Calpernia this isn’t really a reply to you on a particular point but I just wanted to connect it to someone so it’s for anyone who might find it useable.
I was thinking about the possibility of a Kenyan birth certificate so I tried to find out where in Kenya this would be found. I came across this book:
It gives this address: Principal Civil Registar, P.O. Box 30031, Nairobi, Kenya Tel: (011)(254)(2)7461
It also says that “Kenya is divided into districts and it is in the District Registry where the original birth and death certificates are kept. Duplicates are sent to the Central Registry. Cost of a birth certificate is Ksh 10.00.
Obama Sr.’s town is the Kisii District and the capital is Kisii Town.
It also says “The Family History Library of Salt Lake City, Utah has microfilmed records of Kenya and africa. For further details on their holdings please consult your nearest family History Center.”
On the same page as this information ther is a link to a site Birth.GovtRegistry.com. I tried it and put in the name Barry Dunham with Obama’s birthdate and the state of HI and they came back with one match. However this is a site you have to pay for so I couldn’t find out what they had.
I have no idea if any of this can help anyone with the quest or not but I thought I’d share it just in case someone can do something with it.
Maybe that's why they don't want you to see his birth certificate. Maybe it also lists Barry Dunham as "Caucasian," and we couldn't have that.
I doubt that the citizenship issue is what that don't want you to see. They are trying to hide something else, like Obama's not really "black." That could be devastating to his campaign.
I believe if he is of record in Kenya, it will be under the name Obama, not Dunham.
I assume someone here has access to The Family History Library of Salt Lake City, Utah; I further assume it is a Mormon facility.
My Mormon access is not available at the present; I will continue to call him.
Also, if anyone manages to pursue this, look for a marriage certification record of Stanley Ann Dunham and Barack H. Obama.