“I called HI records and conformed that these HI documents have the Signature Stamp AND an embossed/raised Seal ON THE BACK. The embossed seal is deep enough to be easily seen from the front.”
That is very interesting. Thank you for calling them.
How did this reporter “email her copy” if it the same one posted in this article that we are looking at without a certificate number? Since when does Hawaii DOH perform “email/telephone” confirmations as opposed to what is described on their website as written confirmations?
Not only is the reporter calling it a birth certificate, so is her supposed contact at DOH when it is a Certification - one would expect the official to be familiar with this distinction.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/article630058.ece
“It hit our inbox just like the chain e-mail attacks that made us want it in the first place, the final piece to a puzzle we’ve been sorting out for months. Sen. Barack Obama’s birth certificate.
“I know there have been some rumors spreading about Obama’s citizenship, so I wanted to make sure you all had a copy of his birth certificate,” Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor wrote in an e-mail.
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To verify we did have the correct document, we contacted the Hawaii Department of Health, which maintains such records.
“It’s a valid Hawaii state birth certificate,” spokesman Janice Okubo said after we e-mailed her our copy.
Okubo said a copy of the birth certificate was requested this month, but she wouldn’t specify by whom. But as we know from our attempts to get one in April, Hawaii law states that only family members can access such records.
Amy Hollyfield can be reached at...”