Now you can store a record electronically and that's as real as carbon smears on a piece of paper ~ as far as the law is concerned.
So, let's look at federal law (which sets a performance standard for birth certificates, et al) ~ ".....(II) whose birth is registered in the United States; and ``(B) that-- ``(i) is a copy, issued by a State or local authorized custodian of record, of an original certificate of birth issued by such custodian of record; or ``(ii) was issued by a State or local authorized custodian of record and was produced from birth records maintained by such custodian of record.
You can find that in:
http://law.justia.com/codes/us/title5/5usc301.html
Carefully notice the phrase above "from birth records maintained by such custodian of record". That allows them to maintain a totally digital or microfiche library of "records" ~ and just dispense with the paper produced on the date of birth.
Whatever Federal Rules of Evidence said before 1996, this law is the current standard.
I know i'm beating a dead horse, but no subsequent act of congress can modify the meaning of an Article of the U.S. Constitution. THAT requires an amendment. The DUTY of Governmental officials per constitutional requirement is not to play legal "let's believe and make pretend" but to verify ACTUAL and TRUE FACTS. Actual and true facts are not subject to this or that body "Declaring or Proclaiming" the one thing to be equal to the other.