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To: DMaA who wrote (93235)	11/3/2008 9:13:59 AM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541355

>>I don't know why the State of Hawaii has created that document.<< Looks like it's just another name for a birth certificate... Birth certificates in the United States In the U.S. vital statistics is a state function, because it is not a power assigned by the constitution to the federal government. Nonetheless, the federal and state governments have cooperated to improve vital statistics. From 1900 to 1946 the U.S. Census Bureau designed standard birth certificates, collected vital statistics on a national basis, and generally sought to improve the accuracy of vital statistics. In 1946 that responsibility was passed to the U.S. Public Health Service. Unlike the British system of recording all births in "registers", the states file an individual document for each and every birth. In most states, this document was, and still is, entitled a "Certificate of Live Birth". [3][4] en.wikipedia.org

To: DMaA who wrote (93235)	11/3/2008 9:21:09 AM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541355

>>I do know if you try to show one when you apply for a passport you are sent home to get your birth certificate.<< Sounds like you're referring to the souvenir birth certificate from the hospital, which is invalid for that purpose... Most hospitals in the U.S. issue a souvenir birth certificate which typically includes the footprints of the newborn. However, these birth certificates are not legally accepted as proof of age or citizenship, and are frequently rejected by the Bureau of Consular Affairs during passport applications. Many Americans believe these souvenir records to be their official birth certificate, when in reality it holds little legal value [12]. en.wikipedia.org