11-30-2008, 06:51 PM
And swampy, as you have been told many times, a COLB is what most states officially call the certificates they issue afterwards. It has nothing to do whether the person was born in a hospital or elsewhere. There is no difference between calling it a "Certificate" or a "Certification". In the case of Hawaii, the form filed by the doctor or hospital says Certificate. But they make no provision in Hawaii for requesting a direct copy anymore. Same applies in many other states. In any case, a Certificate would have been filed by a doctor or midwife even if the birth occurred outside a hospital.
As for other confirmation, you can even find a copy of the birth notice in the Honolulu paper from 1961 on "texasdarlin's web site. They mistakenly say it could have been listed by his grandmother, those type of birth notices were provided to the papers by hospitals and not family members. The more extensive notices, like obituaries, might be provided by family, etc., but not the double line list notices with just parents' names and that there was a birth of a son, daughter or more.
As for other confirmation, you can even find a copy of the birth notice in the Honolulu paper from 1961 on "texasdarlin's web site. They mistakenly say it could have been listed by his grandmother, those type of birth notices were provided to the papers by hospitals and not family members. The more extensive notices, like obituaries, might be provided by family, etc., but not the double line list notices with just parents' names and that there was a birth of a son, daughter or more.