---
title: "Look up a specific birth record"
method: GET
path: "/v1/registration/birth/{id}"
tags: ["birth", "v1", "unstable"]
---

# Look up a specific birth record

`GET /v1/registration/birth/{id}`

Look up individual birth records using the `systemNumber` printed in the bottom-left of the birth certificate. (UNSTABLE: This endpoint is subject to change.)

## Path parameters

- `id` integer, required

## Response `200`

successful operation

- V1Birth — 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)
  - `id` integer, required — System number for this event
  - `date` string, date, required — Date the birth was registered
  - `child` object, required — The child that was born
    - `forenames` string, required — Forenames of the child
    - `originalForenames` string — The forenames originally given to the child before they were changed
    - `surname` string, required — Surname of the child
    - `dateOfBirth` string, date, required — Date of birth of the child
    - `sex` 'Male' | 'Female' | 'Indeterminate', required — Sex of the child
    - `birthplace` string — The birthplace of the child
  - `mother` object, required — The mother of the child that was born
    - `forenames` string, required — Forenames of the mother
    - `surname` string, required — Surname of the mother
    - `maidenSurname` string — Maiden name of the mother
    - `marriageSurname` string — Surname of the mother at marriage (if different from her maiden name)
    - `birthplace` string — The birthplace of the mother
    - `occupation` string — The occupation of the mother
    - `address` string — The mother's usual address (if different from the place of child's birth)
  - `father` object, required — The father of the child that was born
    - `forenames` string — Forenames of the father
    - `surname` string — Surname of the father
    - `birthplace` string — The birthplace of the father
    - `occupation` string — The occupation of the father
    - `deceased` boolean, required — Whether the father was deceased at the point of birth
  - `status` object, required — Status flags associated with this record
    - `blocked` boolean, required — Indicates if data for this record has been blocked
    - `cancelled` boolean — Indicates if record was cancelled
    - `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
    - `potentiallyFictitiousBirth` boolean — Indicates if a birth may be fictitious
    - `reregistration` 'None' | 'Father modified' | 'Father added' | 'Replacement registration' | 'Other' | 'Subsequently married' — Describes if this is a reregistration and why it was needed

## Other responses

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

---

[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)