[Pearls Before Swine]

I’ve done a few step parent adoptions and also we have an adopted daughter. Her birth certificate shows me and Mr. Mercat as her parents. There’s no mention of her birth parents or of her having been adopted. And her name is A.I. Mercat (not really but you get the drift) with no mention of her birth name. And since Mr. Mercat and I were not anywhere near her birthplace which is still accurate, its a bit weird but there it is.

That's interesting. But, that doesn't tell me whether the original certificate exists in the filing system, or if there is a link or reference to it in the filing system. It's hard to believe that the original records, or any link to them, would simply be destroyed.

[hennie pennie]

The original documents are not destroyed.

They are SEALED.

They can't be accessed, except by a court order, and then the (physical) seals are broken.

[sono]

“That’s interesting. But, that doesn’t tell me whether the original certificate exists in the filing system, or if there is a link or reference to it in the filing system. It’s hard to believe that the original records, or any link to them, would simply be destroyed. “

If Obama were born in a hospital, then the Birth Certificate Submission would be a part of the Newborn Hospital Record, no doubt saved somewhere on microfilm. Someone needs to run that one down.