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To be made up of:

• Name of person or people (in single quotation marks).
• Year of event (in round brackets).
• Certified copy of (birth/death/marriage) certificate for (full name of person or people) (in italics).
• Date of event (in italics).
• Application number from certificate.
• Location of Register Office.

In-text citation:

(‘Jayne Seaman’, 1966)

Reference list:

‘Jayne Seaman’ (1966). Certified copy of birth certificate for Jayne Seaman, 20 December 1966. Application number 5001977/D. Pontefract Register Office.

Follow the same format as for a standard certificate, and add: 

• Year of last update (in round brackets).
• Available at: URL.
• (Accessed: date).