[jwsea55]

Maybe someone else on here knows if they were papers of record.

The predecessors were Honolulu Advertiser and Honolulu Bulletin. These papers were considered the papers of record for Hawaii.

[AlexW]

“These papers were considered the papers of record for Hawaii.”
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What paper carried Obama’s notice of birth, and was it from official records? IIRC, it was not from any official record, or unspecified.