WORKING WITH AND MANAGING TEMPLE INFORMATION IN FAMILY SEARCH, FAMILY TREE

WORKING WITH AND MANAGING TEMPLE INFORMATION IN FAMILY SEARCH, FAMILY TREE

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE DO IN FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH OR EVEN IN LIFE IS WHEN WE TAKE OUR LOVED ONES TO THE TEMPLE!

WE BEGIN BY FINDING PEOPLE IN OUR FAMILY LINE WHO NEED THEIR WORK DONE. WE THEN CLICK ON THE GREEN ARROW OR GO INTO THEIR PERSONAL PAGE AND DOWN TO TEMPLE WORK AREA AND RESERVE THEM.

ON THE RESERVE TEMPLE ORDINANCES PAGE YOU CAN CHECK THE BOXES OF THOSE YOU WISH TO RESERVE AND THEN CLICK ON CONTINUE. NOTE THAT OTHER INFORMATION SHOWS ON THIS BOX HELPING YOU DECIDE WHO S WORK YOU CAN DO

ONCE YOU HAVE DECIDED TO RESERVE A PERSON YOU FIND THIS INFORMATION PAGE. YOU ARE REMINDED OF THE ONE YEAR RULE AND THE 110 YEAR RULE. ALSO YOU ARE INFORMED OF THE RELATIVE RULE.

QUESTION Why do you need to be the closest relative or have permission from the closest relative to do this work? 1. Sometimes it means a great deal to these people to be able to go to the temple with their special relative. Please don t hurt them 2. Some people do not want the work done for their relatives. Why?

CLOSEST RELATIVES ARE: 1. A LIVING SPOUSE WHO WAS NOT DIVORCED 2. A LIVING PARENT (ADOPTED COUNTS) 3. LIVING CHILDREN OF THE PERSON 4. LIVING BROTHERS OR SISTERS IF YOU CAN T GET PERMISSION, YOU MUST WAIT THE 110 YEARS ALSO, IF #1 SAYS NO, YOU SHOULD NOT GO ON TO #2

REMEMBER, THE RULES EVEN APPLY TO YOU!

NOW GO TO THE TOP OF THE PAGE ON FAMILY TREE, AND CLICK ON TEMPLE (NOTE: TEMPLE WILL NOT SHOW IF YOU ARE NOT A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OR ARE NOT SIGNED INTO FAMILY TREE)

AND THERE THE PERSON YOU JUST RESERVED IS. ALSO A LIST OF THE ORDINANCES YOU NEED TO DO FOR THEM

NEXT WE SEE THE SHARED TAB

THE FIRST THING YOU WILL SEE IS THE ALL RESERVED BUTTON AT THE TOP LEFT. THIS WILL TELL YOU HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS YOU HAVE RESERVED ORDINANCES FOR.

PLEASE NOTE! It is important, according to President Thomas S. Monson, not to reserve so many names and ordinances so that you cannot complete them in a reasonable time. Remember, these people are excitedly waiting for these ordinances to be completed and remain in a virtual prison until they are completed. They appreciate that you have found them. Please don t hold them

THE NEXT THING YOU SEE IS THE NOT PRINTED BUTTON. THIS SHOWS HOW MANY OF YOUR RESERVED ORDINANCES YOU HAVE NOT YET PRINTED. (NOTE: ALL THE NAMES AND THE FIRST LINE OF ORDINANCES FOR EACH NAME SHOULD EITHER BE PRINTED OR SHARED)

THIS NUMBER SHOWS YOU HOW MANY OF THE PEOPLE S ORDINANCES YOU HAVE PRINTED OFF. THIS IS THE SHEET YOU TAKE TO THE TEMPLE OR INTO THE OTHER BUILDING TO GET THE CARDS PRINTED

THIS NUMBER TELLS YOU HOW MANY OF YOUR RESERVED PEOPLE YOU HAVE SHARED WITH THE TEMPLES TO GET FINISHED (HOW LONG DOES IT USUALLY TAKE THEM?)

THE LORD DOES HIS PART VERY QUICKLY

CLICK ON THE PERSON YOU WANT TO WORK ON. THIS BRINGS UP THESE THREE BLUE BOXES. HERE IS WHERE YOUY DECIDE TO PRINT, SHARE OR UNRESERVE THE PEOPLE OR INDIVIDUAL ORDINANCES

BY CLICKING ON THOSE YOU ALREADY HAVE PRINTED, YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO REPRINT IF YOU HAVE LOST THEM SOMEWHERE OR TO SHARE THEM BECAUSE IT IS TAKING TOO LONG TO GET TO THEM

AFTER SELECTING PRINT YOU CAN CHOSE THE INDIVIDUAL ORDINANCES TO PRINT OR SHARE. REMEMBER TO DO THEM IN ORDER.

