If you haven’t already seen the new feature in your smart phone FamilySearch app, you might want to take a look. The new Ordinances Ready feature can help you identify ancestors who need work done, especially if you are having trouble finding people.
Ordinances Ready searches FamilySearch Family Tree, as well as temple reservation and shared lists, to find available ordinances for people you are related to. It verifies that person in four ways:
- Person is related to you
- Was born at 110 years ago
- Has chronologically consistent birth and death date as compared with family relationships
- Is not a duplicate, based on information available in the tree.
Consultants can also use Ordinances Ready for the members they work with to find temple ordinances for ancestors.
Download the Family Tree app, and sign in. On the bottom of the home screen tap the Temple icon. Ordinances already reserved will appear as a list on the Temple screen. If you don’t have ordinances reserved, you’ll see: “You have no reserved family names. We will find some names for you.” If you want the app to look for ordinances for you, tap on the green Ordinances Ready button. Then pick which ordinances you would like to search for. Print the cards. Remember to only print on one side!
Does the app work? I tried it and saw the few ordinances I had reserved and given to my granddaughter. I clicked on the green ordinance button, and the app found four more names for me. Took about two minutes at most!
Keep in mind: The Ordinances Ready feature will help generate just a few reservations at a time to make them easier to sort through and use for each temple trip. If you are wanting more names, you might want to encourage others to do the same search on their smart phones and generate more names for a fun family history experience. [Source: FamilySearch Blogpost, 17 September 2018 – What’s New at FamilySearch Ordinances Ready: FamilySearch App Feature]