[patlin]

My contention is that it’s possible the file/accepted by date was stamped by the local registrar/nurse

The only way to prove your theory is for the original to be released to confirm that the signature of the local registrar matches that of local registrar who signed the Nordyke twins certs and that the date filed & the date accepted are indeed different dates on '0's cert. This is the only way that your theory of stacked up and out of order paperwork could be plausible.

[BuckeyeTexan]

Absolutely. But both of my theories are plausible and that’s all I wanted to point out. There are other plausible explanations for the seemingly out of order certificate numbers.