PolitiFact's guide to Obama's birth certificate

Hawaii officials have verified the authenticity of this Certification of Live Birth.

By Bill Adair

Nothing we've published in the four-year history of PolitiFact has generated as much interest as our coverage of President Barack Obama's birth certificate.

New allegations from Donald Trump (new from Trump, at least; most of them have been explored by PolitiFact and other fact-checkers) have prompted fresh interest in the subject, so we thought we'd provide a handy guide to our coverage.

The main stories

"Obama's birth certificate: the final chapter" was our first major examination of the issue, focusing on how questions about Obama's birth were spreading. It was part of the entry that won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 2009.

"Obama's birth certificate: the final chapter -- This time we mean it!" explored additional angles of the story and included an explanation from Hawaiian officials and confirmation that the birth certificate posted by the Obama campaign was legitimate.

(More here.)