>>>but their process for generating COLBs clearly is drawing from a digitized database, as opposed to having a clerk pull an original, signed certificate from a file
HI doesn’t issue digital birth certificates. That was verified by Polarik, Techdude, Dr. Mitchell Langbert, and Israel Inside.
Sorry, I didn’t mean to imply that they had digitized images that were printed out for COLBs: I meant that the DATA used to print the COLBs were in some centralized database so that clerks didn’t have to rely on manually (or even electronically) pulling a hard-copy or fiche of the original birth record in order to respond to requests for COLBs.
I assume someone just types in a name, DOB or certificate number to search a database, selects the correct record and then hits PRINT etc. But this more efficient arrangement presupposes that at least some selected pieces of data originally appearing on birth certificates were transferred/transcribed into such a database.
“Here is the best explanation I have read on the accepted vs. filed question:”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2059075/replies?c=123
I’m posting this link from another thread because this comment originally from TD website, posted by on FR by raycpa answers a question I have asked a number of times.
Don’t miss it.