This subject has caused many a flare up, but in respect to astrology, accurate charts, and the country, I believe it's important. I'm not looking for a debate, just thought it's something everyone may want to ponder.
I was just going through my astrology folder when I found the birth certificate released giving Pres. Obama's birth information. It never struck me before because I was only interested in place and time, not much else. But here's the thing, it's not a copy of his original birth certificate, it's a new fangled computerized version, meaning, someone merely typed in the information at some point, it wasn't photocopied.
As a genealogist, I've have my share of frustration with computer birth certificates. Many times the information is downright wrong or someone has altered a fact. Some examples:
On my daughter's original copy of birth certificate, it states the town and parish where she was born, "Metairie, Jefferson Parish" which is unincorporated. On her new computerized form, it gives her place of birth as "Rural Jefferson Parish", giving the impression we were out in the woods somewhere, which is certainly not the case. Our area couldn't be more city if we tried.
My father's original copy of his birth certificate has his birthdate correct. The computerized version has the wrong year (a typo?). They refused to correct it even though I had his original (waterlogged) copy to prove they were wrong.
There are other similar examples, but I won't bore you with that.
Back to the Obama record, it says he was born in Honolulu, on 4 August 1961, at 7:24PM. His mother is listed as "Caucasian", his father is listed as "African". Since when is AFRICAN a race? Would that have been listed on his original certificate? I doubt it. Africa is a continent, not a race, not a country. Barack isn't given a specific race. The race thing isn't the issue, it's the wording that has me puzzled.
In cases like his, shouldn't a photocopy of his original be issued? Makes one wonder.
Have the astrologers here been using his 7:24PM birth time? I read earlier in this thread someone used 7:11PM.