[El Gato]

Which is simply untrue. For the purposes of proving birth in Hawaii, the certified copy of the birth record is just as good as the vault copy.

The Certification, which is what the released images purport to be of, is not a "certified copy of the birth record", it's an abstract, generated by a computer at the time the document is requested. A "certified copy of the birth record" would *be* a photo copy (Xerox type most likely) of the "vault copy", aka the Certificate of Live Birth.

[curiosity]

The Certification, which is what the released images purport to be of, is not a "certified copy of the birth record",

Yes it is. It says right on the bottom:

"This copy serves as prima facie evidence of the fact of birth in any court proceeding."