This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Carmean, Hall, Barron, Rentfro, Linton, Russell, Miller, Elias Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GhB.2ACE/917.2 Message Board Post: according to Texas GenWeb: "In the past, when a person died, the father's name field on the electronic birth record was changed to "DO NOT ISSUE". This was a method that was established as a flag to BVS personnel that they should not issue a certified copy of this birth certificate to anyone claiming to be the deceased."