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]
8. declaratory documents
9. announcements

Additional parents:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Visual and Verbal Communication
4. Information Forms
5. information forms
6. document genres
7. documents by function
8. correspondence
9. correspondence by internal form
10. greeting cards

Narrower term/s

• christening cards

Anotations

Scope note:

Documents that announce the birth of a child. Often these include the parents' names, and sometimes physical details of the child. This term may be extended to printed cards, newspaper listings, electronic mailings, or other historical forms.