[kabar]

3. Although it’s possible that a birth certificate filed by Barack’s grandparents, while he was actually born elsewhere, led to this newspaper announcement, I personally think that’s unlikely because in 1961 these announcements came directly from the Vital Statistics Office as reported by local hospitals, according to the researcher who found this information.

[bvw]

Hospitals were not the only source of birth reports. I remember reading that individuals could also make reports of births. That would then include at-home births and even attempts to land over-seas births as in the state.