A sample of the rules from the state of Maine for accepting a delayed birth registration (I could not locate Hawaii)
§2764. Delayed birth registration
In order to provide an official record of statements concerning births which have occurred in this State, the state registrar shall accept a registration of any birth of which no record can be found in either the files of the state registrar or the clerk of the municipality where the birth occurred, provided such registration is filed in accordance with this section.
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4. Deficiencies. When the applicant does not submit documentation as specified in subsections 2 and 3 in support of his statements, or when the state registrar finds reason to question the adequacy of the documentation, the said state registrar shall not sign or accept the delayed registration of birth, but shall advise the applicant of its deficiencies and request that further documentation be submitted.
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6. Form. Any certified copy of a delayed birth registration filed under this section shall be issued on a form which indicates that it is a copy of a delayed birth registration, and shall contain a description of the documents submitted in evidence.
I read about this and a "Delayed Birth Registration" has to do with those of an age when birth certificates were not always made out. My father who passed at 95 recently had what is called a delayed BC and a relative of his had to swear to all the information being correct.
In Hawaii they also gave all those who were born before it became a state a chance to get a "Delayed BC."