A few years back I sent for a certified copy of my BC in order to draw social security. I pulled it back out the other day to take a good look at it. It has the same green basket weave paper as Baracks, but the ORIGINAL information was put on what looked like a ledger stock. This was then laid in a copy machine (as near as I can tell) and was then copied onto that green basquet weave paper. I know it was the orginal because it was all filled out in my mothers hand writing. All except my name which was later typed in. I was born at home and evidently they weren't sure what to name me at the time she filled it out. It has all kinds of information on it. What was their occupation was, how many births she had, how many still living, what kind of medicine was put in my eyes by the doctor, and what color was I? That box was maked with a W in my mothers writing. Then it had the embossed state seal, with a signature and the date this certified copy was done.
Thanks for the info ~ getting a copy of the information "written" in the original record photocopied over to a new "certified document" for use with the outside world is definitel something to remember.