[mojito]

This is interesting. It would be interesting to know the reason for the difference in terminology: is it just a random designation, or does “accepted” mean one thing, and “filed” another? Usually bureaucracies are precise in their language for a reason.

Here's a guess: “Accepted” means that the COLB conforms to the usual procedures; that is, an attending physician fills out the COLB and submits it.

“Filed” means that a document of some sort was submitted, but it doesn't conform to the usual procedure.

A call placed with the Oahu public records office could clear this up. However, the caller would need to make sure that they make no reference to Obama. Otherwise, there's a good chance no one will speak to them.

[mojito]

Ping!

[Para-Ord.45]

Could it be "Filed" pertains to The Certificate of Hawaiian Birth program. For births prior to 1972, a Certificate of Hawaiian Birth was the result of the uncorroborated testimony of one witness and was not generated by a hospital. Such a Certificate could be obtained up to one year from the date of the child’s birth. http://hawaii.gov/health/vital-records/vital-records/hawnbirth.html

[El Gato]

Before I can get too excited about this, I would need to know the dates the 3 CoLBs were obtained. If the two with "Accepted" were both produced before BHO's then we still don't know if the difference in terminology is just a change made sometime after the first two were produced, and BHO's was produced.

OTOH, is one was produced before and one after BHO's, then we have a case. (Or if we can find another produced before at least one of those other two, which says "filed" )