21.   Then earlier this year, Rogers managed to track down Paige in Oklahoma using her birth records and the Internet.

22.   They will have to produce birth records and submit to DNA testing.

23.   Poor registry procedures, particularly in remote rural areas, have been blamed for errors on birth records that can be legally altered if new evidence surfaces.

24.   A computer check by Louisiana officials turned up no birth record, although a spokesman cautioned it might not be computerized.

25.   A decision on the legitimacy of the birth records was expected by Thursday.

26.   Adoptees who have fought in court for two years to see their birth records will have to wait a little longer.

27.   Asked about the parallel birth records, Little League spokesman Van Auken said the organization might have to send someone to the Dominican Republic to investigate.

28.   But he said imprecise birth records were common in rural areas of Africa and provided some leeway on the birth date issue.

29.   Gierbolini also is charged with falsifying birth records.

30.   He has considered dropping out of school and tinkering with birth records to alter his real age.