“One other thing. Has anyone even asked the name of the doctor who delivered him? That seems like it would be standard info on a birth certificate.”
Yep, it’s a feature on mine as well as having the signature of the registrar. Mine also has a certificate number as well as a records number. And it has an embossed seal......And that’s just the certified copy of my birth certificate.
I think that the “copy” that barry has posted is indeed a forgery, because as someone pointed out earlier his father’s race would have been listed in 1961 as “Negro” as opposed to the more PC and modern “African”.
I wonder if someone could order a few certificates with serial numbers in sequence just before and after Obama’s. While they are at it, order one with Obama’s exact number as well and see what you get.