---
title: "Look up a specific birth record"
method: GET
path: "/api/v0/events/birth/{systemNumber}"
tags: ["birth", "v0"]
---

# Look up a specific birth record

`GET /api/v0/events/birth/{systemNumber}`

Look up individual birth records using the `systemNumber` printed in the bottom-left of the birth certificate.

## Path parameters

- `systemNumber` integer, required

## Response `200`

successful operation

- V0Birth — A record of a birth (Note: You will only receive the fields you are authorized to view, regardless of whether we hold them on file)
  - `date` string, date — Date of the event
  - `location` object, required — Location that the event happened at
    - `name` string — Name
    - `nameQualifier` string — Name qualifier
    - `registrationDistrict` string — Registration district
    - `subDistrict` string — Sub-district
    - `administrativeArea` string — Administrative area
  - `registrarSignature` string — Signature of registrar
  - `type` string — Type of the event
  - `id` integer, required — Unique ID for this event
  - `subjects` object, required — People involved, may have keys parent1,parent2,child
    - `child` object — Child
      - `name` object — Name of the person
        - `givenName` string — Given name of the person
        - `surname` string — Surname of the person
        - `fullName` string — Full name of the person
        - `qualifier` string — Details about how the full name was made
      - `birthplace` string — The birthplace of the person
      - `dateOfBirth` string, date — Date of birth of the person
      - `sex` 'Male' | 'Female' | 'Indeterminate' — Sex of the person
      - `originalName` object — The name originally given to the person
        - `givenName` string — Given name of the person
        - `surname` string — Surname of the person
        - `fullName` string — Full name of the person
        - `qualifier` string — Details about how the full name was made
    - `father` object — Father
      - `name` object — Name of the person
        - `givenName` string — Given name of the person
        - `surname` string — Surname of the person
        - `fullName` string — Full name of the person
        - `qualifier` string — Details about how the full name was made
      - `birthplace` string — The birthplace of the person
      - `occupation` string — The occupation of the parent
    - `mother` object — Mother
      - `name` object — Name of the person
        - `givenName` string — Given name of the person
        - `surname` string — Surname of the person
        - `fullName` string — Full name of the person
        - `qualifier` string — Details about how the full name was made
      - `birthplace` string — The birthplace of the person
      - `occupation` string — The occupation of the parent
      - `maidenSurname` string — Maiden surname
      - `marriageSurname` string — Surname at marriage if different from maiden surname
      - `usualAddress` string — Usual address (if different from the place of child's birth)
    - `informant` object — Informant
      - `name` object — Name of the person
        - `givenName` string — Given name of the person
        - `surname` string — Surname of the person
        - `fullName` string — Full name of the person
        - `qualifier` string — Details about how the full name was made
      - `usualAddress` string — The usual address of the person, if different from the mother's
      - `qualification` string — The qualification of the informant
      - `signature` string — The signature of the informant
  - `systemNumber` integer — System number for this event
  - `status` object, required — Status flags associated with this birth
    - `blockedRegistration` boolean, required — Indicates if data for this record has been blocked
    - `cancelled` boolean — Indicates if record was cancelled
    - `potentiallyFictitiousBirth` boolean — Indicates if a birth may be fictitious
    - `reRegistered` 'None' | 'Father modified' | 'Father added' | 'Replacement registration' | 'Other' | 'Subsequently married' — Describes if this is a re-registration and why it was needed
    - `correction` 'Typographical' | 'Simple clerical' | 'Complex clerical' | 'Error of fact' | 'None' — Indicates if there has been a correction to this record
    - `marginalNote` 'Re-registered' | 'Court order in place' | 'Court order revoked' | 'Other' | 'None' — Gives additional notes on a record
  - `previousRegistration` object, required — Details of the previous record, where one exists
    - `date` string, date — Date of the event
    - `systemNumber` integer — System number for this event

## Other responses

- `404` — Resource not found
- `default` — Bad request

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[API](https://skmtc.net/home-office/apis/life-event-verification-lev-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/home-office/apis/life-event-verification-lev-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/home-office/life-event-verification-lev-api/revisions/555f7dc044af/schema)