I guess I don’t understand the importance of this. There is supposedly an announcement in a local Hawaiin newspaper at the time of birth, just like there always is. And it’s the state of Hawaii, not the infant, who certifies a birth. The infant doesn’t remember, of course. I checked into getting a certified copy of my birth certificate (my old original microfiche used to suffice, but no more), and my state will only issue those “short form” certificates if you were born before a certain year. So I can only get a short printed form certifying my birth. That’s disturbing, but nothing I can do about it. I think the original microfiche should suffice. It’d be hard as heck to forge that. And anyone can see it’s almost falling apart from age.