There are still plenty of old geezers around who remember how stuff was done back in the day. On the other hand, hospitals and such do tend to dispose of or misplace old records after a few years or decades. Especially, if the pertinent parts of such records are supposedly safely recorded by the Department of Health.
Or to compare the number of announcements that appeared over some period of time and then compare with the expected number for that period from census or other data.
Remember that certificate number that was famously redacted with a black rectangle on the CoLB image the Obama campaign first released? Well, they let FactCheck.org post an unredacted image. The certificate number turns out to be 151 1961 - 010641. The last block of digits indicates Obama's was the 10,641st birth that year. Someone (I can't remember the link) looked up the stats, did the calculation, and concluded that that number agreed quite well with the August 4th birth date.
>>>On the other hand, hospitals and such do tend to dispose of or misplace old records after a few years or decades. Especially, if the pertinent parts of such records are supposedly safely recorded by the Department of Health.
And it is really easy to dispose of records from hospitals that didn’t exist. Like the birth records, which weren’t there, at Kapiolani. Since they didn’t do deliveries in an outpatient clinic, those records are easily discarded. That is like trading hot air.
But, a hospital like Kapiolani Hospital, in service since 1972, wouldn’t destroy records, they would have them archived.
Who are you?
I ask you for some links and you reply with a generalization about what geezers remember. Who are these geezers you cite? Do they have names and faces; or are they some imaginary friends of yours?
ML/NJ