I have never seen a birth certificate with serial numbers or the name typed in all caps, and I have seen countless thousands in most of the Southern states. Yankee states don't want people to see public records. Even my typed certified copy that I needed to get my drivers license was in initial caps.
The only reason legal documents have names in all caps is that back in the age of typewriters, there was no bold face. So to make names stand out when you're scanning a document, the names were typed in all caps. It was carried over to computer printing just because the legal profession is very conservative and doesn't change much. That's why deed descriptions from over 100 years ago and today almost all start out with "Lying and being situate in _____."
I worked in a law firm for many years and know how things work there.
I have never seen a birth certificate with serial numbers or the name typed in all caps, and I have seen countless thousands in most of the Southern states. Yankee states don't want people to see public records. Even my typed certified copy that I needed to get my drivers license was in initial caps.
The only reason legal documents have names in all caps is that back in the age of typewriters, there was no bold face. So to make names stand out when you're scanning a document, the names were typed in all caps. It was carried over to computer printing just because the legal profession is very conservative and doesn't change much. That's why deed descriptions from over 100 years ago and today almost all start out with "Lying and being situate in _____."
I worked in a law firm for many years and know how things work there.