posted on Apr, 11 2011 @ 09:52 AM
reply to post by DarkspARCS
Sorry, but there seems to be a fundamental lack of thought here.
There is only one entry of birth, which is in the official government records. ANY reproduction of that original record is, by definition, a copy.
Anyone working in a structured environment dealing with records, drawings and the like will tell you the same.
A master or original drawing is a controlled document.
Anything else is a copy and must be marked as so. Simple.
In the UK it's a bit more obvious for the hard-of-understanding. The "Original" birth certificate handed out is entitled "Certified copy of an
entry of birth"
Can you just imagine the scope for abuse if you had access to your master copy?
The serial number is exactly that: It's a serial number. The differentiator for identically named certificates and traceability back to your master
record.
Why print on bank note paper? Why the hell not? It's tough, long lived.
Why get the B of A to print it? Even a blank copy certificate would be valuable to certain individuals and organisations. Get a secure orgainsation to
print.
Upper case letters? Why not. Then you get away from argument whether a name has been correctly inserted as Joe D'Underhead, Joe d'Underhead.
Personally, I'd be much more worried about being a commodity of Facebook or NebuAd.