Policies for submitting names for Temple Work
(REQUEST PERMISSION TO DO ORDINANCE)
41 Slides 20 Minutes Feb 2018
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about who is the closest living relative
They must be important!
If the person was born within the last 110 years and you are not the spouse, child, parent, or sibling of the deceased, please obtain permission from one of the closest living relatives.
The closest living relatives are an undivorced spouse (the spouse to whom the individual was married at death), an adult child, a parent, or a brother or sister.
Are there any questions?
What is the 110 year policy, and why was it initiated?
The following two slides are only the last two paragraphs from this article.
Acquiring permission from the closest living relative is a First Presidency temple policy that has existed for many years—long before familysearch.org and Family Tree.
The purpose of this policy is to not offend living relatives who do not want the temple work to be done and to encourage the temple work to be performed by Church members who knew and associated with this individual.
When temple work is done without following this policy, members who start working on their family history are often upset when they discover that a parent, a child, or a close relative has had temple work done by someone they do not know. The members wanted to complete the ordinance work themselves.
Ignoring the wishes of the closest living relative can result in bad feelings toward you and the Church. It is important to be considerate of others' feelings and to give family members the opportunity to perform temple service for their close relatives. Please abide by this policy.
Reserving ordinances for an ancestor born within the last 110 years
Information for Members
You can reserve ordinances for individuals born within the last 110 years without permission only if you are linked in Family Tree to the individual, and you are one of the closest living relatives (spouse, child, parent, or sibling).
Grandchildren can also reserve ordinances, since they are direct line descendants. But they are not considered one of the closest living relatives and cannot give permission.
Note: If you see a Permission Required banner, which you believe is in error, please contact FamilySearch Support.
Church policy states that you can do ordinances for your own deceased spouse, child, parent, or sibling, but please consider the wishes of other close living relatives, especially a living spouse.
When reserving a family name, if you see a yellow banner with the words "Permission Required," you need to request permission before you can reserve the family name.
PERMISSION REQUEST FORM
Important and good to know
When you request permission, you are requesting individual ordinances. In sealing to spouse, you need to obtain permission under the circumstances below:
2. Click Request Permission in the yellow banner
To request permission, use the instructions below:
8. Provide the relationship of the person giving permission.
3. Verify or add your email address if available.
4. Verify or add your phone number if available.
5. Add your relationship to the deceased individual.
6. Add any additional or supporting information regarding this request.
7. Provide the name of the person giving permission to perform this temple work.
12. You are notified regarding your request no matter what the decision is.
9. Provide the contact information of the person giving permission: phone number, email, and mailing or physical address. (The approval team makes contact on an as-needed basis.)
10. Click Submit.
11. You see a pop-up screen indicating that your request is submitted and giving you a case number. See Viewing my open cases and my previous cases
The “needs permission” message appears, but the 110-year policy does not apply to the situation
Note: Sometimes the “needs permission” will show up for various reasons, but you can fix it so it goes away because it does not apply. Following are some of the reasons it would show up and how you can fix it or if you need to contact FamilySearch Support to have them fix it.
Information for Members
If you see a message that you need permission to do the temple work for someone to whom the 110-year policy does not apply, check the items below:
Please contact FamilySearch Support if you continue to see a message after checking each item above.
Asking permission from the closest living relative
to do ordinances
Church Policy regarding Person Born within the Last 110 Years
Before you can do ordinances for a deceased person who was born within the last 110 years, the requirements below must be met.
Note: Please ensure you are linked with the deceased person in Family Tree in order to show and confirm your relationship to that person.
This is an example of approaching family members who are not members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to request permission. See next page……..
I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I am seeking your permission to submit (insert person’s name) ‘s name to the temple. In the temple, we perform sacred ordinances for our loved ones who have passed away. It would be my gift to him or her , and I would be honored. I will respect whatever you say and will hold no hard feelings if you decline.
Remember: Please consider and respect the wishes of close[st] living relatives, especially a living spouse, and accept the answer you receive. For more details, see Reserving ordinances for an ancestor born within the last 110 years.
The closest living relative is not available for 110-year request
1. They aren’t able to do or don’t want to do. You still need to obtain permission from them to request ordinance and fill out form.
2. No closest living as all
are deceased. Fill out form.
3. Proof closest living are deceased is a must.
4. Declined, no 2nd request.
Note
Not available because:
If you are not one of the closest living relatives, you must request the reservation through FamilySearch.org in order to do this person’s ordinances.
Please be prepared to give your relationship and information regarding the person giving permission.
If all the closest relatives are deceased, fill out the Request to Perform Ordinances form. See Reserving ordinances for an ancestor born within the last 110 years (320074).
In the section Person Giving Permission, in the Name portion, enter no close living relatives. In the Relationship portion, select Other and in the box next to it, enter no living relative. In the Contact Information box, give an explanation regarding the closest relatives. You may be asked to show proof that no close family members are living. You can include this source on Family Tree, or you can reply to the email you receive and give the source. …. (Give it first or after they ask for it later)*
If you do not know where the closest living relative is or cannot find the closest living relative, do not submit a request at this time. Please do more research to find the closest living relative or prove that all close relatives are deceased.
*Please reply to the email you receive, or use the reopen instructions in Viewing my open and previous cases (53668), and add the updated information to reopen the request.
If your request has been declined, you cannot use the Request to Perform Ordinances for a second time.
Do I need Exact Dates to Perform a Person’s Ordinances?
Policy
Careful research for Accurate dates helps prevent duplication.
The following may apply to recording event dates:
Do not know exact birth date or death date
DO NOT KNOW THE EXACT BIRTH OR DEATH DATE condensed….
DO NOT KNOW THE EXACT BIRTH OR DEATH DATE continued- condensed….