A little googling indicates Edith Coats's long form was posted by her brother, James Coats, who runs passportsusa.com. It was part of a birth certificate critique he posted in 2008 shortly after the election, in which he draws unfavorable comparisons between Obama's short form and his sister's long form. I quote:
The birth certificate below [Obama's short form, as shown to FactCheck.org] is an example of a birth certificate with major problems. The missing information is that there is no doctor’s signature or any signature of any witness nor is there the name of a hospital. You could have problems getting a US Passport with this birth certificate. This is an example of what the State Department referrers to as a “short abstract version of a birth certificate.” This is a re-issued birth certificate which is not a problem because people lose their birth certificates all the time but this one is missing vital information.
Quoth Mr Coats, commenting on his own post:
Mr. Obama “President Elect” is hiding something. This could all be solved in an instant simply by showing the source documents of his birth. As to my misspelling of his name that should not have occurred but non-American names do have their issues with spell check and my own spelling (lack of) abilities.I served 12 years in the public school gulag and 4 years of hard political indoctrination and I still have problems with spelling had I been home schooled I would not have this crippling handicap.
Comment by James Coats — November 24, 2008 @ 04:50
Also to be found in the comments is this one:
Mr. Coats, thank you for posting your sister Edith’s Certificate of Live Birth from 1962. I hope your posting it with her mother’s maiden name does not result in her identity being stolen.This is an excellent source document to illustrate what is required instead of the dubious Certification of Live Birth for Barack Obama II presented by Daily Kos and FactCheck.
Comment by MinutemanCDC_SC — December 3, 2008 @ 12:36
So much for Zero's peeps. LOL!
In the law business, they have a maxim that before you ask a question, you should already know the answer. Google is your friend!
Thank you.
And, just to tie a bow on it, I think that any birth certificate or certification should be presented in front of witnesses in paper form, in order to be accepted as even possibly genuine, at this point in the game.