
    • black books (general lists)
    • packing slips
    • record books
    • voting marbles [NP]
    • work orders
  • financial records [+]
    • estimates
    • appraisals (financial records)
    • audits
    • bankbooks
    • budgets
    • checkbooks
    • check stubs
    • mortgages [+]
      • hypothecation certificates
    • stock certificates
    • portfolios (financial records)
    • receipts (financial records) [+]
      • ticket stubs
    • trust receipts
    • financial statements [+]
      • bank statements
      • profit and loss statements
      • royalty statements
    • [financial records by function] [+]
      • bookkeeping records [+]
      • credit records
      • insurance records [+]
      • sales records [+]
    • negotiable instruments [NP] [+]
      • commercial paper (exchange media)
      • orders to pay [+]
      • promises to pay [+]
      • credit instruments [+]
    • certificates of deposit
    • tallies
    • tribute records
    • quotations (financial records)
    • [temporary alphabetical list: financial records] [+]
      • receipt books
  • legal documents [+]
    • bankruptcy proceedings [+]
      • petitions for bankruptcy
    • briefs (legal documents)
    • claims
    • contract awards
    • digests (legal documents)
    • judicial records [NP] [+]
      • [judicial records by form or function] [+]
      • [judicial records by provenance] [+]
    • legal instruments [+]
      • traffic tickets
      • affidavits
      • articles of incorporation
      • bonds (legal records) [+]
      • certificates of incorporation
      • charters [+]
      • agreements [+]
      • submittals
      • escrows
      • franchises
      • indentures [+]
      • indictments (legal documents)
      • powers of attorney
      • wills [+]
    • discharges [+]
      • discharges of contracts
    • muniments
    • customaries
    • [temporary alphabetical list: legal documents] [+]
      • legal bonds
  • accession records [+]
    • accessions registers [+]
      • accession catalogs [NP]
  • architectural records [+]
    • contract documents [+]
      • owner-contractor agreements
      • change orders
      • specifications [+]
    • project manuals
    • schedules (architectural records)
  • shipping records [+]
    • bills of lading
    • manifests (shipping records) [+]
      • ships' manifests
    • waybills
  • vital records (document genre)
  • logs (records) [+]
    • ships' logs
    • Web logs (electronic records)
  • paperwork (records)
  • blanket orders
  • electronic records (digital records)
  • grave registers
  • production orders
• [records by provenance][+]
  • ships' papers [+]
    • certificates of registry (ships' papers)
    • crew lists
    • Mediterranean passports
    • enrollments (ships' papers)
    • portage bills
    • sea letters
  • corporation records
  • government records [+]
    • [government records by function] [+]
      • judicial records [+]
      • legislative records [+]
      • executive records [+]
      • service records
    • [government records by provenance] [+]
      • county government records
      • municipal government records
      • intergovernmental records
      • state government records
      • national government records [+]
      • territorial records
    • public records
    • [temporary alphabetical list: government records] [+]
      • citizenship certificates
      • customs declarations
      • military discharges
      • judgment
      • probate
      • surrender documents
      • tax rolls
  • hospital records
  • manorial records
  • museum records [+]
    • exhibition records [+]
      • exhibit scripts [+]
  • church records [+]
    • [church records by form or function] [+]
      • christening books
      • baptismal certificates
      • church bulletins
      • baptismal registers
      • burial registers
      • funeral registers
      • papal briefs
      • bulls (papal records)
      • communion registers
      • grave registers [NP]
    • [church records by provenance] [+]
      • churchwardens' accounts
      • diocesan records
      • parochial records [+]
      • vestry records
  • school records [+]
    • curricula
    • diplomas
    • faculty papers
    • grade books
    • report cards
    • syllabi
    • theses [+]
      • dissertations [+]
      • masters theses
      • term papers
    • rewards of merit
  • personal papers [+]
    • family papers [+]
      • Bible records
  • professional papers [+]
    • artist files
    • architect's files
  • estate records
  • official documents [+]
    • notarial documents
  • business records [+]
    • merchandise inventories [+]
      • retail inventories
      • warehouse lists
  • synagogue records
  • mosque records

Anotations

Scope note:

Recorded information, often standardized in format and content and treated as a unit. Records include such compilations of data regardless of medium, that are created, received, and maintained by a project, agency, institution, organization, or individual in pursuance of legal obligations, in the transaction of business, for the storage of research and knowledge, or for other purposes.