SHARING IS NICE

NOW, WHAT DO THE DIFFERENT COLORS MEAN YOU ASK? CLICK ON LEDGEND AND FIND OUT

NOTE THAT YOU CAN SEE THE DATE YOU RESERVED THE NAMES. HOW LONG WILL YOU HOLD THEM WHERE NO ONE ELSE CAN HELP THEM?

CLICK ON THE DOWN ARROW NEXT TO NAME AND YOU GET MULTIPLE WAYS YOU CAN ORDER THE NAMES IN YOUR LIST

CLICK ON THE DOWN ARROW NEXT TO ORDINANCES AND YOU CAN SEE A LIST OF OPTIONS FOR ORDERING YOUR NAMES BY THE TYPE OF ORDINANCE THEY NEED COMPLETED

NOW LETS LOOK AT THE FINAL MAJOR HEADING, THE OPPORTUNITIES TAB. PLEASE NOTE THAT A RED NUMBER WILL APPEAR NEXT TO THE TAB IF THE PROGRAM SEES THINGS YOU NEED TO CONSIDER.

AFTER CLICKING ON THIS TAB YOU WILL HAVE A LIST OF POSSIBLE THINGS YOU NEED TO CONSIDER. LOOK AT THE INFORMATION JUST PAST THE NAMES TO SEE WHAT THESE POSSIBILITIES ARE.

SOME OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES MAY STILL REQUIRE PERMISSION

A WONDERFUL FEATURE IS THE VIEW RELATIONSHIP OPTION. JUST CLICK ON THESE AND SIMPLE PEDIGREE CHART WILL COME UP SHOWING YOUR RELATION TO THE PERSON

MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER S, BROTHERS, DAUGHTER

AS IT IS COMMON TO NEED TO LOOK AT THE DETAIL PAGE FOR THESE PEOPLE, THERE IS AN EASY WAY TO DO SO WITHOUT GOING OUT OF THE TEMPLE AREA ON THE PROGRAM

YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF SELECTING A NAME AND DISMISSING THE OPPORTUNITY IF YOU CHOSE

SOMETIMES WE MAY REALIZE THAT WE HAVE MADE A MISTAKE AND HAVE RESERVED SOMEONE WE SHOULD NOT HAVE. JUST CLICK ON THE PERSON S BOX AND THEN ON THE BLUE UNRESERVE BOX.

THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER FEATURES TO BE AWARE OF. ONE IS THAT YOU CAN SELECT ALL OF YOUR RESERVED PEOPLE BY CLICKING ON ONE BOX

THERE IS A SEARCH FILTER WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO SEARCH THROUGH YOUR RESERVED LIST BY JUST TYPING A NAME OR A LETTER, ETC.

ALSO, YOU CAN JUST HOVER OVER AN ORDINANCE BOX AND SEE WHAT ORDINANCE IT IS AND WHO RESERVED IT

NOW, AS WE CLOSE THIS PRESENTATION, LETS ASK THE QUESTION, WHY WOULD YOU NOT WANT TO RESERVE A NAME?

BESIDES YOU NOT BEING THEIR CLOSEST RELATIVE AND NOT HAVING PERMISSION, THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO OTHER REASONS YOU MIGHT CHOSE NOT TO DO SO

1. THERE MAY BE A CLOSE RELATIVE WHO IS EXCITED AND WORKING TO BE WORTHY OR READY TO TAKE THAT SPECIAL NAME, THEIR LOVED ONE, THROUGH THE TEMPLE. IT MAY MEAN A GREAT DEAL TO THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO SO FOR THEIR SPECIAL LOVED ONE. BE CAREFUL NOT TO HURT SOMEONE OR TAKE AWAY A PRECIOUS MOMENT FROM THEM

2. THERE ARE THOSE WHO TRULY DO NOT WANT THE WORK DONE FOR THEM AND BY DOING SO COULD DRIVE A WEDGE ETERNALLY BETWEEN THEM AND THE LORD. LETS NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REMOVING THEIR RIGHT TO AGENCY AND CHOICE.