[Fred Nerks]

...The birth info is needed yes, but not the BC.

And how is birth info transmitted? A telephone call, a Memo, or a hospital record of birth that accompanied the infant when it was transferred from Wahiawa? I can imagine the mother going with the child, but not that the infant would be transferred from one hospital to another without any identification.

If all rests on the child NOT having a birth certificate written up when she was born, a document that attested to her live birth, then that's simply shutting the door so that no more questions can be asked.

You've got me totally perplexed, if no birth certificate was required for an infant who died one day after birth, why did they raise an AMENDEMENT two weeks later, with a certificate number 400+ in the future?

Where might the information on the COLB have come from? But I did say I was going to leave it there...so carry on without my silly questions.

[Ladysforest]

When I lost a child at birth, I filled out paperwork, so did the Dr. The infant had an ID band. The paperwork went with the body. The paperwork ALWAYS travels with a patient/deceased transfer. The funeral homes handle it at that point. That is a function they perform.

I received the BC in the mail about a month after I had the DC.

I RARELY speak of very personal things, but you see, in this I do actually have personal experience. I was assured a BC was not necessary for burial. It just isn’t in the case of an infant mortality.

In addition, Mrs. Sunahara was interviewed. In person. The cemeteries also provided good information.