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I live in Ireland and my recently born son was registered as a US citizen via a CRBA (Consular Report of a Birth Abroad). It's evidence of US citizenship. It results in a certificate that looks like [removed].
Now, I am very familiar with citing records that come from repositories (BMD records). But this recently received ceritifcte was sent to us from the US Embassy. I did not get it from an archive.
How can I best cite this record? I'm also using Family Tree Maker.
Good morning, Samuel…
Good morning, Samuel. Interesting document! Following EE4’s Template 12: Birth or Death Certificate would give us this:
Layer 1: United States Department of State, Consular Report of a Birth Abroad, [Identifying number, Name, Date, Location of Birth];
Layer 2: supplied [date] by …
Incidentally, I removed the image you supplied before publishing this, since we would not want that image publicly available to bad actors.
Very helpful. Thanks!
Very helpful. Thanks!