Examples from literature

• I had to get her birth certificate when her father died, and I fancy I've got it by me yet." 
• I've only got to attach my birth certificate, and there you are. 
• In every country where the majority of births are illegitimate it is an obvious social necessity that the names of both parents should be duly registered on all birth certificates. 
• Nobody carries about with him birth certificate or memoranda of identification and relationship. 
• The commune referred to in the birth certificate was Tours.