Under Section 57 of the Territorial Public Health Statistics Act in the 1955 Revised Laws of Hawaii (in effect in 1961), a mailed-in form (without mention of a hospital, doctor, or midwife) signed by only one of Obama's parents (who could have been out of the country or whose signature could have been forged by a grandparent) or grandparents, would be enough to set up a birth record at the Department of Vital Statistics. This meager birth record would then automatically generate newspaper announcements, and also, a computer-generated COLB in 2008.
Bingo!! I have always believed that Obama’s grandmother, knowing the vital importance of American citizenship, did all the footwork in Hawaii. Probably before grandbaby ever set foot in the country.
In Auguest 1961 not all births were printed in the newspaper. Only about half.